• WRRI RFP Information Session

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    Virtual options for participation are available. Contact carol.hamel@maine.edu. Please RSVP by 9am, Friday, July 6, 2018 (hallsworth@maine.edu) Click here for more information on the FY19 Maine Water Resources Research Institute Request for Proposals

  • WRRI Pre-Proposal Deadline

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    Click here for more information on the FY19 Maine Water Resources Research Institute Request for Proposals

  • Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability

    Hauck Auditorium University of Maine, Orono, United States

    Keynote Speaker: Senator George J. Mitchell This event is free and open to all. Tickets are required and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here to reserve […]

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  • Northern Maine Children’s Water Festival

    University of Maine Orono, ME, United States

    The Northern Maine Children’s Water Festival promotes hands on learning about water issues for fourth, fifth and sixth grade students and their teachers. Schools in Aroostook, Washington, Hancock, Piscataquis, Somerset, […]

  • Talk – Let’s Get Engaged: Extending Marine Science Research to Maine People

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    Speaker: Gayle Zydlewski, Director, Maine Sea Grant Gayle recently assumed the role as Director of the Maine Sea Grant College Program while retaining her faculty appointment with the School of Maine Sciences. Her research interests and experiences focus on interdisciplinary approaches to understanding how research results can be used by natural resource managers and others […]

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  • Talk – Out on a limb: Measuring ‘resilience’ in natural resource-dependent communities

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    Adam Daigneault, Assistant Professor, School of Forest Resources; Faculty Fellow, Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions Linda Silka, Senior Fellow, Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions How do we define resilience? What are the key attributes and drivers of resilient communities? How have natural-resource dependent communities responded to large socio-economic shocks? Adam and Linda will provide a […]

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  • Talk – It’s Not Easy Being Green: Environmental Engagement in the Past and Present

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    Speaker: Mark McLaughlin, Department of History, UMaine For many conservationists and environmentalists, the Holy Grail in terms of trying to make real and long-term change happen is effective engagement with policymakers and government officials. However, this is often not an easy or simple task, and many of the barriers that conservationists and environmentalists encounter today […]

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