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Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

Talk – Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management: Catching the greased pig in Eastern Maine

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

Speaker: Paul Anderson, Executive Director, Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management (EBFM) is not a new concept and has been studied and attempted in many places around the planet. In its simplest form, EBFM considers not just how to manage individual species, but rather the relationships between species. At a more a complex […]

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Talk – Plagues and People: Disease Transmission and Global Drivers of Change

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

Speakers: Allison Gardner, Assistant Professor, Biology & Ecology, UMaine; Sandra De Urisote-Stone, Assistant Professor, Forest Resources, UMaine Nature-based tourism is tightly coupled with the transmission and dynamics of vector-borne infectious diseases (i.e., those that are transmitted via the bite of an infected arthropod, such as a mosquito or a tick). Domestic and international travel likely […]

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Maine Sustainability & Water Conference

Augusta Civic Center Augusta, ME, United States

The conference was launched in 1994 by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center at the University of Maine with a primary focus on one of Maine’s central challenges– the future […]

Talk – Influencing Conservation Policy: Creating Tools for Decision Makers

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

Speaker: Dan Coker, The Nature Conservancy in Maine While there are many approaches to achieving conservation success, influencing public policy is a critical piece of the puzzle. Providing policy makers […]

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Talk Cancelled – Dams, Sediment, and Public Policy

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

This event has been cancelled due to illness. We will try to reschedule for fall semester. Speaker: Dr. Andrew Miller Department of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland - […]

Panel – From Common Lands to Second Nature

The Bangor Room University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

From Common Lands to Second Nature: The Scholarship of Richard W. Judd and the Future of Environmental History For more information contact Eileen Palmer eileen.palmer@maine.edu)

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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

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