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SUMMARY:Talk - Dams\, Sediment\, and Public Policy
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. Andrew Miller\nDepartment of Geography and Environmental Systems\, University of Maryland – Baltimore County \nCo-sponsor: School of Earth and Climate Sciences \nDr. Miller is interested in the hydrology\, hydraulics and geomorphology of extreme floods with a particular focus in recent years on urban floods. He has continuing research interests in the fate and transport of sediment in the landscape\, including sediment currently stored behind dams as well as historical legacy sediment stored in valley bottoms\, and he is also interested in the effectiveness of stream restoration and other approaches to mitigation of the consequences of urban runoff. He is a co-investigator on a project supported by American Rivers and NOAA to track the downstream progress of sediment released by the removal in September 2018 of the 36-foot-high Bloede Dam on the lower Patapsco River in Maryland\, and is lead author of the guidebook for a 2018 AGU Centennial Field Trip to the dam site and lower floodplain. He is incoming chair of the Chesapeake Bay Program Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC)\, has been a member of review committees for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model and the Army Corps of Engineers report on options for managing sediment associated with the filling of the Conowingo Dam at the head of Chesapeake Bay\, and served as chair of the steering committee for a 2017 STAC workshop on Legacy Sediment\, Riparian Corridors\, and Total Maximum Daily Loads. His talk will cover topics at the intersection of earth science and public policy related to dams\, sediment\, and associated impacts on aquatic ecosystems. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-dams-sediment-and-public-policy/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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SUMMARY:Talk - We have the plan\, now what? Supporting implementation of community-based vernal pool conservation on private lands
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Aram Calhoun and Jessica Jansujwicz\, Dept. of Wildlife\, Fisheries & Conservation Biology and Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions\, University of Maine \nPrivate lands provide many public goods (e.g.\, habitat for wildlife\, water conservation\, educational\, aesthetic\, or recreational value)\, but perceived value to private landowners may be less clear. Achieving conservation goals on private lands thus requires a broader choice of conservation tools and approaches that address the needs and priorities of all landowners. The Maine Vernal Pool Special Area Management Plan (SAMP) was devised to meet this need. Co-produced by stakeholders\, the SAMP offers a promising solution to balance natural resources conservation with opportunities for economic development. However\, a plan only works if implemented successfully. To fully understand the impact of the SAMP\, it is critical to look beyond the plan to determine how the newly approved tool can be effectively implemented in diverse community contexts. Two Maine towns (Topsham and Orono) are beginning implementation of the SAMP and several additional Maine municipalities have expressed interest. This provides a unique opportunity to study the process as it unfolds\, improve communication with stakeholders\, and ensure that use of this tool by other entities will be successful. Our work tracking SAMP implementation may have ripple effects both in scope of implementation and in scaling up of types of resources managed through this tool. \nAram Calhoun\, Professor\, Wetland Ecology; Faculty Fellow\, Mitchell Center \nCalhoun is a wetland ecologist and faculty member in the Dept. of Wildlife\, Fisheries & Conservation Biology at the University of Maine. Her research focuses on wetland ecology and policy and vernal pool conservation. Her work stresses the importance of conserving natural resources (wetlands and vernal pools) and/or target species (wood frogs\, spotted salamanders\, and blue-spotted salamanders) on private lands by addressing both human and ecological dimensions. \nCalhoun’s research with the Mitchell Center uses local vernal pool conservation as a model to help communities find ways to balance economic development with natural resource conservation on private land. Her work also involves working with the Environment and Natural Resources Committee of the State Legislature on the importance of wetland and vernal pool protection. \nJessica Jansujwicz\, Research Assistant Professor\, Wildlife\, Fisheries & Conservation Biology; Faculty Fellow\, Mitchell Center \nAs an applied social scientist with a focus on the human dimensions of natural resources\, Jansujwicz works at the interface between science and policy. Her scholarship and research is driven by concern for the gap between scientific knowledge production and effective conservation action. Broadly\, Jansujwicz’s research focuses on the connection between humans and natural resources and aims to integrate stakeholder values\, concerns\, and information needs into policy development\, conservation planning\, scientific research\, and program design and implementation. More specifically\, she is interested in participatory approaches to policy-making and science with an emphasis on collaboration\, citizen science\, and interdisciplinary\, stakeholder-driven research. Past and current research topics include regulatory and community-based approaches to vernal pool conservation\, sustainable development of tidal power\, and trade-offs in decision-making regarding the future of dams in New England. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-we-have-the-plan-now-what-supporting-implementation-of-community-based-vernal-pool-conservation-on-private-lands/
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SUMMARY:Talk - Possibilities for Partnership: University-Indigenous Nations and Research in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Darren J. Ranco\, Citizen of the Penobscot Nation\, Associate Professor of Anthropology\, Chair of Native American Programs\, Faculty Fellow\, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions\, UMaine \nThe promise of both sustainability science and indigenous research methods are for greater partnership and relevance of research to different community and societal needs. Here at the University of Maine through the Mitchell Center\, a small group of us have been working on this related to Wabanaki Tribal Nations. In this talk\, Dr. Ranco will describe these efforts\, their underlying theories and values\, highlighting successes\, barriers and recent developments. He will also chart the future of such work here in Maine and beyond—with an emphasis on the deep partnerships and sharing required for work to be done in meaningful\, decolonized ways. \nDarren J. Ranco\, PhD\, a citizen of the Penobscot Nation\, is an Associate Professor of Anthropology\, Chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine\, and is faculty in the George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. He has a Masters of Studies in Environmental Law from Vermont Law School and a PhD in Social Anthropology from Harvard University. His research focuses on the ways in which indigenous communities in the United States resist environmental destruction by using indigenous science\, diplomacies\, and critiques of liberalism to protect natural and cultural resources. He teaches classes on indigenous intellectual property rights\, research ethics\, environmental justice and tribal governance. As a citizen of the Penobscot Nation\, he is particularly interested in how better research relationships can be made between universities\, Native and non-Native researchers\, and indigenous communities.  He has published in each of these areas—environmental risk and justice\, climate change\, invasive species\, cultural resources\, research ethics\, indigenous subsistence issues\, university-indigenous relations\, and tribal governance in a variety of academic and non-academic publications\, including Climatic Change\, Ecology and Society\, American Anthropologist\, The Journal of Forestry\, Antipode\, Society and Natural Resources\, and the Wicazo Sa Review. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-possibilities-for-partnership-university-indigenous-nations-and-research-in-the-21st-century/
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