UMaine hosts stormwater management program for high schoolers, AP reports
The Associated Press reported about 85 high school students and 20 teachers from Maine and elsewhere in the country are staying at the University of Maine from June 26–29 for a program to create environmental solutions to stormwater management. Participants in the UMaine Stormwater Management Research Team (SMART) Institute will work with university faculty, students and others throughout the program. Now in its third year, the program engages students in the implementation of science to address an environmental issue, the AP reported. Many cities wrestle with how to environmentally and efficiently handle stormwater runoff, which can be an expensive problem, according to the AP. WABI (Channel 5), Portland Press Herald, Fosters.com, The Washington Times and Belleville News-Democrat in Illinois carried the AP report.