Forest landowners in southern and coastal Maine are partnering with University of Maine researchers as part of the state’s first active tick surveillance citizen science program. The Maine Forest Tick Survey based at UMaine seeks volunteer landowners with 10–1,000 wooded acres in Androscoggin, Cumberland, Hancock, Knox, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo and York counties. The citizen […]
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Position: MS Graduate Assistantship Location: University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA Department(s): Ecology and Environmental Sciences & Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology Responsibilities: Incumbent will will join Dr. Carly Sponarski’s human dimensions of wildlife lab in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology, and the research topic will examine: (a) private forest landowners, foresters, […]
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Carly gave her talk at the Mitchell Center Sustainability Solutions seminar series this week called Let’s get emotional about wildlife conservation! If you missed the talk, luckily it was recorded. Check out the link below to see the seminar. Check out the video here!
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Kirstie Ruppert (PhD candidate) has recently presented posters about her dissertation research on Giraffe hunting in northern Kenya at two conferences: first, Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit 2017 Coordinating Committee Meeting at the University of Maine, and second, the 2017 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference at the Civic Center in Augusta, ME. Congratulations […]
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Drs. Sponarski, Strong, McGreavy and Zydlewski have been recently awarded the Mitchell Center Sustainability Solutions Research Grant 2017 for the project: Getting Over the Dam: Overcoming institutional barriers to the recovery of Atlantic salmon by navigating the social-science/policy interface.
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On Monday April 24th @ 3pm in room 107 Norman Smith Hall, Carly will be giving a seminar for the George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Her talk is titled: Let’s get emotional about wildlife conservation! TALK – Let’s get emotional about wildlife conservation!
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UMaine’s Human Dimensions of Wildlife Lab welcome’s Kirstie Ruppert, a new PhD student to our team. She will be examining human-giraffe conflict in northern Kenya during her time here. We are pleased to have her join our team.
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