Who Are We?
The Watershed Process and Estuary Sustainability Research Group (WPES) at the University of Maine is a multidisciplinary interdepartmental research team of faculty, students, and professionals that collaborate on research projects focused on developing science based solutions to watershed and estuary management problems.
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WPES in the News
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WPES graduate student wins poster award at Maine Sustainability & Water Conference
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WPES hosts seminar about Surface Water Ocean Topography with Dr. Taylor Rowley from UMass on Nov 8 at Noon
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WPES collaborator, Joe Zydlewski, publishes a new paper on dam challenges for migratory fish in the Penobscot River
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WPES and ECS hosts Dr. Jabari Jones from Bowdoin College for a seminar on Humans as Geologic Agents
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Van Dam and Smith publish a case study on surface water storage in Maine “Puddles”
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