Watershed Process and Estuary Sustainability Research Group

Zydlewski J, Coghlan S, Dillingham C, Figueroa-Muñoz G, Merriam C, Smith S, Smith R, Stich D, Vogel S, Wilson K and Zydlewski G. 2023. Seven dam challenges for migratory fish: insights from the Penobscot River. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 11:1253657. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1253657

Please join us Wednesday, 10/18 at noon in BGSC 100 for our weekly ECS Seminar Series. This week, Dr. Jabari Jones from Bowdoin College will be giving a talk related to the impact humans have had on geologic change. Please join us following the seminar in the second floor atrium for a chance to meet […]

A case study by WPES researchers, Bea Van Dam and Sean Smith, was published this week in the journal, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. The paper, Remote Detection of Upland Surface Water Storage Capacity in Deglaciated Terrain, was inspired by observations of micro topography from tree throw in multiple locations in central and coastal Maine, […]

WPES faculty, Sean Smith, welcomes Paul Grams, Ph.D. of the USGS for a lecture on the impacts of sustained drought on the Colorado River. The in-person lecture is scheduled for UMaine students on September 28 in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences.

Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation – Pritchard Outstanding Physical Oceanography Paper Award “The Pritchard Award Committee is excited to select “Coastal Hydrodynamics and Timescales in Meso-Macrotidal Estuaries in the Gulf of Maine: a Model Study,” authored by Sohaib Alahmed, Lauren Ross, and Sean M.C. Smith, as the 2023 CERF Pritchard Award recipient.” “This award was […]

UMaine News published an article highlighting the work of Dr. Ross and ongoing plans to expand her research in Maine to other countries with funding from a Fulbright Scholarship in the upcoming school year.  https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2023/07/18/ross-embarks-on-fulbright-to-expand-estuary-research-beyond-u-s-borders/  

WPES PhD candidate, Bea Van Dam, is scheduled to defend her dissertation research on August 2 at 1 PM in Normal Smith Hall (Room 11) on U Maine’s Orono Campus. The dissertation title is “Scaling Up the Relevance of Land-Sea Connections in Coastal Bacteria Pollution Vulnerability”. Attendance can be in-person or remotely via online access. […]

Drs. Lauren Ross and Neil Fisher visited Islesboro Island this week to install tide gauges and meet with community members, Island Institute staff ,and high school students to talk about tidal measurements and sea level rise. They were joined by Sean Smith who collected exploratory marsh samples related the history of tidal dynamics on the […]

The Estuary Builder Tool developed by WPES PhD candidate, Bea Van Dam, was highlighted in UMaine News and local (Bangor, Channel 7) evening news this week. The reporting focused on roll out of the coastal spatial data tool designed to aggregate information and knowledge about land sea connections influencing pollution problems and solutions on the […]