April 16, 2009
News from the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research Headlines:
SPRING SEMESTER LECTURES
HAROLD PACHIOS, Senior Partner, Preti Flaherty Beliveau and Pachios
April 17, 1pm, Room 100 D.P. Corbett, UMaine, Orono
Title: Politics and the Evolution of Environmental
Regulations in Maine.
Harold Pachios' expertise has had a positive and lasting
impact on Maine’s environment, about which he cares deeply.
His post-law school career began with work as Associate White
House Press Secretary during the Johnson administration.
After filling several important roles in Washington, he
returned to Maine in 1969 and began practicing law in
Portland. He was instrumental in developing Maine’s landmark
site location and coastal pollution laws, and he has taught
environmental law at Bowdoin. His advocacy related to
environmental issues has been significant and impressive.
BUSTER SIMPSON, Artist
April 28, 3:30-5:00 pm, Soderberg Auditorium, Jenness
Hall, UMaine, Orono
Buster will discuss surface water management and its
relationship to his art work. For more information visit http://www.bustersimpson.net
This seminar is co-sponsored by the Mitchell Center and
UMaine Departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering,
Earth Sciences and Art.
DAVID R. FOSTER, Director, Harvard Forest
Geddes W. Simpson Distinguished Lecture
April 29, 3pm, McIntire Room, Buchanan Alumni House, UMaine, Orono
Title: Reading and Conserving New England. Using
History to Interpret and Manage Nature.
For directions and parking permits, please contact Ruth
Hallsworth at 207/581-3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu.
ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF DIADROMOUS SPECIES RESTORATION
The Diadromous Species Restoration Research Network is a
NSF funded network whose goal is to advance the science of
diadromous fish restoration, promote state-of-the-art
scientific approaches to multiple-species restoration on
a watershed scale, and facilitate interactions among
scientists, managers, and stakeholders.
DSRRN welcomes Barbara Arter as the network's Science
Information Coordinator. If you have questions about
DSRRN or would like to be added to the DSRRN mailing
list, please contact Barbara at 207/581-3286 or
barbara.s.arter@umit.maine.edu.
FIRST SCIENCE MEETING TO IDENTIFY BIG QUESTIONS
Restoration of Diadromous Fishes and Their Ecosystems:
Confluence of Science and Restoration
22-24 July 2009
University of Maine, Orono, Maine
Registration will open in late April.
1) Help shape substantial dialog about the future of
diadromous species restoration and research by identifying
major scientific questions and promising research and
management strategies;
2) Join a growing network of researchers and managers
focused on the restoration of diadromous fish, other species,
and their habitats in the north Atlantic region, including
an ambitious dam removal project in the Penobscot River
watershed;
3) Contribute to the planning of future DSRRN-sponsored
workshops focusing on top priority questions and strategies.
Nationally renowned plenary speakers include:
• Margaret Palmer, University of Maryland
Researches restoration ecology and how land use, hydrology
and geomorphology influence the health of running-water
ecosystems.
• David Montgomery, University of Washington
Studies evolution of topography and the influence of
geomorphological processes on ecological systems and
human societies.
• Gérald Chaput, Fisheries and Oceans, NB, Canada
Specializes in growth, distribution, and abundance of
diadromous fish in eastern Canada and specifically
the Miramichi River Watershed in New Brunswick.
• George Pess, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Research includes ecosystem response to the removal
of the Elwha River dams and differences in salmonid
recolonization associated with population and aquatic
habitat dynamics.
For more information please visit the DSRRN Web site or contact Barbara
NEW WATER RESOURCE RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR 2009
Funded by the Maine Water Resources Research Institute
Sustainable water allocation and rulemaking for Maine’s
surface waters: Adaptation consideration in a changing
climate
Principal Investigator: Shaleen Jain, UMaine
Regional Pilot to Reduce Stormwater Polluting Behaviors
through Social Marketing as an Environmental Education
Tool in the Bangor Urbanized Area
Principal Investigator: Scott Wilkerson, UMaine
A sequential time-weighted average monitoring approach for
monitoring pesticide levels in Maine surface waters.
Principal Investigators: Lucner Charlestra & Howard
Patterson, UMaine
Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy as a Rapid, Cost-Effective
Method to Monitor and Analyze Low Levels of Pharmaceuticals
in Three Maine Rivers
Principal Investigators: Jim Killarney & Howard Patterson,
UMaine
Research summaries are available online.
YOUR INPUT REQUESTED: 2010 WATER CONFERENCE SESSION TOPICS
We welcome your suggestions for potential session topics
for the 2010 Maine Water Conference. Please email
Ruth Hallsworth or call 207/581-3196
by Monday April 20th with your session topic ideas.
NEW COMMUNITY-BASED VERNAL POOLS WEB SITE
The "Community Based Conservation: Maine Vernal Pools" Web site provides information to towns and citizens on
the Maine Vernal Pools Project. The site includes videos, publications, resources, reference materials, data forms
and more.
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