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Research Mission
The research mission of the
Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed
Research consists of grants awarded by the
Mitchell
Center/USGS to researchers in Maine, and research grants and
contracts awarded to the Mitchell Center. Grants and
contracts awarded to the Mitchell Center totaled more than
$1.4M in 2003, for a total budget of nearly $1.6M.
Current Research Projects:
Acidity Partition Model
PIs: Ken Johnson, Sarah Nelson
Agency: Atlantic Salmon Commission
Project Funds: $14,912
Project Period: May 2006 to April 2007
Assessment of Natural and Watershed Conditions in and Adjacent to Acadia National Park
PsI: Peter Vaux, John Peckenham, Kathleen Bell, Sarah Nelson
Agency: National Park Service
Project funds: $49,987
Project period: June 2006 to December 2007
How much is enough? Developing a citizen-based monitoring plan for mercury in gauged watershed streams at Acadia National Park
PI: Sarah Nelson
Agency: L.L. Bean Acadia Research Fellowship
Project funds: $4,975
Project period: April 2006 to April 2007
Do water sampling techniques affect aluminum speciation?
PI: Ken Johnson
Agency: Atlantic Salmon Commission
Project funds: $10,853
Project period: July 2005 to June 2006
Source Water Analysis and Warning Technology (SWWAT)
PI: John Peckenham
Collaborators: Roessler, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences; Ferketic, Sewall Engineering Company; Kahl, Plymouth State University
Agency: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Project funds: $483,594
Project period: September 2005 to August 2006
Do Natural Chloride Gradients
Affect the Formation of Disinfection By-Products in Public Water
Supplies?
PI: John Peckenham
Agency: U.S. Geological Survey and Maine Drinking Water Program
Project funds: $62,400
Project period: March 2005 to February 2006
Penobscot River Synthesis
PIs: Peter Vaux, Catherine Schmitt
Agency: U.S. Geological Survey
Project funds: $21,209
Project period: March 2005 to February 2006
The Effect of Gravel Pit Mining on Groundwater Resources
PI: John Peckenham
Agency: Various
Project funds: $20,000
Project period: September 2004 - August 2005
Interim Report (August 2005) • Final Report (June 2006)
Determining trends in water chemistry for
two salmon rivers and their small tributaries, 1985-2006
PI: Ken Johnson
Agency: Atlantic Salmon Commission
Project funds: $180,828
Project period: July 2003 - June 2007
Closing the Loop on Hydrologic and
Mass Balances for a Temperate Forested Park
PI: S.J. Nelson
Agency: Canon National Parks Science Scholars Program
Project Funds: $78,000
Project Period: September 2003 to August 2006
Developing PEARL as the
Environmental Database for Atlantic Salmon Restoration
PIs: P. Vaux
Agency: Atlantic Salmon Commission
Project Funds: $93,965
Project Period: April 2004 to December 2006
Nutrient Cycling within the
Meduxnekeag River and the Use of Periphytic Algae as an Indicator
of Nutrient Loading
PIs: D.B. Dail, K.E. Webster, E.A. Fretwell, C. Ellis, L. Wilson,
J.S. Kahl
Agency: USGS
Project Funds: $52,177
Project Period: April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2006
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