Research Areas - Environmental Policy

LINKING WATERSHED-SCALE INDICATORS OF CHANGES IN ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION TO REGIONAL RESPONSE PATTERNS

This research is part of a program addressing scientific and societal needs by investigating the processes and indicators of response and recovery at Bear Brook Watershed in Maine (BBWM). Our collaborators are using the geochemical model MAGIC7 to predict site specific results and then scaling the results from BBWM to the regional level by re-examining the parallel spatial and temporal chemical trends in the High Elevation Lakes in Maine (HELM) and their watersheds. Concurrently, we are developing methods to assess the economic and policy implications of these findings, as well as developing practical forrns for information dissemination that will be of use to federal, state, and local decision makers.

Funding Agency:  U.S.E.P.A. I N.S.F. 

Principal Investigator:  Deirdre M. Mageean

Collaborator:

Water Research Institute, University of Maine

Dept. of Applied Ecology & Environmental Sciences, University of Maine

Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Maine

Champion International, Bucksport, Maine

U.S. Forest Service