SSI Year 1 Research Projects
Linking Knowledge with Action:
Refining Maine’s Mercury Fish Consumption Advisory (Phase I)
Team leader: Aria Amirbahman
Team members: Kathleen Bell, Linda Bacon, Kevin Simon, Steve Norton, Ivan Fernandez,
Project partners:
Dave Courtemanch, Barry Mower (ME DEP)
Protecting Natural Resources at the Community Scale: Using population persistence of vernal pool fauna as a model system to study urbanization, climate change and forest management
Team leader: Aram Calhoun
Team members: Kathleen Bell, Mac Hunter, Rob Lilieholm, Laura Lindenfeld, Cyndy Loftin, Linda Silka
Developing Urban Landscape Models and Studies of their Use and Effects on Decision Making
Team leader: Charlie Colgan
Team members: Kathleen Bell, Rob Lilieholm, Jim Wilson, Jack Kartez, Bruce Segee, David Briggs
Potential project partners: Transportation agencies, regional planning and development agencies, state agencies, local planning agencies, private non-profits, business and trade associations, private companies
Development of a Spatial Landscape Simulation Suite
Team leader: David Heibeler
Team members: Charlene Donohue, Frank Drummond, Jim Wilson
Decision tools to support water resources sustainability of managed lake systems
Team leader: Shaleen Jain
Team members: Jean MacRae, Firooza Pavri, John Peckenham, Andrew Reeve, Michael Scott
Project partners: Portland Water District, Maine Dept. of Environnental Protection, Lake Environmental Association, Southern Maine Regional Water Council
Adaptation Strategies in a Changing Climate: Maine’s Coastal Communities and the Statewide Stakeholder Process
Team leader:
Shaleen Jain
Team members: Esperanza Stancioff, Kirk Maasch, Jasmine Saros
Project partners: Office of the Maine State Climatologist, Malcolm Burson (State of Maine climate Change Adaptation Stakeholder Process) & Department of Environmental Protection
A Preliminary Assessment of Social and Ecological Factors
Influencing Dam Removal Decision-Making in Maine
Team leader:
Teresa Johnson
Team members: Gayle Zydlewski, James Wilson, James Acheson, Richard Judd
Improving Small-Scale Forest Policy & Management through Social Learning and Modeling
Team leader: Jessica Leahy
Team members: Aaron Weiskittel, Mario Teisl, Laura Lindenfeld, Kathleen Bell
Project partners: Small Woodland Owner Association of Maine, Family Forest Research Center, Maine Forest Service, family forest landowners, municipal officials, environmental and community development non-profits
Researching Knowledge-to-Action Linkages to Promote Stakeholder and Community Engagement
Team leaders: Laura Lindenfeld and Linda Silka
Team members: Jessica Leahy, Bill Kuykendall
Analysis of Alternative Futures in the Maine Landscape using Spatial Models of Coupled Social and Ecological Systems
Team leader: Rob Lilieholm
Team members: Chris Cronan, Richard Judd, Jeremy Wilson, Eric. Gallandt, Stephen Hornsby
Potential project partners: Government agencies, forestry & economic development NGOs, conservation and recreation NGOs
Sustaining and Restoring Urban Stream Resources in Maine
Team leader: Dave Owen
Team members: Chris Cronan, Laura Lindenfeld, Kevin Simon, Peter Vaux
Potential project partners: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection, local agency employees, elected officials, environmental consultants, environmental advocacy group members, business and industry representatives, and environmental attorneys
Mobilizing Diverse Interests to Address Invasive Species Threats to Coupled Natural/Human Systems: The Case of the Emerald Ash Borer in Maine
Team leader: Darren Ranco
Team members: John Daigle, Robert Lilieholm, Jennifer Neptune, Theresa Secord
Project partners: Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
Modeling Stakeholder Acceptance of Solutions to Environmental Problems
Team leader: Mario Teisl and Shannon McCoy
Team members: Caroline Noblet, Laura Lindenfeld, Jessica Leahy, Linda Silka, Mark Anderson
Spatial forest planning to meet multiple natural resource goals: Developing geospatial tools to forecast management outcomes across a diverse landscape of ownership types and stakeholder interests
Team leader: Jeremy Wilson
Team members: Steve Sader, Jessica Leahy
Project partner: Maine Cooperation Forestry Research Unit (CFRU)
Summer 2009 Research Planning Grants
Planning grants were made available to Sustainability Solutions Initiative team members for summer 2009. Research teams are concentrating on stakeholder engagement and interdisciplinary team building.
Team Projects
Population Persistence Team:
- Project Summary (coming soon)
Ecosystem Services Team:
- Project Summary (coming soon)
Forest Ecosystem Management Team:
Brown Ash Sustainability Team
Knowledge to Action Team
- Project Summary (coming soon)
Research on the Research (RoR) Team
