The Sustainability Solutions Partners (SSP) program integrates the state’s undergraduate colleges and universities and community colleges. SSP partners will contribute directly to the goals and objectives of the core research focus on sustainability science through interdisciplinary research teams, integrated educational activities, workforce development activities, cyberinfrastructure, training, and diversity efforts.

Year 1 SSP Projects

Ecological and economic recovery and sustainability of the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers, estuary and nearshore environment
Bates College, Bowdoin College, University of Southern Maine
Team leader: John Lichter, Bowdoin College

Sustaining Quality of Place in the Saco River Estuary through Community Based Ecosystem Management
Phase I: Bridging Community Goals for Quality of Place and Scientific Knowledge of Ecosystem Structure and Function through Collaborative Learning
University of New England
Team leader: Pamela Morgan

Modeling Resilience and Adaptation in the Belgrade Lakes Watershed
Colby College
Team leader: Whitney King

Understanding the Relationships among Biodiversity, Forest Management, and Invasive Species Disturbance in a Forested New England Landscape
Unity College
Team leader: Amy Arnett

Developing our Energy Future: A Community-based Research Project (Planning Grant)
College of the Atlantic
Team leaders: J. Gray Cox and Davis Taylor

Modeling evolving ecological, cultural, and economic systems of the Aroostook River watershed of northern Maine for sustainable development (Planning Grant)
University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI)
Team leader: Jason Johnson

Planning for Watershed-based Sustainable Development: Bridging the Belgrade and Rangeley Lakes Regions
University of Maine at Farmington
Team Leader: Wendy Harper

Biomass Energy Resources in the St. John Valley, Aroostook County, Maine: Development Potential, Landscape Implications, and Replication Possibilities
University of Maine at Fort Kent
Team Leader: Brian Kermath