SEPTEMBER
September 4, 2009
Jim Wilson, School for Marine Sciences
Modeling Learning and Adaptation in Coupled Natural and Human Systems
11:30am, 354 Aubert Hall, UMaine
Sponsored by the School of Marine Sciences
September 10, 2009
Elena Irwin, Associate Prof., Dept. of Agricultural,
Environmental, & Development Economics, The Ohio State
University
Social-ecological systems research: some perspectives on
the good, the bad and the ugly
2-4pm, Room 107, Norman Smith Hall, UMaine
Sponsored by SSI, a program of the Mitchell Center
For information: Kim Raymond
September 11, 2009
Amanda Olsen, Earth Sciences, UMaine
Understanding rates of chemical weathering
12:00 noon, 309 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Seminar Series
September 14, 2009
Dr. Christine Feurt, University of New England, Center for Sustainable Communities
Protecting Our Children's Water - Using Collaborative Learning to Frame and Implement Ecosystem Management
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept of Wildlife Ecology
For information: Jessica Jansujwicz
September 21, 2009
James Acheson, Dept. of Anthropology & School of Marine Sciences, UMaine
Recent Studies of Small Forest Landowners
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept of Wildlife Ecology
For information: Jessica Jansujwicz
September 23, 2009
Daviel Belknap, Earth Sciences
Alaskan Glaciers
12:00 noon, 100 Bryand Global Sciences Center
Sponsored by the Dept. of Earth Sciences
September 24, 2009
Angus King
Data-driven policy: the role of universities in creating a sustainable Maine
1:00 pm, Wells Conference Center
Please RSVP to 207/581-3244 or contact Kim Raymond
September 28, 2009
Rutherford H. Platt, Prof. of Geography Emeritus, UMass & Senior Fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Cities (CUNY)
The Humane Metropolis: People and Nature in the 21st Century
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept of Wildlife Ecology and the Mitchell Center
For information: Jessica Jansujwicz
Linda Silka, Director, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center
Immigrant Communities: What They Can Help Us Learn About Communication
12:10 pm, 424 Dunn Hall
Sponsored by the CMJ Research Colloquium
For information: Nathan Stormer
September 30, 2009
Will Robertson, Dept Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Long Term Monitoring of Phosphate Mobility in Septic System Plumes; Insight into Attenuation Mechanisms
12:00 noon, 100 Bryand Global Sciences Center
Sponsored by the Dept. of Earth Sciences
OCTOBER
October 2, 2009
Dr. Will Wollheim, University of New Hampshire
Changes in freshwater aquatic regulation of land-to-ocean fluxes due to human activities and climate change
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology, the Climate Change Institute and the Mitchell Center
October 5, 2009
Karen Hutchins,
Communication & Journalism
Land Debates about Maine's North Woods: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Plum Creek Development Project on Moosehead Lake.
12:10 pm, 424 Dunn Hall
Co-sponsored by the Dept
of Communication & Journalism and the CMJ Graduate Student Association
Ashley Moerke, Lake Superior State University
Salmon in the Great Lakes Tributaries
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology Seminar Series
For information: Jessica Jansujwicz
October 9, 2009
Julia Barringer, USGS
HG and As dynamics in New Jersey Groundwater
12:00 noon, 309 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Seminar Series
Greg Gould, UC Davis
Considering Goods Movement: Air Quality and Climate Change Issues in Planning & Policy
11:00 am, 201 Winslow Hall
Sponsored by the School of Economics Seminar Series
October 14, 2009
Christopher Gerbi, Earth Sciences
SEM features and applications
12:00 noon, 100 Bryand Global
Sponsored by the Earth Sciences Brown Bag Seminar Series
Patrick Connelly, Operation Wallacea
Operation Wallacea Biodiversity Research Program
5:00 pm, 354 Aubert Hall
Hosted by Dr. Ian Bricknell
October 16, 2009
Dr. Evelyn Richards, University of New Brunswick
Applications of Linear Programming in Forest Managment
12:00 Noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources Seminar Series
October 19, 2009
David Owen, University of Maine School of Law
Legal Protection of Biodiversity in Stormwater-Impacted Urban Streams
12:00 pm, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept of Wildlife Ecology
For information: Jessica Jansujwicz
October 23, 2009
Paula Mouser, Sanborn, Head and Associates
Influence of ammonium availability on bacterial community composition and the metabolic state of Geobacteraceae during uranioum bioremidiation
12:00 noon, 309 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Seminar Series
Dr. Richard Hallet, U.S. Forest Service
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Imagery
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources Seminar Series
October 26, 2009
Ken Elowe, Director Resource Management, ME Dept. IF&W
Cooperative Conservation: Why, When, and Is It Worth It
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept of Wildlife Ecology
For information: Jessica Jansujwicz
October 27, 2009
Tamra Shelly, Dept. of Chemistry, UMaine
Iron, the Ocean and Global Warming
11:00 am, 428 Aubert Hall
Sponsored by the Dept of Chemistry Grad Student Seminar Series
For more information contact: (207)581-1169
October 28, 2009
Andrew Reeve, Earth Science, University of Maine
Simulating Peatland Hydrology with Fipy
12:00 noon, 100 Bryand Global
Sponsored by the Department of Earth Sciences
October 29, 2009
Linda Silka, Interim Director, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center
Overcoming Power Differences: The Onstacles to Effective Partnerships Between Universities and Communities
12:30 pm, Bangor Room, Memorial Union
Sponsored by the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series
For information: Michael Howard
Lindsay R. Marshall, Associate Dean, Mi'kmaq College Institute, Cape Breton University
Mi'kmaq Research Principles and Protocols
4:00 pm, Totman Room, Memorial Union
For information: Darren Ranco
October 30, 2009
Dr. Christopher Elphick, University of Connecticutt
Conservation in an Era of Climate Change: Can we save saltmarsh birds as the oceans rise?
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology and the Climate Change Institute
Evelyn Richards
Applications of Linear Programming in Forest Management
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources
NOVEMBER
November 6, 2009
David Conover, Marine Sciences Research Ctr SUNY Stony Brook
The Spatial and Temporal Scales of Adaptive Divergence in the Ocean: Do Fishery Harvests Cause Evolutionary Changes?
11:00am, 100 Jenness Hall
Co-Sponsored by the Dept of Wildlife Ecology, Mitchell Center, and School of Biology and Ecology
For information: Jessica Jansujwicz
Rick Vollick
Wildland Fire on National Wildlife Refuges in Maine
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources
November 9, 2009
Joshua Royte, Conservation Planner, The Nature Conservancy
Conservation Planning for Sustainable Biodiversity in the 21st Century: New Tools from the Nature Conservancy
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept of Wildlife Ecology
For information: Jessica Jansujwicz
Novermber 12, 2009
John Dorrer, Director, Maine Dept. of Labor Center for Workforce Reseach and Information
Capturing Occupational Employment: Systems, Tools and Innovations
11:00 am, 202 Winslow Hall
Sponsored by the School of Economics
November 13, 2009
Anthony Halog, Forest Resources
Introduction to life cycle sustainability analysis
12:00 noon, 309 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Seminar Series
Dr. Rebecca Holberton, University of Maine, SBE
Environmental and Anthropogenic Challenges Dacing Seabirds in the Gulf of Maine: Are These K-selected Species Really Doing OK?
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology
Ivan Fernandez, University of Maine
An Ecological Observatory in a Climate of Change: Bear Brook at 20 Years
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources
November 16, 2009
Brad Timm, Dept. Natural Resources Conservation, UMass Amherst
The Ecology and Conservation of the Eastern Spadefoot Toad at Cape Cod National Seashore.
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept of Wildlife Ecology
For information: Jessica Jansujwicz
November 17, 2009
Judy Hakola, Lecturer, English
When Where Becomes Why: Maine Women Writers and a Sense of Place
Sandra Lynn Hutchinson, Maine Studies Research Associate
Rachel Carson and the Environmental Imagination
12:15 pm, Bangor Room, Memorial Union
Sponsored by Women in the Curriculum and Women's Studies Program. For information
November 19, 2009
Michael Howard, Philosophy
Climate Change and Environmental Justice
12:30 pm, Bangor Room, Memorial Union
Sponsored by the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series
For information: Michael Howard
November 20, 2009
Bjorn Lake, University of Maine
Phosophorus cycling in Maine lake sediments
12:00 noon, 309 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Seminar Series
Aga Pinette, Me Dept. of Conservation, LURC
Plum Creek's Concept Plan for the Moosehead Lake Region: A Creative Laternative to Traditional Land Use Zoning and Regulation
11:00 am, 201 Winslow Hall
Sponsored by the School of Economics Seminar Series
Mike Lavigne
Forest Management and Ecosystem Carbon Cycling
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources
November 23, 2009
Catherine Schmitt, Maine Sea Grant
Science Communication: Taking Your Research Beyond Conclusions and Into the Real World
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept of Wildlife Ecology
For information: Jessica Jansujwicz
November 30, 2009
Megan Gahl, Canadian Rivers Institute, Univ. of New Brunswick
Amphibians, Disease, and Multiple Stressors in Northeastern North America
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the Dept of Wildlife Ecology
For information: Jessica Jansujwicz
DECEMBER
December 4, 2009
Lauren Brown, University of Maine
Hg geochemistry in Maine estuaries
12:00 noon, 309 Boardman Hall
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Seminar Series
Dr. Jason Grear, EPA, Atlantic Ecology Division
Muysid population ecology in an acidified ocean
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology
Gary Hunt, SOE
Make No Little Plans: Transforming Maine's Carbon-based Economy with Offshore Wind Power
11:00 am, 201 Winslow Hall
Sponsored by the School of Economics Seminar Series
Jeremy Wilson
Why are Forest Stands in Maine so Difficult to Classify?
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources
December 11, 2009
Jack Kartez, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, USM
Meeting the challenge of turning research-based information into societal action: accumulating evidence - old and new.
3:10 pm, 102 Murray Hall
Co-sponsored by the Dept of Wildlife Ecology & School of Biology and Ecology
For information: Jessica Jansujwicz
Linda Silka, School of Economics, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Ctr.
Smart Growth: Bringing Disciplines Together to Develop Innovative Solutions
11:00 am, 201 Winslow Hall
Sponsored by the School of Economics Seminar Series
Bruce Wiersma, CRSF, University of Maine
Sugar Maple Decline on Bear Brook Watershed
12:00 noon, 204 Nutting Hall
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources
