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Sustainability Solutions Initiative

The Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI) was funded by a five-year, $20 million National Science Foundation EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) grant to ME EPSCoR at the University of Maine. The project’s mission was to connect knowledge with action in ways that promote strong economies, vibrant communities and healthy ecosystems in and beyond Maine.

Sustainability Solutions Initiative Project Portfolio

Understanding Ecological, Social, and Economic Aspects of Bycatch and Building Stakeholder Alliances in the Gulf of Maine Lobster Fishery
Team: University of Maine
Project range: Statewide

Using Immersive Virtual Reality to Understand the Impacts of Wind Energy Siting
Team: University of Maine
Project range: Monhegan Island, Maine

Team: University of Maine
Project range: Statewide

Team: University of Southern Maine, University of Maine
Project range: Portland and Bangor

Decision tools to support water resources sustainability of managed lake systems
Team: University of Maine, University of Southern Maine
Project range: Sebago Lake Watershed

Team: University of Maine
Project range: Statewide

Team: University of Maine
Project range: Statewide

Team: University of Maine, University of Maine School of Law
Project range: Lower Penobscot River Watershed and Casco Bay Watershed

Team: University of Maine, 91¸£Àû Cooperative Extension
Project range: Coastal Maine

Team: University of Maine
Project range: Statewide

Team: University of Maine
Project range: Down East Maine

Team: University of Maine
Project range: Statewide

Team: University of Maine
Range: Project wide

Team: University of Maine
Range: Project wide

Team: Bates & Bowdoin Colleges, University of Southern Maine
Project range: Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers and Estuary

Team: Colby College
Project range: Belgrade Lakes Watershed

Team: University of New England
Project range: Saco River Estuary

Team: Unity College
Project range: Southern & Central Maine

Team: University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI)
Project range: Aroostook River Watershed

Team: University of Maine at Farmington (UMF)
Project range: Belgrade & Rangeley Lakes Regions

Team: University of Maine at Fort Kent (UMFK)
Project range: St. John Valley

University of Maine at Augusta (UMA)
Project range: Statewide

Supported by National Science Foundation award EPS-0904155 to Maine EPSCoR at the University of Maine.