{"id":25310,"date":"2022-01-13T16:30:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T21:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?p=25310"},"modified":"2022-01-26T14:14:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T19:14:17","slug":"projects-focused-on-pfas-management-river-restoration-and-watershed-decision-making-funded-through-maine-wrri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/2022\/01\/13\/projects-focused-on-pfas-management-river-restoration-and-watershed-decision-making-funded-through-maine-wrri\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects focused on PFAS management, river restoration and watershed decision-making funded through Maine WRRI"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following three projects have received funding through the\u00a02021 Maine Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI)<\/a>\u00a0Competitive Grants program (104b):<\/p>\n

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Integrated Assessment of Alternative Management Strategies for PFAS-contaminated Wastewater Residuals<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

An interdisciplinary research team examines the environmental, social and economic aspects of management options for PFAS, also known as \u201cforever chemicals,\u201d in Maine.<\/p>\n

Project lead<\/strong>
\nDr. Dianne Kopec<\/a>, Faculty Fellow, Mitchell Center, 91¸£Àû<\/p>\n

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Stakeholders, Earth Scientists, Designers and Planners Can Shape the Dynamics of River Restoration<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

A research team studies how added river structures made from natural materials can help restore crucial habitat for endangered Atlantic salmon and other aquatic life in the Narraguagus River, Washington County, Maine.<\/p>\n

Project Lead<\/strong>
\nDr. Peter Koons, Professor, School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, 91¸£Àû<\/p>\n

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Tracking the Effects of Forest Disturbances and Climate Change on Headwater Streams in Northern Maine<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n

University of Maine System researchers are partnering with northern Maine woodland stakeholders to assemble headwater stream diagnostic information for use in watershed management decision-making.<\/p>\n

Project Lead<\/strong>
\nDr. Neil Thompson, Irving Woodlands Forestry Professor, <\/strong>Applied Forest Management program, University of Maine Fort Kent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following three projects have received funding through the\u00a02021 Maine Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI)\u00a0Competitive Grants program (104b): Integrated Assessment of Alternative Management Strategies for PFAS-contaminated Wastewater Residuals An interdisciplinary research team examines the environmental, social and economic aspects of management options for PFAS, also known as \u201cforever chemicals,\u201d in Maine. Project lead Dr. Dianne […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1706,"featured_media":25121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","spc_primary_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":3,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2021\/12\/Narraguagus-River-credit-Craig-Scott-USFWS-cropped.jpg",784,358,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/author\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":3,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":613,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":613,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1706"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25310"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25518,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25310\/revisions\/25518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}