WPES’s Smith to co-chair ecohydraulics session at 2026 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference

Please consider participating in an ecohydraulics-focused session at the 2026 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions.

The meeting is scheduled to take place Thursday, March 26, 2026 in Augusta, ME. A description of the session is provided below. The abstract submission deadline for talks is Friday, January 9, 2026.

Session 8 — Ecohydraulics Research and Applications in Watershed and Coastal Resource Management

Session Co-chairs:

• Sean M.C. Smith, Darling Marine Center and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine
• Dan McCaw, Penobscot Nation
• Katherine Skalak, U.S. Geological Survey

Session Description:

The term “ecohydraulics” has grown out of interests in the interactions of hydrodynamics with water quality conditions, aquatic ecosystems, aquatic organisms and habitat, and civil infrastructure. Projects in the Northeast related to fish passage, reservoir management, flood management, aquatic habitat assessments, water cycle dynamics, pollution management, and seafood harvesting often involve interdisciplinary ecohydraulics science investigations. This session hosts presentations describing scientific studies and adaptations of knowledge to management actions in projects involving ecohydraulics investigations in freshwater and marine environments. Ecohydraulics themes of particular interest include place-based research outcomes, methods demonstration, and knowledge applications in resilience planning, aquatic habitat restoration, infrastructure design, and watershed and coastal resource management.