Uncategorized Archives - Watershed Process and Estuary Sustainability Research Group /watershedresearch/category/uncategorized/ Web presence of the WPES research group at the University of Maine Wed, 26 Apr 2023 16:14:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Grace Johnson awarded for poster on microplastics research in Maine freshwater streams! /watershedresearch/2023/04/21/grace-johnson-awarded-for-poster-on-microplastics-research-in-maine-freshwater-streams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grace-johnson-awarded-for-poster-on-microplastics-research-in-maine-freshwater-streams /watershedresearch/2023/04/21/grace-johnson-awarded-for-poster-on-microplastics-research-in-maine-freshwater-streams/#respond Fri, 21 Apr 2023 20:39:52 +0000 /watershedresearch/?p=1297 Grace Johnson won the graduate poster competition at the 2023 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference. The awarded poster summarizes research on Interpreting the Extent and Characteristics of Microplastics Pollution in Maine Freshwater Streams to Guide a Holistic Mitigation Strategy. Way to go Grace!!

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]]> /watershedresearch/2023/04/21/grace-johnson-awarded-for-poster-on-microplastics-research-in-maine-freshwater-streams/feed/ 0 WPES team receives award for Employee of the Year and nomination for Supervisor of the Year from the 91르적 Office of Student Employment! /watershedresearch/2023/04/13/wpes-team-receives-award-for-employee-of-the-year-and-nomination-for-supervisor-of-the-year-from-the-umaine-office-of-student-employment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wpes-team-receives-award-for-employee-of-the-year-and-nomination-for-supervisor-of-the-year-from-the-umaine-office-of-student-employment /watershedresearch/2023/04/13/wpes-team-receives-award-for-employee-of-the-year-and-nomination-for-supervisor-of-the-year-from-the-umaine-office-of-student-employment/#respond Fri, 14 Apr 2023 01:39:49 +0000 /watershedresearch/?p=1292 Members of the WPES team attended the 91르적 Office of Student Employment annual awards reception at Buchanan Hall. Cade King received the Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year award. Sean Smith received a nomination for Supervisor of the Year.

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]]> /watershedresearch/2023/04/13/wpes-team-receives-award-for-employee-of-the-year-and-nomination-for-supervisor-of-the-year-from-the-umaine-office-of-student-employment/feed/ 0 Cade King receives undergraduate poster award at the Maine Sustainability and Water Conference! /watershedresearch/2023/04/10/undergraduate-poster-award-at-the-maine-sustainability-and-water-conference/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=undergraduate-poster-award-at-the-maine-sustainability-and-water-conference /watershedresearch/2023/04/10/undergraduate-poster-award-at-the-maine-sustainability-and-water-conference/#respond Mon, 10 Apr 2023 17:43:07 +0000 /watershedresearch/?p=1271 WPES Research Assistant, Cade King, received an award in the undergraduate student poster competition at the 2023 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference. The poster summarizes research on headwater stream diagnostic tools and the relation to large scale forest harvest operations in Northern Maine. Congratulations Cade!

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]]> /watershedresearch/2023/04/10/undergraduate-poster-award-at-the-maine-sustainability-and-water-conference/feed/ 0 WPES hosts coastal spatial data workshop sponsored by Maine Sea Grant (April 4, 2023) /watershedresearch/2023/03/08/wpes-hosts-coastal-spatial-data-workshop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wpes-hosts-coastal-spatial-data-workshop /watershedresearch/2023/03/08/wpes-hosts-coastal-spatial-data-workshop/#respond Thu, 09 Mar 2023 03:25:14 +0000 /watershedresearch/?p=1254 WPES will be hosting a workshop sponsored by Maine Sea Grant on April 4, 2023. The afternoon workshop will focus on demonstration and applications of a coastal spatial data tool called the “Estuary Builder” developed by PhD Candidate, Bea Van Dam. Information about the workshop and registration can be found on the WPES Networking Web […]

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]]> /watershedresearch/2023/03/08/wpes-hosts-coastal-spatial-data-workshop/feed/ 0 WPES Faculty Presents HABs Research at the Maine Fishermen’s Forum /watershedresearch/2023/03/03/wpes-presents-research-at-the-maine-fishermans-forum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wpes-presents-research-at-the-maine-fishermans-forum /watershedresearch/2023/03/03/wpes-presents-research-at-the-maine-fishermans-forum/#respond Fri, 03 Mar 2023 14:22:30 +0000 /watershedresearch/?p=1240 WPES faculty, Lauren Ross and Sean Smith, presented results from their USGS NIWR sponsored research on harmful algae blooms to representatives from federal and state coastal resource management agencies, fishing industries, and research institutions at the 2023 Maine Fishermen’s Forum in Rockland, Maine. Two posters and animations of tidal hydrodynamics in Frenchman Bay were displayed […]

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]]> /watershedresearch/2023/03/03/wpes-presents-research-at-the-maine-fishermans-forum/feed/ 0 WPES contributes snowpack measurement data to the Maine Cooperative Snow Survey. /watershedresearch/2023/03/02/wpes-contributes-snowpack-measurement-data-to-the-maine-cooperative-snow-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wpes-contributes-snowpack-measurement-data-to-the-maine-cooperative-snow-survey /watershedresearch/2023/03/02/wpes-contributes-snowpack-measurement-data-to-the-maine-cooperative-snow-survey/#respond Fri, 03 Mar 2023 01:30:41 +0000 /watershedresearch/?p=1232 WPES research group contributed snowpack measurements on campus to the Maine Cooperative Snow Survey (see marker on maps just above Bangor) in support of the River Flow Advisory Commission’s annual meeting to report on hydrologic conditions in the state on March 2.  

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]]> /watershedresearch/2023/03/02/wpes-contributes-snowpack-measurement-data-to-the-maine-cooperative-snow-survey/feed/ 0 WPES faculty coauthors publication on the ‘wicked problem’ of COVID-19��셲 impact on research and scholarship in higher education /watershedresearch/2023/01/09/wpes-faculty-coauthors-publication-on-the-wicked-problem-of-covid-19s-impact-on-research-and-scholarship-in-higher-education/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wpes-faculty-coauthors-publication-on-the-wicked-problem-of-covid-19s-impact-on-research-and-scholarship-in-higher-education /watershedresearch/2023/01/09/wpes-faculty-coauthors-publication-on-the-wicked-problem-of-covid-19s-impact-on-research-and-scholarship-in-higher-education/#respond Tue, 10 Jan 2023 03:22:56 +0000 /watershedresearch/?p=1165 WPES faculty member, Sean Smith, coauthored a publication in the journal, Innovative Higher Education, focused on the Covid 19 pandemic effects on research and scholarship activities. The research project was launched by the 91르적 Faculty Senate’s Research and Scholarship Committee (chaired by Sean Smith) in the first year of the pandemic and led by Asli […]

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]]> /watershedresearch/2023/01/09/wpes-faculty-coauthors-publication-on-the-wicked-problem-of-covid-19s-impact-on-research-and-scholarship-in-higher-education/feed/ 0 WPES welcomes Dr. John Buffington (USDA) for a seminar on stream stability in forested catchments w/ changing climate (Friday, 11/4, 2PM). /watershedresearch/2022/10/28/wpes-welcomes-dr-john-buffington-usda-for-a-seminar-on-stream-stability-in-forested-catchments-w-changing-climate-friday-11-4-2pm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wpes-welcomes-dr-john-buffington-usda-for-a-seminar-on-stream-stability-in-forested-catchments-w-changing-climate-friday-11-4-2pm /watershedresearch/2022/10/28/wpes-welcomes-dr-john-buffington-usda-for-a-seminar-on-stream-stability-in-forested-catchments-w-changing-climate-friday-11-4-2pm/#respond Fri, 28 Oct 2022 14:42:35 +0000 /watershedresearch/?p=1080 Stability of channel morphology and aquatic habitat in a changing climate within forested mountain basins 혻John M. Buffington, U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise, ID Time:혻 Friday, November 4, 2 PM ; Location:혻 Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall, University of Maine (Orono) A well-established paradigm in fluvial geomorphology is that alluvial rivers are adjusted […]

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]]> /watershedresearch/2022/10/28/wpes-welcomes-dr-john-buffington-usda-for-a-seminar-on-stream-stability-in-forested-catchments-w-changing-climate-friday-11-4-2pm/feed/ 0 WPES Hosts Seminar w/ Dr. Frank Pazzaglia on Catchment Erosion in Eastern North America /watershedresearch/2022/10/23/wpes-hosts-seminar-w-dr-frank-pazzaglia-on-catchment-erosion-in-eastern-north-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wpes-hosts-seminar-w-dr-frank-pazzaglia-on-catchment-erosion-in-eastern-north-america /watershedresearch/2022/10/23/wpes-hosts-seminar-w-dr-frank-pazzaglia-on-catchment-erosion-in-eastern-north-america/#respond Mon, 24 Oct 2022 01:49:14 +0000 /watershedresearch/?p=1065 Uplift history혻of the eastern North American margin from혻an혻inversion혻of혻fluvial혻topography Dr. Frank Pazzaglia, Lehigh University Wednesday Oct. 26 at Noon This talk explores how the long term record of base level fall (rock uplift) is encoded in the steepness of river long profiles, and how the profiles of an entire catchment can be inverted to extract an […]

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]]> /watershedresearch/2022/10/23/wpes-hosts-seminar-w-dr-frank-pazzaglia-on-catchment-erosion-in-eastern-north-america/feed/ 0 Maine Sea Grant awards WPES researchers spatial data workshop grant /watershedresearch/2022/06/01/maine-sea-grant-awards-wpes-researchers-spatial-data-workshop-grant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maine-sea-grant-awards-wpes-researchers-spatial-data-workshop-grant /watershedresearch/2022/06/01/maine-sea-grant-awards-wpes-researchers-spatial-data-workshop-grant/#respond Wed, 01 Jun 2022 04:52:11 +0000 /watershedresearch/?p=976 PhD candidate, Bea Van Dam, and her advisor, Sean Smith, have been awarded a new grant from Maine Sea Grant to support a workshop to roll out and provide instruction on use of the “Estuary Builder” spatial data tool developed by WPES as a coastal management decision support tool. The Estuary Builder is an automated […]

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