WPES members are involved in collaborative research and natural resource management projects inspired by the need for science-based, stakeholder-guided solutions to modern watershed, lake, river, stream, and coastal estuary problems. Our research typically centers on identifying and quantifying watershed and estuary characteristics and the processes that affect their dynamics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A major goal of our research is to develop new types of information and management decision tools that can be used by natural resource managers, engineers, public safety and health professionals, and communities. To accomplish this, WPES projects draw on expertise from various disciplines, including geomorphology, hydrology, biology, sociology, and civil engineering. Given the stakeholder motivations for much of our work, we put substantial effort into science communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Use the dropdowns below to learn more about the topics and projects we have been working on here in Maine and around the world, beginning at the coast and working upstream to the headwaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n