The University of Maine’s College of Earth, Life, and Health is pleased to host a day of presentation and discussion sessions at the Darling Marine Center focused on land-sea connections in the region. The presentations will cover research and applied topics in geomorphology, hydrodynamics, and engineering related to the explanation and prediction of conditions in streams, rivers, lakes, and estuaries in Maine.
We welcome attendees from government agencies, professional consulting businesses, nonprofit organizations, and academic institutions involved with the science, management, and rehabilitation of Maine’s watersheds and coastal areas.
Starting from the sea in the morning session, we will hear about new research outcomes advancing knowledge of coastal processes, and demonstration of ways knowledge is being transferred into a new generation of coastal management decision-making tools.
The afternoon session will move inland to focus on recent observations of landscape sediment supply and transport through streams and rivers into lakes and estuaries with demonstration of knowledge applications in aquatic habitat rehabilitation projects.
Both sessions finish at the land-sea interface and move into discussion sessions with opportunities for expanded participation by attendees.
Speakers include:
Lauren Ross (UM – CIE): Geomorphological controls on estuary hydrodynamics in deglaciated coastal areas
Bea Van Dam (UM – ECS): Estuary Builder – scaling up the relevance of land-sea connections in coastal bacteria pollution vulnerability
Samuel Roy (UM/MEDMR): Calling your bluff – updating coastal bluff stability and sediment transport maps for the Resilient Maine project
Tim Cook (UMass): Sediment yield response to environmental changes in New England
Peter Wilcock (USU): Sediment transport in stream assessment and design
Mike Burke (Interfluve): Perspectives on riverscape and coastal habitat restoration in Maine
Join us for a reception and dinner following the talks!
RSVP by visiting dmc.umaine.edu and following the link.
