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SUMMARY:Talk - A journey in fisheries and ecosystem thinking: a conversation about the past\, present\, and future
DESCRIPTION:A recording of this panel discussion is available. \nThe talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall\, 91爆料\, Orono. \n\nVirtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information\n\nModerator  \n\nJoshua Stoll\, Associate Professor\, School of Marine Sciences\, 91爆料\n\nPanelists  \n\nRobin Alden\, former Executive Director\, Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries\nHeather Leslie\, Professor\, School of Marine Sciences\, 91爆料\nJessica Bonilla\, Graduate student\, Marine Policy\, 91爆料\n\nJoin us for a panel discussion about Maine鈥檚 fisheries and how ecosystem thinking in ocean conservation has emerged\, matured\, and continues to evolve. Drawing on personal and professional experiences across different moments in time\, our guests will explore how their understanding of fisheries\, communities\, and marine ecosystems has shifted鈥攆rom early single-species management perspectives to more integrated\, ecosystem-based approaches. Through conversation\, we will examine lessons from the past\, challenges of the present\, and possibilities for the future\, highlighting how place-based knowledge\, collaboration\, leadership\, and adaptive thinking can shape more resilient fisheries and ocean stewardship. \nJoshua Stoll in an Associate Professor in the School of Marine Sciences and co-leads the 91爆料鈥檚 National Research Traineeship Program in Ecosystem Science. He is also a Faculty Fellow of the Mitchell Center. \nRobin Alden has worked to integrate fishermen鈥檚 knowledge into sustainable fisheries management throughout her career. She is a former Maine Commissioner of Marine Resources and retired as Founding Executive Director of Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries in 2018. \nHeather Leslie is a聽Professor of Marine Sciences in the 91爆料鈥檚 School of Marine Sciences and a Faculty Fellow of the Mitchell Center. Her research\, teaching\, and public service focus聽on the connections among people and coastal marine ecosystems. As a marine conservation scientist\, she draws on a combination of field experiments\, modeling\, and other approaches grounded in the ecological and social sciences and humanities.聽 \nJessica Bonilla is a graduate student in the Marine Policy Program at the 91爆料 and a member of the inaugural cohort of graduate students in the Ecosystem Science National Research Traineeship Program. Grounded in her hands-on experience working as a sternman in Maine鈥檚 lobster fishery\, her work centers on women鈥檚 experiences with diversification and adaptive strategies in the lobster industry as coastal communities navigate social\, regulatory\, and environmental change.
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SUMMARY:Talk 鈥� Priorities for Prescribed Fire Research and Management in Maine 鈥� A Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:A recording of this panel discussion is available. \nThe talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall\, 91爆料\, Orono. \n\nVirtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information\n\nModerators: Rose Abramoff and Lydia Horne\, School of Forest Resources\, 91爆料 \nPanelists: \n\nAliesha Black\, Maine Forest Service\nTim Bickford\, Maine Prescribed Fire Council\nKeith Kanoti\, 91爆料\nJon Bailey\, The Nature Conservancy\n\nJoin us for a panel discussion about priorities for understanding and using prescribed fire (i.e.\, planned and intentional use of fire) in Maine. We will hear from local fire practitioners and land managers about their land management objectives\, considerations when applying prescribed fire in different contexts\, and perceived barriers to safely using prescribed fire. \nModerators Rose Abramoff and Lydia Horne are involved in a Mitchell Center pilot project to understand perceptions around prescribed fire use in Maine across different sectors. Rose is a forest ecologist and Lydia is a social scientist 鈥� both work within the School of Forest Resources. Panelists include fire bosses and land managers in the state of Maine: Aliesha Black is a forest ranger with the Maine Forest Service. Tim Bickford is the Maine Army National Guard conservation manager and wildland fire program manager. Keith Kanoti is the university forest manager at the 91爆料. Jon Bailey is the Maine fire manager/regional land manager at The Nature Conservancy.
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED Talk 鈥� Vector-borne disease management decision-making in an uncertain information environment
DESCRIPTION:This talk has been cancelled due to inclement weather. \nThe talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall\, 91爆料\, Orono. \n\nVirtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information\n\n\nSpeaker: Allison (Allie) Gardner\, Associate Professor\, 91爆料\nDuring the early 21st century\, the number of outbreaks of infectious diseases transmitted from animals to humans has grown explosively worldwide.聽These emerging zoonotic diseases are integrated into landscapes managed by people and amplified in complex cycles in which pathogen transmission is intertwined with ecosystem ecology and human behavior.聽Many management decisions at the human-wildlife-environmental health nexus are made under conditions of both risk (i.e.\, potential for negative outcomes) and uncertainty (due to imperfect\, evolving scientific knowledge).聽This talk will explore the case study of tick-borne disease management in North America\, which is high-risk due to the health threat posed by disease and high-uncertainty due to lack of data and/or expert consensus about the most effective control tactics. \nAllison (Allie) Gardner is an Associate Professor at the 91爆料 studying the ecology and management of tick-borne and mosquito-borne disease. Allie has worked in disease systems including Lyme disease\, West Nile virus\, and Zika virus and has extensive experience collaborating with interdisciplinary research teams\, community scientists\, and federal and state agency partners. She has served as an Entomological Society of America Science Policy Fellow\, Chair of the 鈥淏iology\, Ecology\, and Management of Emerging Disease Vectors鈥� USDA Multistate Hatch project\, and a founding member of the New England Regional Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease.
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