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Ocean engineering researchers and senior engineering students "test the tides"A team of University of New Hampshire researchers is seeking funding for a new research center at the campus to test wave and tidal energy systems that tap the ocean's power to generate electricity.
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UNH: Pavement Sealcoat A Source of Toxins in Stormwater RunoffDriveways and parking lots may look better with a layer of sealcoat applied to the pavement, but the water running off the surface into nearby streams will be carrying more than just oxygen and hydrogen molecules. New research conducted at the University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center (UNHSC) indicates that sealcoat may contribute to increasingly significant amounts of polyaromatic hydrocarbons entering waterways from stormwater runoff. |
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CRRC Held Oil Spill WorkshopThe Coastal Response Research Center hosted a workshop in March that focused on setting R&D priorities for oil spills. During the workshop, participants identified current applied science needs that could improve decision making across the continuum of oil spill preparedness, response, and restoration. The outcome will be a five year R&D strategy covering spill response during disasters; response technologies; acquisition, synthesis & management of information; human dimensions; ecological monitoring & recovery following spills; biofuels; ecological effects of oil spills; and environmental forensics. The workshop included international and national experts from academia, governments, and industry. You can see a larger image of this photo by clicking on the image to the left. |
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"His job," he says, "is simply to discover what lies beneath the world's least explored ocean; politicians can squabble over what these discoveries mean.""He" is Larry Mayer, director of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping. The "quote" is from an article in National Geographic, "Healy Mapping Mission." |
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The nonprofit Gundalow Company launched their 2009 “Celebrate Your Rivers” Season with a ‘Celebrate York River’ Event on April 25 onboard the Captain Edward H. Adams in York, ME. |
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UNH Marine Docents Honored
A recognition lunch was held Thursday, April 16, to honor new volunteers of the UNH Marine Docent Program. Executive Councilor Beverly Hollingworth read a proclamation from Governor John Lynch and Senator Judd Gregg honoring the UNH Marine Docent program. More than 20 volunteers from across the state will receive a graduation certificate from the marine study program. The new docents have received seven months of training and will join other docents in the program in providing marine education programs for children and adults throughout New Hampshire.
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2009 Discovery CruisesJoin the UNH Marine Docents this summer aboard the university's research vessel for a voyage of exploration to the Isles of Shoals or Great Bay! |
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Congratulations to Professor John Aber (COLSA) who has been named a University Professor. The University Professorship is the highest form of recognition for excellence in teaching, scholarship, and engagement tendered by the University. |
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MeetingsThe Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership is hosting a series of stakeholder meetings to update its Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the Great Bay Estuary and Hampton-Seabrook Estuary watersheds. This is an opportunity to help revise the goals and objectives of the plan that will guide the Partnership’s actions in the next 10 years and determine future Partnership support for projects.The process to update the CCMP is divided into three theme areas: Water Resources, Land Use and Habitat Protection, and Living Resources and Habitat Restoration. Each theme has three meetings: The first is intended to establish goals and objectives, the second will establish action plans, and the third will prioritize the actions in the plan. Even though this is a sequential design, we encourage participation from interested stakeholders at any of the meetings. |
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Gulf of Maine Symposium - Advancing Ecosystem Research for the Future of the GulfSponsored by the Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine (RARGOM) October 4th — 9th 2009 in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada April 30, 2009 - Last date for abstract submission |
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UNH Faculty/Staff Parking Permit Tags Need to be Exchanged |
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Best Wishes to Taylor Eighmy |
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Heather Ballestero to Work in Uganda |
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Coastal Response Research Center student Whitney Blanchard passed her qualifying exam to become a PhD candidate on February 26. Congratulations Whitney! |
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Response Research Center Program Support Assistant Kristin Bailey-McCarthy will marry Ryan Tolfree on August 12 in Plymouth, NH. Congratulations Kristin and Ryan! |
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Congratulations to Jenn Bedsole on the birth of her first grandchild, Alexis Peyton Joseph! |
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Habitat Protection and RestorationThe Piscataqua Region Estuaries Project (Formerly NHEP) is one of 12 programs featured in the newly published Habitat Protection and Restoration from the U.S EPA National Estuary Program. The 100-page book highlights a variety of projects by estuary programs across the country that preserve fragile ecosystems and enhance degraded coastal watersheds. Featured projects include oyster gardening in Delaware, invasive plant control in North Carolina, anadromous fish passage projects around the Long Island Sound, seagrass recovery in Florida, tidal flow restoration in Oregon, and land protection in New Hampshire. Copies are free and can be ordered by emailing a request to PREP.Assistance@unh.edu. |
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Shellfish SpotlightA large-format, three-page brochure containing information about New Hampshire shellfish resources. Copies are available from the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership at PREP.Assistance@unh.edu |
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"A Decade of Discovery: Collaborative Research in the Gulf of Maine" by Rachel Feeney and Ken LaValleyA report on the 2008 Collaborative Research Visioning Project, a study of the merits of funding collaborations between fishermen and scientists. Available from the Northeast Consortium at http://www.northeastconsortium.org/ and N. H. Sea Grant. |
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"Tagging 2008: A Report on the Northeast Regional Tagging Symposium"A summary of the symposium held on Oct. 17, 2008 in Durham, N.H. This publication provides information about fish tagging programs in New England and Canada. Coming soon, please check the N.H. Sea Grant web site for more information. |
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 Looking at the finished version of Paul Pelletier's retirement winter project - click on the picture for another view at this 17' CLC Shearwater model kayak. |
 John Lamson, UNH Marine Docent, talking to children at the Garrison Elementary School in Dover about lobsters. Part of the Day of the Coast activities, others included hands-on activities on marine mammals, rocky shores, and sandy beaches. |
 The UNH R/V Gulf Challenger recently acquired a new meter wheel block. The display monitors wire tension, wire rate (speed) & wire out (amount). |
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