UNE School of Marine and Environmental Programs

07/24/2024

I was very happy to speak to Channel 13 https://wgme.com/ about the relationship between rip currents, sand dunes, and rising sea level on our local beaches. There are more rip currents in different places than before. Be careful out there!

https://wgme.com/news/i-team/ripple-effect-old-orchard-swimmers-in-danger-following-winters-storms-maine-saco-bay-riptide-beach-rescue-lifeguards

WGME CBS 13 provides news, sports, weather and local event coverage in the Portland, Maine area including Lewiston, Augusta, Brunswick, Westbrook, Biddeford, S**o, Sanford, South Portland, Kennebunk, Bangor, Freeport, Buxton, Windham, Auburn, Waterville, Scarborough, Gorham, Yarmouth, Standish, Falm...

04/19/2024

Take a look at the The GapTracks Project's feature in Press Herald!

The article covers UNE student's work with animal population on the Eastern Trail in Dr. Noah Perlut's class. It also mentions the Close the Gap project, which aims to provide more off-road miles on the Eastern Trail. Check it out!

https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/17/wildlife-in-the-eastern-trail-gap-une-students-to-present-findings-of-six-year-study/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0bw_xPYWvs7OmInutgn9ZocskONCsUV0FhoEuU9zRJkDq2fG33nPSP6gI_aem_ASUL2OMGRJpJ4MDy8vuijGB83VTHbHUZWuXr4bqk5kJSsASFFafzPIqyu-ovJqkx5yJzcbSOvtoLJgm8cprFrAQY

The GapTracks project analyzes the animal population in the unfinished section of the Eastern Trail between the Wainwright Recreation Complex in South Portland and Nonesuch River in Scarborough.

05/03/2023

Check out this news article featuring the UNE Project Squirrel Class!

The article mentions a brief description of the class, student input, and some results from their data!

Project Squirrel helps track and analyze data of gray squirrels in the Biddeford area

01/16/2023

Click the link below to see UNE Professor Will Kochtitzky's interview with WGME 13 about glacier melting!
https://wgme.com/news/local/une-university-new-england-new-study-80-percent-world-glaciers-melt-century-100-years-climate-change-global-warming #

A University of New England researcher says for the first time, studies show how quickly glaciers can melt within the next 100 years.

11/22/2022

Check out this new article about how GIS students were able to help the American Chestnut Project, led by Thomas Klak!

GIS students were able to use drones to create a biomass index!

Read the attached article for more info!

Story by Alan Bennett • Cape Elizabeth, Maine • November 17, 2022 A group of students in Professor Will Kochtitzky’s Spatial Analysis class have spent much of their fall semester assisting with one of UNE’s signature research projects: the restoration of the American chestnut tree, led by Th...

11/10/2022

One of our Aquaculture and Aquarium Sciences students has created an internship project for the Curation, Design, and Management of Seahorses for an education-based approach. As part of the project we welcomed four juvenile, captive bred seahorses into our lab last week! Below is a picture of one of our “Dark Silver Saddled” seahorses (Hippocampus erectus ).

*Please note that all animals were acquired and are being cared for per approved procedures.

11/03/2022

Check out this video on UNE’s on-campus 363 acre forest!

This is used by many Environmental Science and Environmental Studies students for labs and research! Many species reside in the 363, including deer, wild turkeys, moose, frogs, and more!

The University of New England 363-acre woodland is located just a short walk down the road from the Biddeford campus. The 363 woods is an undeveloped field l...

10/27/2022

Check it out!

Dr. Perlut weighs in on "State of the Birds" report in a recent newsbreak article

Congratulations Dr. Perlut!

Silent deaths likely undetectable to the human eye, saltmarsh sparrow chicks are drowning along Rhode Island's coast as high tides become higher. Nests of the bobolink — black and white songbirds with a straw-colored cap — are being decimated by tractor blades in the hayfields of Vermont. Both s...

10/20/2022

Check out the new Ram Island Video!!

This video follows the Marine Biology classes snorkeling off Ram Island and exploring the island to see the organisms and their habitat!

Many marine classes also take a trip out to Ram Island! 🌊🦀

Ram Island is UNE's private one-acre living laboratory located just a 10-minute boat ride from campus in S**o Bay. On the island, students participate in han...

09/29/2022

"Alums share their stories and pass on advice to current Marine Affairs students." Click the following link to see what they had to say:

Three UNE alums recently returned to campus to discuss their career paths and their current jobs and to offer some advice to students in Susan Farady’s Marine Affairs senior capstone class.