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Bates College, the University of Maine and theUniversity of Southern Maine. We have begun toexplore formal program partnerships with one ormore of these partner institutions. Programs to beconsidered include: academic-year course offeringsby Reserve staff; undergraduate and graduateon-site field research courses; expanded coastalresearch and training opportunities for studentsand faculty; semester-long research internships forundergraduates; a Restoration Ecology Instituteand Certification Program for academic credit.Research Program staff work closely with 10 to20 undergraduate and graduate interns annuallyduring both the academic year and the summerfield season.Research Program staff also work closely withcitizen volunteers, particularly on watershed andestuary water quality monitoring projects.The Research Coordinator participates on committeesfor graduate students from the Universityof New Hampshire, the University of Maine, theUniversity of Southern Maine, Antioch NewEngland and Brown University.Government PartnershipsResearch program staff interacts regularly with stafffrom state and federal agencies and partnerships forthe purposes of determining coastal research needsrelevant to resource management and providingscientific support for education, outreach andtraining efforts to manage and protect freshwaterand tidal shorelands in watersheds. The Reserveregularly collaborates with the National MarineFisheries Service Community Restoration Program,the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Casco Bay and Mass Bays Estuary Programs, theU.S. EPA Office of Ecosystem Protection, theU.S. Geological Survey Patuxent Research Center,Maine Sea Grant, the Gulf of Maine Council on theMarine Environment and Rachel Carson NationalWildlife Refuge. Research staff seeks opportunitiesto collaborate with the Maine State PlanningOffice Coastal Program, the Maine Departmentof Marine Resources and the Maine Departmentof Environmental Protection. When opportunitiesFigure X.4. Sampling emergent insects in a Webhannet salt marsh pool.84 Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
permit, the Research Department also cooperateswith municipalities. Examples of town-level cooperationinclude the 2003 Webhannet Clam Surveyand the 2005-06 EPA-funded wetlands managementstudy in the York River.Mentoring and InternshipsResearch program staff works closely with undergraduateand graduate interns during both theacademic year and the summer field season. In agiven year, program staff works closely with 10to 20 interns. In general, the students work onReserve-sponsored research projects. Many studentswork for credit or to meet a service requirement.Others receive stipends from project funds orthrough internships funded by the Laudholm Trust.Program staff works closely with citizen volunteers,particularly on watershed and estuary water qualitymonitoring projects. The research program benefitsenormously from the time, energy, enthusiasm,and interest of these students and volunteers. Inreturn, interns often use their experience at theWells Reserve as a step toward environment-relatedemployment or graduate study. The benefit to theWells Reserve continues when interacting withformer interns in their professional capacity asmembers of the regional environmental researchand management community.Information DisseminationConferences and WorkshopsThe Wells Reserve organizes and hosts local andregional conferences and workshops as opportunitiesarise. These efforts focus on subjects related tomonitoring and research relevant to management ofcoastal habitats in the Gulf of Maine. For example,in fall 2001, the Reserve sponsored a meeting of 40coastal scientists and managers to discuss biologicalmonitoring of intertidal and subtidal habitats in theGulf of Maine. In the fall of 2004, a group of 50scientists and resource managers was reconvenedto evaluate the results of standardized region widemonitoring of marsh restoration projects that hadbeen outlined at an initial meeting in 1999. Furtherefforts of this kind will be coordinated through theCoastal Training Program.Research program staff participates in numerouscommittees, meetings, and workshops at local,regional, and national levels. Activities includesteering committee memberships, presentationsfor a range of audiences, development of regionalcoastal monitoring and research initiatives, oversightand planning of coastal monitoring, management,and habitat protection and restorationprograms. Participation in these groups allows theWells Reserve to contribute science-based informationand perspective, and to develop alliances andpartnerships with representatives from the otherentities working to understand, manage, protect,and restore Gulf of Maine coastal ecosystems.Researchers report on each of their projects.Findings are presented as oral presentations,posters, abstracts, and full reports and publications.Research Program staff also review researchproposals and manuscripts upon request fromcolleagues, students, peer-reviewed journals andfunding agencies.Site ProfileIn January 2007, the Wells Reserve published theSite Profile, a 326-page document that details theReserve’s physical and biological resources. TheWells National Estuarine Research Reserve SiteProfile includes plant and animal species lists, pastresearch and monitoring projects, and current andfuture research needs. The Site Profile is an excellentreference document; it is targeted at researchersand resource managers carrying out projects insouth coastal Maine.Management Plan: Research and Monitoring85
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments..
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Representation on the Reserve Manag
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I. OverviewIntroduction to the Rese
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The Wells Reserve requires specific
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IV. Strategic Plan29
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Objective 2: Optimize educational u
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