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Distribution Of Renewable And Non-Renewable Power Plants In Maine, Maria F. Urrutia Gonzalez

Atlas of Maine

This map compares the amount and distribution of renewable and non-renewable power plants in Maine. To give a better sense of the location of each plant, it also displays the state’s highways, hydrology, and major cities.

Predicted Sea Level Rise On Plum Island, Ma, Jessica P. Batchelder

Atlas of Maine

ArcGIS 10.2.2 and NAD1983 Massachusetts Stateplane Mainland FIPS 2001 projection was used to model sea level rise on Plum Island, Massachusetts. Under high sea level rise conditions of 3m, 81.9% of the buildings on the island will be inundated in addition to a total of 11.06km² or 75.44% of the islands land area. 86.5% of the wetlands would be inundated, the most loss of any vegetation type on the island. The modeled sea level rise assumes catastrophic conditions such as the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet (National Snow and Ice Data Center). Based upon elevation data, this model …

Predicting Probability Of Deforestation In Belize, Xinyi Zheng, Rui Fan

Atlas of Maine

Belize is a Central American country that is known for its high biodiversity. According to the Water Center of the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC) and NASA, Belize’s forest cover decreased from 75.9% in late 1980 to 62.7% in 2010. In this project, we developed a spatial model of deforestation in Belize. We hypothesized that factors influencing the potential of deforestation in Belize included elevation, distance to human-built facilities, distance to roads, and whether an area is protected. We performed a binary logistic regression to generate a best-fit model of deforestation probability. Whether an area is …

Atlas Of Maine: Critical Atlantic Salmon Habitat And Dams On Maine Rivers And Streams, Isabel A. Holland

Atlas of Maine

This map shows the critical Atlantic salmon habitat in Maine, as well as rivers, streams, and water bodies with accompanying hydrological impoundments including dams and levees. It was created using data from the Maine office of GIS and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GIS database. As reported by the Environment Maine Winter Report of 2011, hydroelectric dams are one of the biggest threats to the species’ survival, which is currently in danger. Dams b lock the salmon’s passage to an d from the sea or the fish are killed when attempting to travel through the dam's turbines.

Piping Plover And Least Tern Habitat In Maine, Jeff Vaz

Atlas of Maine

This map highlights the locations of essential habitat for Piping Plovers and Least Terns, both of which are endangered in the state of Maine. Essential habitat is defined as areas that both species use for nesting, feeding, and brood-rearing. Conserved areas in Maine are also highlighted on the map.

Atlas Of Maine: Vernal Pools And Conserved Areas In Maine, Carla Nyquist

Atlas of Maine

This map shows the documented vernal pools and conserved areas in Maine. For reference, it also shows all rivers and streams, lakes, and hillshade in the state.

School Gardens: Cultivating A Child’S Nutritional Habits, Environmental Knowledge, And Sustainability Practices, Jeffrey Meltzer

Honors Theses

School gardens have existed since the late nineteenth century and today are becoming increasingly popular in many parts of the world, including where I studied in Maine and Australia (AUS). Multiple organizations support school gardens in Maine, including the Maine School Garden Network, which has over 125 registered school gardens. In AUS, the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation primarily supports the school garden movement and has over 800 registered school gardens. While many researchers have studied school gardens, few have compared two countries, focused on environmental sustainability, or investigated Maine in particular. This thesis combines information from literature reviews, and …

Sociological Effects Of Wind Farms In Maine, Jeanne E. Barthold, Jeanne Barthold

Honors Theses

Renewable Energy is an extremely important topic in today's energy discussions. In Maine, with the motivation of Governor Baldacci, there was a rapid push towards utilizing wind energy, starting with the Wind Energy Act in 2008. While the theory of wind farms and wind energy seems intelligent at a first glance, it is not an energy source that lacks issues. Many of the Maine wind farms constructed in the last ten years have had a large impact on human health, altered the beauty of Maine, created a change in wildlife habitats, and completely torn apart communities. Every new energy source …

Assessing The Carbon Impacts Of Colby College’S Biomass Plant, Alice Hotopp

Honors Theses

Biomass energy plants are considered to be carbon neutral systems under some definitions. However, this concept of carbon neutrality needs to be rethought in order to understand the true carbon impact of biomass plants upon global climate change. A biomass plant’s wood source, the extent to which the biomass plant emits carbon dioxide, and the timescale over which the biomass plant emits carbon should all be taken into account. In this study, I consider the Colby College biomass plant’s role in carbon cycling. Colby’s Physical Plant Department provided me with information on how much carbon (tons of woodchips) is used …

Nurturing Environmental Literacy At Colby College: Higher Education And The Environmental Crisis, Molly Nash

Honors Theses

The environmental crisis will affect all people, career paths, and academic disciplines. Acknowledging this, does higher education have an obligation to educate all students for environmental literacy (EL)? This study reviews literature on how to effectively assess and implement EL initiatives and highlights how other colleges successfully nurture EL in all students. This study also uses quantitative and qualitative survey measures to understand student levels of EL at Colby College and to highlight specific programming or curriculum that leads to high EL levels in students. Findings include significantly different EL scores between environmental studies student respondents and respondents in all …

The Colby Echo (2014-11-20), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

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Colby Magazine

Colby Magazine vol. 103, no. 1 (Summer 2014): full issue

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The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams, by Ben Bradlee Jr. '70

The Hotel on Place Vendome, by Tilar Mazzeo (English)

The Long Struggle Against Malaria in Tropical Africa, by James L.A. Webb Jr. (History)

Freeing the Hook, by Peter Harris (English)

The L Word, by Margaret McFadden (American Studies)

The Conquest of the Russian Arctic, by Paul R. Josephson (History)

Fort Halifax: Winslow's Historic Outpost, by Daniel Tortora (History)

More Dam Trouble, by Earl H. Smith (College historian)

Parallel Universe, by Arthur Levering '76

Graduate to a Great Job, by David DeLong '73

Travis J. Carter (Psychology)

Jennifer …

Shorter Takes (Short Form)

Colby Magazine

On Wescott's Death- and Exemplary Life

Church Forest Study Lands NSF Grant

The True Meaning of the Super Bowl

To Your Health, By the Numbers

Under New Management

Peanut Butter in Cereal?
Amila Emso, Turkey
Byoungwook Jang, Korea
Kimara Nzamubona, Congo
Miia-Liisa Termonen, Finland
Ricah Kunde, Germany
Guga Gogia, Georgia

"I went up to him and I said, 'You are a very discreet man.'"

William D. Adams Gallery? Surprise!

Warm and Fuzzy? Maybe This Last Time

Sunny Day for Shining Stars

Colby Bench Makes Final Four

Work Hard, Present Well

Arendell, Marlais, and Reich Retire from Teaching Faculty

Consumer Preferences With Regard To Local And Sustainable Seafood, Dylan Cowley, Jesse R. Coulon

Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics at Colby

Seafood is an increasingly important source of sustenance as it provides an energy efficient, low environmental impact source of protein. New innovations and techniques have improved fishing efficiency and scale, making seafood relatively inexpensive to catch. However, this increase in volume has consequently generated a growing global concern about the environmental impacts of seafood production and harvesting. The resulting increase in seafood demand was matched by an inverse decrease in fish stock. For example, tuna has decreased in global population by 80% since 1970, and is decimated by severe overfishing.

In order to educate consumers about the environmental effects of …

Leap: Land Endowment Action Plan For Sustainable Colby, Victoria Palffy

Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics at Colby

This paper proposes that Colby College purchase land endowments to fuel its recently constructed campus biomass plant. Rather than contract with a third party, the college should invest in 30,000 acres² and sustainably harvest its own renewable fuel. Beyond this, LEAP, the land endowment action plan, presents an opportunity to improve forest health, conserve valuable ecosystems, implement major additions to the curriculum, gain fuel independence, and create a constant annual revenue stream. With a 40-year payback period, the long-term investment brings profits of over $260 million in its 100-year outlook.

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Colby Magazine

Colby Magazine vol. 102, no. 4 (Spring 2014): full issue

From The Hill, Gerry Boyle, Jacob Mccarthy, Erika Mailman, G Calvin Mackenzie, Elizabeth Leonard

Colby Magazine

Hats off to CAPS: “extraordinary” Sciences program gives students from underrepresented groups the tools to succeed

What Birds Tell Us: By playing the songs of chickadees, Katerina Faust ’14 may reveal forest secrets

Exploring Common Ground: Jorge Olivares and writer Reinaldo Arenas found parallels in their pasts and presents

Another Century, in Real Time: Doris Kearns Goodwin ’64 explores a time when unlikely reformers fought the good fight—and won

Slavery Played a Key Role in the War—of 1812

The Adventures of a Regular Colby Guy, at Home and at War

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On Goddesses, Aliens, and Avatars: Waterfall, Alpha Goddess, …

Bro Reflects: Adams Reveals His Private Thoughts On His Presidency

Colby Magazine

Retiring President William D. Adams speaks with candor on topics ranging from stresses of the job to the future of the liberal arts.

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Colby Magazine

Colby Magazine vol. 102, no. 3 (Fall 2013): full issue

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Colby Magazine

David A. Greene Named Colby’s 20th President

Environmental Fellow: Food Is Window to Society’s Challenges

2013 Lovejoy Award Goes to Truth Teller

Smoking Banned on Campus

Ethnic Violence Means Open Season on Burma’s Muslims

A Tome of Epic Proportions

Concussion Study Expands to Include Alumni

Meet the Class of 2017, Complete with Vexillologist

Museum Is Big News

Anonymous Alum Funds Nonprofit Course for Local Causes

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Colby Magazine

Colby Magazine vol. 90, no. 1 (Winter 2001): Full Issue

From The Editor's Desk, Gerry Boyle

Colby Magazine

Two Philadelphia-area alumni face what others would like to ignore.

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Colby Magazine

Colby Magazine vol. 89, no. 1 (Winter 2000): Full Issue

Periscope, Earl Smith

Colby Magazine

Set in Pompano

Cosby & Colby

A Raft of Joy

Robed in Vermillion

Tony a Brookings Fellow

Service Learning with Impact

Moosecellaneous

No Hunting

Our Own Hilary

Scholar Athletes

From The Hill

Colby Magazine

Diversity and the Future of Affirmative Action
William D. Adams, President

No Alternative: Dennis Ross sees negotiation as the only way to end Mideast violence

Just Wondering…
Why is the blue book blue?

A Rare Lecture, Important Lesson

wit & wisdom

Lecture Marks 175 Years of Colby Economics

The Principal Principle

The Other Interview

On The Ground: Guilain Denoeux teaches democracy in Mideast, North Africa

How We Teach

Love of Labor Lost

Q&A: Cheryl Townsend Gilkes on ministering, teaching and immersion in the church

Another Side: AIRE grant gives undergraduate research a voice

The Art of Exploration: Jacqueline Johnson '01 …

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Colby Magazine

Colby Magazine vol. 90, no. 2 (Spring 2001): full issue

Periscope, Earl Smith

Colby Magazine

Colby Goes Hollywood

We Remember Michael

Long Arm of the Web

Moosecellaneous

A Muddied Report

All for Tenure

Soccer Stimulation

For Want of a "C"

The Mule before Jakarta

Fast Company

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Colby Magazine

Colby Magazine vol. 89, no. 4 (Fall 2000): full issue

Periscope

Colby Magazine

Who's Hiding?

You May Have Seen

A Brontë-esque Yankee

Moosecellaneous

Summer Stalwart

Bully for Billy

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Back Home

Matched Set

Quite a Crew

Seniors Set Record

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