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Federal Government Shutdowns And Gateway Communities: Impacts On Businesses, Communities, And Workers’ Perceptions And Attitudes, Dean W. Zakrzewski

Landscape Architecture Undergraduate Honors Theses

This study aims to answer a presented gap in the literature on how gateway community workers and businesses are directly impacted by federal government shutdowns. Three gateway communities were selected as case-study communities for this research based on a set list of criteria, including size, proximity to urban centers, geographic context, and the prominence of their associated park. The selected communities are Bar Harbor, Maine; Estes Park, Colorado; and Moab, Utah. Community profiles were drafted for each community to understand them from a contextual level, including the breakdown of their workforce and other general descriptions of their communities. A combinational …

Assessing The Threat Of Southern Pine Beetle To Pitch Pine In Acadia National Park, Caroline R. Kanaskie, Mark J. Ducey, Jeff R. Garnas

Faculty Publications

Many of the mountain summits of Acadia National Park (ACAD) are dominated by Pinus rigida (Pitch Pine). The ACAD Pitch Pine population is particularly valuable due to its position at the northernmost edge of the species’ range, its association with unique animal and plant communities, and its contribution to the aesthetics of the park. Pitch Pine is host to Dendroctonus frontalis (Southern Pine Beetle [SPB]). As the name suggests, SPB is native to the southeastern US, and can kill large numbers of healthy pines via mass-attack. With warming winters, SPB can establish and persist further north than ever before, presenting …

Provost’S Media Report May 1 – Oct. 9, 2025, Une Office Of The Provost

UNE Provost's Reports

Report of UNE media appearances during the period of May 1, 2025 through October 9, 2025. Prepared for the Academic, Student, and Research Affairs Committee Report November 2025.

Full Issue - Spring 2023 - Volume 110, Issue 1, Colby College

Colby Magazine

Spring 2023, vol. 110 no. 1

04: From the Editor
05: Table of Contents
06. Downtown Colby
14. Diagnosing Autism More Precisely
16. An Inside Pitch
22. Colby's New Labs Address Critical Issues and Initiatives
26. In Support of the Academic Mission
28. A Building for Everybody
36. Robust Financial Aid Program is Key to Colby's Mission
38. 'Quite a Triumph'
44. Class Notes
66. Obituaries
80. William R. Cotter, Colby's Longest-Tenured President

Full Issue - Spring 2025 - Volume 112, Issue 1, Colby College

Colby Magazine

04. Planting Seeds to Grow a Stronger Community
16. Retiring Provost McFadden: Colby’s ‘Special Sauce’ is What Makes it Great
24. Pulver Scholars Explore Scientific Possibility
32. A Warm Wilderness Welcome for New Colby Students
42. Dare Northward is Shaping Colby as a Global Leader
48. Bringing Them All Back Home

Passive Tick Surveillance At The University Of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab: A 6 Year Retrospective, Thomas F. Rounsville, Griffin M. Dill, Ann M. Bryant, Alyssa G. Marini, Alaina C. Woods, John S. Nugent, Olivia N. Choi, James F. Dill

Journal of Maine Medical Center

Introduction: Maine has experienced a rise in tick-borne diseases over the past several decades, reflecting broader trends in the northeastern United States. Ixodes scapularis is now found statewide and is the primary vector of Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, Borrelia miyamotoi, and Powassan virus. Other emerging tick species pose additional threats.

Methods: The University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab conducts a public tick-testing program. Ticks submitted by the public between 2019 and 2024 were microscopically identified and tested with multiplex quantitative polymerase chain reaction and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction panels for known and emerging pathogens, including B. …

Adapting To Climate Change: Outdoor Recreation Impacts In New Hampshire, Visitor Coping Behaviors, & Provider Management Strategies, Madeleine Smith

Doctoral Dissertations

As of 2023, outdoor recreation participation in the United States (U.S.) reached a 15-year high, generating $1.2 trillion in economic output and supporting 5 million jobs. Concurrently, the contiguous U.S. experienced earth surface temperatures averaging above the 20th-century norm for the 27th consecutive year. Climate change presents increasing challenges for outdoor recreation, particularly in the Northeast and North Central U.S., where seasonal shifts, extreme weather events, and resource degradation are projected to acutely impact recreation patterns and management needs. New Hampshire (NH), where nearly 30% of the state is safeguarded for public use, relies heavily on outdoor recreation. As of …

Board Of Trustees Agenda, Feb. 28 2025, Indiana State University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees

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Mortal Rivers: A Case Study Analysis Of Indigenous Water Sovereignty Within The Penobscot And Lakota Nations, 19th Century To Present, Moya S. Stringer

Honors Theses

Indigenous water sovereignty has long been a contested problem within the continent of Turtle Island. In 2016, the Lakota Nation globalized the message Water is Life through their movement against the Dakota Access Pipeline, an oil infrastructure that would put one of the continent’s largest watersheds at risk. The revolutionary fervor of the Water is Life movement travelled all the way to the Penobscot Nation in the Dawnland, a place we now call Maine. In an adjacent vein to the Lakota, the Penobscot people have spent the 21st century addressing damming projects and rampant pollution from the 1900s in a …

The Colby Echo (2024-11-21), 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.

Downeast Community Opioid Response Program: Final Summary Report, Tyler Egeland Ba, Gordon Mcintire Ba, Evelyn Ali, Mary Lindsey Smith Phd, Katie Rosingana Ba

Substance Use Research & Evaluation

The Downeast Substance Treatment Network is a group of diverse organizations working to improve integration and access to treatments and services for people with substance use disorder. The consortium’s Rural Communities Opioid Response Program grant project aims to: (1) expand the reach of their treatment network, (2) increase awareness and practice of harm reduction, and (3) facilitate transitions of care to improve partner efficacy. This project included a mixed-methods evaluation led by Catherine E. Cutler Institute’s Substance Use Research and Evaluation Team (SURE). This year 3 final summary presentation includes feedback from program partners and key informants, in addition to …

Full Issue, Maryland Birdlife

Maryland Birdlife

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Full Issue, Maryland Birdlife

Maryland Birdlife

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The Effect Of Burrow Loss On Mate Choice In The Leach's Storm-Petrel, Douglass H. Morse, Stephen W. Kress

The Auk

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Geographic Variation In Habitat Structure Of The Black-Throated Green Warbler (Dendroica Virens), Scott L. Collins

The Auk

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Sexual Differences In The Behavior Of Adult Great Black-Backed Gulls (Larus Marinus) During The Pre- And Post-Hatch Periods, Ronald G. Butler, Saskia Janes-Butler

The Auk

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Territoriality And Behavioral Correlates Of Reproductive Success Of Great Black-Backed Gulls, Ronald G. Butler, Saskia Janes-Butler

The Auk

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Nest Spacing, Reproductive Success, And Behavior Of The Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus Marinus), Ronald G. Butler, Wayne Trivelpiece

The Auk

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Feeding Territories Of Brown Skuas (Catharacta Lonnbergi), Wayne Trivelpiece, Ronald G. Butler, Nicholas J. Volkman

The Auk

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A Field Study Of The Effect Of Crude Oil On Herring Gull (Larus Argentatus) Chick Growth, Ronald G. Butler, Peter Lukasiewicz

The Auk

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Club-Tipped Feathers In Some South American Tanagers, Richard C. Innes

The Auk

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Nest-Site Competition Between Adelie And Chinstrap Penguins: An Ecological Interpretation, Wayne Trivelpiece, Nicholas J. Volkman

The Auk

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Periodical Literature, The Auk

The Auk

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Recent Literature, The Auk

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Obituaries, The Auk

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Back Matter, The Auk

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Ivory Gull In Massachusetts, Frances L. Burnett

The Auk

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American Egret On Mount Desert Island, Maine, Howard H. Vogel Jr.

The Auk

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Greenland Wheatear In Southern Baffin Island, George Miksch Sutton

The Auk

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The Fifty-Eighth Stated Meeting Of The American Ornithologists' Union, Lawrence E. Hicks

The Auk

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