Senior Projects

All Senior students in the ES program participate in a supervised independent project focusing on practical environmental research and problem solving. The project reflects the student's individualized program and career interests and is conducted to simulate a professional work situation.

The following are actual Senior Projects (Env 400) undertaken by UMFK students.

Student Senior Project
Will Barnum The Development of a Guide to the Silvicultural Treatment of Forest Stands in Central Eastern Aroostook County for the Purpose of Maximizing Production of Commercial Quality Logs
Julie Daigle The Effectiveness of an Elbow Pipe Variety of Water Flow Control Device and Selected Site Modifications at Eliminating Unwanted Flooding Associated with Beaver Dam-building Activity on Charette Hill in Fort Kent, Maine
Angela Flannagin The Impact and Assessment of Coyotes in Proximity to Cattle in the St. John Valley Region
Kalindra Gibson Possible Methods of Educating the General Public Along a Section of the St. John Valley Heritage Trail in Fort Kent, Maine
Chris McNally A Comparison of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Paulette and Marquis Brook of St. Agatha, Maine
Joshua Phillips A Map of Maine Containing Hazardous Chemical Spills
Bill Phipps An Assessment of the Fish River Island, St. John River, Maine
Sally Quinn Presence of Escherichia coli in Sand and Freshwater at Long Lake, Maine
Nicole Sirois The Use of Indicator Taxa to Determine if Non-Point Soure Pollution is Affecting the Current Water Quality of Two Tributaries of South Perley Brook, Aroostook County, Maine
Nick Textor A Comparison of Water Quality of Two Streams Draining from Both Agricultural Land and Forested Areas into Long Lake, Aroostook County, Maine
Ted Wright The Environmental and Silvicultural Effects of Horse Logging vs. Conventional Logging in Two Maine Mixed Wood Sites