Poland Spring Natural Spring Water has awarded a $25,000 Good Neighbor Grant to the University of Southern Maine Foundation. The grant will fund an upland watershed monitoring project conducted by the university’s Environmental Science and Policy program. It will provide researchers better insight into the impacts of climate change and land use on small forests and mini-watersheds. From left, front, are Heather Printup, community relations manager, Poland Spring; Robert Sanford, chairman of the Department of Environmental Science and Policy; Ainsley Wallace, president and CEO of the USM Foundation; and Glenn Cummings, president of USM; back, Josh Rowe, national resource supervisor, Poland Spring; Jeremy Qualls, dean of the College of Science, Technology and Health; and Joe Staples, assistant professor of environmental science.
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