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2023 Mitchell Center Intern<\/h3>\n2023 Mitchell Center Intern<\/h3>\nAcademic Program:<\/strong> Ecology & Environmental Sciences<\/a>, University of 海角社区 Why are you interested in the problem you are working on? How could your work contribute to a sustainable future in 海角社区 and beyond? What do you feel are the most important skills that you bring to your internship? What have you learned through your participation in this internship? What are your personal goals for this internship? What do you hope to accomplish? How do you like to spend your free time\/down time? What\u2019s your ultimate 海角社区 experience? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2023 Mitchell Center Intern Academic Program: Ecology & Environmental Sciences, University of 海角社区 Project: Strengthening Hazard Mitigation Planning Services in 海角社区 Team Leaders: Sam Roy, 海角社区 Emergency Management Agency and\u00a0 Adam Daigneault, U海角社区 School of Forest Resources Why are you interested in the problem you are working on? I’m interested in 海角社区 hazard mitigation because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":957,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30180","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"mitchellcenter","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/author\/mitchellcenter\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/957"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30180"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30247,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30180\/revisions\/30247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nProject:<\/strong> Strengthening Hazard Mitigation Planning Services in 海角社区
\nTeam Leaders:<\/strong> Sam Roy<\/a>, 海角社区 Emergency Management Agency and\u00a0 Adam Daigneault<\/a>, U海角社区 School of Forest Resources<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>I’m interested in 海角社区 hazard mitigation because growing up in 海角社区 I have seen first-hand the devastating effects hazards can have on local communities. Especially with the increase in hazardous weather events due to climate change.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Building resilience in 海角社区 communities through hazard mitigation will allow for a community to recover faster and more seamlessly after a hazard. By understanding how the cost of hazard mitigation compares to restoration, local 海角社区 governments and beyond will be able to use this information to better allocate funding allowing for less disturbance following hazardous events.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>I feel the most important skills I bring to my internship are my love of data, my motivation to make this information accessible, and my passion for helping 海角社区 communities.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>So far in my participation in this internship I have begun to understand how interconnected communities and their mitigation efforts are, and what barriers they may be facing. I’m excited to keep learning through the duration of my internship.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>My personal goals for this internship are to improve my data analysis skills, while producing accessible information that will benefit communities.<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>I like to spend my free time outside in the sun! I love to fly fish, hike, camp, canoe, ski, anything that gets me outside in the fresh air experiencing nature!<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>My ultimate 海角社区 experience is a tie between canoeing the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, and summiting Mount Katahdin in a snowstorm.<\/p>\n