Coastal Conversations Radio Program: On the Water in Belfast Harbor
Coastal Conversations show: February 24, 2023, 4-5 PM
WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor
Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant
Listen to the show on WERU archives
On the Water in Belfast Harbor
High School students on a fishing boat deploying spat collectors, or mesh bags, into the water column to collect baby scallops. Science teachers and their students hauling line onto a work boat to examine the growth rate on their kelp farm. Locals and visitors learning from a seasoned Maine guide to row a traditional dory, emulating how generations of Maine fishermen and sailors have moved around the harbor. The composition of mariners in Belfast Bay may have been changing in the last few decades, but their passion for these waters is no less real.
Today, our show features four people who are involved in really cool work connected to our local seas, either as teachers, students, or guides. All four of our guests happen to be women, and each of them bring to their learning and their work a commitment to the protection of this place and its people.
Today we hear from the owner of DoryWoman Rowing, as well as a high school student, and two science teachers, who all use the local waters as their classroom, their workspace and their happy place.
Tune in Friday February 24, 2023, 4-5 PM when this week’s Coastal Conversations brings you “On the water in Belfast Harbor.”
Guests
Nicolle Littrell, founder of DoryWoman Rowing, Open Water Rower, Licensed Maine Guide, Filmmaker and Photographer.
Lindsey Schortz, Science instructor and member of the team for the Belfast Marine Institute at Belfast Area High School (BAHS) and a teacher at BCOPE (Belfast Community Outreach Program in Education), an alternative high school program.
Genna Black, Science teacher with the Marine Institute at Belfast Area High School
Mia Fay, high school senior in the BCOPE program (Belfast Community Outreach Program in Education), Belfast Area High School’s alternative high school program.
Gallery (click to view full size images)
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- Genna Black’s puppy, “Noviboat,” on one of his first skiff rides around the harbor last spring
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- A day out scalloping in January with David Black and Wayne Canning on Belfast Bay
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- This is the boat Belfast science teacher Genna Black was sitting in on the day we recorded this episode of Coastal Conversations
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- Rowing year-round in Belfast Harbor and on Penobscot Bay with DoryWoman Rowing.
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- Rowing year-round in Belfast Harbor and on Penobscot Bay with DoryWoman Rowing.
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- Rowing year-round in Belfast Harbor and on Penobscot Bay with DoryWoman Rowing.
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- Students and teachers in Belfast Area High School’s BCOPE program working on their scallop spat bag distribution project
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- Students and teachers in Belfast Area High School’s BCOPE program working on their scallop spat bag distribution project
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- Students and teachers in Belfast Area High School’s BCOPE program working on their scallop spat bag distribution project
More information
Belfast Area High School Marine Institute
Belfast Community Outreach Program in Education
Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership
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