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Coastal Conversations: The River Herring Network

Coastal Conversations Show: October 25, 2024 Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant This Episode Every spring streams, rivers, and ponds around Maine shimmer with thousands of silver fish. These little fish, called river herring or alewives, spend most of their lives offshore but “run” back to the streams and ponds where they hatched to reproduce. […]

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Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Marine Debris

Coastal Conversations Show: September 27, 2024 Host: Keri Kaczor, Maine Sea Grant Everyone can make a difference to address the issue of marine debris (or trash) that enters our oceans! Keri Kaczor of Maine Sea Grant hosts a conversation with members of a Community Action Coalition who’ve come together to help tackle marine debris pollution […]

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Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Aquaculture Part II

Coastal Conversations Show: August 23, 2024 Host: Annie Fagan, Maine Sea Grant What does it mean to be a woman on the working waterfront? This summer, Annie Fagan of Maine Sea Grant is diving into aquaculture with a two-part series in July and August. In our second installment, we go deeper with three women making […]

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Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Aquaculture, Part I

Coastal Conversations Show: July 26, 2024 Host: Annie Fagan, Maine Sea Grant What does aquaculture look like in your community? This is Annie Fagan from the University of Maine Sea Grant, host of Coastal Conversations. This summer, we’re diving into aquaculture with a two-part series in July and August. This month, we’ll hear from Morgan […]

A photograph of Swan’s Island’s green ferry terminal, a large pier of piled stones with the ferry and a construction barge at the end. Fisheries products from the island are brought to markets on the mainland by the Maine state ferry service.

Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Swan’s Urchins

Coastal Conversations Show: June 28 Host This show was produced by Production Assistant Tiegan Paulson, student at College of the Atlantic At the turn of the century, Swan’s Island was a target in the rush for green gold. My name is Tiegan Paulson, production assistant for this month’s Coastal Conversations. This month we’ll take a […]

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Coastal Conversations Radio Program: A Day at SEA

Coastal Conversations show: May 24, 2024Host: Catherine Devine, Cathy and Jim Gero Acadia Early Career Fellow in Science Communication, Schoodic Institute Show information In this episode, we shine a spotlight on Acadia National Park’s Schoodic Education Adventure (SEA) program, where learning meets the great outdoors. Join us as National Park Service education coordinator, Katie Petrie and […]

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Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Managing Future Forests

Coastal Conversations show: April 26, 2024WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in BangorHost: Catherine Devine, Cathy and Jim Gero Acadia Early Career Fellow in Science Communication, Schoodic Institute Listen to the show on WERU archives What happens to science when the science is done? And how does that inform how our forests are managed […]

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Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Changing Acadia

Coastal Conversations show: March 22, 2024WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in BangorHost: Catherine Devine, Cathy and Jim Gero Acadia Early Career Fellow in Science Communication, Schoodic Institute Listen to the show on WERU archives Acadia is changing, and quickly. While its beauty endures, its forests, lakes and coasts are being altered by people […]

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Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Southwest Harbor

Coastal Conversations show: February 23, 2024WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in BangorHost: Galen Koch, The First Coast & Island Institute Listen to the show on WERU archives This is Galen Koch, from The First Coast + Island Institute, and this month I’m hosting Coastal Conversations from the University of Maine Sea Grant Program. […]

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Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Storm Response

Coastal Conversations show: January 26, 2024WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in BangorHost: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives The January 10 and 13, 2024 storms, along with compounding record high tides, storm surge, and strong southeasterly winds, caused much damage throughout the Maine coast, including the loss of […]

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