Coastal Conversations

A wide landscape of Southwest Harbor. There is a wharf in the foreground, many boats in the harbor, and the mountains of Acadia National Park in the distance.

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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Equipment and building wreckage and debris on the coast

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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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 […]

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Boats and buildings from the water on an overcast day

Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Stories from Gouldsboro: Salmon and Sardines

Coastal Conversations show: January 27, 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 Note: This January 27, 2023 episode of Coastal Conversations features two distinct stories about Gouldsboro, Maine. Story 1: Gouldsboro, a working waterfront community at a crossroads […]

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sunrise over the ocean

Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Writers of the Maine Coast

Coastal Conversations show: September 23, 2022 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives Maine’s coastline has inspired writers and artists for generations. On today’s Coastal Conversations we are thrilled to feature three contemporary Maine writers who each have a special connection […]

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Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Landscape of Change

Coastal Conversations show: July 22, 2022 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives Today our show is about the Mound Desert Island-based project called a Landscape of Change. Landscape of Change is a collaborative project with the goal of compiling and […]

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