Maine Sea Grant

Coastal Conversations show: August 27, 2021 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, we venture out to the most remote of all of Maine’s islands, Mount Desert Rock, an exposed ledge, barely 3 acres in size, that emerges from a […]

Coastal Conversations show: July 23, 2021 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives The Maine Coast has captured the imagination of artists for generations. On today’s Coastal Conversations we talk with two contemporary artists and an art writer about the relationship […]

Coastal Conversations show: June 25, 2021 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’s coastal conversations is in honor of the annual spring running, that time of year when several species of fish, such as alewives and blue-back herring, return from […]

Coastal Conversations show: May 28, 2021 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives The Maine Fisherman’s Forum is an annual event that brings together thousands of people who are connected to Maine’s fishing industry. Like so many events, the 2021 Fisherman’s […]

Coastal Conversations show: April 23, 2021 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives >View the webinar below Part 3 of our 3-part Maine Shellfish Day event! In non-COVID times, the first day of the annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum is dedicated to […]

Coastal Conversations show: March 26, 2021 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives >View the webinar below Part 2 of our 3-part Maine Shellfish Day event! In non-COVID times, the first day of the annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum is dedicated to […]

Coastal Conversations show: February 26, 2021 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives >View the webinar Announcing a three-episode Coastal Conversations series focused on Maine shellfish In non-COVID times, the first day of the annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum is dedicated to […]

Coastal Conversations show: January 22, 2021 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives Seaweed has always been an important species in Maine’s coastal ecosystems. Maine gardeners have for generations used seaweed to enhance their soil. But in the last decade or […]

Coastal Conversations show: December 25, 2020 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives For our December 25, 2020 show, we are talking about Maine seafood for the holidays! Our regular Coastal Conversations host Natalie Springuel teamed up with Sea Grant colleagues […]

Coastal Conversations show: November 27, 2020 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’s show is all about lobster, especially the early life stages of the species, when lobsters are no bigger than a quarter. We know that the Gulf of […]