Coastal Conversations

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Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Holiday seafood recipes and traditions

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 […]

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Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Downeast Heritage

Coastal Conversations show: October 23, 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 Our show today explores coastal Maine’s geological, cultural and natural-resource-based heritage. Maine communities are steeped in a history of living life close to the land and to the […]

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Coastal Conversations Radio Program: The Stories of the Sardine Industry

Coastal Conversations show: August 28, 2020 WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant, with guest co-host Camden Hunt, student at College of the Atlantic Listen to the show on WERU archives Sardine canneries created jobs for generations of Mainers living near the coast for more than one hundred […]

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Coastal Conversations Radio Program: The 1970s Life of Maine Lobstermen

Coastal Conversations show: May 22, 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 A special note: This month’s episode of Coastal Conversations is dedicated to Mr. Andrew Gove, one of the three featured fishermen who was interviewed in the 1970s. As […]

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Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Salters and Salmon

Coastal Conversations show: May 22, 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 Every spring, thousands of fish move between saltwater and fresh water habitats. Some, like Atlantic salmon, migrate from the sea into Maine’s rivers and streams in order to […]

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