Sean Todd Allied Whale College of the Atlantic 105 Eden St. Bar Harbor, ME 04609 In the United States, marine mammals and sea turtles are federally protected by a number of laws, including the Marine Mammal Protection Act (1972), and the Endangered Species Act (1973). Federal law mandates response to marine mammals and sea turtles […]
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Daniel Belknap Department of Earth Sciences University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.2159 belknap@maine.edu http://climatechange.umaine.edu/Directory/people/belknap.html Joseph Kelley Department of Earth Sciences University of Maine Cynthia Loftin USGS Cooperative Research Unit Salt marshes protect coastal lands from flooding and erosion, absorbing the impacts of storms and high tides while maintaining water quality and providing habitat for […]
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Hannah Webber Fields Pond Audubon Center Holden, ME 207.989.2591 hwebber@maineaudubon.org The collaborative, community-based restoration of Sedgeunkedunk Stream, including removal of two dams, is serving as a model for other barrier removal efforts throughout Maine. The project and its follow-up monitoring should be of great interest to municipal personnel and planners; representatives from land trusts, lake […]
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Yong Chen 218 Libby Hall School of Marine Sciences University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.4303 Email Yong Chen Carl Wilson Maine Department of Marine Resources The American lobster supports the most valuable commercial fishery in the northeastern U.S., and the fishery is critical to the Maine economy. Landings have increased steadily since the early […]
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Damon Gannon Bowdoin College 6500 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 207.798.4267 dgannon@bowdoin.edu Coastal and marine policy in the United States is a patchwork of laws under the jurisdiction of many different agencies within local, state, and federal levels of government. As ocean policy reform continues to chug along in Washington, ecosystem-based management is being touted […]
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Jean MacRae Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.2137 Jean.macrae@umit.maine.edu Marine and freshwater environments are vulnerable to pollution from spills, shipping and boating activity, runoff, and waste discharge. Many organic contaminants accumulate in sediment where they can affect habitat and the health of marine organisms. Once in the sediment, […]
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Gayle Zydlewski Lower Penobscot Watershed Coalition www.covebrook.org/lpwc The Lower Penobscot Watershed Coalition and partners welcomed over 500 guests to the Bangor Waterfront to celebrate the return to a healthy river. Live music by Stiff Whisker and the Driftwood Kids, the Eric Green Band, and the Burnurwurbskek singers from the Penobscot Indian Nation, kept people entertained, […]
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Nishanta Rajakaruna College of the Atlantic 105 Eden Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207.288.5015 ext. 261 nrajakaruna@coa.edu Plants that grow in metal-rich soils are often physiologically and taxonomically distinct populations, providing model systems to examine the process of plant evolution. Current understanding of how new plant species arise has benefited from research conducted on metal-tolerant […]
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Habib Dagher 5793 AEWC Bldg, Room 142 University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.2138 In March, Sea Grant provided travel support for Danish environmental educator Søren Hermansen, who came to the University of Maine to speak about how his island of Samso, Denmark, became energy independent. Hermansen was named one of Time’s 2008 Heroes of […]
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Ruth H. Carmichael University of Maine at Machias 9 O’Brien Ave. Machias, ME 04655 207.255.1206 Email Ruth Carmichael Maine is home to the northernmost population of the Atlantic horseshoe crab. Species at the edge of their range are often considered unique and potentially fragile. If Maine’s horseshoe crabs are at the fringe of their viable […]
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