Community Science Update

We had a long field season this year, starting with focus groups in the spring and then shellfish ecological studies that spanned the summer and fall. The last couple of months we also have been met with the Joint Shellfish Committee and other community members to share what we’re learning and to plan for 2025.

This poster that graduate student Sarah Risley presented in August 2024 in Montreal is a great overview of the Damariscotta River Estuary Community Science Program. For more details, please check out this page: https://umaine.edu/leslie-lab/research-2/damariscotta-community-science-project/

The ecological survey data are now available for download here.

We will have a summary of focus group findings to share in the new year, hopefully in time for Shellfish Day at the Maine Fishermen’s Forum.

Join us at the central Regional Shellfish Meeting in Belfast on Monday, December 2nd at 10:30 AM to learn more about the Program. In the meantime, please feel free to reach out to us via Heather @ (207) 563-8115 or heather.leslie(at)maine.edu – we would love to hear from you.