FIELD NOTES

  • Marine ecology on the Maine coast

    Sophia Pelletier served as an undergraduate research assistant in the Leslie Lab at UMaine’s Darling Marine Center in summer 2022. She is from San Diego, CA and currently lives in […]

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  • Heather on coastal resilience

    Maine Campus Media covered Heather’s recent seminar as part of the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Learn more here… You can watch Heather’s one-hour seminar here.

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  • Sarah shares shellfish research

    Graduate student Sarah Risley presented to the Town of Damariscotta’s Select Board on November 2nd. She shared the work that UMaine scientists and local high school students have done to […]

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  • High school student field days

    https://dmc.umaine.edu/2022/09/21/8800/

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  • Coastal stewardship & community science

    The Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions highlighted graduate student Sarah Risley’s community science research in the Damariscotta River Estuary in their most recent newsletter.

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  • Heather welcomes first years to DMC

    https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2022/09/01/first-year-umaine-students-dive-into-marine-sciences-at-darling-marine-center/

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  • Maine-eDNA update

    University of Maine researchers and collaborators – including multiple members of the Leslie Lab – are leading the way in an emerging field that combines environmental science and genetics, revolutionizing […]

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  • High school student opportunity

    https://dmc.umaine.edu/2022/06/22/summer-marine-ecology-research-opportunity-for-high-school-students-2/

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  • New ocean renewable energy project

    Jess and Heather have been awarded funds from the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium to conduct social science that supports the coexistence of marine energy, including wind, current, tidal and wave energies, […]

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  • Summer shellfish project launched

    Sarah Risley is leading a team of undergraduate and high school students to study shellfish species living at several sites along the upper Damariscotta River and document local knowledge of […]

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