Ecosystem thinking
I recently participated in a panel discussion entitled A Journey in Fisheries and Ecosystem Thinking: A Conversation About the Past, Present, and Future.* This was an excellent opportunity to reflect […]
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Adapting to change
For more than 20 years, Heather has collaborated with an international group of researchers to study how coastal communities respond to environmental, economic and political pressures in the Gulf of California […]
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Marina’s research journey
Lab alumna Marina Tomer shares her research journey in this recent post by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Welcome back to Maine, Marina!
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Creative writing at the DMC
Leslie Lab members Heather, Sarah, and Emma hosted the entire sophomore class of Lincoln Academy, the local high school, at the Darling Center earlier this fall. This field trip, designed […]
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Oyster science and stories
Civil Eats recently featured Leslie Lab member Sarah Risley’s doctoral research on wild and farmed oysters. Read all about it here!
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Joelle’s research journey
Leslie Lab member Joelle Kilchenmann shares the journey that brought her to UMaine and her interdisciplinary PhD research related to Maine’s lobster fishery.
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Share your story
Thanks to support from UMaine’s Mitchell Center, we are using arts-based methods like storytelling and creative writing to share knowledge and learn together in support of coastal community resilience. We […]
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Voices of the Medomak
In mid July, several lab members had the good fortune to participate in a guided trip on the Medomak River estuary. Heather helped organize this event. An excerpt of the […]
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Engaging in offshore wind development
We are delighted to share How to Engage in Offshore Wind Development: A Guide to Values, Questions, Perspectives, and Pathways Forward in Coastal Maine, with you. Download the Guide as […]
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Community Science Update
Graduate students Sarah Risley (above) and Melissa Britsch (now at the Maine Coastal Program) led local knowledge research in the Damariscotta and Medomak River estuaries. This open-access study was just […]
