Press Herald publishes feature on Springuel
Natalie Springuel, a marine extension associate with Maine Sea Grant, the coordinator of the Downeast Fisheries Trail and a founder of the National Working Waterfront Network, was the focus of a feature article in the Portland Press Herald. Springuel spoke about her latest project as a radio host for WERU 89.9 FM’s Coastal Conversations. The community forum brings her and various visiting experts together monthly to discuss topics with an ocean connection and to answer questions from callers, according to the article. In the year since the program first aired, Springuel has delved into the management and marketing of Maine scallops, marine debris and microplastic pollution in the ocean, and beach water quality. She and her colleagues at Sea Grant brainstorm for ideas and occasionally they will sub in for her, the article states.