Mount Desert Islander advances Leslie’s coastal ecosystem conservation talk
Mount Desert Islander reported Heather Leslie, director of the University of Maine Darling Marine Center, will discuss coastal ecosystem conservation during the College of the Atlantic’s Human Ecology Forum at McCormick Lecture Hall in Bar Harbor at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, April 5. Her “Sustaining Coastal Marine Systems” talk is free and open to the public. Leslie conducts research on the ecology, policy and management of coastal marine ecosystems, according to the article. Leslie believes coastal conservation must involve scientific ecosystem management and consideration of people who live and work in the areas, the article states. “By studying the ecological and human dimensions in an integrative way, we are in a better position to manage fisheries to meet both biodiversity and human well-being objectives,” she said.