{"id":9141,"date":"2021-10-07T15:35:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T19:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/?page_id=9141"},"modified":"2026-03-13T16:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:30:56","slug":"cynthia-s-loftin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/faculty-staff-directory\/cynthia-s-loftin\/","title":{"rendered":"Loftin, Cynthia S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cynthia Loftin<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2022\/01\/loftin-in-the-field-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Cynthia.\" class=\"wp-image-9287\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2022\/01\/loftin-in-the-field-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2022\/01\/loftin-in-the-field-128x150.jpg 128w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2022\/01\/loftin-in-the-field-105x123.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2022\/01\/loftin-in-the-field-317x371.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2022\/01\/loftin-in-the-field-423x495.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/300\/2022\/01\/loftin-in-the-field.jpg 553w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,256px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Associate Professor<br>cynthia.loftin@maine.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Loftin joined the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology in June 1999 as a member of the Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.\u00a0 Dr. Loftin&#8217;s research interests in systems, landscape, and wetlands ecology drive her research program involving natural resources management and restoration issues. Her research program takes a landscape ecology perspective on conservation and restoration of perturbed ecosystems to address Unit cooperator information needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Loftin is not accepting new students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cynthia Loftin Associate Professorcynthia.loftin@maine.edu Dr. Loftin joined the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology in June 1999 as a member of the Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.\u00a0 Dr. Loftin&#8217;s research interests in systems, landscape, and wetlands ecology drive her research program involving natural resources management and restoration issues. 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