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The Champlain Society Transcriptions

In the Spring 2015 issue of Friends of Acadia Journal, Maureen Fournier, a seasonal ranger for Acadia, and I describe … More

Acadia, conservation, Harvard, history, Maine, Mount Desert Island

The President’s Salmon in The Boston Globe

A preview of the forthcoming The President’s Salmon can be found in today’s Boston Globe Magazine. Politics, preservation, and salmon … More

Maine’s Wild Oysters

Scientists are studying isolated oyster grounds in Maine’s Sheepscot River that may date back to the last ice age. Meanwhile, … More

conservation, Maine, natural history, oysters, seafood

Influenced by Nature

In May 1871, Charles William Eliot had been president of Harvard College barely two years, and a widower just as … More

Acadia, conservation, Harvard, history, history of science, Maine, Mount Desert Island

Bringing the Ocean’s Power Home

For the inaugural “Life on the Coast” issue of Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors, I covered the launch of Ocean … More

alternative energy, Cobscook Bay, tidal power

Sturgeon Moon Rising

In June 2006 I was in the boat with University of Maine researchers when they caught the second and third … More

dam removal, fish, history, Maine, Penobscot River, seafood, sturgeon
image of Narraguagus River

The Can Do Crew

In December 2011 Atlantic Salmon Journal asked me to report on activities of the Downeast Salmon Federation in eastern Maine, … More

Atlantic Salmon Journal, conservation, dam removal, Downeast Salmon Federation, fish, history, Maine, restoration, rivers, salmon
sardine comic book cover

Long May They Run

Just a few months into 2010, the Year of the Sardine, news came that the Stinson Seafood plant in Prospect … More

fish, history, Maine, seafood

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