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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

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

Students as conservation catalysts

This third and final (for now) article on the Champlain Society explores how students can be effective agents of change, … More

Acadia, conservation, Maine, Mount Desert Island

Visionary science of the “Harvard Barbarians”

The Mount Desert Island Historical Society asked me to write an article about The Champlain Society for the 2014 issue … More

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

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

The Champlain Society

The origins of conservation on Mount Desert Island can be traced to a clear, cold night in March 1880, when … More

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

Spring Tradition: Anglers Vied to Catch Penobscot’s Presidental Salmon

This article appeared in the Bangor Daily News on March 30, 2012.One hundred years ago, a local fly-fisherman decided to … More

conservation, dam removal, fish, history, Maine, Penobscot River, restoration, rivers, salmon, seafood
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