On Sept. 13, Maine announced $3.7 million in funding from the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan to restore access to habitat for the state’s sea-run fish species. The investment is to also leverage tens of millions of dollars in additional federal.
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Eileen Johnson Helps Maine Communities Prepare for Severe Weather-Related Challenges
These are busy times for environmental studies lecturer Eileen Johnson. Apart from her teaching duties, she’s involved in a number of grant-funded projects aimed at assisting local communities.
“A lot of my work focuses on how rural municipalities can build their capacity for addressing climate change-related issues at the local level,” said Johnson. Two of the projects she is currently working on are aimed at helping coastal Maine towns prepare for exactly these types of challenges:
Hurricane Irene in 2011 was the deadliest to hit New England in more than half a century. Image: NASA/NOAA GOES Project.