Latest Breaking News On - Understanding place - Page 5 : comparemela.com

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.

United statesPassamaquoddy bayPenobscot bayTown of phippsburgUniversity of maineCasco bayEileen johnsonMaine coastal community grant programClimate change adaptation providers networkMaine department of environmental protectionUs department of theAtmospheric administrationNational oceanicCasco bay estuary partnershipWells national estuarine researchUniversity of maine mitchell sustainability program