Maine Sea Grant staff and Maine-based researchers will advance a multimillion-dollar NOAA Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative (ALI), which announced its third round of funding. Six newly funded research projects, three of which are led by Maine-.
Maine Sea Grant staff and Maine-based researchers will advance a multimillion-dollar NOAA Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative (ALI), which announced its third round of funding. Six newly funded research projects, three of which are led by Maine-based researchers, will address critical gaps in knowledge about how the American lobster (Homarus americanus) is being impacted by […]
Lobstering is a half-billion-dollar industry in Maine, which means understanding the fishery is an integral part of keeping it sustainable and healthy.
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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.