Down East Books, 2008 Hardcover, 160 pages, 200 photos, $30 A happy obsession with sea glass Books showcasing the treasures found along the seacoast have been popular lately. Primarily, the format is photographs illustrating objects like beach stones, sea glass, or shells. The text itself may be sparse, means to evoking feelings. I like those
Duncan’s voyage as chronicler of the coast continues onward
Author, historian, yachtsman, crew oarsman, coxswain, and coach, and retired teacher Roger F. Duncan may move slowly and wear a hearing aid, but his mind remains swift and clear as does his wry, impish sense of humor. In response to a, “Good for you!” at hearing he’d reached 92, he replied, “I’m not so sure.”
Venturing
Dancing on the sound For 20 years, Mark Hooper has tended crab pots on Core Sound, northeast of Beaufort, North Carolina. Bounded by forested lowlands to the west and south, and the distant Outer Banks just visible five miles away, Core Sound is shallow and can be windy, but by the standards of Capes Fear
Bizarre wave event in Boothbay Harbor puzzles scientists
On the afternoon of October 28, the water in Boothbay Harbor seemed to disappear, withdrawing toward the ocean, then all at once rushing back toward shore in a muddy swirl of currents and 4-to12-foot waves. Then it happened again, and again. The ocean’s strange behavior was noted along the coast from Bristol to Cundy’s Harbor.
Students in photo camp see islands in a new way
At the National Geographic Photo Camp, students learned more than just taking a great picture. Students also learned to view their islands-North Haven and Vinlahaven-in ways they may never have before. “Since we were doing the camp in our own towns, it was a challenge to show other people where we live,” says Brittany Cooper,
Maine books to give (or receive) during the holidays
Somebody not terribly famous once said: “After love, book collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all.” I ponder this old adage wistfully glancing around my small house. What I need are more walls. I suffer from an incurable disease – bibliomania. About 5,000 books of all sizes, shapes and subjects rise up the walls
Audubon shutters Hog Island bird camp
Birdwatchers won’t be flocking to Hog Island next summer, despite its reputation as an idyllic place to enjoy Muscongus Bay’s wildlife. After 70 years, this celebrated Audubon retreat is closing its summer camp. The cause is financial, according to Maine Audubon, and the future of the camp, a five-minute boat-ride from the mainland, is uncertain.
Helping lobstermen
When the price lobstermen were paid for their catch collapsed in October, communities along the coast stepped forward to help. A lobster sale was held by Penobscot East Resource Center to raise awareness of the crisis in Stonington. A group of St. George residents held a Buy Lobster Day on Oct. 23. And in Rockland,
Lobster industry in crisis as prices collapse
Island Institute launches climate change program
The Island Institute has launched a program to assess the potential effects of climate change on Maine’s lobster fishery; and has recently released a report of the preliminary findings. It is difficult for climate scientists to distinguish the effects of climate change from the naturally occurring variability that characterizes climate in our region. Nevertheless, based