Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield

Host/Producer: Glen Mittelhauser
In this episode, Glen rows and sails along Mount Desert Island’s south shore, recalling his early days learning plants and birds and the beginnings of his field ecology career. He describes the quiet rhythm of rowing and decades of ecological surveys along the Maine coast.
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