Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield
Author: Laura Hatmaker
Host: Celeste Mittelhauser
Producer: Glen Mittelhauser
This episode features part one of an essay by environmental scientist Laura Hatmaker, exploring Balch Head Heath, a rare Coastal Plateau Bog in Lubec, Maine. Laura describes the contrasting northern and southern domes of the peatland, the habitat of the rare Crowberry Blue butterfly, and the questions conservationists face when deciding whether to intervene in natural processes.
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