Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield

Host: Glen Mittelhauser
Producers: Glen Mittelhasuer, Daaby Tingle
Continuing a botanical inventory of Little Spruce Island off the coast of Downeast Maine, Glen explains why each island supports a unique plant community shaped by its history and environment. He reflects on the importance of documenting these remote floras today to provide the baseline data needed to understand ecological change in the future.
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