Coming home to the island of North Haven, Maine, this chef has capitalized on the burgeoning local and organic food movements by working almost solely with locally grown and harvested foods. Read more »

The Penobscot River Restoration Project is an agreessive public-private effort to restore native fish populations. Read an Echo profile (by Emma Creeden '12) about a fisheries biologist helping with the project. Read more »

Environmental science has evolved considerably over the last 30 years, as the career of this biology major proves. Read more »

Could you live in 144 square feet? This environmental studies major can. Read more »

In the rainforest of Borneo, an anthropologist studies orangutans in hopes of protecting this dwindling species. Read more »

"Clams aren't very sexy," says a stalwart director of the institute that grows clams to reseed Maine clam flats and that is a rising star in marine research. Read more »

Princess of Poop? An authority on wastewater discharge for Maine's Department of Environmental Protection calls herself just that. Read more »

The sustainability coordinator at Maine's Chewonki Foundation, Peter Arnold is leading an effort for a tidal project that involves harvesting the movement of the tides for sustainable, environmentally friendly energy. Read more »

The effects of different species of beach grass in the formation of dunes is part of an alumna's doctoral research in zoology at Oregon State. Read more »

The grants manager for Portland's Oregon Zoo Foundation is a hands-on animal lover—and he'll show you the scars to prove it. Read more »