At the National Academy of Sciences, a former economics major synthesizes science, public policy, and economics to produce important studies of environmental and transportation-related topics. Read more »

He took his passion for the environment — and and his passion for Nordic skiing — north to Alaska. 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 »

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 »

On track to be Maine's commissioner of marine resources, Norm Olsen '73 brings strong diplomacy skills from a State Department career and credibility on the docks as a fourth-generation fisherman, the Press Herald reports.  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 »

"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 »