This event, part of the MHC’s 2020-2021 Symposium on “The Story of Climate Change”ÌýbringsÌýtogetherÌýpeopleÌýfromÌýdifferentÌýprofessionalÌýfieldsÌýtaskedÌýwith communicatingÌýthe impact of climate change to the public. The panel (which will be remote, ) features a veteran reporter, scientists working with Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (DIFW), and is moderated by Dr. Katherine Glover from the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute.Ìý Panelists will discuss best practices for telling the story of climate change, and for helping theÌýpublicÌýunderstand environmental transformation on both a local and global scale.
Panelists:
is a veteran Bangor Daily News reporter who writes about how the Atlantic Ocean and the state’s iconic coastline help to shape the lives of coastal Maine residents and visitors.ÌýÌýBased , he writes about fisheries, marine-related topics, and covers eastern coastal Maine communities.
Dr. Amanda Cross is a wildlife biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and a member of .ÌýÌýShe studies, teaches, and conducts public outreach about vernal pool ecology across Maine.
is aÌýMoose Biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.ÌýÌýIn 2019, Kantar was awardedÌýat the 53rd North American Moose Conference held in Carrabassett Valley, Maine.
Moderator
is a Research Associate at the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute. Specializing in how interactions between hydroclimate, vegetation, and wildfire produce landscape change, and the sustainableÌýÌýmanagement of public lands, Dr. Glover will be teaching WGS 301/501: Women and Climate Change, in the spring, 2021 semester.
The panel will run 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and it will be recorded.
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