On Sunday morning, close to 150 friends, family, and colleagues of the late Michele Dionne gathered at the Maine Coastal Ecology Center to remember her life and to celebrate her influence on people, policy, conservation, and estuarine research. Wethe Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve and Laudholm Trusttook the opportunity to honor this remarkable woman by renaming her home away from home the "Michele Dionne Research Lab." Cynthia Daley, long-time Laudholm Trust board member, and Paul Dest, director of the Wells Reserve, made the announcement to robust applause.