Projects

In Fall 2022, we are piloting a new arts program with three talented creators from the Northeast participating in an 11-day residency at the Wells Reserve. These visiting artists will collaborate with scientists and community members to deepen their artwork around critical science, environmental, and health issues, offering workshops in their discipline and presentations of their works in progress.

Surveying nine long-term Casco Bay MIMIC sites for blue crabs.

Two goals met in 10 years: Meet 100% of our electrical energy needs through site-based renewable solar energy and reduce fossil fuel and electrical energy use by 20 percent.

Bolstering the local population of a state-endangered species by releasing captive-reared rabbits into viable habitat.

Lobsters are exposed to microplastics in their environment, even more so when confined to derelict "ghost traps." Do these plastics enter lobster tissues?

Tracking green crabs throughout an estuary shows males and females behave differently.

Evaluating the health and quality of ovigerous American lobsters with respect to egg production.

Examining how salt marsh plant communities are responding to climate change.

Better connected communities are better able to respond to impacts from natural disasters and serve vulnerable community members. This connection between people and groups is social resilience.

Discovering, exploring, and sharing the intersections between art, culture, and science.