Nature Education Resource Directory
| Name | John Anderson |
| Address | College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden Avenue, Bar Harbor, ME, 04609 |
| Home Phone | 207-288-5015 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | 207-288-4126 |
| jga@ecology.coa.edu | |
| Web | |
| Description | Presents slide shows on human ecology and relationship to seabird ecology on the Maine coast. |
| Type of Expertise | Faculty member of College of the Atlantic. Expert on seabirds. |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | High school to adult |
| Fees | Negotiable, depending on organization and ability to pay. |
| Name | Warren Balgooyen |
| Address | 256 Oak Hill Road, Norridgewock, ME, 04957 |
| Home Phone | 207-634-5267 |
| Work Phone | Same |
| Fax | |
| Web | |
| Description | Offers ten programs, varying by season, including: for all ages, "The Secrets of a Pond," "The Secrets of a Stream," "Maple Sugaring," "Spring Wildflowers"; for adults, "The Chestnut Story," "Trees in Trouble," "Geology for Beginners," "Ferns to Know and Grow," and "Edible Wild Plants"; and winter programs for all ages, "Life Beneath the Ice (with slides)", "Ice, the Wonder Mineral", "Winter Botany," and "Trees on Skis (by ski or snowshoe).". Leads general nature walks. |
| Type of Expertise | Balgooyen is a trained naturalist. He has expertise in the areas covered by his programs. He also is an expert in landscaping with native plants, has created water gardens, and cuts nature trails. |
| Notes | Available all through year; busiest in spring and early summer |
| Audience Age | Children over 10 and adults. Programs suitable for mixed ages. |
| Fees | Variable according to distance, season, and subject. Minimum fee for programs more than 20 miles from home is $75. |
| Name | Douglas Barkey |
| Address | College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden Avenue, Bar Harbor, ME, 04609 |
| Home Phone | |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| barkey@ecology.coa.edu | |
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| Description | Will do presentation or walk featuring nature photography; give talk or exhibit of his artwork featuring human figure and the landscape; provide short course or workshop on nature photography |
| Type of Expertise | Teaches classes in visual arts, including graphic design, photography, painting and drawing at College of the Atlantic. Established Electronic Design Studio as COA. |
| Notes | On sabbatical until June 6, 2000. |
| Audience Age | 5th grade to adult |
| Fees | Negotiable |
| Name | Fred Beck |
| Address | 143 Ames Cove Road, Harborside, ME 04642 |
| Home Phone | 207-326-8998 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| fmbeck@agate.net | |
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| Description | Beck can give talks on the geology of Maine and mining in the state, with particular concentration on the history of the Callahan Mine in Brooksville. He can speak also on land reclamatiion and early salmon and oyster aquaculture. |
| Type of Expertise | Beck was the district geologist for the Callahan Mining Corporatiion, which ran the Callahan Mine in Brooksville when it was in operation. |
| Notes | Limited availability in winter. |
| Audience Age | Any age. |
| Fees | None |
| Name | Carolyn Bennatti |
| Address | 1556 Bald Mountain Road, Orland, ME, 04472 |
| Home Phone | 207-469-6066 |
| Work Phone | 207-374-2808 (at George Stevens Academy) |
| Fax | |
| bennatti@acadia.net | |
| Web | |
| Description | Provides hikes and hands-on activities on subjects such as marine ecology, vernal pools, and nature studies. |
| Type of Expertise | Teacher and naturalist at George Stevens Academy; faculty adviser to student Environmental Action Club |
| Notes | Limited and variable. Weekends during school year, more flexible in the summer. |
| Audience Age | All ages |
| Fees | Negotiable and minimal |
| Name | Paul Brayton |
| Address | Rt 64, Box 697, Brooklin, ME 04616 |
| Home Phone | |
| Work Phone | 207-359-9802 |
| Fax | Same as work phone. |
| brayton@hypernet.com | |
| Web | |
| Description | Brayton can provide information about shellfish aquaculture as it is carried out along the Maine coast, including both the benefits and the potential problems associated with this growing industry. |
| Type of Expertise | Brayton is a working fisherman. |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | Any age. |
| Fees | None |
| Name | Gerry Bryan |
| Address | RR1, Box 214A, Brooksville, ME, 04617 |
| Home Phone | 207-326-4822 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| puck@acadia.net | |
| Web | |
| Description | Will custom design and lead environmental and nature-related workshops and programs for teachers, students, trusts, and others. Consults on and designs programs and curricula for schools or nature groups on environment and nature, as well as local history and its relationship to environment. |
| Type of Expertise | Retired middle-school teacher (Bangor), with many awards for environmental programs in classroom. Created, directed Penobscot River and Bay Institute; initiated Riverkeepers' curriculum and trained teachers in schools and colleges in Penobscot watershed to work with Riverkeepers. |
| Notes | Availability is flexible. Currently part-time curriculum consultant at Penobscot Marine Museum, member of board of The Conservation Trust of Brooksville, Castine and Penobscot; member of Education Committee of Friends of Holbrook Island Sanctuary. |
| Audience Age | Upper elementary to adult |
| Fees | Negotiable, depending on project. |
| Name | Donald Cass |
| Address | College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden Street, Bar Harbor, ME, 04609 |
| Home Phone | |
| Work Phone | 207-288-5015 |
| Fax | |
| dac@ecology.coa.edu | |
| Web | |
| Description | Speaks on water and air quality, toxicology risk assessment, and global climate change issues, emphasizing chemistry and causes for concern. Leads chemical awareness walks. Assists schools with water quality testing projects. |
| Type of Expertise | Member of faculty at College of the Atlantic, a chemist with focus on water quality issues. Participated in National Project WET (Water Education for Teachers); was academy director for Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance in 1995. |
| Notes | Best between Thanksgiving and New Year, but available other times as well. |
| Audience Age | Kindergarten to senior citizens |
| Fees | None to negotiable |
| Name | Peg Clark |
| Address | PO Box 16, Route 176, So. Brooksville, ME, 04617 |
| Home Phone | 207-326-4654 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| bmartin@media2.hypernet.com | |
| Web | |
| Description | Bird walks |
| Type of Expertise | |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | All ages |
| Fees | None |
| Name | Kenneth Cline |
| Address | College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden Street, Bar Harbor, ME, 04609 |
| Home Phone | 207-288-3381 |
| Work Phone | 207-288-4126 |
| Fax | 207-288-4126 |
| KSC@ecology.coa.edu | |
| Web | |
| Description | Speaker and resource person on general environmental issues, with special emphasis on rivers, public lands, wildlife, and wilderness. |
| Type of Expertise | Member of faculty of College of the Atlantic. Is Conservation Chairperson of Maine chapter of Sierra Club and past member of the steering committee for Maine Environmental Priorities Project. Involved in legal work for national environmental organizations. |
| Notes | |
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| Fees |
| Name | Eliot Coleman |
| Address | 587 Weir Cove Road, Harborside, ME 04642 |
| Home Phone | 207-326-9657 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| Web | |
| Description | Coleman can speak to groups about organic farming, pest control, and food quality. He works from the belief that the natural world is in charge, and the goal of people is to figure out which direction it wants to follow and how to help it get there. |
| Type of Expertise | Coleman is a commercial organic farmer. |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | Adults |
| Fees | None if presentation is local; otherwise based on travel time. |
| Name | David S. Cook |
| Address | RR1, Box 11300, Winthrop, ME, 04364 |
| Home Phone | 207-377-2186 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| cookdsmg@mint.net | |
| Web | |
| Description | Cook provides talks and slide shows on the archeology of Maine, called "Time out of Mind" and "Above the Gravel Bar:the Indian Conoe Routes of Maine." |
| Type of Expertise | Cook has extensive knowledge of and experience with the natural history of Maine, including the ice ages, prehistoric peoples, and Maine's geology. |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | Grades 7-12; Adult groups, particularly historical societies and nature groups. |
| Fees | Negotiable, depending on ability to pay. |
| Name | Jane Crosen |
| Address | RR1, Box 723, Penobscot, ME, 04476 |
| Home Phone | 207-326-4850 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | 207-326-4850 |
| Web | |
| Description | Custom map illustrations. Has self-published line of maps, postcards, posters, and t-shirts. Crosen makes presentations on maps and map-making. A specific program is "Map Sleuthing Downeast," an adventure in map-reading, exploring Hancock Country through maps and charts; questions on geology, place names, contour lines and other topographical clues are keyed to reference books. |
| Type of Expertise | |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | 12 years to adult; intergenerational groups work well. |
| Fees | Negotiable; $50 plus travel expenses for "Map Sleuthing Downeast." |
| Name | Dr. Kenneth Crowell |
| Address | P.O. Box 97, Sunset, ME, 04683 |
| Home Phone | |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | 207-348-6068 |
| klcrowell@aol.com | |
| Web | |
| Description | Can lead bird walks; tree walks and identification, programs on intertidal ecology. |
| Type of Expertise | Ph.D. and former professor at St. Lawrence University. Co-author with Marnie Crowell of Deer Isle Bird Book |
| Notes | All year; no restrictions |
| Audience Age | All ages |
| Fees | None |
| Name | Marnie Reed Crowell |
| Address | P.O. Box 97, Sunset, ME, 04683 |
| Home Phone | |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | 207-348-6068 |
| mrcrowell@aol.com | |
| Web | |
| Description | Can lead bird walks, moss and lichen walks and identification, wetland ecology. Could do teacher workshops on nature writing and illustration (drawing) |
| Type of Expertise | Natural history writer (for all age audiences). Co-author with Dr. Kenneth Crowell of Deer Isle Bird Book |
| Notes | All year, no restrictions Island Heritage Trust has available 6 pr. binoculars and 12 hand lenses, 12 field study equipment packets for walks led by Crowells |
| Audience Age | All ages |
| Fees | None |
| Name | Mercuria Cumbo |
| Address | PO Box 917, Blue Hill, ME, 04614 |
| Home Phone | 207-374-2214 |
| Work Phone | 207-667-5654 |
| Fax | |
| mercuria.cumbo@state.me.us | |
| Web | |
| Description | Phytoplankton and red tide monitoring; consultation on water pollution and water quality |
| Type of Expertise | Microbiologist with Lamoine Water Quality Lab, Maine Department of Marine Resources |
| Notes | Weekends, available year round; weekdays, depending on work schedule. |
| Audience Age | All ages |
| Fees | None |
| Name | Squidge Davis |
| Address | 941 Jackson Road, Monroe, ME, 04951 |
| Home Phone | 207-525-3593 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| Web | |
| Description | One recent project in Monroe involved application to Arts Commission for grant to work with school children to make sculpture of Northern Pond. Sculpture was placed in Town Hall, and influenced town to vote to put pond in conservation trust. Conducts pottery workshops, introducing fundamental skills. Emphasis on clay as material for self-expression. Uses nature as starting point or anchor, having student make sculpture of natural place. |
| Type of Expertise | |
| Notes | Available Monday-Friday, all year. Has done innovative work with children and adults with special needs. Can help write grant proposals to fund workshops, when necessary. |
| Audience Age | Children of all grade levels; postsecondary and adult. |
| Fees | $250 per day, plus travel and clay |
| Name | Cheri Domina |
| Address | Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery, 290 Hatchery Road, East Orland, ME, 04431 |
| Home Phone | 207-469-2008 |
| Work Phone | 207-469-2803 |
| Fax | 207-469-6847 |
| cdomina@earthlink.net or Cheryl_Domina@fws.gov | |
| Web | |
| Description | Can lead natural history and birding hikes. Has led walks at Holbrook Island Sanctuary. |
| Type of Expertise | Is an experienced naturalist. |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | All ages |
| Fees | Negotiable |
| Name | Gary Ensworth and Debbie Castle |
| Address | Phoenix Center, Route 175, Blue Hill Falls, ME, 04615 |
| Home Phone | 207-374-2113 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| Web | |
| Description | Can lead kayaking trips along shore, to islands. Also can work on team building and self-esteem development, related to the outdoors, with school-age groups, other groups. |
| Type of Expertise | |
| Notes | All-year |
| Audience Age | Any age |
| Fees | Call for fees |
| Name | Norman Famous |
| Address | RR10, Box 3093C, 8 Rod Road, Augusta, ME 04330 |
| Home Phone | 207-623-6072 |
| Work Phone | Same |
| Fax | Same |
| NFamous@maine.maine.edu | |
| Web | |
| Description | Famous will provide habitat monitoring, concentrating on bird population studies, rare plants, and wildlife. He can provide assessments of wetlands and studies of peatlands (bogs and fens). He will also lead bird programs. |
| Type of Expertise | |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | Adults |
| Fees | Negotiable; occasionally donated by support from challenge grant. |
| Name | Steve Fegley |
| Address | Corning School of Ocean Studies, Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, ME, 04420 |
| Home Phone | 207-866-3494 |
| Work Phone | 207-326-2396 |
| Fax | |
| sf@bell.mma.edu | |
| Web | |
| Description | Specialization on clams, involved in a number of clam projects locally and throughout the state. Can serve in advisory capacity to schools and other groups; enjoys making presentations in classrooms. |
| Type of Expertise | Associate professor of marine ecology at MMA. Teaches experimental design and analysis, general ecology, marine ecology, and marine biology. |
| Notes | Busy, but eager to help as time permits. |
| Audience Age | School groups and adults |
| Fees | Generally volunteer |
| Name | Frances Graham |
| Address | 107 4th Street, Bangor, ME, 04401 |
| Home Phone | 207-945-6883 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| Web | |
| Description | Slide talks of birds and flowers, accompanied by poetry. Programs include Monhegan Island in May and birds of the Southwest. |
| Type of Expertise | Immediate past president of Bangor Nature Club |
| Notes | Graham prefers morning or afternoon programs; overnight accommodation would be required for evening presentations. |
| Audience Age | Adults generally, but can adapt to a younger group. |
| Fees | $50, due to driving distance. |
| Name | Christine Gray |
| Address | RR1, Box 5128, Sedgwick, ME, 04676 |
| Home Phone | 207-326-8037 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | 207-374-5166 |
| Web | |
| Description | Bird walks, specifically identification by sound. Specialty is neo-tropical songbirds |
| Type of Expertise | B.S. in Wildlife Ecology; concentration in resource management. |
| Notes | Schedule varies; is very tight. Advanced notice strongly advised. |
| Audience Age | All ages |
| Fees | None |
| Name | Craig Green |
| Address | College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden Avenue, Bar Harbor, ME, 04609 |
| Home Phone | 207-288-5015 |
| Work Phone | 207-288-3430 (H) or 207-288-5015 (W) |
| Fax | |
| Web | |
| Description | Presents slide shows on plants of coastal Maine, concentrating on rare plants. Leads walks to bogs, coastal headlands, and other interesting spots. Will travel to your site. |
| Type of Expertise | Faculty member at COA; holds Newlin Chair in Biology. |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | |
| Fees | $50 for slide shows; more for major projects |
| Name | Ruth Grierson |
| Address | P.O. Box 26, Bass Harbor, ME, 04653 |
| Home Phone | |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| teahousetrio@acadia.net | |
| Web | |
| Description | Lectures and slide shows on natural history, including birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, wildflowers. Can customize show to needs of audience. |
| Type of Expertise | Grierson is a writer; she has published articles and books on natural history, including "Nature Diary of Mount Desert Island," "Wildlife Watcher's Guide to Acadia National Park," and "Wonderful Wildflowers of Mt. Desert Island." |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | K-12 grades and adults |
| Fees | Flexible, depending on group and type of event |
| Name | Scott Grierson |
| Address | Grierson Nature Foundation, P.O. Box 21, Bass Harbor, ME, 04653 |
| Home Phone | 207-244-5695 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | 207-244-5797 |
| Web | |
| Description | Grierson provides a natrual history enrichment program for elementary school students. His subjects range over any and all Maine wildlife; sometimes he includes live animals in presentations. |
| Type of Expertise | Grierson has been a full-time nature educator since 1993. |
| Notes | Grierson currently works in all Union 98 schools on and near MDI, Lamoine, Trenton, Deer Isle and Gouldsboro. |
| Audience Age | K-8, and adult evening lecture. |
| Fees | $200 for full day at school; $75 for evening lecture. |
| Name | Helen Hess |
| Address | College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden Avenue, Bar Harbor, ME, 04609 |
| Home Phone | 207-288-5015 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| hhess@ecology.coa.edu | |
| Web | |
| Description | Gives talks, conducts question-and-answer sessions. Gives a slide show on "What it means to be a marine biologist." |
| Type of Expertise | Teaches biology, animal physiology, invertebrate zoology, and larval ecology at College of the Atlantic. Has presented slide show to students at Maine School for Math and Science. |
| Notes | Changes from term to term |
| Audience Age | Open |
| Fees | Open; will accept honorarium. Negotiable for big projects. |
| Name | Ronald Joseph |
| Address | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1033 South Main Street, Old Town, ME 04468 |
| Home Phone | |
| Work Phone | 207-827-5938 |
| Fax | 207-827-6099 |
| ronald_joseph@fws.gov | |
| Web | |
| Description | Joseph gives illustrated lectures and leads walks on songbirds. |
| Type of Expertise | Joseph received university training in wildlife and zoology. |
| Notes | Joseph provides programs by request; spring and early summer are best for birds. |
| Audience Age | All ages. |
| Fees | None. |
| Name | Steven K. Katona |
| Address | College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden Street, Bar Harbor, ME, 04609 |
| Home Phone | 207-288-4070 |
| Work Phone | 207-288-5015 (H) |
| Fax | 207-288-4126 |
| skatona@ecology.coa.edu | |
| Web | http://www.coa.edu |
| Description | Will share expertise on marine mammals, especially whales |
| Type of Expertise | President of College of the Atlantic; founder and former director of Allied Whale, marine mammal research group at COA. Publications include A Field Guide to Whales, Porpoises, and Seals. Various offices in professional organizations concerned with marine mammals. |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | |
| Fees |
| Name | Anne Kozak |
| Address | College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609 |
| Home Phone | |
| Work Phone | 207-288-5015 |
| Fax | |
| Web | |
| Description | Leads workshops about writing and nature. She and Sue Leiter present slide show on native wold flowers of the Maine coast. |
| Type of Expertise | Is director of College of the Atlantic's writing center, a freelance writer and editor. Worked on a history of the wild gardens of Acadia. |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | Kindergarten to senior citizens |
| Fees | Honorarium required |
| Name | Mitch Lansky |
| Address | HC 60, Box 86, Wytopitlock, ME, 04497 |
| Home Phone | 207-456-7118 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| Web | |
| Description | Lansky can make a presentation on the economics of low-impact forestry. |
| Type of Expertise | Author of book, "Beyond the Beauty Strip," about low-impact forestry management. Involved in numerous projects in this field. |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | Adult groups; older students |
| Fees | Negotiable honorarium |
| Name | Jimena Lasansky |
| Address | 11 Steel Road, Lincolnville, ME 04849 |
| Home Phone | 207-236-3685 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| Web | http://www.lasanskydance.com |
| Description | Dance/movement teacher and choreographer, with focus on themes coordinated with nature. Conducts interdisciplinary workshops that start in nature, shift to movement, writing, printmaking, and other arts. |
| Type of Expertise | Has done many workshops, including teacher training, with schools throughout the state. Can work collaboratively with other artists to design special programs and workshops. |
| Notes | Statewide, year-round availability. Workshops can present complex concepts such as biodiversity, cloud formations, and filtering effects of a marsh. Movement facilitates experimentation with themes. Participants can work individually and in groups. |
| Audience Age | Adults, children of all grade levels |
| Fees | $250 plus travel |
| Name | Jim Lippke |
| Address | P.O. Box 6, Brooksville, ME, 04617 |
| Home Phone | 207-326-8081 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | 207-326-8091 |
| jlippke@downeast.net | |
| Web | |
| Description | Provides a talk, "The Three Legs of a Sustainable Community: A Healthy Economy, A Vibrant Environment, and Social Equity" |
| Type of Expertise | Member of the Society for the Social Implications of Technology and former member of The Environmental Health and Safety Committee of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Co-founder of World Broadcast News. |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | Adult |
| Fees | None |
| Name | Walter Litten |
| Address | 65 Dean Lane, Lamoine, ME 04605-4535 |
| Home Phone | 207-667-8465 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| wlitten@post.acadia.net | |
| Web | |
| Description | Resource person on mycology. |
| Type of Expertise | Is faculty associate of Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, University of Maine. Has published reserach papers on blueberry fungi. |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | Adult |
| Fees |
| Name | Gordon Longsworth |
| Address | College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden Street, Bar Harbor, ME, 04609 |
| Home Phone | 207-244-5015 |
| Work Phone | 207-244-5374 |
| Fax | |
| gordonl@ecology.coa.edu | |
| Web | |
| Description | Does presentations in the GIS laboratory on regional ecological planning. Also does training in GIS. Will act as a consultant on regional ecological planning. |
| Type of Expertise | Is Director of GIS Laboratory at College of the Atlantic and a certified Arcview GIS instructor. Oversees GIS ecological planning projects carried out by land trusts and similar groups. |
| Notes | Prefers to work with groups of land trusts on regional planning in conjunction with communities. |
| Audience Age | High school to adult |
| Fees | Depend on scope of project; presentation fees are minimal |
| Name | Joachim (Jake) Maier |
| Address | 22 Oak Grove Street, Cottage 2, Veazie, ME, 04401 |
| Home Phone | 207-942-1178 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | 207-942-1178 (call first) |
| jake@jmforestry.com | |
| Web | http://jmforestry.com |
| Description | Presents talks and walks on forestry and forested ecosystems. |
| Type of Expertise | Maier is a forester who promotes low-impact forestry. He has worked with loggers and foresters to develop equipment for this work. |
| Notes | Limited availability. Has worked with Penobscot and Castine School groups on forestry issues at at The Conservation Trust's Rene Henderson Property |
| Audience Age | All ages |
| Fees | Negotiable; generally $30 per hour |
| Name | Isabel Mancinelli |
| Address | College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden Street, Bar Harbor, ME, 04609 |
| Home Phone | |
| Work Phone | 207-288-5015 |
| Fax | |
| Web | |
| Description | Slideshows and talks on land use planning and use of GIS for conservation planning. Husband, Samuel Coplon, has landscape architecture firm and will consult on trail development and construction. |
| Type of Expertise | Mancinelli is a landscape architect and planner. She is a former National Park Service planner. Member of COA faculty. |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | High school to adults |
| Fees | $100 for 1-hr. presentation |
| Name | Cherie Mason |
| Address | P.O. Box 39, Sunset, ME, 04683 |
| Home Phone | 207-348-6971 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | 207-348-5241 |
| Web | |
| Description | Mason can make presentations on wildlife issues, especially the relationship of predator and prey in a healthy ecosystem. |
| Type of Expertise | Cherie is a radio-journalist (weekly "A Wildlife Journal" on WERU-FM) and author of books for children: "Wild Fox, A True Story" (won the 1993 Lupine Award) and "Everybody's Somebody's Lunch." She co-authored a Teacher's Guide for the latter with Judy Markowsky (Maine Audubon Society). |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | 3-6 grades |
| Fees | Contingent on travel distance and length of program. |
| Name | Rob McCall |
| Address | P.O. Box 911, Blue Hill, ME, 04614 |
| Home Phone | 207-374-2892 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| Web | |
| Description | Works with elementary school-aged children to discover "sacred places" in the out-of-doors and then to interpret those places, particularly in song and story-telling |
| Type of Expertise | |
| Notes | All year, as arranged |
| Audience Age | K-8 grades |
| Fees | None |
| Name | Heather McCargo |
| Address | 43 Dog Island Road, Harborside, ME, 04642 |
| Home Phone | 326-8697 |
| Work Phone | 374-8915 |
| Fax | |
| hmccargo@hypernet.com | |
| Web | |
| Description | |
| Type of Expertise | native plants and wildflowers, plant ecology, landscape architecture, propagation of native plants |
| Notes | on request |
| Audience Age | adults, possibly children |
| Fees | on a sliding scale |
| Name | Abbie McMillen |
| Address | 21 Carver Field Road, Harborside, ME, 04642 |
| Home Phone | |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| Web | |
| Description | Wilderness exploration |
| Type of Expertise | Registered Maine Guide: hiking, camping, canoeing, map-and-compass, bushwhacking. Wilderness medicine (WFR) certified. |
| Notes | As arranged |
| Audience Age | High school and adults. |
| Fees | None |
| Name | Naishun Chang Miller |
| Address | RR1, Box 202, Penobscot, ME, 04476 |
| Home Phone | 207-326-4931 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| nmiller@bell.mma.edu | |
| Web | |
| Description | Workshops, classes, or individual lessons in nature drawing and sketching. Ink brush drawing. |
| Type of Expertise | A trained artist; Also trained as biochemist, microbiologist |
| Notes | Phone for arrangements. |
| Audience Age | All ages. |
| Fees | Volunteer to elementary schools for one-time group session; fees charged for other than schools. |
| Name | John Mitchell, aka John Bear |
| Address | 6 Oak Hill Street, Indian Island, ME, 04468 |
| Home Phone | 207-827-2219 |
| Work Phone | |
| Fax | |
| jmitchell@telplus.net | |
| Web | |
| Description | Performances with storytelling, singing, and drumming. Presentations on environmental issues, centering on link between native American values and environment. Workshops on drum making, story telling, native study issues and their integration in curriculum |
| Type of Expertise | A Penobscot Indian, native studies teacher on Indian Island. Eager to share nature-related values and traditions of Penobscot culture. Both performer and educator, skilled in storytelling, singing, drumming, and various crafts. |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | |
| Fees | $75 per evening; $225 per day |
| Name | Harold Nilsson |
| Address | RR1, Box 1760, Etna, ME, 04434 |
| Home Phone | 207-269-4881 |
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| haroldn@maine.rr.com | |
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| Description | Provides walks (preferably in collaboration with naturalist Norman Famous, ID 078) to sites with interesting geological aspects. Specializes in coastal geology, sand and gravel deposits, and environmental geology. |
| Type of Expertise | A trained geologist. Prefers to visit sites that illustrate not only environmental issues but active economic and practical considerations. These would include mine sites, stone quarries, peat bogs, beaches and the like. |
| Notes | Limited availability |
| Audience Age | All ages |
| Fees | Expenses only |
| Name | Dom and Joanne Parisi |
| Address | P.O. Box 40, Sunset (Deer Isle), ME, 04683 |
| Home Phone | 348-2508 |
| Work Phone | 348-2508 |
| Fax | 348-2624 |
| goosecove@hypernet.com | |
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| Description | Guided walks for adults, children. Tidal pool exploration |
| Type of Expertise | Teaches astronomy. Has academic background in forest management |
| Notes | Year round, busiest during tourist season |
| Audience Age | All ages |
| Fees | None |
| Name | Pam Rackliffe |
| Address | PO Box 306, Blue Hill, ME, 04614 |
| Home Phone | 207-374-2145 |
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| ybot@hypernet.com | |
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| Description | Rackliffe can provide information about the history and legends of the Holbrook Island Sanctuary area and the backshore trail in the park. She is knowledgeable about the trees along the backshore trail and in Hutchinson estate. |
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| Audience Age | All ages |
| Fees | None |
| Name | Bob and Marietta Ramsdell |
| Address | Maine Islands Trail Association, P.O. Box 222, Searsport, ME, 04974 |
| Home Phone | 207-548-0142 |
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| Description | Can give slide talks, particularly centering on stewardship of islands in Maine, especially the Penobscot Bay |
| Type of Expertise | Maine Islands Trail Association was created by the Island Institute. |
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| Name | Chris Raphael |
| Address | 1208 Coastal Road, Brooksville, ME 04617 |
| Home Phone | 207-326-8235 |
| Work Phone | Same |
| Fax | 207-326-9207 |
| archkit@ctel.net | |
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| Description | Photographer who can work with children or young adults in learning techniques for nature photography |
| Type of Expertise | Professional photographer and architect |
| Notes | Availability by arrangement |
| Audience Age | Age 8-16 |
| Fees | None for non-profits; others negotiable. |
| Name | Steven Ressel |
| Address | College of the Atlantic, 105 Eden Street, Bar Harbor, ME, 04609 |
| Home Phone | 207-288-5015 |
| Work Phone | 207-288-9329 (H) |
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| sjr@ecology.coa.edu | |
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| Description | Presents slide show on amphibians of this area of Maine; can also make presentations on vertebrate physiology and general herpetology. |
| Type of Expertise | Director of the Geroge B. Dorr Museum of Natural History at the College of the Atlantic and a professor of herpetology, animal physiology, and winter ecology. |
| Notes | Limited availability in the summer. |
| Audience Age | Middle school and older |
| Fees | No set fee but honoraria accepted |
| Name | Marshall Rice, Sr. |
| Address | RR2, Box 521D, Deer Isle, ME, 04627 |
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| Description | Slide shows on plants and wildflowers, covering mostly Maine flowers. Trail walks. Identification of trees, plants, and shrubs for census purposes. |
| Type of Expertise | Also expert in Indian artifacts |
| Notes | Winter months preferably |
| Audience Age | Adults, can work with children on Indian artifacts. |
| Fees | Honorarium |
| Name | Stan Richmond |
| Address | Birdsacre, PO Box 485, Ellsworth, ME, 04605 |
| Home Phone | 207-667-8460 |
| Work Phone | 207-667-3595 (home) |
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| Description | Can work with programs on birds |
| Type of Expertise | |
| Notes | Limited availability, but call |
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| Name | Bruce Robie, "Lobsterman Bob" |
| Address | 32 Beechnut Lane, Holden, ME, 04429 |
| Home Phone | 207-989-7989 |
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| bruce.robie@umit.maine.edu | |
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| Description | Robie is a free-lance environmental educator and naturalist, willing to design custom programs. The "Lobsterman Bob" presentation is done with costume and Downeast accent to audiences of all ages. Robie also does "Bill Nye"-style science presentations in elementary schools. |
| Type of Expertise | Robie's specialties are marine, wetland, and woodland ecology. |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | Kindergarten to grandparent |
| Fees | $75 minimum for "Lobsterman Bob"; more depending on travel, etc. |
| Name | Sally Rooney |
| Address | RR1, Box 4030, Sedgwick, ME, 04676 |
| Home Phone | 207-359-6706 |
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| Fax | 207-359-6706 |
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| Description | Plant walks and identification; natural plant communities. Species lists and surveys. Volunteer for walks; sliding scale for inventory work. |
| Type of Expertise | Academically trained in botony and zoology. President of Josselyn Botanical Society. Partner is Jo Weber in Bar Harbor |
| Notes | As possible with tight scheduling; not available May-Oct for volunteer work. Prefers programs only in the East Penobscot Bay area. |
| Audience Age | Adults preferably, small children. Motivated teenagers. |
| Fees |
| Name | Conrad Rupert |
| Address | RR1, Box 5106, Sedgwick, ME 04676 |
| Home Phone | 207-326-4451 |
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| Description | Rupert can provide wide-ranging presentations about the environment, focusing on the role of people in its ecology and things that can be done to affect the earth in beneficial ways. His presentations can be in a classroom or outdoors in a natural setting. |
| Type of Expertise | Trees and tree identification. |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | All ages. |
| Fees | Negotiable, if any. |
| Name | Jeff and Deb Sandler, "Mr. and Mrs. Fish" |
| Address | Southern Maine Technical College, Fort Road, South Portland, ME, 04106 |
| Home Phone | 207-799-6234 |
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| Fax | 207-767-9645 |
| mmfish@maine.rr.com | |
| Web | http://www.mrandmrsfish.com/ |
| Description | In-school and evening programs to exciteand educate about life in the sea. "Mr. and Mrs. Fish" costume themselves as a variety of sea creatures and act out life as it really is in the sea. The program combines entertainment and scientifically accurate information. |
| Type of Expertise | Mr. and Mrs. Fish have presented their program in 30 states of the U.S. and 18 different countries. |
| Notes | Throughout the school year. |
| Audience Age | Students, teachers, general public |
| Fees | Negotiable. One entire day is generally $750. |
| Name | Steve and Janine Schilling |
| Address | 25 Burnt Marsh Lane, Harborside, ME, 04642 |
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| Description | Nature walks, talks on bats and biodiversity |
| Type of Expertise | Academic background in biology, including M.S. |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | All ages |
| Fees | None |
| Name | Gordon Shulkin |
| Address | 125 Spiller Road, Gorham, ME 04038 |
| Phone | 207-767-0043 |
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| goodbats@msn.com | |
| Web | http://www.GoodBats.com |
| Description | Educational enrichment programs on bats and their role in our environment. Programs are 50 minutes long, followed by visits to individual classrooms to answer student questions. One and one-half hour evening adult programs are also available. |
| Type of Expertise | Program uses videos, various props, photographs, music, word charts, handouts and costume with sing-along. |
| Notes | Four programs available: Bats About Bats (grades K-2); Bats of the Rain Forests (grades 3-5); Bats of America (grades 6-8), and Bats of the World (Adult). |
| Audience Age | K-8 grades and adult |
| Fees | Negotiable depending on group size; $150 minimum |
| Name | Bill Silliker |
| Address | P.O. Box 7106, Ocean Park, ME 04063 |
| Home Phone | |
| Work Phone | 207-283-4359 |
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| mooseman@lamere.net | |
| Web | http://www.camerahunter.com |
| Description | Presents slide shows and videos, using his own photography, on nature topics, including loons, eagles, moose, white-tailed deer, and puffins. Can make videos of trust lands for trusts to sell. Often works on projects funded by educational grants. |
| Type of Expertise | A free-lance photographer, naturalist, and writer/journalist. Has video production company (P.S. Hemingway, Inc.). Teaches photography for LLBean; produced 4 videos for DownEast Books: Loons of the Northern Forest, Seabirds of the Maine Coast, and Maine's Magnificent Moose, and The Story of Baxter State Park. |
| Notes | Works on contract. |
| Audience Age | Will work with students |
| Fees | Contracts by project |
| Name | Martin Steingesser |
| Address | PO Box 54, Belfast, ME, 04915-0054 |
| Home Phone | 207-338-5969 |
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| Description | Performance poet; writes poetry and short stories, teaches creative writing |
| Type of Expertise | Writing |
| Notes | |
| Audience Age | Adults, children of all grades |
| Fees | $225 including transportation up to 100 miles |
| Name | Candice Stover |
| Address | P.O. Box 83, Mt. Desert, ME, 04660 |
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| candice@acadia.net | |
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| Description | Stover leads poetry workshops and readings throughout the northeast, concentrating on women's autobiography and poetry, and the poetry of place and landscape. She will design a poetry experience tied to a natural place or facilitate a group poetry reading (own poems or others') in a natural setting. |
| Type of Expertise | Stover is an adjunct faculty member at College of the Atlantic, teaching writing and literature. She is author of Holding Patterns, winner of Maine Writers and Publishers poetry chapbook contest in 1994. She has extensive teaching experience, including two years in Shanghai and workshops in New Zealand. |
| Notes | Availability is flexible. |
| Audience Age | High-school, adult; others negotiable |
| Fees | $150-200 per day, but negotiable. Mileage reimbursable. |
| Name | Susan Szwed |
| Address | HC 60, Box 86, Wytopitlock, ME, 04497 |
| Home Phone | 207-738-4016, 207-456-7118 |
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| Description | Leads walks, gives talks on herbs and wild plants, focusing on identification, habitats, and historical uses for food and medicine. Organizes group or family canoe trips, including both recreational and educational purpose. Can advise trusts and parts on creation of educational trails. |
| Type of Expertise | Attended an herbal college and has studied with herbalists, performed extensive research in this field. Is a Registered Maine Guide, Certified Wilderness First Responder. |
| Notes | Can provide canoes and equipment for trips if necessary |
| Audience Age | |
| Fees | Negotiable |
| Name | David C. Walker |
| Address | Box 82, Freedom, ME, 04941 |
| Home Phone | 207-382-6267 |
| Work Phone | 207-780-4675 |
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| dwalker@maine.edu | |
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| Description | Walder will conduct writing workshops, poetry readings, or workshops/talks on writers of Maine and New England (eg. Edwin Arlington Robinson, Carolyn Chute, Emily Dickinson). |
| Type of Expertise | Walker can conduct workshops tailored to the interests of his audience; his own poetry is strongly influenced by his rural Maine background. He is pleased to offer readings or workshops centered on nature themes. |
| Notes | Anytime, although from September to May, requests must fit with his teaching schedule at the University of Southern Maine. |
| Audience Age | Age 15 and up |
| Fees | Start at $125 plus travel; negotiable |