BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 21, 2023
Maine presents many opportunities for community science and in involving diverse groups in this work. Efforts regarding the forests, the schools, Maine’s offshore wind power development, the climate and many other topics are already taking place in Maine using community science methods. And Maine struggles with problems that need such approaches to science. Just look at the Bangor Daily News articles in recent times. There are articles on our bird populations and what is happening to them and reports on “forever chemicals” and the need to understand the contaminants in our environments. And there are many other topics where community science can be an important asset for solving our problems. ~ Linda Silka, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine