EcoLeague member College of the Atlantic participates in "Mapping Ocean Stories," a community-engaged science project to grow resilience against climate change

Mapping Ocean Stories, a long-term, community-engaged science project to grow resilience against climate change along Maine’s working waterfront, has received $200,000 in grant funding from the Maine Community Foundation. The project engages multiple College of the Atlantic faculty members, students, and community stakeholders.

The project, entitled Mapping Ocean Stories (MOS), utilizes the work of students, staff, faculty, fishermen, and other community members along with connections to partner organizations to build a useful resource that coalesces complex and nuanced information gathered from interviews with local stakeholders. Project organizers, including computer science professor Laurie Baker, history professor Todd Little-Siebold, COA coastal community engagement program lead and researcher Galen Koch of Maine Sound + Story, and Natalie Springuel ’91 of Maine Sea Grant, intend to make the collection accessible to policy makers and community leaders facing critical decisions around shifting ocean resources due to climate change.

For more details: https://www.coa.edu/live/news/2022-project-supports-climate-change-resilience