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Owen Grumbling presents to Hutton Institute in Scotland on land conservation in Maine

Owen Grumbling, Ph.D., professor of environmental literature in the Department of Environmental Studies, gave a seminar on August 13, 2013, on the structure of land conservation in Maine to the staff of the James Hutton Institute in Scotland, an international research center focused on environmental sustainability with an historical emphasis on agricultural improvement.  The seminar was broadcast via CCTV to the Hutton Institute’s research facility at Dundee, Scotland.

Grumbling’s seminar, "Conservation of habitat, forest, green space in the state of Maine, USA: structures, policies, and foundational values," called for interdisciplinary study, combining science with social science and the humanities, in order to define and accomplish conservation goals in Maine.

about the seminar.

Grumbling is a past recipient of the New England Environmental Protection Agency’s “Lifetime Contribution to the Environment and Human Health” award.
 

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