Eileen Johnson Helps Maine Communities Prepare for Severe Weather-Related Challenges
Eileen Johnson Helps Maine Communities Prepare for Severe Weather-Related Challenges These are busy times for environmental studies lecturer Eileen Johnson. Apart from her teaching duties, she’s involved in a number of grant-funded projects aimed at assisting local communities. “A lot of my work focuses on how rural municipalities can build their capacity for addressing climate change-related issues at the local level,” said Johnson. Two of the projects she is currently working on are aimed at helping coastal Maine towns prepare for exactly these types of challenges: Hurricane Irene in ...
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