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ECOLOGY LECTURE SERIES 

ECOLOGY LECTURE SERIES               

Each summer the MAI Ecology committee presents a series of lectures related to the ecology and history of Monhegan Island. These talks are generally held in person at the Monhegan Schoolhouse at 7:30pm. At times we have also been able to provide talks virtually via Zoom. Attendance is free of charge, although donations are greatly appreciated 

See below for further information including recordings of past lectures. 

Learn more about the MAI Ecology Committee

UPCOMING ECOLOGY TALKS

January 29th, 2026 at 6:00pm via Zoom

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PAST ECOLOGY TALKS

August 14, 2025: Alan Braddock, Ralph H. Wark Professor of Art History, Environmental Humanities, and American Studies, William & Mary

(For those with hearing concerns: we suggest the use of ear buds or headphones for best audio experience.)

August 7, 2025: Libby Bischof, Phd., Executive Director, Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, Professor of History and University Historian, University of Southern Maine

(For those with hearing concerns: we suggest the use of ear buds or headphones for best audio experience.)

July 31, 2025:  Jennifer Pye, Barry Logan & Frank Goodyear, Co-curators of the exhibition “Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island: The Monhegan Wildlands”

 

(For those with hearing concerns: we suggest the use of ear buds or headphones for best audio experience.)

July 24, 2025: Matt Klingle, Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College

(For those with hearing concerns: we suggest the use of ear buds or headphones for best audio experience.)

August 8, 2024: Shelby Perry, Wildlands Ecologist at Northeast Wilderness Trust

 

 

August 2, 2024: David Foster, ecologist and director emeritus of the Harvard Forest, Harvard University’s 4000-acre ecological laboratory

(Please bear with us: there is an audio issue noticeable at the very beginning of the recording, this will clear up after the first few minutes).

 

July 18, 2024: Brett Ewald, Director: Cape May Bird Observatory, author of the book: “Birds of Monhegan”

 

July 11, 2024: Karen O. Zimmermann, Maine Master Naturalist & Registered Maine Guide 

 

The Monhegan Island Water System, the Past, the Present, and the Challenges of the Future

 

Glimpses of the Future of Monhegan’s Birds with Doug Hitchcox

 

Every Plant Has a Story (with Jill Weber, College of the Atlantic)

 

Ocean Climate Change in Maine- Science, Hope and Action with Susie Arnold, Senior Ocean Scientist at the Island Institute

 

The Monhegan Wildlands: Artists, Ecologists & the Resilience of a Maine Island.

 

The Hidden Fungal Network on Monhegan 

 

The Butterflies of Monhegan

 

William Livingston: Forest Ecology and the Monhegan Community