Field Missions
If you have a mission you'd like the VS Community to tackle, contact us!
- All along Maine's coastDr. Susan Brawley and Geneva York0 Comments
- Maine's forestsSara McQuarrie
- All along the coast and intertidal zoneSue Richman and her students, Shoals Marine Lab biologist Robin Hadlock Seeley, and GMRI Scientist Adam Baukus
- Tidal marshes across MaineKate O'Brien and the Fish and Wildlife Service
- Coastline, estuaries, and riversMaine DEP and DMR
- All along the coastLots of scientists and communities across Maine
- All along the coast, intertidal zoneScientist Lindsay Green and researchers at the University of New Hampshire
- Woods, forests and fieldsHenry Ingwersen and Wells Elementary students
- All along the coastMatt Bracken, Northeastern; Carol Thornber, URI; and Kathy Ann Miller and Robin Hadlock-Seeley, Shoals Marine Lab
- Freshwater streams and riversJeffrey Rubel, 2012 Envirothon Champion
- The Massabesic Middle School campus in WaterboroMassabesic Middle School students
- Hemlock treesAllison Kanoti, Maine Forest Service
- streams, ponds, lakes, riversDr Karen Wilson, University of Southern Maine
- lakes, ponds, rivers, streamsMaine Department of Environmental Protection & Maine VLMP
- Fast-moving streams & riversMaine Department of Environmental Protection
- Rocky intertidalDr Jenn Dijkstra, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Dr Jonathan Grabowski, Northeastern University
- Rocky intertidal, washed up on beachesPete Thayer, Maine Department of Marine Resources & Anita Klein, University of New Hampshire
- wetlands, drainage ditches, fields, forest edgesInvasive Plant Atlas of New England
- Hardwood treesUSDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, BeetleDectectives.com
- white, green, and brown/black ash treesMaine Forest Service, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, BeetleDetectives.com
- Portland Trails' network of trails in Falmouth, Westbrook, Cape Elizabeth, South Portland, and Portland.Charlie Baldwin at Portland Trails
- maple, oak, ash, apple, and crabapple treesCharlene Donahue, Maine Forest Service
- Thomas Cove salt marsh in BrunswickCurtis Bohlen, Casco Bay Estuary Partnership
- forests, fields, and developed areasGlobal Garlic Mustard Survey, garlicmustard.org
- Coastal, freshwater, and upland ecosystemsThe Vital Signs community
- Coastal, freshwater, and upland ecosystemsThe Vital Signs community
- What species do you want the community to look for?Where should the community look?












