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Spring
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 00:58:03

Because spring comes so late to northern New England, things have to happen quickly and profusely. Spring is the time of year that wildlife and plants come to life again and get right to the business of creating new life.

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Spring -- New England
Seasons -- New England
Natural history -- New England
Ecology/Energy

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Letter from Sumner Drinkwater to Father, Crops & Chickens
Fogler Special Collections, Text

Letter from Sumner Drinkwater to Father, discussing the health of the crops and the chickens.

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Agriculture
Chickens
Crops
Farming/Agriculture
Poultry

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Letter from Sumner Drinkwater to Alice Drinkwater
Fogler Special Collections, Text

Letter from Sumner Drinkwater to his wife Alice, from New York. He writes about a shift in the wind that prevented them from leaving the harbor the previous night (he notes that at least this will give the crew time to sober up), also bicycle his wife is getting and places he will be sailing this trip.

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Merchant marine
Shipping
Shipping/Shipbuilding
Weather

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Bioinvasion
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 00:58:03

As human activity silently globalizes our world, our modern day ecology is under onslaught from spreading alien organisms. These plants and animals are capable of moving aggressively into a habitat and monopolizing resources to the detriment of other species. Can scientists help us win the war against this bio-invasion?

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Invasive species
Ecology

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Letter from Father to Sumner Drinkwater
Fogler Special Collections, Text

Letter from Father to Sumner Drinkwater, discussing weather and the problems of leaving the harbor of Yarmouth, Maine, also discusses an evangelist who is trying to save the "sin sick" souls of Yarmouth.

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Merchant marine
Shipping
Shipping/Shipbuilding
Weather

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Climate Change: In Our Backyard
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:56:45

Using close-to-home examples, the views of leading scientists come alive as they show how climate change can affect almost every aspect of our lives - and in turn, how we affect the climate.

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Climatic changes
Ecology/Energy

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Winter
MPBN: Quest Series, Moving Image, 0:56:43

For those plants and animals that don't migrate south for winter, a lot of preparation goes into getting ready for winter. When it comes to dealing with winter, plants and animals know things we humans don't.

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Winter -- New England
Ecology/Energy
Seasons -- New England
Natural history -- New England

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A Love for the Land
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:25:36

The legacy of Maine's farmers is the open farmland they shaped from the wooded rocky terrain. Their story is an inspiring tale of hardship, innovation, and remarkable endurance. As agriculture heads into the next century, "HOME" looks back at the last century of farming in Maine.

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Agricultural resources -- Maine
Natural resources -- Maine
Maine -- Social life and customs
Maine -- History
Agriculture -- Maine
Farming/Agriculture
Farm life-- History

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Eastman's Annual Seed Catalog
Fogler Special Collections, Text

Eastman's Annual Seed Catalog, W. H. Eastman, Seedsman, East Sumner, Maine. Representative pages from a seed catalog of seeds grown in Maine and marketed in Maine. Toward the back of the catalog there is a page including comments on the seeds from Maine newspapers.

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Agriculture
Farming/Agriculture
Seeds

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Edwin H. Eddy's recollection of his visit to a logging camp, 1880
Maine Historical Society, Text

Recollections of Edwin H. Eddy's visit to a logging camp near Moosehead Lake in 1880.

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Cutler, Thatcher & Company
Eddy, Edwin H.
Eddy, Edwin H. -- Personal narratives
Eddy, Johnathan
Lumber trade -- Maine
Lumbering -- Maine
Lumbermen -- Maine
Manuscripts
Moosehead Lake -- History

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