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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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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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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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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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Sailing Vessels Off Isle au Haut
Fogler Special Collections, Still Image

Photograph of a group of sailing vessels, in the Thorofare, Isle au Haut. Identified as the herring fleet.

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Fishing boats
Fishing/Fisherman
Herring fisheries
Ships

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Lighthouse on Isle au Haut
Fogler Special Collections, Still Image

Photograph of a lighthouse on Isle au Haut, and the family home connected to it.

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Lighthouse keepers
Lighthouses
Maritime/Waterfront

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They Came By Sea
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 00:28:01

Europeans arrived here by sea, attracted by the region's phenomenal fisheries and the natural resources visible on the coast. At first, they weren't interested in establishing permanent settlements but, as an appreciation for the economic value of Maine's natural resources grew, colonial settlement began. Today, Maine continues to rely on the economic advantages available through the natural resources of the coast.

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Fishing/Fisherman
History - Colonial Period

Artifact
Wall pocket
Maine State Museum, Artifact

Beaded wall pocket of Maliseet or Penobscot origin.

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Maliseet Tribe
Native Americans
Penobscot Tribe
Wabanaki

Text
Instrument of Protest
Fogler Special Collections, Text

Instrument of Protest, sworn to in Liverpool, detailing a storm in the harbor that did great damage to the Bark J. J. Hathorn, owned by the Stuart family of Richmond, Maine.

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International trade
Merchant marine
Shipping
Shipping/Shipbuilding
Storms

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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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