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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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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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People of the dawn
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:37

The first and longest lasting period of Maine’s history is the world of the Native American, stretching from the retreat of the last Ice Age, 12,000 years to the present. People of the Dawn tells the story of the dynamic people who’ve inhabited the landscape of Maine.

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Native Americans
Canoes and canoeing
Maliseet Tribe
Micmac Tribe
Penobscot Tribe
Passamaquoddy Tribe
Wabanaki Tribe

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Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Science, Text

A site containing extensive information about environmental protection (air quality, land quality, & water quality) including classroom links and projects.

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Earth Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Environmental protection

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Preservation of the Maine Environment
Northeast Historic Film, Moving Image

Narrated by Gary Merrill, shows the Environmental Protection Agency cleaning up Maine rivers and streams. Discusses the importance of screening new industries coming into Maine.

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Industry
Rivers
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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National Library for the Environment
Science, Text

A universal, timely, and easy-to-use single-point entry to environmental information and data for the use of all participants in the environmental enterprise.

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Earth Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Environmental protection
Ecology/Energy
Environmental policy
Natural resources

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Rolling back the frontier
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:45

In the 1600s, European settlers left everything they knew to take advantage of Maine’s abundant resources. Despite back-breaking work, a harsh climate, and cultural clashes, they successfully carved out a new life for themselves. But by the end of the century, most of them would leave Maine in fear and live for years as war refugees.

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Native Americans
Settlements

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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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The Penobscot Expedition and the Revolution
MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:26:45

The Penobscot disaster is usually regarded as the worst American Naval disaster with the exception of Pearl Harbor. An accidental archeological discovery in the Penobscot River sheds new light on the desperate last moments of the worst defeat of the American Revolution.

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Penobscot Expedition, 1779
History - Revolutionary War
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

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