Cover: Panthera pardus, Chui in Kiswatuli, was photographed by Dr. Linda Karbonit ar Dr. James A. Sherburne in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Karbonit was accompanying Sherburne who was working on the design and development of the University of Maine, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, assistance program in wildlife training and conservation education to Tanzania’s National Parks. Sherburne, who has worked in Tanzania for several years, was there most recently in 1988 and 1989 working on the parks project. He serves as the Director of International Natural Resources and Agricultural Programs at the University of Maine.
Articles include:
Research and Economic Development: from the U.S. Senate Statement, December 22, 1989, by Sen. George J. Mitchell
Politics and Research: Providing a Key for Economic Development, by Sen. William S. Cohen.
Publisher’s Perspective, by Gregory N. Brown, Vice President, Research and Public Service
What’s EPSCoR? Editorial Reflections, by Carole J. Bombard
Past and Present: Marine Geologists Explore the Old and Teach the Young, by Daniel Belknap and Joseph Kelley
High Biological Productivity: Salt Marshes, by Mark E. Wood
Barrier Beaches, by William Duffy
Sediment Budgets & Bluff Slump, by Rebecca Smith
Coastal Environments and Change, by Andrew Walsh
Mapping What You Can\u27t See, by Donald Robbins
Casco Bay: Sea Level and the Shoreline, by Bradley W.B. Hay
Christmas at Sea, by Molly Horvath
A Short Course and the Local Economy, by Richard Hale and James Philp
Dr. Bernard Lown: Alumnus Receives Golden Door Award
The Sky is Falling . . . well, maybe, by Carole J. Bombard
A Growing Interest in Timberland, by Robert A. Strong and Bret P. Vicar