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Manomet Small Business Sustainability Tool Featured in Mainebiz

Manomet and Maine Businesses for Sustainability have collaborated to develop an assessment tool for small Maine businesses to measure and manage for sustainability.

An article about the assessment tool and why businesses are increasingly becoming interested in improving sustainability performance is featured in the bi-weekly MaineBiz. Click here to read full story. To learn more about Maine Businesses for Sustainability, click here.
 

Manomet Awarded Major Grant for Shorebird Monitoring and Conservation

The U.S. Department of Interior’s South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative recently awarded a $198,000 grant to Manomet Center for

Conservation Sciences (Manomet) and Cornell Lab of Ornithology for shorebird management and conservation. Read more…

Scientists Work to Protect Shorebirds from Gulf Coast Oil Spill

Manomet’s Shorebird Recovery Project (SRP) team has been working with partners in the northern Gulf of Mexico for the past several weeks to protect important shorebird areas from the Deepwater Horizon off-shore oil spill.Read more…
 

Climate Change and Wildlife Alliance—Massachusetts

All across the planet, regulatory and conservation agencies are faced with the challenge of how to safeguard valued fish and wildlife and their habitats in a time of unprecedented climate change. In Massachusetts we have responded to this challenge by forming the Climate Change and Wildlife Alliance—Massachusetts (Alliance). The Alliance, convened by Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, is a first-of-its-kind environmental collaborative, sharing resources to help Massachusetts wildlife and ecosystems adapt to anticipated changes due to climate change. More widely, the Alliance also provides a groundbreaking model for other states and regions faced with the problem of adapting to climate change. Visit the Alliance’s web site…