Impact Division

We're turning knowledge into action to ensure communities can create and access the information, resources, and relationships they need to make important decisions.

Our Impact programs engage with communities to co-develop solutions to the challenges that most affect them.

Stacked plastic crates, fishing nets, and hanging buoys on a working waterfront dock, with rope and gear organized along the edge.

Impact Division Capacities

Co-developing solutions with marine communities by assessing their risks and acting on opportunities to adapt and thrive
Collaborating with industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and the business community to foster a resilient and sustainable regional marine economy
Supporting the next generation of climate-literate ecosystem stewards through authentic science inquiry in our lab, in the field, in the classroom

Our Work

Our Community, Education, and Economic Development departments house the many programs and projects within our Impact Division. Learn more about these teams and their expertise.

Community Department

We co-develop solutions with marine communities by assessing their risks and acting on opportunities to adapt and thrive.

People are gathered in an observation platform above the ocean.

Economic Development Department

We collaborate with industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and the business community to foster a resilient and sustainable regional marine economy.

Teachers walk on a dirt trail towards hemlock trees in the sun.

Education Department

We ensure that students from every corner of Maine can participate in ecosystem research that exposes them to real science tools, practices, and role models.