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Stories from Maine's Mountain Ponds

Stories from Maine's Mountain Ponds

Written by: Amanda Gavin
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High Water: Stories from Maine’s Mountain Ponds is a series conversations exploring the science, ecology, and conservation of Maine’s beloved mountain ponds. Scientists often describe these ponds as our local “canaries in the coal mines”, because these ponds record a story of a rapidly changing environment. Through conversations with scientists, educators, conservationists, and trail managers, we uncover what these ponds can teach us about resilience, refugia, and stewardship, and why people continue to return to them generation after generation.© 2026 Amanda Gavin & Bryan Wentzell. Music by Lana Cooney. Art by Ryan Smith. All Rights Reserved. Nature & Ecology Science
Episodes
  • BONUS: Trout Spawning at Mountain Pond

    BONUS: Trout Spawning at Mountain Pond
    Jun 1 2026
    On a blustery November day, we stumbled upon brook-trout spawning in Mountain Pond.

    © 2026 Amanda Gavin & Bryan Wentzell. Editing by Alice. Music by Lana Cooney. Art by Ryan Smith. All Rights Reserved.
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    4 mins
  • Episode 5: Julia Daly and Rachel Hovel of University of Maine Farmington at Mountain Pond

    Episode 5: Julia Daly and Rachel Hovel of University of Maine Farmington at Mountain Pond
    Jun 1 2026
    Episode 4 takes us west to Mountain Pond in Rangely to get out on the lake with Julia Daly and Rachel Hovel, professors at University of Maine Farmington. In 2007, Julia got a wild idea to put a temperature buoy in Tumbledown Pond, and now nearly twenty years later, Julia and Rachel have continuous temperature and ice monitoring data across 9 ponds. We learn about how Julia’s background in geology and Rachel’s ecology background come together to form research questions and study design. They also tell us about how they are mentoring the next generation of scientists to think about lakes and ponds as sentinels of change.

    © 2026 Amanda Gavin & Bryan Wentzell. Editing by Alice. Music by Lana Cooney. Art by Ryan Smith. All Rights Reserved.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Episode 4: Sarah Nelson of Appalachian Mountain Club

    Episode 4: Sarah Nelson of Appalachian Mountain Club
    Jun 1 2026
    In episode 4, we travel north to talk with Sarah Nelson, Director of Research at the Appalachian Mountain Club, who has played a key role in keeping Maine mountain pond research rolling and relevant for over 15 years. Sarah tells us about mountain pond sampling from a helicopter as a graduate student and we learn about how acid rain and climate change impact pond ecosystems.
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    1 hr and 11 mins
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