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Podcast: WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio Archives
Episode: Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield 10/26/25: Two Domes Diverged by a Stream Channel, Part 1
Description: Host: Celeste Mittelhauser Producer: Glen Mittelhauser This episode features part one of an essay by environmental scientist Laura Hatmaker, exploring Balch Head Heath, a rare Coastal Plateau Bog in Lubec, Maine. Laura describes the contrasting northern and southern domes of the peatland, the habitat of the rare Crowberry Blue butterfly, and the questions conservationists face when deciding whether to intervene in natural processes. More information about Maine Natural History can be found at mainenaturalhistory.org. About the hosts: Glen Mittelhauser founded Maine Natural History Observatory (MNHO) in 2003 to fill the need for an organization that specializes in collecting, interpreting...