I spent 3 days in Portland, Maine last week with a great group of grad students and mentors from the USDA, Manomet, Maine DEP, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, and UMaine. We spent a day thinking and learning about climate adaptation in agriculture, forestry and aquaculture, and drafting a paper about what is needed to enable new leaders to tackle these challenges. Again, I definitely recommend applying for this program if you are at a land grant University in the Northeast and your work deals with climate. Learned a lot, good opportunities, and relatively low time commitment. Here is a link to more info: https://www.climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/hubs/northeast/topic/gradcap And here is a link to the info sheet for the webinar I gave as part of the program: https://www.climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/sites/default/files/allen_final_web508.pdf

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