Christine Feurt receives national estuarine award

The March 7th edition of Seacoast Online featured an article about Christine Feurt, Ph.D., director of the Center for Sustainable Communities, co-director of the Saco River Estuary Project, and assistant lecturer in the Department of Environmental Science.  Feurt recently received the National Estuarine Research Reserve System and National Estuarine Research Reserve Association Award, which is given annually to those who have made outstanding contributions to the reserve system.

Feurt won the award for designing and developing a highly effective Coastal Training Program at the Wells Reserve, where she serves as coordinator for the program.

Said Feurt: “I want people to be able to take their grandchildren to the same fishing hole they went to as a child with their grandparent and have the fish still be there.  It’s important that the things I care about are taken care of so they are there for the next generation.”


 

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