Vernal pool policy development

Vernal Pool policy 

This research explored a collaborative effort to explore vernal pool regulation, a contentious issue in Maine.  As a result of this participant-action research project, a new municipal-scale method of managing development around vernal pools was developed and approved at the state and federal level. For more information, see the website, "Of Pools and People."

A few papers to come out of this research are below.


Levesque et al 2016 Turning Contention into Collaboration_SNR Vol30 Iss2.pdf
Levesque et al 2019 Actions speak louder than words_personal copy.pdf
Levesque et al 2019 Vernal Pool Conservation - enhancing existing regulation through the creation of the ME VPSAMP.pdf