We collaborated with a local non-profit organization, Bangor Beautiful, and artists at the University of Maine to create a mural on the Kenduskeag Stream Pump Station in Bangor highlighting the importance of freshwater mussels, migratory fish, and river ecosystems. Installation was completed in May 2025 near the confluence of Penobscot River and the Kenduskeag Stream.

We had over 45 active participants and over 140 people attend the mural celebration. This mural was featured in 9 news articles across 7 different outlets. Finally, we published an article distilling this collaboration to ten key steps.

Project Updates

This project was presented at the 2025 Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation Symposium.

This manuscript was published in 2025.

Jillian Fedarick won multiple awards for headlining this project, including the Erin Peterson Memorial Award, the Provost's Innovating and Creative Teaching Award, and the College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences Outstanding Service Award.