The View from Morse Mountain

Donald C. Dearborn is Professor of Biology and Associate Dean of the Faculty at Bates College, and he serves as Senior Editor of the journal Ornithology. His research on ecology and conservation biology has a strong place-based component, with projects rooted in an array of landscapes such as Gulf of Maine islands, urban greenspaces in Jerusalem, Hawaiian coral atolls, the Texas Hill Country, and oak-hickory forests of the American Midwest. His study of wild bird populations sometimes conveniently intersects with his love of trail running and other outdoor recreation. Joseph Hall is an Associate Professor of History at Bates College, where he teaches colonial North American history, environmental history, and Native American history. His scholarship explores the Wabanaki nations of what is now northern New England and the Canadian Maritime Provinces. His recent work focuses on Wabanaki place names, including digital mapping projects of Wabanaki history in central Maine. Laura Sewall is the Director Emerita of the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area. Sewall earned her doctorate in visual psychology from Brown University and is the author of Sight and Sensibility: The Ecopsychology of Perception and numerous articles on the interface between human perception and the natural world. She has served on the editorial boards for the Journal of Natural History Education and Experience, and the Journal of Ecopsychology. Laura is a founding member of the Northeastern Coastal Stations Alliance. She has taught at Prescott and Bates colleges and lives within a stone's throw of the Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation Area. Laura also holds a Master's degree in Environmental Law from Vermont Law and Graduate School.

"The View from Morse Mountain is an environmental case study, a reader in coastal resilience, and at times a call to environmental action. With its integrative approach including historical, social, and physical dimensions of impacts to the landscape, it is a useful addition to current climate literature."-Matthew D. Miller, Southern Connecticut State University "This new volume makes clear that through a deep understanding of coupled human and natural systems at a specific site, one can truly understand the consequences of climate change on the natural environment and determine possible adaptation and resilience measures. The Morse Mountain site is ideal for such a multi-faceted study, and this collection can also work as a template for other locations. The chapters are a delight to read. I also appreciated the suggestions given for what we can do to protect the environment going forward."-Paul Kirshen, Founding Emeritus Director of the Stone Living Lab, and School for the Environment, UMass Boston