from Maine, USA

Hi, all --
So the big news on our end is that Kelsey just was selected for his dream job, working for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife as the Game Bird Biologist in the Bird Group. Things are changing fast; we just moved to Bangor, Maine and are looking to purchase a little Earth-friendly bungalow somewhere out in the woods. Sadly, Kelsey probably won't make it out to Shoup for very long this season, though Ray and I will definitely be about for much of the season.

Even more exciting -- we've been learning about remnants of the Laurentide Ice Sheet that may still exist in Maine (from, like, the last Ice Age -- yeah, Maine!) as active "rock glaciers" (i.e. they still exist because they've been buried under loads of talus on steep north-facing slopes). We always knew our home state was the coolest.

I'll be submitting our Shoup "field report" to Earthwatch within the next day or two, so I'll keep everyone posted on how to access it once it's made public. It contains only preliminary results, but the KIMU stuff especially is looking pretty exciting. Andrew has agreed to head up the KIMU report writing, so that's in the works as well.

Keeping this short! Welcome, and please write ...