Teresa R. Johnson

The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.

Understanding the roles, limits, and best practices for community benefit agreements in U.S. offshore wind development Offshore Wind (OSW) development in the U.S. receives broad public support, but individual projects often face challenges including opposition from com…

Check out our new publication on community benefit agreements in US offshore wind development doi.org/10.1016/j.oc...

Maine marine scientist elected to America’s oldest honorary society Lobster researcher Bob Steneck is the first University of Maine faculty member to gain entry to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Congratulations to Dr. Bob Steneck from UMaine for his election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 🦞

Marine litter on the EU coastline down by almost one-third But more needs to be done, as it is still above the agreed threshold value.

Plastic news is not usually good news, but a 40%!!! reduction of single-use plastics on EU coastlines is my news to me good news for May 8. #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism #BeyondTheObituaries joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and...

This really is some North Korea level kind of shit.

Yesterday Tr*mp froze all NSF funds, today he announced a 56% budget cut. This is going to devastate science in the US. I've spent the morning calling my reps to raise hell and applying for jobs as it's clear I can't sustain my freelance scicomm business on NSF funding anymore (1/n)

#scicomm #nsf 🧪

Scientists reel as turmoil roils National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget

The National Science Foundation, a major government funder of basic science research, is being shaken up with over 1,000 grants already terminated and the White House looking to halve its budget.

Great turnout in Bangor, Maine today!

Hot off the #MarSocSci press: A systematic review of behavioural economics in #fisheries. We read 140 papers and present insights into the mechanisms, interventions, and outcomes of the field. From social and cognitive biases to policy recommendations - it's all here: doi.org/10.1111/faf....

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'Dandelions,' was painted by the Danish artist Bertha Wegmann around 1910. It wasn't an arbitrary choice of a plant to paint: the dandelion was used to promote the women’s liberation movement in Scandinavia because of its capacity for uncontrolled, strong-willed growth.

Incorporating fishers’ experiential knowledge into #fisheries science & management can improve trust, data quality & decision-making. A new paper by #CIBBRiNA partners from Wageningen Marine Research presents an evaluative framework, developed from a lobster #fishery project in the Netherlands. 1/3

Hats off to the very strong #HandsOff signage yesterday!

Thanks for making your voices heard. 🙏

This! Research shows that protests 1) raise awareness, 2) empower people (especially the disadvantaged), and 3) exert pressure on elites.

Anyone saying they don’t work is unfamiliar with the research and the history of movement building.

Hands Off! Bangor, Maine.

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Sibylle (@AHaschi ). The tweet reads: "America You had it all". Below the tweet, there is an infographic titled "PRESIDENT BIDEN’S ECONOMIC LEGACY" with a photo of Joe Biden on the left. The infographic includes the following statistics: "JOBS: 16.6 MILLION jobs created," "UNEMPLOYMENT: 14.1% in January 2021 decreased to 4.1% in December 2024," "S&P 500: 5,996 on January 17, 2025, was 3,786 on January 15, 2021," and "DOW JONES: 43,487 on January 17, 2025, was 30,814 on January 15, 2021." The infographic is credited to @US_ELECTIONS at the bottom.

Biggest self-own ever to go from that to whatever this is today.

@fisheriescoasttig.bsky.social Thank you SfAA fishy folks! I left deeply inspired by your presentations and many conversations! Missed those who could not be there. What a week!! 🦞🐟 🐙 🌊

Am I the one behind the new Fisheries and Coastal TIG account on BlueSky???

Who can say?

Should you follow @fisheriescoasttig.bsky.social if you like fisheries/coastal anthropology?

Definitely.

Susan Collins speaking about the cost of heating oil on the Senate floor without mentioning how RFK Jr. (who she voted to confirm) just eliminated all of LIHEAP staff.

Bonkers.

#mesen #mepolitics

What a week! Thank you to all those who made #SfAA2025 such a fantastic Annual Meeting. We are already looking forward to #SfAA2026 in Albuquerque, March 17-21, 2026!

#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology

Trump administration cuts entire federal heating assistance staff About 20 people in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program office, which serves thousands of Maine households, were among the roughly 10,000 DHHS staffers terminated Tuesday.

Let them freeze...the Trump administration said... www.pressherald.com/2025/04/01/d...

Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.

What will you do?

Reflective and reflexive practice - learningforsustainability.net Overview of reflective practice, its use in professional learning, and how it supports work in sustainability and complex systems.

Reflective and reflexive practice help us question assumptions, learn from experience, and adapt in complex situations. This resource page shares practical tools and insights to deepen reflection, enhance decision-making, and foster meaningful change.
learningforsustainability.net/reflective-p...

Congratulations!! 🎉

Science friends!

Many of you, alarmed by grant funding cuts that make expensive field ecology research difficult or impossible, have been thinking about what to do instead. Great idea.

Some of you have been saying "I'll just do some social science surveys," without learning how. Bad idea! 🧵🧪

The current issue of Human Organization, Vol. 84, No. 1, is now available online. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rhum20/8...

#SfAA #socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #HumanOrganization

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.

Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.

Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.

TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

USDA pauses nearly $30 million in funding to University of Maine System amid Title IX review Last month, the USDA announced a Title IX compliance review of UMaine for failing to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order barring transgender athletes from competing in girls and women...

Another round of chaos for Maine led by the Trump/Musk Admin. USDA pauses funding to UMaine system -- funding supports key industries in Maine - like fisheries, forestry, agriculture, hunting, etc. etc. 😢

The #SfAA has a number of committees & Topical Interest Groups (TIGS). Check out what the Fisheries & Coastal Communities TIG is planning for Portland.

More info: appliedanthro.org/annual-meeti...

#socialscience #anthropology #appliedanthropology #SfAA2025 #fisheries #coastalcommunities

ok what are some good nonfiction maritime yarns besides the wager, in the heart of the sea, and icebound