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BRUNSWICK — A forum on climate change and how it affects Maine’s winter sports industry will be held Saturday, Oct. 6, sponsored by the Bath/Brunswick, Bangor, and Mid-Maine chapters of the national volunteer group Citizens Climate Lobby.
Effects that are already having an impact on winters sports and will soon have greater impacts on snowmobilers, skiers and fishermen — and Maine’s strong winter tourism industry that depends on them. The panel discussion will focus on what Mainers can do to help stem the effect, and will include Maine’s preeminent experts on climate change.
The discussion will be at 3 p.m. at the Sugarloaf Outdoor Center, Route 27, Carrabassett Valley. The event, “Losing Winter? Climate Change in Ski Country and What We Can Do About It,” is free and open to everyone. Refreshments will be served starting at 2:30 p.m.
The panel will include Ivan Fernandez, of University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute. He works on a national level with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, represents University of Maine in the Northeast Climate Hub, and researches and promotes what Maine needs to do to adapt to a new climate.
Also on the panel will be Jesse Lowell, a former competitive freestyle skier, 2014 Carrabassett Valley Academy graduate, and an environmental studies major at St. Lawrence University; Michael Jones, Economist from Bowdoin College, and Peter Perkins, member of Bath-Brunswick Chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby and climate committee of Maine chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
For more information, contact Dodie Jones at 207-522-7074.
