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Resharing a post from out friends are Resilience Planning. Plenty of communities in Maine are feeling the wear and tear of amenity economies.
https://headwaterseconomics.org/outdoor-recreation/amenity-trap/?fbclid=IwAR2XrebflcJFNaVPEo7NNB2FldIdQ1tXvzfTxNReBgF7t76iUywKRHkJoHg

The Amenity Trap: How high-amenity communities can avoid being loved to death - Headwaters Economics Amenity communities face unique challenges from waves of tourists and new residents. Proactive planning can help avoid being loved to death. Amenity communities face unique challenges from waves of tourists and new residents. Proactive planning can help avoid being loved to death.

We are working on a project that is looking to develop hyper-local data sets so that economic developers and planners can illuminate the data that is relevant to their communities as the environment changes. Therefore, we find it interesting that this story explains how The Maine Lobstermen's Association has been advocating for using local data to inform fishing regulations through litigation in the Right Whale.

Federal ruling in controversial whale lawsuit gives big win to Maine lobster industry The ruling vacates a biology-based decision – the government’s 10-year plan to reduce the risk posed by fishing gear to endangered North Atlantic right whales.

New Series on Tools starts here in RBC March Newsletter: When Data Sets are Confusing. - https://mailchi.mp/136627fcf751/rbouviermay-6225184 Plus, PFAS, Journal Round Up, and Sustainable Fashion ...See you at the Maine Water and Sustainability Conference