Meepi.org

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Maine Environmental Policy Institute

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About the Maine Environmental Policy Institute

The mission of the Maine Environmental Policy Institute (MEPI) is to help Mainers understand the importance of healthy ecosystems to their families and communities. The Institute, an independent nonprofit organization based in Hallowell, Maine, is dedicated to researching environmental challenges facing the state and reporting this research to policy makers and the public. MEPI has received the Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence and the Sierra Club's Environmental Media Award.

William Sugg is the director of the Institute. Will has worked in conservation field work, research, and policy since 1986, for the Smithsonian Institution, The Peregrine Fund, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Forest Ecology Network. Will is past editor of The Green Disk, a computerized encyclopedia of contemporary environmental issues. He has a zoology degree from North Carolina State University, and a Master of Science degree in Environmental Science and Policy from George Mason University.

Board of Directors

Tom Federle is a partner in the law firm of Dyer Goodall & Federle which has a statewide practice specializing in environmental, land use and municipal law and advocacy before the Maine legislature and state agencies.

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