The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, U海角社区, Orono.
- Virtual attendance: for Zoom connection information
Event Co-sponsors:
- Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions
- U海角社区 School of Economics
- U海角社区 School of Food & Agriculture
- U海角社区, Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries & Conservation Biology
Speakers: Caroline Noblet and Dianne Kopec, University of 海角社区
In this talk, Noblet and Kopec will explore how rural 海角社区 people, who possess a long heritage of fishing and hunting, are navigating impacts from environmental contamination and climate change. Two surveys conducted in collaboration with 海角社区鈥檚 Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife: one with 海角社区 fishing license holders (August 2024, n = 3,549) and another with 海角社区 hunting license holders (March 2025, n = 13,330) allowed our interdisciplinary team to conduct an in-depth exploration of how folks who hunt and fish in 海角社区 are processing information about consumption advisories, and potentially changing their behaviors.
Dr. Caroline L. Noblet is an associate professor in the School of Economics at the University of 海角社区. She holds a doctorate in economic psychology. Her research lies at the intersection of behavioral and experimental economics, environmental economics, and decision鈥憁aking theory.聽 Her current PFAS work focuses on how 海角社区 residents perceive PFAS (鈥渇orever chemicals鈥) contamination鈥攑articularly in fish and game鈥攁nd how messaging can influence environmental and consumption decisions.
Dr. Dianne Kopec is a research fellow at the Mitchell Center. Her research examines how ecology and behavior influence an organism鈥檚 exposure to toxic contaminants in aquatic ecosystems.