People in Nature: Conservation Photojournalism During two weeks in September and October 2011,  the Penobscot River Restoration Trust joined with environmental photographer Bridget Besaw to engage community members in documenting the people and landscape within the project area. Fourteen Maine photographers from Port Clyde to Milford and beyond came together to participate in the People in Nature: Conservation Photojournalism workshop (link to workshop description) to learn more about this exciting restoration effort while also helping to create a photographic record of the river and tell the story of what it means to bring it back to health. During the two weeks between workshop dates, participants went out along the Penobscot River using their cameras and professional tips offered by Bridget to document personal topics of interest within the watershed and guided by the outreach needs of the Project. Several workshop participants were connected with other community members to visually record river-based activities or broader community interest in efforts to restore the Penobscot River. Participants came back to the second day of the workshop with a portfolio of images to edit and share with the larger group. Select images from their portfolios will be used in public exhibits, in online photo galleries, in publications, and other venues to share the story of the Penobscot River Restoration Project with a broad and diverse audience. Photographs from the workshop are included in an exhibit focused on the Penobscot River Restoration Project at Maine Audubon's Fields Pond Nature Center in Holden, Maine, from January 6th through February of 2012. Directions to Fields Pond Nature Center  (right column) Stay tuned for more information on future exhibits, photo galleries, and more! Read the Exhibit Press Release and join us on January 24th at Fields Pond Nature Center! Photo Galleries coming soon! Photographer Len Clarke focuses in on the commercial fishing benefits of the Penobscot restoration effort.  Syd Alberg highlights the many obstacles to fish migration in the watershed - dams and culverts block access to thousands of miles of spawning habitat. Lea Ramirez joined researcher Erynn Call as she monitored bird activity along select sites up and down the river, documenting the different species of birds using the river before the Great Works and Veazie dams are removed.