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Table of Contents – 1984 Island Journal – Volume 1

Letter from the Editor i

The Mission of the Island Institute ii

Membership iii

Educational Programs iv

The State of the State-Owned Islands v

Photovoltaics vi

Lunatic Power vii

ALONG THE ARCHIPELAGO

On the Lamb – Raising Sheep on Maine Islands – Peter Ralston — page 1

What is a Conservation Easement? – Davis Hartwell — page 4

Maine’s Islands of Life – Kent Womack — page 5

God’s Tugboat, Oh Buoy- Saved by the Bell – Rev. Stanley Haskell — page 6

FISHING

Fishermen’s Sons – Mike Brown — page 8

Trap Limits and the Bottom Line on Swan’s Island — page 11

Stirring up the Waters — page 12

RADIO WAVES

News from Offshore

Beals Island – Brenda T. Dodge — page 14

Frenchboro – Rebecca Lunt — page 15

Mount Desert Island – Gunnar Hansen — page 16

Matinicus – Donna Rogers—page 17

Vinalhaven – Pat Crossman—page 18

Islesboro – Steven Miller—page 20

Monhegan – Katy Boegel—page 21

Little Diamond – Harold Hackett—page 21

Peaks Island – Albert Presgraves—page 22

Cushings Island – Edith Meacham—page 23

ISLANDERS

Before Us – Art Spiess — page 24

On Islanders – George Putz — page 26

Profile: Ernest Maloney — page 31

Wall Street East – Island Technology – Lance Lee — page 33

Seguin – The Small and Shining Object – John M. Garber — page 34

BOATS

Windjamming – Capt. Jim Sharp — page 39

Schooner Ear – Peter Drury — page 40

Arch Island Boats — page 41

Getting There, Being There – Henry Taft — page 43

NATURE

Puffin Redux – Philip Conkling — page 45

Peregrine Hacking — page 49

Eagle Scouting — page 50

Allied Whale — page 51

Fellow Competition — page 52

LIGHTS

Lights Lost – The Automation of Maine’s Light Stations – Stephen G. Perrin — page 55

Lights Lived – Delia Mae Farris — page 60

Andrew Wyeth Collotype “The Reefer” Inside Back Cover