Improvements to the Darling Marine Center

凯文·埃克尔巴格博士是缅因州大学缅因湾达林海洋中心的主任。该中心提供各种海岸线和海洋栖息地的便利通道，并有一个活跃的研究项目，供居民和来访的调查人员使用。埃克尔巴格博士建议购买一艘在浅水栖息地进行采样的小船，建造一个用于潜水设备和船只维修的存储/集结设施，并翻新两栋建筑，用作办公室/实验室组合和来访教员公寓。对达林海洋中心的拟议改进将对在那里工作的居民和来访学生和科学家产生重大而有益的影响。拟议的建筑翻修将扩大中心的容量，船只和潜水设施将增加进入海洋生物栖息地的机会。

Dr. Kevin Eckelbarger is the Director of the University ofMaine's Darling Marine Center on the Gulf of Maine. The Centerprovides ready access to a variety of shoreline and marinehabitats, and has an active program of research use by residentand visiting investigators. Dr. Eckelbarger proposes acquisitionof a small boat for sampling in shallow water habitats,construction of a storage/staging facility for SCUBA equipmentand boat repair, and renovation of two buildings for use asoffice/lab combinations and for visiting faculty apartments. The proposed improvements to the Darling Marine Center willhave a significant and beneficial impact on the resident andvisiting students and scientists working there. The proposedbuilding renovaton will expand the Center's capacity, and theboat and diving facilities will increase access to marinehabitats.