Sarah Folsom

Sarah Folsom

Research Biologist
Phone: (207) 839-7600/ ext 113; Fax: (207) 839-7655

Biography

Sarah is a University of Maine, Orono graduate (2004), where she earned a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology. She is currently an M.S. Candidate at Antioch University New England in environmental studies with an emphasis in Conservation Biology.

As a Research Biologist and Pilot with Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) she has participated in wide variety of studies from small mammals to songbirds. She has flown Common Loon and Bald Eagle aerial surveys to determine productivity and survival. Currently she is involved in a songbird injury assessment on the North Fork Holston River (NFHR), Virginia where she is studying the exposure and effects of methylmercury contamination to songbirds along the North Fork. Her work in Virginia includes mistnetting, banding, and sampling songbirds for mercury analysis, as well as monitoring reproductive success of target species along the NFHR

Research Interests

Her interests include contaminant exposure and effects on songbirds and other species. She is also interested in the effects of climate change on mercury pathways and contamination in northern boreal and arctic environments, as well as the exposure of the species that inhabit these environments. She would like to eventually participate in long-term monitoring of boreal and arctic species with an emphasis on using wildlife as ecological indicators of climate change and ecosystem health in high latitude environments.

Species of Interest

Publications/Presentations