Ryan O'Connell speaks to residents of Cliff Island to discuss a controversy regarding the deer population on the island.

As the chief agent for alcohol control in charge of the state of Maine, Henry Weaver experienced different situations with rum running. Keith Euler and others from Salt speak to Weaver about his experiences and stories as a federal officer during the prohibition era.

Eliza Wilmerding explores the fishing business within the Stonington community. Wilmerding speaks to fishermen to learn about fishing industry throughout the year.

Table of contents for August 1978 Salt Magazine.

Pamela H. Wood introduces a profile on Ruth Moulden, a women who had to work as hard as any man on Swan's Island.

Earth sheltering provides a sustainable way for individuals to live in a home, as Oliver Solmitz is attempting to do. Kyle Glover captures Solmitz's project of building an earth shelter.

Despite the outrage from fishermen, sea farmers are fencing off sections of coastal bottom. George Carey documents the controversy between mussel growers and lobstermen.

Hafid Laloui, an immigrant from Morocco, discusses his experiences growing up in Morocco, moving to the United States, and squatting in old buildings before becoming a carpenter.

List of back issues and books from Salt.

For over 35 years, the Custom House Wharf has conducted business. Peter Millard explores how the people at the wharf have their own unwritten rules and way of doing things.

Living in the home that his father build on Swan's Island, Basil Joyce sees his life as an island on its own. Janice Coyne speaks to Joyce about life on the island.

Harvey Bixby is a skilled artisan who builds stone walls. Mark Serreze visits Bixby to learn about his craft and the work that goes into it.