The strength of the granite on Crotch Island has kept the last commercial quarry in Maine running. Maryanne Mott captures an image of the quarry.

Tom Falby learns about the shrimping industry in Maine by speaking with fishermen and going shrimp dragging.

One man from Peaks Island speaks about his life on the island and how it brings his family closer together. Dana Crawford captures how Mark Green and his family started the first sustainable oyster farming operation in Maine.

This is a piece about a book, called “Still They Remember Me: Penobscot Transformer Tales (Volume I)”, and the stories both within and around it. It is the first and only book fully written in the Penobscot language, a language spoken for millenia by the Penobscot people, an indigenous tribe in Maine. The language was lost due to cultural erasure but through projects like this book the language is slowly becoming revitalized.

Rebecca Stewart captures the work of Bob and Helene Quinn, owners and caretakers of Eagle Island. Stewart documents how they spend their days cooking, lobstering, and exploring.

The legend behind the Penobscot River goes that the river itself shaped the culture of Penobscot people, and provided for them. Elizabeth Scoville explores how the Penobscot people deal with the river being used for the needs of the industrial world, speaking to members of the tribe about their culture and community.

The last hand operated bridge in Maine spans between Barter's and Hudgins Island, and is run by two brothers, Dwight and Duane Lewis. The Lewis brothers speak about the people they encounter while working the bridge and what it means for the community to maintain this hand operated bridge.

Mark Emerson and others visit Walter Stinson, a resident of Swan's Island to learn about his life. Stinson speaks about his work as a fisherman and working in a factory.

On Indian Island, there is a shaman who still represents the traditional Indian culture. Pamela Wood speaks to Senabeh about what it means to be a medicine man and his other experiences.

Introduction to Maine: A Peopled Landscape by Hugh T. French, who writes about the changing face of Salt and Maine.

There was a time when Maine was marketed as a landscape for escape, known as vacationland. Brett Jenks explores how Maine is now marketed as "The Way Life Should Be."

The two sons of Madas Sapiel who live and work on Indian Island represent the two divergent ways of thinking among the Penobscots about their future. Sheryl Lane speaks to Frances Glossian and Wally Pehrson about their lifestyles.