Daryl Whiting sits with animals through their last moments, including pets that are not her own. She even stays with people as they die. Why has one woman decided to commit so much of her life to making sure others have a good death?

In order to conserve the lobster population and industry, individuals have turned to artificial reefs and fishing regulations. Jessica Miller highlights how fishery conservation is done through different methods.

Along the proposed route of the East-West Highway, owners of businesses and community members have varying opinions about the impact of the highway. Alice Quinlan investigates how the highway could cause changes in these communities and on the economy for small towns and farmers.

In order to assist with the development of wind power in Maine, First Wind proposed plans to build a wind farm on Bowers Mountain which would provide pollution-free power. Roger Smith documents how this proposal has been rejected by state regulators on visual grounds, and how individuals on either side of Bowers Mountain hold different beliefs regarding the windfarm.

As the Penobscot River recovers from centuries of environmental impacts, the restoration of river-based traditions remains a hope for the Penobscot Indian Nation. Sara Quinn documents how members of the Penobscot Tribe used to rely on the river, and today how they attempt to remain attached to it.

Long extinct from the state of Maine, cougars have developed their own history and folklore in the state. Jack Rodolico documents the stories surrounding the cougar, and how cougars do still live in Maine, but as exotic pets.

For students struggling to do well in middle school, the Herring Gut Learning Center allows students to learn about aquaculture and run their own business. Jack Rodolico documents the work that students do with aquaculture, and how the alternative education program gives them an opportunity to succeed.

In Maine, hunters are permitted to only kill a specific number of bears during the hunting season, a number determined by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Joe Rosenberg documents the work that Maine's Black Bear Monitoring Team does in order to count the number of new-born cubs in the wild.

Along the proposed route of the East-West Highway, owners of businesses and community members have varying opinions about the impact of the highway. Alice Quinlan investigates how the highway could cause changes in these communities and on the economy for small towns.

In order to offer a practical way to bury loved ones, Cedar Brook Burial Ground greatly reduces the cost of an average funeral, causing people in Maine to rethink funeral traditions. Molly Jean Bennett investigates how this type of burial functions, and the radical topic of home funerals by speaking to two Mainers who buried a loved one on their own terms.