FARMINGTON — Drew Barton, University of Maine at Farmington professor of biology, will present a talk “The Ecological Impacts of Climate Change: Past, Present and Future” at the next Western Maine Audubon Society monthly program. The presentation will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, in room C-23, Roberts Center, University of Maine at Farmington.

Barton will discuss what climate change will mean in Maine and New England for the landscape, pastimes and the economy. He will look at climates of Maine past and move to what is happening now and what might yet be to come. 

Barton has long had an interest in climate change and ecology. In addition to working on a book, “The Changing Ecology of the Maine Woods,” he has been a leader of UMF campus efforts to create a more efficient, sustainable approach to energy use on campus. He was part of the working group behind UMF’s award winning, sustainably designed Education Building. All are welcome to attend.