Philip Wheeler Conkling is the founder and former president of the Island Institute, a membership-based nonprofit organization located in Rockland, Maine that serves as a voice for the balanced future of the islands and waters of the Gulf of Maine, especially the 15 year-round island communities along the Maine coast. Conkling also serves as an alternate commissioner of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park, and is on the Maine state board of the Conservation Law Foundation. He lives in the small coastal town of Camden, Maine.[1]

Philip W. Conkling
BornAugust 2
EducationHarvard, Yale School of Forestry
Occupation(s)Founder of the Island Institute, Author
Children4 Sons, and 1 Step-Son

Early life and education

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Conkling completed his B.A. from Harvard University in 1970.[2] He completed his M.F.S. at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in 1976.[2]

Conkling was awarded an honorary degree from the Bowdoin College in 2013.[2]

Career

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Conkling founded the non-profit Island Institute in 1983 to preserve the islands of Maine with Peter Ralston.[3][4] He founded Island Journal.[3]

Conkling is a Advisory Council member of the Conservation Law Foundation.[5] He is a board member of the Fox Island Wind.[6] He is the President of Philip Conkling & Associates, based in Camden, Maine.[6]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Conkling, Philip (2023-05-12). "Natives and Transplants". Down East Magazine. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  2. ^ a b c "Philip Conkling". Conservation Media Group. 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  3. ^ a b c d e Cep, Casey N. "Ultimate Islander". Harvard Magazine Inc. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Philip Conkling". Down East Magazine. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  5. ^ "Governance". Conservation Law Foundation. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  6. ^ a b "Who We Are". Philip Conkling & Associates. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  7. ^ "The Fate of Greenland". MIT Press. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  8. ^ "A Maine Writer: Maine State Library". www.maine.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-24.