Chytrid Package

[ANCHOR]

OVER IN OLD TOWN AN INFAMOUS FUNGUS COULD CAUSE HARM TO AMPHIBIANS INHABITING LOCAL WATER SUPPLYS

[TAKE VO 0:00 – 0:04]

[CG: Stillwater River, Old Town]

[TAKE STANDUP 0:05 – 0:24]

“HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY… FURTHER THEIR RESEARCH”

[TAKE VO 0:25 – 0:41]

[CG Joyce Longcore, University of Maine]

ONGOING RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE HAS DISCOVERED A FUNGUS THAT COULD POSSIBLY HURT THE LOCAL AMPHIBIAN POPULATION OF THE NORTHEAST. ASSOCIATE RESEARCH PROFESSOR JOYCE LONGCORE IS NATIONALLY KNOWN FOR BEING ONE OF THE FEW EXPERTS OF THIS CHYTRID FUNGUS.

[TAKE SOT 0:42 – 0:59]

“AS FAR AS IT’S EFFECT… OF THEM IS INFECTED”

[TAKE VO 1:00 – 1:05]

[CG: Rabern Simmons, University of Maine]

WORKING DIRECTLY WITH JOYCE ON THE CHYTRID FUNGI IS RESEARCH ASSISTANT RABERN SIMMONS

[TAKE SOT 1:06 – 1:29]

“TROPICAL SETTINGS AROUND… MUCH OF A PROBLEM”

[TAKE VO 1:30 – 1:35]

[CG: Water Supply,Maine]

SO FAR THE CHYTRID FUNGUS HAS NOT YET CAUSED MASSIVE DIE OFFS IF MASSIVE DIE OFFS WERE TO OCCUR IT COULD RADICALLY CHANGE MAINE’S ECOLOGY.

[TAKE SOT 1:36 – 1:46]

“IT’S GOING TO BE… COMPETE EVERYTHING ELSE”