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Until 1992, Stocking continued her work as a licensed bird bander for the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, having begun this work in Wisconsin in 1960. Her memoir, "A Boomer's Journal," recounts episodes as a naturalist observing prairie chicken populations. She supported land conservation,
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Literature Panel (1986–1988). She later served as a commissioner and chair of the Community Arts Committee (1993–1999). In 1997 she edited the Hancock County Cultural Directory. Meanwhile, she continued teaching and mentoring for special projects as a faculty associate of the
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particularly in the remote parts of Maine. She was one of the group of environmentalists that founded Quoddy
Regional Land Trust in coastal Washington County. She was concerned about the destruction of the natural environment.
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