Here materials are processed and shaped. Here they are archived in Salt's permanent archive and published in Salt Omnibus . But Salt's larger base of operations is the full length and breadth of Maine, its 3,000 miles of coastline, its 18 million acres of woods, its blueberry barrens, its potato fields, its neighborhoods, rural and urban, its inhabitants, new and old. You try to catch the majority of lobsters with fewer traps. A diverse student group is chosen so that a strong interplay of knowledge and viewpoint will occur.
Academic majors are wide ranging.
So is geography. Students have come to the Salt Institute from 43 states, four foreign countries and 153 colleges and universities. Undergraduates usually come in the junior or senior year. They often view their work here as the equivalent of a senior honors project. Every attempt is made to coordinate original research at Salt with academic training and interest on campus.