Land Conservation

Casco Bay News Roundup: June 19 – July 2

News this week is about elvers, shore birds, land conservation, and shellfish. Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. June 23 Maine elver fishery rebounded despite weather (Portland Press Herald) June 29 Viewers of bird camera in Maine see eagle steal osprey chicks from nest … Read more

Casco Bay News Roundup: March 27 – April 2

News this week is about the Maine Conservation Corp, shrimp, stream crossings, sea level rise, scallops, piping plovers, puffins, and climate change. Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. March 28 Maine Conservation Corp looking for new members (Fosters Daily Democrat) March 29 Future of … Read more

Casco Bay News Roundup: March 20 – March 26

News this week is about the restoration of Long Creek (featuring our director, Curtis Bohlen), Trout Brook, elvers, herring, Maine Island Trail, a new species of sea worm, land bonds, how climate change is transforming New England plants, and Friends of Casco Bay. Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to … Read more

Casco Bay News Roundup: March 13 – March 19

News this week is about Maine Audubon, pesticides, elver season, shrimp population, Fluoride, Unity College, Maine Islands Wildlife Refuge, flooding, and green crabs. Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. March 12 Audubon partners with Yarmouth press to bring wildlife tales to children (Bangor Daily … Read more

Casco Bay News Roundup: February 27 – March 5

News this week is about sea level rise, the Rachel Carson Refuge, alga, smelt fisheries, education, lobster, and the completion of the Royal River dredging. Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. February 27 Scientists cite dramatic sea level rise off Portland, Maine (Foster’s Daily … Read more

Casco Bay News Roundup: February 13 – February 26

News this week is about Maine shrimp, ocean acidification, microbeads, the Rachel Carson refuge, and sea level rise.  Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. February 20 ‘Sample’ harvest of Maine shrimp makes big splash at market (Portland Press Herald) February 23 Acidifying Waters Are … Read more

Casco Bay News Roundup: January 23 – February 5

News this week is about stormwater, Blue mussels, Mackworth Island, ocean acidification, fisheries, elvers, mining, microbeads, and ocean pollution. Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. January 23 ‘Poop in the bay’: Portland’s newly approved stormwater fees explained (The Bangor Daily News) Farming the Blue … Read more

Casco Bay News Roundup: January 12 – January 22

News this week is about the Wildlife Action Plan, conservation, sea level rise, eel farms, acidification, stormwater, and aquaculture. Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. January 12 MDIFW, partners crafting Wildlife Action Plan (The Republican Journal) Public invited to forum on Weskeag Marsh conservation … Read more

Casco Bay News Roundup: October 24 – October 30

News this week is about stormwater, aquaculture, fisheries, Elvers, habitat restoration, solar power, and conservation. Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. October 24 Public invited to see historic coastal Biddeford estate (Portland Press Herald) Feds close part of Gulf of Maine herring fishery (WCSH6) … Read more

Casco Bay News Roundup: September 26-October 2

News this week is about fisheries, charting the Gulf of Maine, the ‘salmon cannon’, and preservation of a Maine island. Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. September 25 Wildlife Department introduces ‘Salmon Cannon’ to easily Transport Fish (MaineNewsOnline) September 29 Maine Voices: Rebuild cod … Read more