News this week is about ocean acidification, climate change, renewable energy, shoreland zoning, and piece about Casco Bay Stories! Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. September 5 Casco Bay Many stories to be told (Sentry) Maine finding its place in global effort to combat … Read more
Along the 7,500-mile Gulf of Maine shoreline, an extreme high tide on October 9, 2014 will illustrate what may become—with sea-level rise—the new tidal norm. Participants in the first-ever Gulf of Maine King Tides Photo Contest can document how the astronomical high tide that day affects wharves, causeways, marshes, beaches and other coastal settings. Interested … Read more
News this week is about land conservation, wind energy, fisheries, aquaculture, stormwater, climate change, and rare albino lobsters! Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. August 27 L.L. Bean donates $250,000 to land trust’s plan to buy Casco Bay islands near Harpswell (Bangor Daily News) … Read more
News this week is about shorebirds, Green Crabs, climate change, fluoride, our changing bay, and land conservation by Portland Trails (which CBEP helped acquire!). Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. August 20 High fluoride levels found in some private wells in Maine (Portland Press … Read more
News this week is about Trout Brook restoration, Portland Trails conservation, harvesting scallops in Maine, Green Crabs, seaweed, tar sands, rain barrels and flash flooding in Portland . Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. August 13 Portland Trails preserves 20 acres in Falmouth (Portland … Read more
News this week is about aquaculture, conservation, climate change, a tribal water dispute, fisheries, algae blooms, and a lobster rescue. There is also a nice shout out for the Casco Bay Estuary Partnership! Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. August 6 Public Invited to … Read more
Paul Rollins has been diving in Casco Bay and surrounding waters for more than 40 years. On a cloudy but warm morning in July, Paul suits up to dive in Kettle Cove, Cape Elizabeth. Every time he dives, Paul cleans the ocean floor, picking up debris and trash from years of dumping. “[People think] if … Read more
News this week is about ocean acidification, fisheries, Maine’s dam laws, elvers, puffins, and a rare lobster caught in Maine! Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. July 30 Fishing Towns to be adversely impacted by Ocean Acidification (Maine News) July 31 Public input enhanced … Read more
You may have noticed more jellyfish along the coast this summer, particularly the clear moon jellies. Catherine Schmitt, Communications Coordinator with Maine Sea Grant, wrote an interesting blog post about this phenomenon. She ends the post with this: “Jellyfish are here this summer. Maybe, for now, we should not care so much about why. Attributing the appearance … Read more
Casco Bay news over the past couple of weeks includes stories about the rise in the number of jellyfish, Fluoride, conservation, oil exploration, phytoplankton, fisheries, Alewives, climate change, Green Crabs, ocean acidification, and shorebird habitat. Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. July 16 As … Read more