News this week is about invasive plants, lobster prices, eelgrass, climate change, bees, Peter Lowell (Lakes Environmental Association), clammers, river herring, Maine’s Wildlife Action Plan, and the Presumpscot River Paddle Map. Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. July 5 Maine using website to gather … Read more
News this week is about eelgrass, puffins, bees, and bass. Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. May 8 Why protecting eelgrass matters (The Ellsworth American) May 12 A Puffin Colony’s 40-Year Journey Back To Maine (Here and Now) May 13 More than 40 percent … Read more
News this week is about eelgrass, carbon, shrimp, a solar project in South Portland, NOAA’s flood information tool, and climate change. Click on the title of this post (Casco Bay News Roundup) to access links to the stories. April 10 Restoring eelgrass curbs acidification (Mount Desert Islander) April 13 Maine has a disappearing carbon sink … Read more
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 Estuary Partnership, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and Friends of Casco Bay collaborated on a project to survey Casco Bay’s eelgrass coverage during the summer of 2013. The study compared new aerial photos taken at low tide with data from 1993 and 2001. The 2013 eelgrass coverage data shows huge losses, particularly … Read more