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Casco Bay Estuary Partnership Awards $40,000 in Small Grants
Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (CBEP) announced today that it has awarded a total of nearly $40,000 in grants for nine projects that engage people and communities with Casco Bay and its watershed. Read about the awards here.
Casco Bay Estuary Partnership Awards Grants to Build Resilience
Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (CBEP) has awarded more than $321,000 to twelve communities and nonprofit organizations in the Casco Bay Watershed. The full story here.
Casco Bay Scientists Tackle Eelgrass Loss
CBEP and partners featured in this Times Record article.
Now Available! CBEP Resilience and Monitoring Grants
Grant funding of up to $25,000 per project is available for communities and organizations to support initiatives that enhance climate resilience, ecosystem health, and environmental monitoring within the Casco Bay Watershed. Get all the information and links on the CBEP Grant Opportunities page. Grant Opportunities
Banding Together to Save Casco Bay’s Eelgrass
A story from Maine Public about a coalition of scientists and organizations in Casco Bay, including CBEP, working on a pilot program to restore degraded seagrass meadows.
Groundbreaking eelgrass pilot restoration takes root in Casco Bay
Read the Portland Press Herald story here.
Scientist warns that increased shipping could turn Casco Bay into ‘bioinvasion hotspot’
This article in the Portland Press Herald outlines the threat of a rise in bioinvasion and its ties to a rise in commercial shipping to Casco Bay.
The Silent Sea: Climate change means low yields and uncertain times for New England fishers.
CBEP Executive Director Curtis Bohlen is quoted in this article from Earth Island Journal.