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Quest to quell coastal erosion takes on new emphasis

Picture credit: Juanita Swart / Unsplash As reported by Tammy Wells in the BIDDEFORD-SACO-OOB COURIER the city of Saco, Maine is looking for long and short-term solutions to the erosion in Saco Bay in partnership with neighboring communities and the state. During a meeting that included state legislators, city leaders, representatives of the state Department […]

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Ogunquit fears loss of beach to erosion, walking path to invasive plants

Picture credit: Rafael Souza/Unsplash As originally reported by the Bangor Daily News back in 2014, “ …The board of selectmen took concrete actions last week to preserve Ogunquit Beach and Marginal Way at the recommendation of the committees commissioned to study erosion problems.” The slow and steady progression of nature is eroding the two areas […]

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Pandemic hasn’t halted southern Maine sustainability planning

Picture credit: Stephen Walker/Unsplash Karina Graeter is the new sustainability coordinator for the Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission’s Regional Sustainability and Resilience Program. She told Kennebunkport selectmen recently that … the plan has four goals centered on collaboration, assessment, integration, and action. The overall objective is to coordinate planning and execution throughout coastal York […]

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Why This Matters — For A Strawless Ocean

As published in strawlessocean.org / Picture credit: Meghan Rodgers/Unsplash UNDERSTANDING PLASTIC POLLUTION Learn more about the problem and the Strawless Ocean program. WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT? Plastic straws are really bad for the ocean. It’s estimated that we use over 500 million every day in America, and most of those end up in our oceans, […]