The state’s thriving lobster industry owes a lot to smart fishery conservation measures implemented over the past three decades. But given the Gulf of Maine’s rapid warming, how far can these interventions go? Picture credit: Louis Hansel/Unsplash Published in ecowatch.com by Nicole Greenfield, a writer at NRDC whose articles on religion, the environment, popular culture, and social […]
Picture credit: Fred Hsu / Creative Commons The Ogunquit Conservation Commission, the Town of Ogunquit, FB Environmental Associates, and Maine DEP are working together on continual water quality initiatives, including the Ogunquit River Restoration Project Phase I, Phase II and Coastal Communities Grant, to improve water quality and reduce bacteria levels in the Ogunquit River […]
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 […]
