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Phytoplankton In The Damariscotta River Estuary, Brian Thompson, Mary Jane Perry, Christopher V. Davis Sep 2006

Phytoplankton In The Damariscotta River Estuary, Brian Thompson, Mary Jane Perry, Christopher V. Davis

Maine Sea Grant Publications

This research project examined the distribution of phytoplankton in the Damariscotta River, as well as environmental factors, such as nutrients, light, and physical conditions, in order to assess the estuary’s ability to sustain additional farms.


Mt. Piscgah Community Conservation Area Management Plan, Winthrop Conservation Commission, Kennebec Land Trust Sep 2006

Mt. Piscgah Community Conservation Area Management Plan, Winthrop Conservation Commission, Kennebec Land Trust

Maine Town Documents

The 94-acre Mt. Pisgah Community Conservation Area was established in 2003 when the Maine Forest Service granted a conservation easement to the Kennebec Land Trust and then sold the property to the Town of Winthrop. The successful protection of the Mt Pisgah tower property culminated a community-wide effort to conserve the area for outdoor recreation, water quality protection, and continued access to the lookout tower.


Ambassadors Of The Bay: 2005 Final Report, Maine Sea Grant College Program May 2006

Ambassadors Of The Bay: 2005 Final Report, Maine Sea Grant College Program

Maine Sea Grant Publications

The MDI Water Quality Coalition has been working with citizens on water quality related projects in Frenchman Bay since 1997. Over the last decade, many issues of concern to the residents and users of the bay have come up. These issues include polluted runoff from paved streets and parking lots, increasing development in the upper reaches of coastal watersheds as well as right on the shoreline, nutrient enrichment of bays, over harvesting of marine resources, shifting of mussel harvesting techniques to aquaculture, building of piers, increasing visitation by cruise ships, contamination of swim areas, declining eelgrass populations, shoreline erosion, and …