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How to shrink your seafood footprint
Farmed oysters, along with their cousins the clam and the mussel, are extremely carbon-light. SEE MORE
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Fewer cruise ship passengers in Bar Harbor
Along with voting in Maine’s gubernatorial and legislative races, residents of some coastal towns made choices on local issues. In Bar Harbor, an ordinance to more strictly regulate cruise ships passed, now limiting 1,000 passengers to come into town each day. Enforcement may remain elusive, though. In the Boothbay area,… SEE MORE
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Acadia is a dynamic science laboratory
Schoodic Institute’s Catherine Schmitt noted that “Acadia has this incredible legacy of science,” going back to before its founding, and that a historical baseline for seascape and forestry is available. SEE MORE
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Study: lobster has small carbon footprint
In the spring of 2021, the Island Institute undertook a carbon footprint study with Maine-based seafood company and Island Institute partner Luke’s Lobster. It was the first time greenhouse gas emissions were measured along one company’s supply chain of Gulf of Maine lobster. Both the Institute, publisher of The Working… SEE MORE
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UMaine study finds ‘tick clusters’ in Acadia
The researchers collected blacklegged ticks at 114 sites across the park over two years and mapped that data SEE MORE
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Transitions and transformation on MDI
When neighbors talk to neighbors, focused on solutions, we build momentum by connecting based on what we value. SEE MORE
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Casco Bay data shows rapid warming
“This rise in water temperature marks an enormous shift,” reports Mike Doan, staff scientist with Friends of Casco Bay. SEE MORE
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Blue Hill’s wastewater blues
A task force in Blue Hill is developing strategies to mitigate the impact of sea level rise on the town’s infrastructure and other resources. And it’s determined that the greatest risk is to the town’s wastewater treatment facility. “It will be an expensive task to upgrade the current facility as… SEE MORE
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The Deer Isle causeway’s curvy history
The excellent article on the vulnerability of the Deer Isle causeway (The Working Waterfront, November issue) prompts me to add some history, as well as some things to consider when planning future modifications. Before the causeway was built, passage between Deer Isle and Little Deer, unless by boat, was at… SEE MORE
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Waterfront jobs: ‘Traditions and transitions’
The theme of this year's conference was “traditions and transitions,” a way to both acknowledge the culture and history of working waterfronts as well as the many changes these areas are facing. SEE MORE
