Coffee with the Casco Baykeeper: PFAS
March 20, 2024Join Casco Baykeeper Ivy Frignoca and Community Organizer Sara Freshley for an early morning conversation about the work Friends of Casco Bay has been doing in partnership with Bigelow Laboratory on detecting per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Casco Bay. On Thursday, March 21, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. grab… Read more
PFAS Sampling Results in Casco Bay
March 15, 2024From the deck of our Casco Baykeeper boat R/V Joseph E. Payne, science staff from our organization and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences collected more than 100 PFAS samples at 18 sites across Casco Bay in 2023. This is the most complete dataset yet of the concentrations of PFAS pollutants, so-called… Read more
Film Fest for Casco Bay
January 15, 2024Announcing this year’s date for Film Fest for Casco Bay: Saturday, November 2, 2024, 2-6 p.m. University of Southern Maine’s Abromson Auditorium, Portland We hope to see you at our Film Fest for Casco Bay, an afternoon of movies curated by Maine Outdoor Film Festival. The event will feature an array… Read more
Our Top 10 Moments of 2023
December 21, 2023As this year comes to an end, let’s reflect and celebrate the many ways that we worked together to protect the health of Casco Bay in 2023. Here are our top ten stories of the year: 1) We won a four-year moratorium on new sources of pollution into the lower Presumpscot River. The… Read more
Water Reporters Deepen Their Knowledge of Casco Bay
December 19, 2023What are some techniques for observing the natural world around me more mindfully? How can you tell if a saltwater marsh is healthy or if it is eroding at an unnatural pace? What are some commonly overlooked invasive species that are affecting Casco Bay? How is nitrogen pollution linked to the growth of… Read more
Taking Action on Stormwater
December 11, 2023Stormwater delivers some of the largest loads of pollution into Casco Bay. As stormwater flows over our roads, driveways, parking lots, and buildings, it collects a toxic slurry. Instead of filtering into the soil, water sheets off these impervious surfaces, picking up pesticides and fertilizers from lawns, exhaust and salt… Read more