Working With You to Keep Casco Bay Blue • Friends of Casco Bay

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to keep Casco Bay blue.

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Advocacy: Laying the groundwork for confronting ocean climate change

December 4, 2019

Our 2019 priority legislative bill to create a state-funded Climate Change and Ocean Acidification Commission was integrated into the Governor’s comprehensive Climate Change bill. An Act… Read more

What Do Shopping Carts, Soggy Newspapers, and Cigarette Butts Have in Common?

November 19, 2019

They don’t belong in the Bay! We have 285 volunteers to thank for removing these items from the coastline this year. Community Engagement Coordinator Sarah… Read more

Three decades of success – the impact of Friends of Casco Bay

November 18, 2019

Friends of Casco Bay has a long history of success. Since our founding in 1989, our work-with, science-based approach has moved the needle toward a… Read more

Temperature Extremes

November 11, 2019

Research Associate Mike Doan is often asked, “What were the highest and the lowest water temperatures this year?” Thanks to our Continuous Monitoring Station, Mike… Read more

Friends of Casco Bay’s mission is to improve and protect the environmental health of Casco Bay.

Our areas of work are:

Science

Baykeeping

Community Engagement

Volunteer Water Reporters are reporting what they see on Casco Bay and you can too.

We rely on volunteers to report conditions around the Bay. By joining our observing network, you can help us keep an eye on the Bay we all share and love!