Community Engagement
It takes a community to protect Casco Bay. We educate residents and regulators to understand the threats and provide information on how we all can work to change practices and policies in order to improve and protect the Bay. We send out calls to action to our supporters about pending issues that affect Casco Bay. Their response is often crucial in changing votes by legislators.
Friends of Casco Bay’s most valuable asset is a committed corps of volunteers. Our neighbors help us tackle issues and projects in ways that significantly enhance the work of our small staff. Volunteers help collect scientific data, champion our causes at community events, stencil clean water messages on storm drains, pick up trash from beaches and salt marshes, and explain to friends and neighbors about we all can protect the Bay. To read more about our Community Engagement work, click here. To volunteer, fill out this application. To receive our action alerts, sign up here.
Friends of Casco Bay’s data have helped
- raise Clean Water Act water classification—and protections—in areas of Casco Bay.
- support our recommendations for wastewater discharge permits to reduce pollution from sewage treatment plants and industrial facilities.
- report to Congress on the health of our coastal waters as part of the state’s requirements under the Clean Water Act.
- provide baseline data for other researchers and for collaborative reports to help shape goals and projects to improve the health of the Bay.
- create and update our Casco Bay Health Index, available at http://cascobay.github.io/cascobay/
Cover photo: Photograph by Kevin Morris
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