Coffee with the Casco Baykeeper: PFAS video
In this video from our Coffee with the Casco Baykeeper series, Ivy Frignoca and Community Organizer Sara Freshley have a casual early morning conversation about our partnership with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences to sample for PFAS in Casco Bay. Ivy shares insights from what we learned during our first year of PFAS monitoring in Casco Bay. Sara… Read more
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10 Ways to Get Ready for Earth Day
Earth Day is on Monday, April 22, 2024. Here at Friends of Casco Bay, while every day is an opportunity to advocate for and protect clean waters and healthy communities, Earth Day is our reminder that collectively we can take positive actions to help nature and inspire hope. In this spirit, here are 10 ways to show… Read more
Coffee with the Casco Baykeeper: Stormwater
Casco Baykeeper Ivy Frignoca and Community Organizer Sara Freshley met with folks for an early morning conversation about one of Casco Bay’s largest sources of pollution: stormwater. Recent weather events are a reminder that stormwater delivers some of the largest loads of pollution into Casco Bay. As stormwater flows over… Read more
Our Top 10 Moments of 2023
As 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
Ever-Changing Casco Bay
Casco Bay is ever–changing. The Bay changes with each tide, each day, and each season. And now, because of climate change, our coastal waters are transforming in different ways and faster than we thought possible. At our Ever–Changing Casco Bay event on November 28, Staff Scientist Mike Doan dove into the data we use to track… Read more
A Ceremony for Casco Bay and Mother Earth
“Olotahkewakon.” As more than 115 Friends of the Bay heard at We Are Water — Friends of Casco Bay’s Members Annual Meeting, “olotahkewakon” is the Passamaquoddy word for “ceremony.” Passamaquoddy Language Keeper Dwayne Tomah shared this word in his tribe’s native tongue noting that all of us coming together was… Read more
Water as Inspiration: Art and Casco Bay
What are the connections between creativity, the environment, and climate change? How can art convey powerful ideas when words fail us? At Water as Inspiration: Art and Casco Bay, Staff Writer Robby Lewis-Nash sat down with three regional artists – Anna Dibble, Mitchell Rasor, and Jan Piribeck – for a… Read more
Listening to Casco Bay: the Clean Water Act, Climate Change, and More
We recently hosted an informative and thought provoking conversation at Listening to Casco Bay: the Clean Water Act, Climate Change, and More. Casco Baykeeper Ivy Frignoca and Staff Scientist Mike Doan walked us through our latest data on the health of the Bay and shared their observations from the 2022… Read more
We Are Water: 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act and Annual Members Meeting (recording of livestream)
Join us on Wednesday, July 20, 5:30-8 p.m. for our We Are Water event where we will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act Celebration & hold our Members Annual Meeting.
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