Midcoast Conservancy seeks volunteer water quality monitors
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Midcoast Conservancy is seeking volunteer water quality monitors as it prepares for its 27th year of water quality monitoring on the Sheepscot River.
The annual program, which is one of the longest continuous river monitoring programs in Maine, according to the conservancy, involves sampling water quality on the Sheepscot biweekly from May through September. Samplers measure dissolved oxygen and temperature in the river and collect water samples to be analyzed for bacteria. The data is shared with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and helps to identify priority areas for remediation.
AUGUSTA "Together, we can do more" is the theme under which the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) is rolling out its 2021 National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) campaign. NISAW, February 22-26, is the.
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A native of Northeast Harbor, Durlin E. Lunt Jr. has lived in Mount Desert all his life. PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIAN SWARTZ
Town treasurer job upgraded
MOUNT DESERT The Board of Selectmen has approved Town Manager Durlin Lunt’s recommendation to upgrade the position of treasurer/tax collector to director of finance/treasurer. That action reverses a decision made in 2011 when, Lunt said, it had become hard to find someone who was capable or willing to take on the extra responsibilities of finance director.
Now, however, he told the board, “As governmental finance continues to evolve in complexity, the time has come to return to the finance director model.”
Sidney nonprofit granted funds to create access to Messalonskee Lake
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The Friends of Messalonskee has been awarded a $12,500 grant from the Roger N. Heald Fund of the Maine Community Foundation. This grant will enable Friends of Messalonskee to begin an Invasive Plant Paddle program to educate community members, particularly the underserved, who might not otherwise have access to the lake, according to a news release from nonprofit, based out of Sidney.
With the grant money, Friends of Messalonskee will purchase kayaks, paddles and life jackets for six participants at a time to get out on the lake. Friends’ volunteers will be trained as Plant Paddle Leaders who will help community members learn to safely maneuver a kayak, identify plant species, wildlife, and become good stewards of the watershed area.