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PRESS RELEASE | 14 November 2011 Sea Grant outreach award presented to Maine-based working waterfront partnership

Newport, RI - A partnership effort to advance working waterfront awareness and protection in the United States today received the Outstanding Group Outreach Award from the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium.

PRESS RELEASE | 17 April 2011 Maine beach interests to gather July 15

Sandy beaches cover only about two percent of Maine’s vast coastline, but generate significant economic impact through tourism, recreation, and coastal living. On Friday, July 15, these diverse interests will gather at Southern Maine Community College for the Maine Beaches Conference.

PRESS RELEASE | 12 November 2010 Getting there from here: coastal access information available in five states

Contact Kristen Grant, 207.646.1555 x115, kristen.grant@maine.edu

     Across the country, fishermen, kayakers, town officials, and waterfront property owners face local conflicts over access to beaches, rivers, and shorelines. In Maine, where such conflicts revealed a need for information about legal mechanisms for addressing coastal access issues, Maine Sea Grant created an online access resource with funding from the National Sea Grant Law Center, www.accessingthemainecoast.com.

PRESS RELEASE | 8 October 2010 National coalition to focus on working waterways and waterfronts

PORTLAND, ME - At the conclusion of a national symposium here last week, representatives from federal, state, and local governments and organizations announced the formation of a National Working Waterways & Waterfronts Coalition.

PRESS RELEASE | 10 May 2010 Maine to host national symposium on working waterfronts

ORONO - Registration has begun for the Working Waterways and Waterfronts National Symposium on Water Access, September 27-30 in Portland, Maine.

Across the United States, communities, water-dependent industries, and the public face conflicts over access to waterways, waterfronts, shorelines, and beaches. The challenge will only increase in the years to come: by 2050, the US population is expected to exceed 400 million people, more than half of whom will live in a coastal county if growth trends continue.

The Kennebec Celebration

Formerly known as the Spring Running, the KENNEBEC CELEBRATION is heading into its seventh year as an annual festival geared towards “Celebrating the Spring Running and Life In, On and Along the Kennebec River.”  The event is free, family-friendly and typically takes place on the second Saturday in June on the grounds of Old Fort Western and the East Side Boat Launch in downtown Augusta.

 

PRESS RELEASE | 11 August 2009 Building a Resilient Coast: Maine Confronts Climate Change

Survey results, documentary video highlight coastal community views on coastal changes

Property owners along Maine's sandy beaches are noticing higher water levels during storms and increased erosion. A recent landslide in Stockton Springs was a reminder for residents along other parts of the Maine coast that they also are vulnerable to extreme weather patterns like this summer's record rainfall. These effects are expected to intensify with predictions of altered precipitation patterns and a rise in sea level of two feet or more in coming decades.

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