Join us for the Frenchman Bay Partners Annul Meeting! Two rounds of flash talks, each followed by facilitated, small group discussions, make up the morning session. The first round of talks will focus on Restoration and Monitoring in the Bay. Listen to the Partners' progress on eelgrass, diadromous fish, and mudflat restoration, among other topics. […]
The Frenchman Bay Partners will be hosting their second Ecosystem Service Values event on June 2, 2015 from 6:00pm to 8:30pm at Chipper's Restaurant in Hancock. The idea with this event is to involve members of the business community on the other side of the bay in creating a computer-based decision support tool that will help […]
Do you want to learn more about smelt and their life cycle? Do you want to help ensure the future existence of this fishery so everyone will be able to keep eating smelt? Do you want to help support a healthy wildlife community that depends on smelt as an important prey species in Downeast Maine? […]
THE FIRST EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN COOPERATION ON FISH PASSAGE CONFERENCES Fish Passage 2015 will be an important international forum to exchange findings and experiences on fish related passage issues. This international conference is of interest to researchers, educators, practitioners, funders, and regulators who have an interest in advancements in technical fishways, nature-like fishways, downstream passage […]
"American Catch" Wednesday, July 29 6:30 pm Paul Greenberg At College of the Atlantic Paul Greenberg is a lifelong fisherman and has written for The New York Times, National Geographic, and GQ among other publications. Greenberg received both a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship and James Beard Award for Writing and Literature. Greenberg, bestselling […]
We are reaching out to you to solicit your input and comments for the State Wildlife Action Plan, which is currently in the final draft stages. We are holding a meeting Tuesday, August 4, from 9am-12pm to present the plan to marine stakeholders and solicit your feedback. This meeting will be held at the DMR […]
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 7 pm Moore Auditorium at Schoodic Institute in Winter Harbor Anatomy of a Land Deal — Schoodic to Schoodic We invite you to join us for FBC’s Annual Meeting in August. After business, speakers will discuss how FBC collaborates with other conservation organizations in land deals to achieve the vision […]
Calling all Frenchman Bay Partners: We have a survey going on, and we'd like your help! If you haven't already, please take 15-20 minutes to fill out the Frenchman Bay Partners survey: 1) Visit the following link: https://umaine.qualtrics.com//SE/?SID=SV_0D68K1zJb99JVK5 2) Enter your unique Survey Access Code (provided in your survey invitation email) to let me know that […]
"Red Pine Diseases and Other Forest Insect Pests" with ANP Natural Resource Manager Judy Hazen-Connery. Learn about the dead and dying red pine trees of MDI visible along Somes Sound, particularly on the side of Norumbega Mt. above Sargeant Drive, around Lower Hadlock Pond, and on Acadia Mt., establishment of long-term monitoring plots to track red pine […]
Department of Marine Resources Fisheries Biologist Claire Enterline will discuss the biology of these migratory fish and the Gulf of Maine, larger perspective on alewife migration runs this past season and SMWS Board member and COA professor Chris Petersen (and COA students) will share findings for the Somesville alewife run. Talk will take place at […]