Lamoine Conservation Commission Archives

Creator: Lamoine Conservation Commission

Repository: Town of Lamoine

Inclusive Dates: 1934-present

Bulk Dates: 2004-present

Size in Cubic Feet: 2 cubic feet

Size in Length: 2 feet

Restrictions: None. This collection is open for research.

Provenance: 
	This collection of papers, notes, reports, documents, photographs and media was gathered from materials and files held by current and former members of the Lamoine Conservation Commission (LLC) and its predecessor, the Lamoine Alliance for Water. The collection dates from early conservation history and issues in 1934 and 1979 . The bulk of the collection dates from the 2001 up to the present (July, 2013). Conservation materials previously held for the public’s use at Lamoine Town Hall, Lamoine, Maine are also included.

Scope and Content Notes:
	
	The LCC Archives comprises mostly of materials relating to conservation issues regarding ground and sea water, land and wildlife, and public education thereof for the Town of Lamoine, Maine. 
	
	LCC was formed in 2001 having grown out of the Lamoine Alliance for Water (2000-2001) and followed by the Exploratory Committee (2001) which was established following town discussions on groundwater quality issues, monitoring of the town’s water supply and the Lamoine aquifer.

	 LCC has since evolved into an advisory board to the Town of Lamoine and is an educator of the town’s many conservation issues. In addition to groundwater, they include: shellfish, forest management, wildlife and shorebird habitat, eelgrass restoration, shore and road cleanup, recycling, and cooperation/research with State and local research and educational institutions. 
	
	A great amount of materials includes information and studies on groundwater, and the history, documents and issues surrounding the large aquifer that runs under Lamoine. In addition,  the GET WET (Groundwater Education Through Water Evaluation and Testing) file is an offshoot of this study.This program sponsored by the LCC began in 2004 in collaboration with the George Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed and Environmental Study, University of Maine, Orono Funded through grants and LCC funding, Lamoine Consolidated School middle school students learn scientific methodology while testing well water quality over the Lamoine aquifer. The annual testing program continues to the present (2013).

	LCC also authored and presented to the Town of Lamoine the 2013 Open Space Report, an assessment project undertaken beginning 2010 and final document published February 2013 by the LCC. Led by Fred Stocking, former chair of LCC, this report quantifies and assesses the value and general state of Lamoine’s open spaces, land and seacoast to help provide Lamoine’s Planning Board and town officials with a roadmap for the future of Lamoine.
	
	LCC educates the public with various programs and cooperates with State and local organizations which are represented in the public relations, programming and news files.

Format:

	Books				Letters/Correspondence
	Manuscripts			Clippings, Articles, Programs, Posters, 
	DVD’s/CDs                         Photographs

Arrangement: Files

Organization and File Description:

1.	Open Space 2010-2013
	--Quantification
	--General
	--Scenic Assessment
	--Background
	--Document & Appendix

2. Recycling 2005-2006
	--General
	--Recycling Initiative-composting bins
	--Brochure

3. Programs 2003-
	--Recycling & Trash Talks 2005
	--Freshwater Initiative 2005
	--Bag-It 2011 (DVD)
	--Coastal Erosion 2012
	--Jim Wilfong H2O for Maine 2009
	--Renewable Paving Options 2006
	--Coastal Choices n.d.
	--Night Sky/Star Gazing 2008
	--COA Land Planning 2003/04

4. LCC History 2000-
	--Lamoine Alliance for Water 2000-2001 [See: file folder “Affiliations-Maine   
                   Alliance for Water: AERIAL PHOTOS”]
	--Early History/Exploratory Committee, November 3, 2001

5. Shellfish 
	--1934-1935, early history of shell fishing in Lamoine
	--Clam Flat Survey 1979

6. Bangor Hydro 2006
	--Power line location study
	--maps

7. Maps
	--general, assorted
	--wildlife and shorebird habitat

8. Forest Management 2002-
	--General, tree planting
	--Creation of Coleman Woodlot
	--SWOAM(Small Woodlot Owners Assoc. of Maine)
	--(Upcoming program 2013-2014)

9. Publicity 2003-
	--News articles on programs & activities, ie eelgrass, GET WET!, “Tapped”
	--Gravel pits posters
	--Lamoine Quarterly news articles, ca 2005-

10. Grants 2002--2009, Summaries, narratives, applications, communications, 
       funding sources
	--Cold Spring Water 2002-2005
	--Maine Community Foundation 2008-2009
	--New England Grass Roots Environment Fund 2006
	--George Mitchell Center for Watershed and Environmental Study University 
            of  Maine Orono
	--Island Foundation
	--General information and funding sources
	--GET WET!/Healthy Acadia

11. Groundwater
	--General, projects, papers & publications
	--Latona Springs
	--Blunts Pond 2002, notes of Ken Smith 2002
	--Gravel Pits 2003, Army Corps 2003, Pit monitoring 2006, Pit Restoration
	--Freshwater Initiative ca 2003-2009
		test wells, reports, emails, J Peckingham Reports, well survey 
                   information, promotion & press, history & summary, Aquifer Protection
                   Zone 2009
	--Freshwater Well Survey Report 2004-2005 forms, survey responses, 
                   Lamoine & Hancock Lots, Cold Water Spring Water Co.
	--Planning Board Well Survey 2002
	--Gerber Report 1983 well study
	--GET WET! 2004-2011, 2013 program & supporting materials

12. Conservation Awards, ca 2007-  recipients of award given annually by LCC at 
       town meeting for individual(s) who have made a contribution to conservation 
       efforts for the Town of Lamoine

13. Affiliations--correspondence, general information, brochures of LCC partners:
	Clean Water/Clean Shores
	Adopt A Highway/Roadside Pickup
	Maine Assoc. of Conservation Commissions (MEACC)
	Frenchman Bay Partners
	College of the Atlantic (COA)
	Mt. Desert Institute Biological Lab (MDIBL) Eelgrass Projects
	Maine Alliance for Water--AERIAL PHOTOS
	
14. Media DVDs/CDs
	--COA Land Use 2004
	--Shore Erosion 2012