Friends of Casco Bay Reaches $$ Goal for Expansion of Program

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“The World is on fire. I want you to panic.” Greta Thunberg

The Friends of Casco Bay announced today that it has reached the $1.5 million goal for its climate change and Casco Bay Fund for Technology Monitoring and Community Engagement campaign that was announced last fall.

The funds will be used over the next decade to establish and maintain three oceangraphic Continuous Monitoring Stations to  collect data on how the Bay is changing.  Communicating those changing conditions to our community is paramount for advocating for policies and actions needed to adapt and address the impacts of climate change.

Already the Friends is putting the funds to use.  Staff Scientist Mike Doan has just launched a brand new Continuous Monitoring Station in Cundys Harbor, Harpswell.   The launch of a third station in Portland Harbor is imminent and will make a splash in the coming weeks.  These two new stations join our existing station off Yarmouth in collecting data on how the Bay is changing, every day, all year long.

Having three continuous monitoring stations is a game changer for us.  Together, these stations will survey conditions found across the Bay, from east to west.  This wealth of data strengthen our science and advocacy to protect the health of the Bay for years to come, according to a press release issued by Cathy L. Ramsdell, KCPA, Executive Director of Friends of Casco Bay.

For more background information on this project, please visit post  herein dated November 15, 2020.