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The Need for Restoration

5/6/2012

 
Scarborough Marsh: The Need for Restoration  
Protection & Restoration Strategy for the Scarborough Marsh Watershed (Prepared for Friends of Scarborough Marsh by Normandeau Associates, Inc. and Terence J. Dewan & Associates. 2002)
The Scarborough Marsh: Historical Impacts, Current Conditions, and Restoration Potential (Maine Audubon. 1999)   This is the report that started it all! Shortly after the publication of Maine Audubon's report in 1999, a small group of concerned citizens and representatives from partner groups took the first steps to form the Friends of Scarborough Marsh.
Flooding and Erosion of Maine's Coastal Wetlands (Maine Sea Grant)

Mill brook water quality study

5/2/2012

 
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The Friends of the Scarborough Marsh (FOSM) has completed an eight month water quality study of Mill Brook, a tributary of the Nonesuch River. The project, focusing on a 1.7 mile stretch of the creek running from Sawyer Road, under US Rte 1 to the Eastern Trail, aimed to identify constraints the town faces in improving water quality to levels that would permit reopening clam flats for harvest. Overall, water quality was good, with one major exception: coliform bacteria rated as poor at all four sampling sites during every month except January, 2012. 


Fish Utilization of Restored...Salt Marsh Habitat

5/6/2010

 
Fish Utilization of Restored, Created, and Reference Salt-marsh Habitat in the Gulf of Maine (Michelle Dionne, Wells Reserve, 1999)

Mill Brook Restoration Project, Year 5

5/5/2010

 
Mill Brook Restoration Project, Year 5 Post-Restoration Monitoring Report & Project Report (Friends of Scarborough Marsh, 2010) 

Libby RIver, Year 3

5/2/2009

 
Libby River Restoration Project, Third Year Post-Construction Monitoring Report (Friends of Scarborough Marsh, 2010)

Restoration Strategies

11/4/2008

 
Scarborough Marsh: The Need for Restoration  (Friends of Scarborough Marsh)

Protecting Maine's Wetlands: Linking Maine's Past with Its Future (Lois Winter, Stewart Fefer, USWFS, National Wetlands Newsletter, 2007)

Maine's Salt Marshes: Their Functions, Values, and Restoration (Gulf of Maine Council)
This guide looks at key questions: What Are Salt Marshes? Who Needs Salt Marshes? Why Are Many Salt Marshes in Trouble? What Can Be Done to Improve Degraded Salt Marshes? 

Gulf of Maine Habitat Restoration Strategy (Gulf of Maine Council)

A Volunteer's Handbook for Monitoring Maine Salt Marshes (Ducks Unlimited, Maine SeaGrant, et al. 2004)

Avian Studies

5/6/2008

 
Important Bird Areas of Maine: An Analysis of Avian Diversity and Abundance. (2008. Compiled by Gallo, Hodgman, Camuso).

Methylmercury Availability in New England Estuaries as Indicated by Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Biodiversity Research Institute, 2004-2007)

Contaminant Study of Maine Bird Eggs (Biodiversity Research Institute, 2007)
Includes findings for Scarborough Marsh.
Assessing Habitat Selection by Foraging Egrets in Salt marshes (Carol Lynn Trocki and Peter W.C. Paton, The Society of Wetland Scientists) 

Protecting MainE's Wetlands

5/5/2008

 
Protecting Maine's Wetlands: Linking Maine's Past with Its Future (2007, Lois Winter, Stewart Fefer, USWFS, National Wetlands Newsletter)

Important Bird Areas

5/5/2008

 
Important Bird Areas of Maine: An Analysis of Avian Diversity and Abundance. (2008. Compiled by Gallo, Hodgman, Camuso).

Media 

5/6/2007

 
To read these, you will have to go to your local library. Sorry, no links available at this time.
Scientists Puzzled over Decline of New England Salt Marshes   (MPBN, 9/26/06)
Settlement money will help fund Scarborough Marsh's restoration   (PPH, 9/27/06)
Editorial: It turns out it was wrong to mess with Scarborough Marsh (PPH, 11/9/04)
Eastern Trail planners ready to cross Scarborough Marsh (PPH, 2/26/03)
Friends of Scarborough Marsh to raise awareness about pesticides and runoff pollution (PPH, 7/24/03)
Sand clogging Scarborough River mouth (PPH, 1/10/02)
Strategic plan for protecting Scarborough Marsh (PPH, 2/22/02)
Sprawl and invasive plants threaten Scarborough Marsh (PPH, 6/16/02)
Friends of Scarborough Marsh (PPH, 6/17/02)
Scarborough Estuarine Ecosystem Curriculum Project (PPH, 8/19/02)
Quick work keeps oil spill from spreading to Scarborough Marsh (PPH, 8/7/02)
Coalition of groups is working to restore Scarborough Marsh (PPH, 12/10/01)
Scarborough pollution study results to be presented  (PPH, 6/23/01)
Scarborough voters will be asked to approve $1.5 million in bonds to help pay for land preservation  (PPH, 9/19/00)
Scarborough Marsh: Maine's Fragile Gem (PPH/MST)
MPBN: Maine Public Broadcasting Network
PPH: Portland Press Herald
MST: Maine Sunday Telegram

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