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How Maine Sea Grant Works with York County

Maine Sea Grant
Marine Science for Maine People
Maine Sea Grant collaborates with communities to address problems and respond to opportunities in three major areas: ecosystem health, aquaculture, and fisheries. Website: http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/

Microbial Source Tracking Project
The Microbial Source Tracking Project investigated non-point source pollution in the Webhannet Estuary and Little River Estuary watersheds in Wells, Sanford and Kennebunk, Maine. This project focused on the Webhannet watershed the first year, and the Little River watershed the second year. Website: http://www.umseagrant-mst.org/

Contact Information
Kristen Whiting-Grant, Extension Associate
Maine Sea Grant & University of Maine
Cooperative Extension at the Wells Reserve
342 Laudholm Farm Road, Wells, ME 04090
Telephone: 207-646-1555 x115   Fax: 207-646-2930
Email: kristen.whiting-grant@maine.edu

Kristen Whiting-Grant is a member of the University of Maine Marine Extension Team, a collaboration of Maine Sea Grant and Cooperative Extension providing educational and applied research programs in coastal community development, ecosystem health, fisheries, aguaculture, and tourism.

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Volunteers conducting beach profiling.
Volunteers conducting beach
profiling.

A workshop on coastal erosion.
A workshop on coastal erosion.
 
 

A sign showing notification  that the area of the estuary is closed to shellfish harvesting.
 

 

 


Notification that the area of
the estuary is closed to shellfish harvesting.

A volunteer collecting water samples.
A volunteer collecting  water samples.