Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Maine DEP has several open positions we are looking to fill. To see the most up-to-date openings visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eEphf46x #nowhiring #hiring #jobopportunity #jobopening #hiringmaine #openforbusiness #applynow #jobapplication #equalopportunities #openings

Watershed Roundtable Meeting - November 22 in Augusta (Deering Building).     Register here for FREE: https://lnkd.in/gyuuKRVR AGENDA 8:30 – 9:00 Networking and Breakfast Snacks 9:00 – 9:15 Welcome and Introductions 9:15 – 9:45 Back River Creek Marsh Restoration Project, Woolwich - Ruth Indrick, Kennebec Estuary Land Trust 9:45– 10:25 Lessons Learned from December 2023 Flooding on the S. Branch Sandy River in Phillips, ME - John Field, Field Geology 10:25 -10:40 BREAK 10:40-11:20 Don't be Complicit, It's Illicit: Tales of Illicit Discharge Investigations - Jeff Spaulding & Cara Belanger, Stillwater Engineering 11:20- 12:00 Living Shorelines – Scenario Building Using the New OUR SHORE Guidelines - John Maclaine, DEP 12:00-12:15 BREAK & Lunch Set-up 12:15 – 1:15 Potluck Lunch 1:15 – 2:15 Full Group Roundtable - A Sharing of Minds - Come prepared to share information about projects, events, publications, and initiatives. 2:15 – 2:30 BREAK 2:30 – 3:30 Lightning Round Talks The Plot Thins: Agricultural Erosion in Aroostook County – Kirsten Thompson, DEP Adding Crushed Shell to Road Salt – Cindy Dionne, DOT How Friends of Casco Bay Collects Community Observations as Data – Sara Freshley, Friends of Casco Bay 6PPD-quinone from Tires to Streams – Tom Danielson, DEP Using CWSRF NPS Funding to Line Stormwater Pipes to Reduce Sewage Infiltration and Delivery to Willard Beach – Fred Dillion, City of South Portland 3:30 Final Remarks

"Every lake that we prevent these species from getting is hundreds of thousands of dollars we saved for taxpayers, for boaters, for people who live in the community, and for the wildlife." - Colin Holme

Wetlands filter and clean our drinking water, protect against flooding and provide important habitats for birds and other wildlife. But our wetland ecosystems are increasingly under threat. Since the 18th century, over 50% of wetlands in the lower 48 have been lost to development. TNC’s Global Board Chair Sen. Bill Frist, M.D. talks about the steps state and federal lawmakers can take to preserve the many benefits wetlands offer in his recent column in Forbes .

Get ready! We’re celebrating #EarthMonth and #CitizenScienceMonth all through April! Check out our brand new web portal for can’t-miss Earth Month content, from volunteer opportunities to the latest NOAA science news and more. noaa.gov/earthday Pictured: A doodled graphic of the Earth with the text “Every day is Earth Day” on it. The Earth is surrounded by drawings of nature including a desert, tropics, tundra, marine and deep sea environments, mountains, forests, rivers, and hills. Credit: NOAA Education/Kaleigh Ballantine. #EarthMonthNOAA #EarthDayNOAA #EarthDay2024

The Department has issued a draft general permit for the MCGP. The public is invited to submit comments to Mark Stebbins either via email or by mail. All comments must be received no later than 5:00 PM, April 19, 2024.

Wracking up the benefits! This is another example of nature-based solutions that make sense. "Wrack material placed on dunes can trap sand and assist with initiating natural dune-building processes, and through this method of wrack management, which is known as wrack-cycling, coastal communities are actually building protection for themselves while dealing with what they see as an economic problem.” Leigh Provost This method of wrack cycling is being studied in the Mobile District, an Engineering With Nature Proving Ground. Keep up with this ongoing research here: https://lnkd.in/gpa_g_PM Engineering With Nature is the intentional alignment of natural and engineering processes to sustainbly deliver social, economic, and environmental benefits. https://lnkd.in/dfQj5Ch U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), US Army Corps of Engineers, USACE Mobile District #naturebasedsolutions #nature #engineering #nbs #dunes #floodrisk #research

Alewife fish have been making a remarkable recovery in Maine's rivers. For Dan McCaw, fisheries biologist for the Penobscot Nation, that's something to celebrate. These efforts are getting a new boost from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to continue restoring and reconnecting fish passages in the Penobscot River. And it’s working - the 2023 alewife spawning run population was up to 6 million on the Penobscot which is up from near zero in 2010. Learn more: https://nature.ly/4a7IgKK

Looking for guidance and resources for what you can do to recover from the recent storms? Check out this resource page. #stormrecovery #coastalresilience