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Cleaning Up Great Bay – One Volunteer at a Time
If you look around the Seacoast, you will discover some remarkable volunteers helping to protect the Great Bay estuary. Recognizing that stormwater is a major source of nitrogen pollution, these...
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Environmental Appeals Board Affirms Newmarket Clean Water Act Permit
The effects of too much nitrogen in Great Bay: This eelgrass bed had 100% coverage in 2012.Photo credit: Dr. Fred Short 2013 As we have reported in the past, reducing nitrogen pollution from sewage...
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A Call to Action to Make Great Bay Estuary GREAT Again!
Get involved and help make Great Bay Estuary great again. Help Wanted – Clean Water Advocates for a Healthy Great Bay Looking for rewarding work that pays low wages (actually zero wages)? If so, I hope...
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Faces of Great Bay: David O’Hearn
David O’Hearn is a Bayman in New Hampshire’s Great Bay. David O’Hearn is not easy to reach. If you want to sit down and talk, you need to catch him at work or during a blizzard. Otherwise, he is out...
View ArticleGreat News for Great Bay
Great news from Exeter, New Hampshire: On Tuesday, the 11, 78% of registered voters said “Yes” to funding the first steps in building a new sewage treatment plant – one that will replace the current,...
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Getting Out on Great Bay Estuary
Our Great Bay-Piscataqua Waterkeeper program has made terrific progress in protecting our amazing Great Bay estuary, and we’re making real progress toward our immediate goal of acquiring and launching...
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Launching a New Phase of the Great Bay–Piscataqua Waterkeeper Program
The Great Bay–Piscataqua Waterkeeper vessel will be launched in the next week or so amidst absolutely no fanfare. The reason? We first need to take it out for a shakedown cruise and equipment tests....
View ArticleClean Water Advocates are Onboard for the Great Bay Estuary
Last year, in our ongoing work to engage the public in our efforts to protect the Great Bay estuary, we established a network of local residents who care about water – Clean Water Advocates for Great...
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Rainbow Smelt Declining in Great Bay
Are we losing yet another piece of our Great Bay ecosystem? After two winter seasons of declines in rainbow smelt, most recreational fishermen would likely say “yes.” The smelt run seems to be going...
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A Healthy Approach to Lawn Care
Is the organic approach to lawn care and the movement against the use of chemical pesticides becoming mainstream? That seemed to be the case recently when more than 100 folks attended two events – one...
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Portsmouth to Proceed with Long-Awaited, New Sewage Treatment Plant
The Portsmouth, New Hampshire, City Council recently reaffirmed its commitment to build a new sewage treatment plant at the site of the present antiquated facility on Peirce Island. Completion of the...
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Local Engagement, Local Waters
As Great Bay–Piscataqua Waterkeeper, I consider local public engagement to be key to restoring the health of the Great Bay estuary, and it’s a major part of my work. But even for those already aware of...
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Great Bay is Cleaner Today
On August 13th, Seven Rivers Paddling of Newmarket and Timberland of Stratham teamed up with Jeff Barnum, CLF’s Great Bay–Piscataqua Waterkeeper, to patrol several areas of the estuary, picking up...
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Exeter Forges Ahead on the Fertilizer Front
The Healthy Lawns-Clean Water committee in Exeter, NH, is forging ahead with new fertilizer restrictions in the town. Established by the Town and funded by a grant from the Piscataqua Region Estuaries...
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Kudos to Exeter – A Victory for Clean Water
This week’s vote in Exeter, NH was a pivotal one for the health of the Great Bay estuary, showing once again how much Seacoast residents care about clean water. At stake was the funding for a new...
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Another Critical Seacoast Vote for Clean Water
In a major victory for clean water, Portsmouth voted last week to fund major upgrades to its Peirce Island wastewater treatment plant – a facility that has been polluting the Piscataqua River for far...
View ArticleKudos to Exeter – A Victory for Clean Water
This week’s vote in Exeter, New Hampshire, was a pivotal one for the health of the Great Bay estuary, showing once again how much Seacoast residents care about clean water. At stake was the funding for...
View ArticleKudos to Exeter – A Victory for Clean Water
This week’s vote in Exeter, New Hampshire, was a pivotal one for the health of the Great Bay estuary, showing once again how much Seacoast residents care about clean water. At stake was the funding for...
View ArticleGreat Bay–Piscataqua Waterkeeper Vessel Launched for 2016!
The Great Bay-Piscataqua Waterkeeper vessel is back on the water for its third season. Following our launch earlier this month, the weather did not cooperate until last week. Interest is keen from...
View ArticleVideo: How Nitrogen Enters the Great Bay Estuary
As I’ve discussed in prior blogs, excess nitrogen is severely degrading the health of the Great Bay estuary. Click the video above to learn how nitrogen finds its way into the Bay. The post Video: How...
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