Sold Out!

The Earth Day sale of compost bins by the Bremen Conservation Commission was a success way beyond what we ever imagined, a total of 140 bins! The pick up date for the bins is Saturday, May 23, 8 a.m. to noon, in the parking lot by the Bremen Fire Station.

A big thank you to everyone who participated in the sale, and a special thanks to Town Clerk Joanne McGregor who ended up fielding a lot of the phone calls and organzied our order forms.

The BCC did not make any profit on the compost bin sale; we sponsored it as a service to the citizens of Bremen and neighboring towns, and as a way for them to learn about us and what we do.

Crazy idea saved a piece of paradise By Bill Nemitz

A wonderful story of how people worked together to conserve land. A must read! Click on link below to read full story
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=249334&ac=PHnws

Calendar Photo

Do you have a favorite photograph you've taken in the Medomak Valley Watershed?  If so, why not submit it for the Medomak Valley Land Trust's 2010 Calendar. Deadline for submissions is April 30, 2009.  You may email photos to volmvlt@midcoast.com. Or mail to: Maria Jenness c/o Medomak Valley Land Trust, PO Box 180, Waldoboro ME 04572.   For details about the contest, and a map of the watershed, see the MVLT website, listed at the bottom right side of this page.  

 

Speaking of land trusts, Bremen is fortunate to be served by two outstanding local land trusts, MVLT and the Pemaquid Watershed Assocation.  Both have numerous spring and summer activites planned.  Check out their websites at the bottom right of this page.  

Biodiversity

Maintaining biodiversity is an important aspect of conservation efforts. Here's some information about scientific studies and reports on biodiversity.

For the first time, the science on Maine's freshwater animals and plans has been collected into one report, "Freshwater Biodiversity in Maine." The report includes every known freshwater species and habitat type in Maine, provides information on habitat types and threats to Maine's freshwater biodiversity, and offers recommendations to protect that biodiversity. The report can be viewed or downloaded from
www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mnap/aquatic/index/htm.

A study from the Environmental Law Institute www.eli.org/ called "Conservation Thresholds for Land Use Planners" provides a review and synthesis of information from the most up-to-date scientific literature for land use planners to use when making decisions affecting biodiversity. The report summarizes what is known within the scientific community about potential land use planning and design thresholds and offers general guidance on how to transform traditional planning aproaches into more ecologically-based conservation tools. The study may be downloaded from http://www.elistore.org/reports_detail.asp?ID=10839. We have Chuck McGregor to thank for letting us know about this study.