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Maine Beaches 2009

 

 

 

“This conference provides an excellent opportunity for exchanges of information on a vast array of beach related topics.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valuing Maine’s Beaches: Assets, Challenges and Actions for Today and Tomorrow was the theme at the annual Beach Conference held this July at the Southern Maine Community College in South Portland. DEP’s program manager for the Maine Healthy Beaches Program Mark Margerum was on hand to participate in a session outlining the trends at many southern Maine beaches highlighting beach profiles, shoreline erosion, dune restoration and water quality.

“This conference provides an excellent opportunity for exchanges of information on a vast array of beach related topics,” said DEP’s Mark Margerum.

DEP’s Dawn Hallowell was also on hand to respond to questions on how Maine’s Coastal Sand Dune rules affect coastal property. The conference served to bring together beach stakeholders with diverse interests and to present findings from the state’s beach monitoring programs.  Sponsors included the Southern Maine Community College, the Maine Coastal Program, Maine Sea Grant and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, SOS Maine, Maine Geological Survey, Surfriders Northern New England Chapter and the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Text and photos by Bob Demkowicz.

 

 

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