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New Report Released on Region’s Coastal Water Quality The Maine Coastal Observing Alliance (MCOA) announced the release of its new report on the region’s coastal water quality. MCOA was formed in December 2014 to coordinate a regional effort to monitor coastal waters, particularly estuaries, and detect trends such as those related to ocean acidification and nutrient loading. Estuaries are the semi-enclosed areas where fresh water from streams and rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean. Both marine water from the ocean and fresh water coming off the landscape contribute to the water quality conditions in estuaries, which are critical …

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  The Damariscotta River Association’s newest trail has become “official” in that it has acquired a sign and a small parking area. The 15 acre preserve, on Rutherford Island, is located between Atlantic and Roderick Roads with the trailhead off of West Side Road. It was acquired several years ago through a DRA fundraising effort. Last year the organization’s volunteer “Trail Tamers” built a trail within the preserve, creating the only public-access trail on the island. This year, 14 bog bridges were constructed and laid in trail areas that tended to become muddy following wet weather. The trail passes near …

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A “Young Composers Showcase” concert was held on August 7 at at DRA’s Round Top Farm Darrows Barn. This was the fourth year that DRA and Salt Bay Chamberfest collaborated on the Music & Nature Camp at the DRA. Together, the educators of the Music & Nature Camp help the children to express the connections between nature and music. The camp concluded with this performance of nine new works of nature-inspired music composed by the children and played by Salt Bay Chamberfest musicians. Please check it out on our video page!

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A “Young Composers Showcase” concert will be held on Friday, August 7 at 4:00 p.m. at Damariscotta River Association’s Round Top Farm Darrows Barn, 3 Round Top Lane, Damariscotta. The event is brought to the community by DRA and Salt Bay Chamberfest, who have collaborated for this, the culminating concert of the fourth annual Music & Nature Camp at the DRA. The camp concludes with this performance of nine new works of nature-inspired music composed by children. Will Healy, teaching artist with the New York Philharmonic Very Young Composers Program and the internationally renowned Salt Bay Chamberfest musicians are working …

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Join DRA for one or all three shows in our celebrated Midcoast Music Fest! What a line up this year – Ghost of Paul Revere, Stream Reggae, David Mallett, The Mallett Brothers Band and more! Tickets are on sale at MidcoastMusicFest.com. Last year all shows sold out – don’t wait to the last minute. Maine’s best music, food, beer and oysters in the historic Darrows Barn at Round Top Farm!

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LMF Needs Your Help Land for Maine’s Future (LMF) is the state conservation bond program that brought you Dodge Point. It has been critical for many other DRA public access land conservation purchases as well, along with so many other good projects around the state. With cross-aisle support and usual passage in every county when on the ballot, this is a program Mainers of all stripes have embraced. But the program, including one of our projects – Crow Island – is threatened. The Governor continues to hold LMF funds hostage and ignore the will of the voters. For the second …

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