2007 - Friends of Casco Bay

Imagine…
Raw sewage pouring onto beaches and wetlands
Industrial outfalls creating wakes of foam in rivers and coastal waters
Ships discharging wastewater into scenic harbors
Citizens unable to make their voices heard by corporate polluters and indifferent governments
These scenes are no longer the norm,
thanks to a law championed 35 years
ago by a Maine Senator:
The Clean Water Act of 1972.
This one act, properly implemented,
has the potential to protect or restore
every water body in the United States.
Locally, there is one organization that
works for a cleaner Casco Bay:
Friends of Casco Bay.
Friends of Casco Bay is a nonprofit, communitybased organization dedicated to improving and
protecting the environmental health of Casco Bay.
We have worked for clean water by conducting
water quality monitoring at more than 100 sites
around Casco Bay for over 15 years, fighting a
billion-dollar industry in order to reduce and regulate cruise ship pollution, pressuring municipalities
to upgrade their sewage transport and treatment
infrastructures, educating homeowners on how
to grow green lawns without toxic pesticides and
fertilizers, and removing over 100,000 gallons of
vessel sewage with our own pumpout boat.
Critical to the success of Friends of Casco Bay is the
Casco BAYKEEPER®, a constant presence on the
waters of Casco Bay and in meetings that determine
the future use and protection of the Bay. Friends of
Casco Bay is one of the seven founding members of
the international coalition,
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In 2007, we celebrated 35 years of progress toward clean water.
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“Can we afford clean water? Can we afford rivers and lakes and
streams and oceans which continue to make life possible on this
planet? Can we afford life itself?...These questions answer themselves.”
This impassioned speech by Maine
Senator Edmund Muskie convinced his
colleagues to override President Richard
Nixon’s veto of the landmark legislation
to protect the nation’s rivers, lakes,
estuaries, and drinking water.
On October 18th, 1972, Congress
enacted the Clean Water Act.
Friends of Casco Bay acts on behalf
of these citizens, working to prevent
millions of gallons of raw sewage,
polluted runoff, and untreated industrial
waste from ending up in Casco Bay. In
our line of work, the Clean Water Act is
the most important piece of legislation
ever passed.
The goal of this historic law was
to ensure “fishable, swimmable,
drinkable” waters for all Americans by:
• Regulating discharges from
factories, farms, and other
pollution sources
• Building sewage treatment plants
• Requiring permits before wetlands
may be dredged or filled
• Requiring states to create and then
implement cleanup plans for their
polluted waterways.
Yet, we still have a long way to go to
fulfill the promise of the Clean Water
Act. Today, over 45% of the rivers and
lakes in the United States are still too
polluted to be safe for their designated
uses, such as fishing, swimming, and
supplying drinking water. Many bays
and bayous are considered “dead
zones,” where polluted runoff has
nearly depleted coastal waters of lifegiving oxygen. The EPA has assessed
35% of the nation’s bays and estuaries;
32% of these are impaired, primarily by
metals (especially mercury), nutrients,
and low dissolved oxygen.
The Clean Water Act authorizes the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
state agencies, and even private citizens
to take legal action against those who
violate the regulations of the Act. The
Clean Water Act gives “any citizen” the
authority to commence a civil action
against anyone, including the federal
or state government, who violates its
requirements.
As we reflect on the accomplishments of the first 35
years of the Clean Water Act, we have to ask ourselves,
What will be the state of our nation’s waterways—
including Casco Bay—35 years from now?
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Since 1989, Friends of Casco Bay
has been working to improve and protect
the environmental health of Casco Bay through
advocacy, water quality monitoring, education
and outreach, and collaborative problem solving.
Exemplary Management
On April 27th, Executive Director Cathy
Ramsdell, CPA, and Development
Director Will Everitt accepted the
First Prize Dirigo Award for Nonprofit
Excellence from Scott Schnapp,
Executive Director of Maine Association
of Nonprofits (left), for Friends of
Casco Bay’s exemplary business and
management practices.
Advocacy
We helped win passage of a state law
establishing a process to set limits
on the amount of nitrogen pollution
that can be discharged into Casco
Bay. Friends of Casco Bay and Casco
Baykeeper worked with Portland
Representative Herbert Adams and the
Maine Department of Environmental
Protection to help draft the bill, and
we provided much of the scientific
data that ensured action on this issue.
We continue to pressure municipalities
to get rid of combined sewer overflows
that send a toxic mix of contaminated
rainwater and raw sewage into Casco
Bay and to keep plowed, polluted
snow from being dumped into the Bay.
(left to right: Mike Doan, Joe Payne, Governor
Baldacci, Cathy Ramsdell, Herb Adams)
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Water Quality Monitoring
2007 marked our 15th year of
monitoring water quality in Casco
Bay. Friends of Casco Bay staff and
volunteer Citizen Stewards collected
water quality data at 53 sites around
Casco Bay. While we added 35 new
Citizen Stewards in 2007, we also
recognized three volunteers who
have been with the program since its
inception. One of those veterans, Erno
Bonebakker, said, “Being a Citizen
Steward is an opportunity to care for
an incomparable resource through
stewardship. It gives one a sense of
ownership and a connection far deeper
than just observing the Bay, giving
political support, or donating money.”
Engaging the Community
Not only do we talk about the Bay,
we take action to keep it clean. Our
pumpout boat serviced 240 recreational
boats in 2007, preventing nearly 5,000
gallons of raw sewage from being
discharged into Casco Bay. More than
140 educators and families learned
about Casco Bay through our Casco Bay
curriculum, tidepool walks, and shoreline
cleanups. Our BayScaping outreach
educated more than 120 homeowners
and horticulturists about how to grow
healthy lawns without pesticides and
fertilizers. We helped train 30 Master
Gardeners to provide program support.
Education and Outreach
We celebrated the 35th anniversary of
the Clean Water Act with nearly 200
friends of the Bay. Fishable, Swimmable,
Livable featured Terry Tamminen
(above), expert on global climate
change and former environmental and
policy advisor to California Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger. He linked the
lessons learned from the Clean Water
Act to strategies to cool the threat of
global warming.
A Team Approach
Along with our volunteers and seasonal
Pumpout Coordinators, Friends of
Casco Bay was staffed by eight fulltime people in 2007 and our first-ever
paid intern.
(front row, left to right) Sarah Maciejewski,
Cathy Ramsdell, Kristel Sheesley, Will Everitt,
Peter Milholland, (back row) Mary Cerullo,
Jeff Fetterer, Mike Doan, Joe Payne
2007 in brief
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advocacy
Casco BAYKEEPER® Joe Payne works to ensure that environmental laws
are enforced in our waters. One focus of his work in 2007 was ensuring
environmentally safe dredging by working collaboratively at the local, state,
and national levels.
Joe Payne sits on the Portland Harbor Dredge Committee, made up of
waterfront businesspeople, municipal employees, and other marine and
commercial interests. The group is pondering what to do with approximately
200,000 cubic yards of silt that has accumulated between Portland’s
wharves. Sediment testing around the Portland piers in 2004 determined
that many of these areas are contaminated with dangerously high levels of
pollutants. Pier owners are being squeezed between the need to dredge to
make their wharves fully functional again and the potentially astronomical
costs of removing contaminated soils. It’s an onerous burden on current
owners, since most of the contaminants generally came from past uses or
from stormwater runoff from city streets and combined sewer overflows.
At Joe’s suggestion, the Dredge Committee is looking at the pros and cons
of a disposal method called CAD—Confined Aquatic Disposal—which
essentially consists of digging a hole in the ocean floor in which to sequester
the contaminated sediments. This method seems to have worked in Boston
and in Rhode Island. Friends of Casco Bay will make sure that any disposal
option is environmentally sound before it gets our support.
In addition to discussing dredging along the waterfront, Joe has also been
working with the Army Corps of Engineers on plans to dredge the Portland
Harbor ship channel.
Since 1989, Friends of Casco Bay has been working
to improve and protect the environmental health of
Casco Bay through advocacy, water quality monitoring,
education and outreach, and collaborative problem solving.
What does the
Clean Water
Act say about
DREDGING?
Dredging must
not threaten
marine habitat
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According to Section 404, disposing of dredged
materials at sea is only to be approved if “no action”
or “disposal on land”are not reasonable alternatives.
“The Secretary [of the Army, acting through the Army
Corps of Engineers] may issue permits, after notice
and opportunity for public hearings for the discharge
of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters
at specified disposal sites”...if it is determined that
the discharge will not have “an unacceptable adverse
effect on municipal water supplies, shellfish beds
and fishery areas (including spawning and breeding
areas), wildlife, or recreational areas.”
Since 1989, Friends of Casco Bay has been working
to improve and protect the environmental health of
Casco Bay through advocacy, water quality monitoring,
education and outreach, and collaborative problem solving.
Our advocacy is based on science.
When we take a stand, polluters
are hard pressed to argue with
our position because it is based on
credible data, much of it collected
by our staff and Friends of Casco
Bay-trained, EPA-certified volunteers.
In addition to training 35 new
volunteers and conducting quality
assurance recertification sessions for
37 returning volunteers in 2007,
Friends of Casco Bay provided
training and technical assistance to
students at Bowdoin College and
Southern Maine Community College,
as well as volunteers of Friends of
Merrymeeting Bay.
In 2007, staff and volunteer Citizen
Stewards sampled at 53 sites around
Casco Bay. They collected baseline
data on water temperature, salinity,
pH, water clarity, and dissolved
oxygen, as well as monitoring for
nitrogen. Dissolved oxygen levels
at several sites continue to pose a
concern. The Stroudwater, Cousins,
and Royal rivers all exhibited low
oxygen concentrations at various
times during 2007. These same sites
also showed high concentrations of
dissolved inorganic nitrogen, another
worrisome condition that has been
seen in previous monitoring seasons.
Staff also sampled stormwater runoff
during heavy rains in May and July
2007 in one coastal neighborhood
in Cumberland. The toxic pesticide
2,4-D, used in Weed’N’Feed to kill
dandelions, was found in water
samples taken during the July rain
storm. Extremely high levels of fecal
bacteria were also found in the July
samples. Nitrogen and phosphorus,
components of fertilizers, were
detected in water samples from both
storms. When washed into coastal
waters, these nutrients can cause
algae blooms and degrade marine
water quality. Since we began testing
for lawn chemicals in stormwater
in 2001, we have sampled at 19
different sites in 10 communities
around Casco Bay.
water quality monitoring
What does the
Clean Water
Act say about
DOCUMENTING
WATER QUALITY?
Friends of Casco Bay’s
water quality data
goes to Congress
Section 305(b) requires the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency to collect
data from the states to compile a report
to Congress on the nation’s water quality
that must include “a description of the
water quality of all navigable waters in
such State during the preceding year, with
appropriate supplemental descriptions
as shall be required to take into account
seasonal, tidal, and other variations,
correlated with the quality of water
required by the objective of this chapter.”
Data from our Water Quality Monitoring
Program is included in the EPA’s National
Water Quality Inventory Report to Congress.
Our water quality monitoring has enabled
the State of Maine to re-classify parts
of Casco Bay to a higher water quality
designation, which automatically sets
a stricter limit on further pollutant
discharges. This provision of the Clean
Water Act enables communities to
implement measured improvements in
water quality.
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Since 1989, Friends of Casco Bay has been working
to improve and protect the environmental health of
Casco Bay through advocacy, water quality monitoring,
education and outreach, and collaborative problem solving.
What can you do to slow
global warming?
• Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
• Ensure your car is well tuned to
run at peak efficiency to reduce
air pollution.
• When purchasing a new car, opt
for one with high gas mileage.
• Have your furnace, wood stove,
and chimney checked and
cleaned annually so they operate
efficiently. This reduces airborne
pollution that can end up in the
ocean.
• Look for the Energy Star label
when purchasing new appliances.
• Purchase renewable power from
your electricity provider.
• Have an energy audit done of
your home.
• Switch to compact fluorescent
or LED light bulbs.
Everyone who attended our celebration of the 35th anniversary of
the Clean Water Act found that learning, fun, and cake are hallmarks
of any Friends of Casco Bay event. On Sunday, October 21st, 2007,
Friends of Casco Bay hosted Fishable, Swimmable, Livable: Making
the Clean Water and Climate Change Connection. We heard from
guest speaker Terry Tamminen, former Santa Monica Baykeeper,
Shakespearean scholar, and environmental advisor to California
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Terry described how we can apply
the strategies of the Clean Water Act to confront the emerging issue of
our time: climate change. In the absence of meaningful federal action
to reduce greenhouse gases, he said, the nation must respond from
the bottom up, with states, local governments, and citizens taking
the lead in addressing global warming. A few weeks after coming to
Maine, Terry was named one of the “50 people most likely to save the
planet” by the British newspaper The Guardian.
The anniversary event also celebrated the contributions of our Citizen
Stewards, other volunteers, service learning partners, student interns,
and members. These partners become advocates and educators within
their communities when neighbors see them testing at the water’s
edge or picking up trash from local beaches and coastal areas.
education and outreach
What does the
Clean Water Act
say about CITIZEN
INVOLVEMENT?
We are all guardians
of clean water
page eight
Sections 101(a)(2), 303(d), 309(g)(4), 402(b)(3)
and 404(h)(1) provide many opportunities for public
comment, including before the EPA or the state issues
permits to discharge water from an industrial site, a
sewage treatment plant, or a stormwater outfall. Citizens
may also comment before proposed changes to state
water quality standards are approved. The public also can
weigh in on a state’s proposed listing of “impaired water
bodies.” A state must provide data that demonstrates that
these water bodies do not meet water quality standards
and then provide a plan for how they will be improved.
Because of our credibility, we were
heeded when we raised the alarm about
a little-known, yet urgent problem in
Casco Bay: the “rise of slime.” Friends
of Casco Bay has amassed seven years
of water quality data on nutrients that
demonstrates that excessive amounts
of nitrogen are entering Casco Bay. This
data formed the basis of our advocacy
to help convince the Maine Department
of Environmental Protection that
it needed to begin to work on the
problem of nitrogen pollution.
By working collaboratively with
legislators, regulators, and regulated
communities, we helped pass a bill to
begin to develop nitrogen standards for
marine waters. Through outreach and
education, we continue to expose the
seriousness of nitrogen pollution.
LD 1297 Resolve, Regarding Measures
to Ensure the Continued Health and
Commercial Viability of Maine’s
Seacoast by Establishing Nutrient
Criteria for Coastal Waters:
Whereas, nutrient pollution is a source
of marine pollution, contributing to
nuisance algal growth, harmful red tides,
habitat impacts, and oxygen depletion in
Maine’s coastal waters; and
Whereas,
collaborative
problem
solving
nutrient pollution is
attributable to several forms of nitrogen
entering Maine’s coastal waters from
diverse sources, including industrial,
municipal, residential, atmospheric and
non-point sources, as well as offshore
inputs from natural phenomena; and
Whereas,
bays and estuaries in states
south of Maine, including the rest of
New England, already suffer significant
water quality degradation from nutrient
pollution…
This is the preamble to a bill drafted
with input from Friends of Casco Bay,
sponsored by Representative Herbert
Adams of Portland, and passed by the
Maine Legislature in 2007. The resulting
law directs the Maine Department of
Environmental Protection to reduce
marine pollution in coastal waters by
initiating discussions “with wastewater
treatment facilities and interested
organizations” (us) to draft a scope
of work and timeline for developing
nitrogen standards for Casco Bay,
“given the data available for that
region” (our data).
Since 1989, Friends of Casco Bay has been working
to improve and protect the environmental health of
Casco Bay through advocacy, water quality monitoring,
education and outreach, and collaborative problem
As every gardener knows, nitrogen is
essential for the healthy growth of all
living things. An overdose of nitrogen
in the ocean, though, triggers an
explosive growth of phytoplankton
and green algae. Within hours, days,
or weeks, the algae die, and then
bacteria attack them, consuming
dissolved oxygen and leaving less for
ocean animals and plants. Nitrogen
pollution comes from wastewater
treatment plants, fertilizers from
neighborhoods and farms, and
combined sewer overflows that divert
raw sewage and stormwater runoff
into the Bay when it rains. Nitrogen
also falls from the air as nitrous
oxides and acid rain from automobile
exhaust, smokestacks, chimneys,
and power plants. Excess nitrogen
can result in slime-choked clamflats,
extended red tides, fish kills, marine
mammal deaths, and outbreaks of
shellfish poisonings.
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What’s the problem
with nitrogen?
solving.
From the Executive Director
I grew up on Penobscot Bay back
before the Clean Water Act. In those
days, opportunities for employment
were plentiful as there were factories
and farms all over Waldo County. But
the downside of that, unfortunately,
was lots of pollution. The processing
of shrimp, sardines, and especially
chickens meant that fluid wastes went
straight into the Bay, along with our
raw sewage. Chicken blood meant
tides that were literally red year round,
and the chicken fat was so thick, the
Camden schooner fleet was loath to
come into Belfast harbor during those
infamous Pen Bay fogs because the fat
would grease their hulls and inevitably
go rancid on subsequent hot days. Not
good for tourism, let alone the marine
ecology of the coast of Maine. It was
much the same here in Casco Bay.
Here we are, decades after the passage
of the Clean Water Act, and what a
difference. While there is still much to
be done, there are dramatically fewer
straight pipes dumping toxic mixtures
into our rivers and coastal waterways.
What does the Clean
Water Act say about
“AN ESTUARY
OF NATIONAL
SIGNIFICANCE”?
Casco Bay is officially
recognized as a
special place
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Casco Bay, as well as Pen Bay, are
dramatically more fishable, swimmable,
and livable. The economic vitality
of tourism in this state now is largely
concentrated on the coast.
These days, threats to our water
quality tend to be of the nonpoint
source variety – stormwater runoff,
snowmelt, air deposition of pollutants,
and combined sewer overflows. Here
at Friends of Casco Bay, we endeavor
every day to investigate these threats
to the water quality of the Bay,
leverage good science to collaborate
with disparate groups to advocate for
what is best for the Bay, and educate
ourselves and our community about
what each of us can do differently to
reduce the potentially environmentally
harmful effects of our lifestyles.
Casco Bay belongs to all of us. We’ll
keep keeping an eye on the Bay. We
hope you will, too.
Cathy L. Ramsdell, CPA, Executive Director
To those of us who cherish Casco Bay, it is not surprising
that it is the only water body in Maine to be designated
“an estuary of national significance” under Section 320
of the Clean Water Act. Casco Bay is one of 28 estuaries
in the nation with special protection under the EPA “to
collect, characterize, and assess data on toxics, nutrients,
and natural resources within the estuarine zone to
identify the cause of environmental problems…and…
assess trends in water quality, natural resources, and uses
of the estuary.”
2007 Revenue
Financials
Corporate
Donations
$55,695
Miscellaneous Income
$24,031
Tranfers from Restricted
2007 Revenue and Expenditures Funds$33,585
Gifts In-Kind Individual
$135,680
Contributions
$168,534
Transfer of Endowment
2007 Revenue and Other Support
Earnings $43,020
Foundation
Fundraising Events
Individual Contributions
$168,534 Grants
$26,763
Corporate Donations
55,695 Government $144,610
Grants and
Foundation Grants
144,610 Grants for Future
Contracts
Government Grants and Contracts
126,474 Periods $36,500
$126,474
Nonprofit Revenue
12,111
Nonprofit Revenue
Grants for Future Periods
36,500 $12,111
Fundraising Events
26,763 Transfer of Endowment Earnings
43,020 Transfers from Restricted Funds
33,585 Miscellaneous Income
24,031 Gifts In-Kind
135,680 Development
Total 2007 Revenue & Other Support 807,003 $85,693
Baykeeper
Program
Office
and
2007 Expenditures
$333,582
2007
Expenditures
Baykeeper Program
Water Quality Monitoring Program
Vessel Pumpout Program
BayScaping and Stormwater
Sampling Program
Office and Administration
Development
Total 2007 Expenditures
Net Operating Surplus Comparative Balance Sheet
As of
12/31/07
BayScaping &
Stormwater Sampling
$333,582 Program $10,534
174,609 29,722 Vessel Pumpout
Program $29,722
10,534 99,605 85,693
733,745 $73,258
As of
12/31/06
Assets
Cash and Equivalents
$260,426
$229,698
Endowment at Market Value 1,122,514
1,033,282
Fixed Assets at Book Value
38,278
29,269
TOTAL ASSETS
$1,421,218
$1,292,249
Liabilities
Accounts Payable
$12,809
$17,931
Accrued Vacation Liability
18,511 16,375
Total Liabilities
31,320
34,306
Net Assets
Unrestricted - Undesignated
70,413 42,664
Unrestricted - Designated 1,246,358
1,148,117
Temporarily Restricted
73,127 67,162
Total Net Assets
1,389,898 1,257,943
TOTAL LIABILITIES
AND NET ASSETS
$1,421,218 $1,292,249
Administration
$99,605
Water Quality
Monitoring
Program
$174,609
The Baykeeper Endowment is managed by the Maine Community
Foundation. Once a year, funds are transferred from accumulated
earnings on the Endowment over to Friends of Casco Bay to support
the Baykeeper Program.
Endowment Fund Activity for 2007
For the Year Ended
12/31/07
Balance at Beginning of Year $1,033,282
Pledge Payments Received
New Gifts Received
Interest and Dividends
21,112
Gains in Market Value
120,063 Transfer to Operations
(43,020)
Administrative Fees
(8,923)
Balance at End of Year
$1,122,514
For the Year Ended
12/31/06
$932,848
12,690
430
17,469
114,853
(36,930)
(8,078)
$1,033,282
Activity Since the Inception of the Endowment Fund, 2001-2007
Total Contributions Received to Date
$752,268
Earnings - Interest and Dividends
94,434
Gains in Market Value
470,108
Less: Administrative Fees
(37,676)
Transfers to Operations to Support the
Baykeeper Program in 2004 through 2007
(156,620)
Balance as of December 31, 2007
$1,122,514
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plans for 2008
Looking ahead to some of our top priorities for protecting
Casco Bay in the coming year, we anticipate we will:
• Meet with sewage treatment operators and municipal
officials, in conjunction with the Maine Department
of Environmental Protection, to discuss strategies and
technologies to limit nitrogen pollution and to assist the
State in the process of setting limits for nitrogen inputs
to Casco Bay
• Work with municipalities, state agencies, marine
businesses, and others on oil spill preparedness,
dredging, combined sewer overflows, coal tar
remediation, snow dumping proposals, waterfront
development projects, and other emerging issues
• Conduct monthly, surface-to-bottom water quality
sampling at 10 offshore stations by boat
• Monitor water quality at 40 shoreside sites by volunteer
Citizen Stewards for the 16th year
• Document the levels of nitrogen in Casco Bay through
intensive monitoring at more than 50 stations
• Expand nitrogen sampling, as needed, to collect more
data to inform the Maine Department of Environmental
Protection’s plan for setting criteria for Casco Bay
• Educate homeowners about strategies to reduce their
use of fertilizers and toxic pesticides
• Help establish criteria to identify lawn care professionals
who can provide ecological landscaping services
• Organize shoreline cleanups and other community
efforts to improve and protect the Bay
• Increase our use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
to enhance the presentation of our water quality data
• Collaborate with teachers to incorporate our placebased Casco Bay Curriculum into their classrooms
• Expand our Speakers Program, accepting engagement
requests where we can talk about specific initiatives
tailored to the interests and concerns of each community
• Continue to play an essential role in reducing vessel
sewage discharges into the Bay through the Vessel
Pumpout Program, educating boaters, and acting
as a liaison between the Maine Department of
Environmental Protection and those marinas in
out-of-service mode.
• Work with the Town of Cumberland and the Maine
Board of Pesticides Control to sample stormwater for
pesticides, fertilizers, and bacteria
Nationally, about two-thirds
of all water pollution comes
from stormwater runoff.
Nitrogen pollution falls within
this parameter. Section 402(p)
requires permits for municipal,
industrial, and construction
discharges; its enforcement will
result in a meaningful reduction
in stormwater pollution.
page twelve
What does the Clean
Water Act say about
POLLUTED RUNOFF?
Stormwater runoff is the
Number One pollutant of
our nation’s water bodies
We Are Protecting the Bay Thanks to You…
Friends of Casco Bay appreciates the many members and
supporters who are partners in our work to protect Casco Bay.
The following list includes those who made gifts to Friends of
Casco Bay between January 1 and December 31, 2007. If we
have missed your name, please accept our apologies and call
Will Everitt at (207) 799-8574 to correct our error.
Corporate Founder
L.L. Bean
Foundations
The Aldermere Foundation
Anonymous
Apple Lane Foundation
Katharine J. Baker Charitable
Lead Unitrust
Block Island Maritime Funding
Virginia Wellington Cabot
Foundation
Cumberland County
Environmental Fund of
the Maine Community
Foundation
Edward H. Daveis
Benevolent Fund
Davis Conservation Foundation
The Peter & Maria Dubois
Foundation Inc.
The EASTER Foundation
Fiddler Fund of the Maine
Community Foundation at
the recommendation of
Dan & Joan Amory
Fisher Charitable Foundation
Fox Family Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
GE Foundation
GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
The Robert & Dorothy
Goldberg Charitable
Foundation
The Roy A. Hunt Foundation
Intuit Foundation Donation
Matching Program
William S. Jelin Foundation
Kay E. Dopp Fund of the
Maine Community
Foundation
The Peter & Kathleen Leslie
Fund, Vanguard Charitable
Endowment Program
Steven Leuthold Family
Foundation
Maine Community
Foundation
Maine Community
Foundation at the
recommendation of
Michael & Nancy Beebe
Maine Community Foundation
at the recommendation of
Bill & Patty Zimmerman
Robert W. & Gladys S.
Meserve Charitable Trust
The Miley Foundation
Network for Good
New Hampshire Charitable
Foundation
Oak Foundation
Orchard Foundation
The Philanthropic Collaborative
The Redmond Family
Foundation
Rines/Thompson Fund of
the Maine Community
Foundation
The Charles Schwab
Corporation Foundation
Harold W. & Mary Louise
Shaw Foundation
The Seth Sprague Educational
& Charitable Foundation
Stockman Family Fund
of the Fidelity Charitable
Gift Fund
Anna Marie and John E.
Thron Fund of the Maine
Community Foundation
Vanguard Charitable
Endowment Program
Wallis Foundation
William P. Wharton Trust
YSI Foundation
Public Sector Support
Casco Bay Estuary Partnership
City of South Portland
School Department
City of South Portland
Water Resource Protection
Gulf of Maine Ocean
Observing System
Maine Association of
Nonprofits
Maine Department of
Environmental Protection
MaineShare
Portland Water District
St. Mary’s Garden Club
U.S. Gulf of Maine
Association
Mariner Level
Anonymous
Diversified Communications
Cheryl A. & George L.
Higgins III
Charles G. & Emily E. Moore
OSG Ship Management, Inc.
Navigator Level
Marge & Robert Healing
Dr. & Mrs. Peter and Ann
LeBourdais
Beth & Adam Taylor
Portland Pipe Line Corporation
Beacon Level
Laura & Warren S. Empey
Pam & John Fridlington
Brigitte & Hal Kingsbury
Helen & Walter Norton
Patagonia Outlet
Henry & Jan Rines
Captain Level
Anonymous
Louise B. Appleton
Greg Barmore
Stanley T. Bennett
Barbara Chilmonczyk, MD &
Richard M. Engel, MD
Contech Stormwater
Solutions, Inc.
Joan L. Dayton
Mrs. Emerson H. Drake
ExxonMobil
Suzanne Fox & Moritz Hansen
FPL Energy Maine, Inc.
The Gilmartins
Leon A. & Lisa M. Gorman
Anne Henshaw
Meg & Mike LePage
Kathleen & Peter M. Leslie
John R. McKernan Jr. &
Olympia Snowe
Nena M. Norton
Michael Perry & Chris Wolfe
Dorothy S. Ryan
Joan & Scott Samuelson
Sprague Energy Corporation
Richard & Kathleen Stevens
Charles & Nan Stockman
Mr. & Mrs. W.J. Stoloski
Mr. & Mrs. John W. White
Judy & Doug Woodbury
Wright Express Corporation
Pier Group Level
Anonymous
Shergul & Alison Arshad
John & Susan Beaman
Mr. Roger K. Berle
Bradford Bowman
Madeleine G. Corson
Jesse C. & Jean Deupree
DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant
Henry L. & Lucy
Davis Donovan
East Coast Yacht Sales
One of the strongest tools a Waterkeeper
has is the Citizen Suit provision, Section 505,
which allows those acting for the environment
to enforce the Clean Water Act through the
courts. Waterkeepers, such as Casco Baykeeper
Joe Payne, literally speak for their individual
members. Our supporters, in turn, provide
the grassroots constituency that may be
called upon to influence polluters, reporters,
municipalities, state agencies, and politicians.
“Any citizen may commence a civil action on
his own behalf against any person (including
the United States, and any other governmental
Because of your support, we are protecting and
improving Casco Bay. Our donors are the foundation
of Friends of Casco Bay. More than 90 percent of our
members renew each year, a tribute to your loyalty
to ensuring a clean Casco Bay.
Gregory G. & Judith Fergin
Paul Gregory
Meredith & Myron Hamer
Ms. Sally Heald
Al & Dawn Hoffman
Sherry F. Huber
Lewis & Elizabeth Incze
Frank Ingari Jr. &
Margaret A. Sullivan
Anthony R. Jessen
John & Betsy Kelly
Laurel & Richard LaBauve
Althea & Bob McGirr
Alan McIlhenny Jr. &
Elizabeth Ackerson
David & Brenda Miley
James F. & Amy Nolan Osborn
Joe & Kim Payne
Malcolm F. Poole
Mary Ann Sanford
Maxine R. Sclar
Cheryl & Tim Seavey
Ms. Mary Minor Smith
Thomas A. Toye III
Unum
John Wilson & Susan
Hudson-Wilson
Edward M. Woodin
Patron Level
Louis J. Appell, III
William G. &
Penelope K. Bardel
Charles & Ida Barr
Donald M. & Tracy V. Booth
Kenneth Brown
Frank & Ruth Butler
Marie Harris Clarke
Dr. & Mrs. Mylan &
Maya Cohen
Contech Stormwater
Solutions, Inc.
DeLorme
George & Joyce Denney
Mr. & Mrs. Charles
W. H. Dodge
Thomas R. & Margaret
Ryan Downing
Phillip G. Drew
Pete & Kelly Dufour
East Brown Cow
Management, Inc.
Richard & Betsy Eiseman
Mr. & Mrs. Gunnar Elofson
Bev Engel & Paul Schrodt
Tom Franklin
Karlee S. & Robert H. Gifford
John W. & Jean K. Gulliver
H.M. Payson & Co.
Bill & Lynn Heinz
Albert H. & Marcia W. Hunker
Patricia Ianni &
Mark Sundermann
Carol & Saul Katz
Bud & Wendy Kellett
Maine Bank & Trust
Judith & John F. Marsh
(Paul’s Marina)
Harold A. McInnes
David R. Millar
Mr. Stephen Milliken
Martha B. & David O’Brien
Portland Pilots, Inc
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence R. &
Jean V. Pugh
Dick & Lynn Pulsifer
Gigi & Tom Quinby
Cathy L. Ramsdell
Kathryn Reid
Resource Associates
Kenneth D. &
Caroline D. Roberts
Sabre Corporation
Meredith S. S. Smith
Janet M. Sortor
A. Holmes & Didi Stockly
Philip K. Thayer
Drs. Elizabeth H. &
Lee L. Thibodeau
Elise & Neil W. Wallace
Mr. & Mrs. Monte J. Wallace
Nicholas & Ellen Walsh
Charles D. & Lee Whittier
Anne R. & Robert E. Wood
Amy H. Woodhouse &
Tobey Scott
Carol DeTine &
Roger F. Woodman Jr
Guardian
Anonymous
Apostolos &
Mary Janet Aliapoulios
Jim & Melissa Allen
Paula A. & Roger B. Allen
Heidi Almy & Scott Schnapp
American Carpentry Service
Rachel & Tom Armstrong, Sr.
Adrian & Ellie Asherman
Sally & Samuel Ballard
Barber Foods
Elizabeth H. &
Robert K. Barton
John H Bennett & Abigail Snyder
instrumentality or agency to the extent
permitted by the eleventh amendment to
the Constitution) who is alleged to be in
violation of
(A) an effluent standard or limitation
under this chapter or
(B) an order issued by the Administrator
or a State with respect to such a
standard or limitation.”
So far, Friends of Casco Bay has not had to
sue anyone in our watershed, but it remains
an option if negotiation fails.
Macky Bennett
Nancy & Arnold Bennett
Henry L. & Hildegarde B. Bird
Alyssa G. Bishop &
Mitchell W. Feeney
Erno R. & Victoria B.
Bonebakker
Arthur J. & Kate Borduas
Carl E. & Patricia Bredenberg
David & Pam Brennan
George & Deborah Brett
Gayle Briggs & Joe Sukaskas
Ms. Barbara A. Busby
Richard & Linda Busby
Ms. Mary G. Callanan
Douglas & Linda A. Cardente
Mr. & Mrs. Paul &
Stephanie Castle
Elizabeth Chapman
Marcel Chasse
Edwin Chester &
Barbara Vestal
Judith M. & Andrew Coburn
James Reed Coles &
Sudie Reid
Bill & Martha Cooper
Patrick C. &
Joyce Taylor Coughlan
Douglas & Leslie Couper
Dr. Larry Crane
John J. Cray
Peter W. Culley
Eliot R. &
Melanie Stewart Cutler
Justice Howard H. Dana Jr. &
Ms. Susan Dana
Richard P. Dana
Ruth L. Darling
Jim & Marjorie Dawson
Dickonson R. &
Katrina Debevoise
Brent D. &
Christine S. DeMichael
Hiram & Beth L. Dexter
Robert J. & Jane E. Doan
Priscilla & Dale Doucette
David H. & Kathy Drake
Dry Dock Restaurant & Tavern
Stephen Edmondson
Frederick C. Emery Jr.
Will Everitt
Christina & John Ferland
Benson & Patricia Ford
Arthur & Beth Fournier
Mrs. Sally C. Fowler
Ed Friedman
What does the
Clean Water Act
say about OUR
CONSTITUENTS?
Our members and our
volunteers are our most
effective advocates
page thirteen
Patricia Galbreath
Ed & Joyce Gervais
Nicholas M. Gess
Mr. & Mrs. Dino Giamatti
George & Martha Gilmore
Marcia & Walter Goldfarb
Ellen Goodman & Robert Levey
Don & Lucy Gower
Marie Z. Graves
Martin Grimnes
Susan & Lawrence Guertin
William & Ann Hall
Dagmar S. &
Robert W. Hamilton
Lin Peyton & Morris Hancock
Handy Boat Serivce, Inc.
Montagu & Marcia G. Hankin
David & Karen Haskell
Mr. Daniel W. Hildreth
David F. &
Elizabeth Hobart Hinchman
Phillip & Shoshana Hoose
& Family
Alix W. Hopkins
Holly & Peter J. Horne
David & Rebecca Hotelling
William H. & Julie L. Howison
Carol Hubbard &
Richard Fontana
Robert M. & Joan D. Hunziker
Sue Inches & Bob Sessums
Inverness Medical
Professional Diagnostics
Shephard & Nancy Johnson
Einar A. Juhlin MD
Ken & Martha Keller
Cole & Margie Kelly
John C. Kenefick
William Clark Ketcham
R. Ross & Dale Ketchum
Judy & Walter Kimball
Edward A. Klepacki Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William T. Knowles
Robert Kramer &
Kristine Saunders
Mark & Wendy Labrecque
Bill Lane & Susan Wortman
Frank G. & Mary Ann Leavitt
Captain Richard W. &
Eileen Fletcher Leighton
Peter C. Lincoln
Cynthia L. Lord
Macauley Lord & Carol Lestock
Alan Lukas
Stuart & Carol MacDonald
Jeff & Sally Madore
Maine Parts & Machine, Inc
Wiggy & William R. Martin
Frederick B. Martindale
Deborah McCoy
Robert McGuire
Heather McLennan
Jean McManamy
Sarah S. Meacham
Barbara & Richard Merrill
Jeanne M. Meserve &
Jeffrey E. Blount
Charles & Judy Micoleau
Millennium Communications
Group, Inc.
Maureen Miller
Judy Miskell
Peter & Matilda Mitsakos
William Moody
Margaret & Mason Morfit
Daniel Morgenstern &
Moriah Moser
Morong Falmouth
Diana Moxhay
Mary & Randall R. Mraz
Marilyn Wilcox Murphy
Leonard & Merle Nelson
Richard & Ann Dins Nemrow
Anne & Ben Niles
Julie A. Nisbet
Eliza Cope & Jonathan Nolan
Northern Data Systems, Inc
Norway Savings Bank
Dr. & Mrs. Charles E. &
Eugenia L. O’Brien
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Oldfield
Clifton C. & Susan W. Olds
John C. Orestis
Alfred L Padula Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John Van C. Parker
Don & Nancy Perkins
page fourteen
Perkins Olson PA
Hugh & Norma Phelps
Walter & Joan Phillips
Lynn & MacGregor Pierce
Portland Schooner Company
Bruce G. Potter
Paul H. Potter MD
Ethel T. Price
Kristie L Rabasca
Lou & Mona Rabineau
George W. Rapp Jr.
Gregg Raymond &
Jamien Jacobs
Henry W. Rhoads
George &
Constance Richardson
Brian & Cathy Roberts
Bonita B. Rodden
Harvey R. &
Michele Range Rosenfeld
Kathleen Schenck &
David W. Row
Anne M. Royer
Terre Rushton & Charles Sisk
Allen Ryan
Lucy & Richard Sallick
Theodore J. Samuel
Rev. John E. & Susan Scavo
Jenny Scheu & John W Ryan
Jeffrey M. Schwartz
Cornelia & Curtis Scribner
Seabee Electric, Inc.
Norman & Mary Seagrave
J. Scott & Janice M. Searway
Elizabeth & John Serrage
Alan & Ellen Shaver
Tom Shyka & Laney Brown
Mr. Robert E. Siegel
Stuart & Elizabeth Smith
Smith Boatyard
Anne & Tom Snyder
David Spahn
Dick & Alice Spencer
Bill Stauffer
Paul & Dodo Stevens
Joanne P. & Robert B. Stewart
Ann Strout
Richard & Louise Sullivan
Linda & Charles D. Swanson
Ms. Sara L. Thompson
Lloyd & Jacquelyn Turner
Marion L. & Willard G. Ulmer
Jake & Jennifer Van Beelen
Dr. Philip J. &
Claudette C. Villandry
Karen Wallingford
Willard C &
Daphne G Warren
Mary Lane Webster
Eric & Tracy Weinrich
David Ruff & Jane Wellehan
Nils H. Wessell
Charles & Susan White
Thomas W. Whyte
James A. Willey Jr.
Alice T. & Charles F. Wilson
Mrs. Louise D. Winninghoff
Jeremy R. Wintersteen
Charles R. &
Merrill C. Woodworth
Family Level
Eileen & Lee Adams
Al & Mary Ahlers
Diana B. & Thomas H. Allen
Mrs. Betsy B. Allyn
Debra Andrews
Anonymous
Anonymous
Frederick R. &
Jennifer G. Aronson
Robert & Linda Ayotte
Shirley W. Babb
Ted & Terry Bailey
Joyce T. & Walton A. Baker
Edward P. Barker Jr.
F. Herbert & Liese Barnes
Betsy & Dan Barrett
Nicholas T. Bennett
Marta & Robert Bent
Emil H. & Nancy M. Berges
Andrew Bertocci &
Jeanie Barnard
Alexander Blachly
William C. Blaiklock PE
Lynda J.R. &
Christopher A. Bond
James & Donna Boyles
Mr. & Mrs.
Thomas W. Bradley
Anne M. Bramsen
Rudolph R. & Rita Breton
Caroline O. Brew
Joanne & Tim Brokaw
Mr. & Mrs. Fletcher Brown
Meredith Strang Burgess
Bob & Sue Buxbaum
Andrew A. & Lindsey F. Cadot
Mrs. Sandra M. Carder
Ed & Joan Carrier
Everett B. &
Dana Porter Carson
Frank & Ruth Coffin
Jane & Lincoln Colby
Gloria & Peter Colli
John C. Cooney &
Lucile A. Heilshorn-Cooney
John A. Corson
Michael Curci
Monique & Peter F. Curtis
Cushings Island
Conservation Corporation
Enid S. & John P. Dana
Beth L. DeTine &
Paul D. Gray
Peggy & John T. Dinan
John & Sandi Donnelly
Mary Dunn & Ronald Shapiro
Dorothy & Philip Dyer
Harold & Susan Edwards
Elizabeth Ehrenfeld
Carol E. & William Emerson
John B. & Marilyn Faison
Susan Farady, Douglas Wilber,
& Kate Farady Wilber
Peter J. & Patricia A. Fetterer
Cathryn Field
Patricia & Donald Foote
A. Myrick Freeman III &
Claire Darrow
John R. Freeman &
Monica L. Stevenson
James E. &
Mary Catherine Freilinger
Carolyn Fritz
Lincoln Fuller &
Martha Mayne
Kevin Gallagher & Mia Dyson
Maura Gallagher
Louise M. Gardiner
Adam Gardner &
Lauren Sullivan
Madeleine S. &
Terrence D. Garmey
Cynthia Gasik
F. Gregory &
Cynthia L. Gause
W. Stephen Gefvert
John D. Gleason &
Katrina Van Dusen
Phyllis & Samuel Greene
Richard Greene
Charles Gregory
Barbara Parker Hadlock
Gardiner A. Hall
Richard D. & Andrea Hall
Harbor Fish Market, Inc.
Michael R. Helfrich
Weld & Mary Henshaw
John R. Henson
Roger D. & Charlotte Hewson
Edward R. &
Elizabeth M. Hillman
Philip H. Hoff
William Hollenbach
Marion Holshouser
Joan T. Horton
Elizabeth A. Howe &
Leonard M. Passano
Lois & Albert Howlett
Rev. William &
Jane S. Inderstrodt
Judy Johanson
Martha K. Johnson-Vackar
Richard Kania
Julie B. Kavaliauskas
Elizabeth Kean
Jack & Annabelle Kellogg
Christopher A. Kendall
Rev. Robert Lane &
Rev. Fidelia Lane
Laura Ruth Lane-Reticker
Leif E. LaWhite
Robert & Elizabeth Lemieux
Mary K. Levy
Alan D. Lishness &
Deborah R. Peck
Theodore W. &
Consuelo S. Logan
Jeffrey Longcope
Howard B & Kathy Lowell
Henry & Carol Lukas
Shirley L. Mac Gregor
Kathleen McCarthy
William A. &
Roberta W. McCuskey
McElman, Inc.
Malcolm &
Marjorie H. McFarland
Francis & Susan McGinty
Richard Mersereau &
Bette Spettel
Florence Roome Meyer
Robert & Christine Millar
Susan C. & William K. Millar
Marc Miller
Peter Miller &
Becky Schumacher
Anne M. & John Moffitt
Livy H. & John H. More
Mr. Philip L. Munn, Jr.
William M. Murray Jr
John V. & Kim A. Najarian
Robert & Susan Nielsen
J. Hamilton &
Margaret A. Nygren
Thomas O’Connor &
Deborah Weldon
Peggy L. & Harold Osher
James C. Otis
Beth & Tony Owens
Jon S. & Marjorie B. Oxman
George C. &
Eleanor S. Patterson
Robert Howes Pawle
Lawrence A. Perkins
Jane & Richard W. Petersen
Dr. Milton C. Pettapiece , Jr.,
M.D.
Pamela P. & Peter Plumb
Charles A. Poole
Michael & Barbara Porter
Victoria Powers &
Garrett Tilton
Barbara F. &
Edward T. Preneta
Lois Galgay Reckitt
Rebecca Reinhart &
Will Plumley
Ursula Richter
Curtis Rindlaub
Richard M. Roderick
Thomas W. Roeber
Barbara & Irwin Rosenberg
Mrs. Virginia T. Rothschild
C. Michael Sandberg
Mr. & Mrs. Alden H. Sawyer Jr
Nancy & Bill Sawyer
Mathew Scease &
Maureen Drouin
Edward & Molly Scheu
Hillary C. Scott
Judy & Ken Segal
Joan Sheedy
Ed & Priscilla Simmons
Robin Singer
F. James Skinner
Craig Small &
Suzanne Johnson
Robert Pease Smith
Sarah Smith &
James Nelson Kise
Daniel B. Sobel &
Kira Wigoda
John & Sylvia Sowles
Pat & Nick Spencer
Christopher & Eunice St. John
John Kelly Sullivan &
Elizabeth A. Sullivan
Sally Sutton
William Bradshaw Swanson
Mark A. Taggart
Burton & Carol Taylor
Philip Schuyler &
Cynthia A. Thaxter
Henry C. & Ingrid Thomas
Hall Thompson
Mr. & Mrs.
Harleigh V. S. Tingley
Jennifer Tipton
Paul & Linda Towne
Marilyn K. & Martin Traiser
Susan E. & Woody Trask
Wilbur C. &
Mary Jane Trautman
Ellen & Jeff Van Fleet
Robin C. &
Lawrence C. Walden
Mary Wallace
Ronald W. & Judith A. Walters
Seth H. Washburn
Weaver Household
SarahRose Werner
Mrs. Jean D. Whiting
James A. Willey &
Catherine M. Steele
Mary & Wesley Willink
Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert L. Wilson
Sherod Anne Yancey
Marla Zando & Ken Fengler
John & Libby Zerner
Supporter Level
David A. Andrews
Carole J. Ansheles
John & Natalie Atkinson
Stephen R. Aylward
Ed & Ruth Benedikt
Nathan A. Brackett
Susan & Charles Breen
Susan & Ernest Burgess
Anne D. & Stephen Burt
Franklin W. &
Carolyn A. Carney
Mary & Arthur Cerullo
Clint & Elisabeth Chase
Fred & Harriet Clark
A. Gordon Clarke Jr.
Benjamin H. &
Virginia R. Cushing
Carmel & Jack Davy
William & Linda Doherty
Hannah N. Dring
Kathy & Leon Drouin-Keith
Thomas K. &
Christine C. Edwards
James G. Ellis
Evelyn Entwisle
Suzanne B. Ewing
Dale Farris
David Fasulo
Glen M. & Mary Feigenbaum
Gerald & June Garman
Bruce & Dianne Gooley
Roy O. Gorman
Christopher Green
Susan Hadlock
David & Randy Henry
Richard A. Housley Jr.
John W. Hoy &
Mary M. Sauer
Jean Appleby Jackson
Richard J. Jewell
Joyce Leslie & John Kiely
Rita M. Kissen &
Norman Rasulis
Richard & Ellen Klain
Ron Kreisman
Janet Lane &
David W. Armstrong
Ginger Lawson
Larry Ely
P. Andre Le Maistre
Greg & Sue Leonard
Keri D. Lord
David O. Lovejoy
Evanthia Malliris & John Beaty
H. James Marshall Jr
Elsa Martz
Charlotte Maurer
Kathleen McKeen &
James Harnar
Gretchen Mikeska
Frank & Nancy Miles
Mrs. Margery W. Miller
James & Kathleen Moreau
Sylvia Most & Alan Cardinal
Patricia A. Paine
John W. & Joanne E. Painter
Susan Palfrey & Mark Boykin
William W. Poole
Joan C. Rapp
Elizabeth & Hector Rosquete
Susan Rudnicki
Walter & Karen Rumery
Helga & Stephen Ryder
Sam & Linda Saltonstall
Mr. & Mrs.
L. Manlius Sargent Jr
Don & Sheila Skeffington
Harold & Selena Soederberg
Benjamin A. Soule
Elisabeth Silver Stager
Carol Steingart
Kristin Stevenson
Dr. Bob & Anne Sturges
Stephen J. & Elizabeth J. Wark
Weaver Household
Helen Webber
Wendy West
Harvey Wheeler
Elizabeth C. &
Robert V. Whitman
Ms. Katharine Winthrop
Introductory Level
Pamela C. Ames
Steve Bailey
David W. & Cynthia Barnard
Christy H. & William S. Belvin
Garrett & Janet Bowne
John E. Brady
Florence K. Britton
Ruth R. Budd &
John Ehrenfeld
Barbara & Wilbur Bull
James & Theresa Burke
Mr. Thomas Busby
Louisa H. Butcher
Steve Butterfield
Douglas Caldwell
Brian R. & Lauren Callahan
Mr. & Mrs. Paul T. Costa Jr.
Paul W. Cousins
Deborah Dillon
William Dow
Jeryl L. & John E. Erickson
Ethos Marketing & Design
Dan & Sue Evans
Alex & Shirley Everitt
Trina Everitt & Luis Fuquen
Susan E. Fekety
Samuel Eckert Frankel
Peggy Fuller
Chip Gavin
Mary Gavin
Mr. & Mrs. Francis Q. Gay
Laraine L. Glidden
Eli Gratz
Bob & Valerie Greenberg
Sheila M. &
Wesley C. Gustafson
John L. & Kathryn Hadden
David G. & Mary C. Haeger
Mr. Mortier D. Harris
Mary Louise Haskell
Dennis Hattie
Susan Howe
Marcia Howell
Edith D. Hustvedt
Sarah J. Jacobs
MeShell M Jonka
Jean Laverriere
John S. Lawrence
Rebecca Leeman
David E & Norma L Limbert
Najeeb S. & Barbara J. Lotfey
Carolyn Murray
Sara & David Orbeton
C. Ingrid Parkin &
Judine V. French
David & Kee Payne
Annalee T. Pease
Deborah K. Perkins
Alice Mary Pierce
Melissa & Stephen Pizzolato
Carrie Porcelli
Debora Price
Roger A. Putnam
Anne M. Reiman
John Riley
Beth A. Rowan & Dave Shove
Priscilla D. Skerry N.D.
Harriette Small
William A. & Sally B. Stoops
William B. Sutton
Edward & Nancy Taber
Anna Marie & John E. Thron
Evelyn H. & David B. Thurston
Dan W. &
Meredith Lentz Tipton
Marylyn A. Tomajan
Richard Veit III
Mary & Peter Walsh
Drs. Carol Ward &
Charles J. DeSieyes
Sarah G. Ward
Tim & Liz Williams
Diane Winchell
Judith D. Wood
Thomas M. Wood
Gary E. & Carolyn J. Ziegler
Wedding Gifts
In honor of Sarah Coburn &
Brendan O’Neil
Joseph & Patricia Foley
Joan & John McGorrill
Rachel Pobuda
Memorial Gifts
Dedication to Mary &
Charles Collins
Kathryn Fiorini
In Memory of Burliegh Deemer
Berwyn D. & Delores L. Wetter
In Memory of Jane Pierce Kittredge
Barbara E. Cade
Kirby K. Johnstone
Diane Kittredge, MD
In Memory of Jane A. McCarthy
Linda B. Lisberger & Peter Bass
Stephen G. Lisberger
Emily & Thomas Vitale
In Memory of Mike McWilliams
Beverly & Robert Hutton
Richard S. & Paula C. Miller
Denise White
In Memory of Marguerite Morgan
Gib & Sherry Mendelson
In Memory of Richard Sawyer
Linda P. Tyler & Peter S. Walch
Hook & Slice
Honorary Members
Chris Allain
Jim Anderson
Jon Anderson
Norm Archer
Brett Astor
Gary Auger
Scott Badger
Duff Blair
Paul Blakeman
Brad Bloomer
Mike Brewer
Rod Brown
Winston Burroughs
Jeff Bush
Matt Bush
Joe Cassidy
Matt Cassidy
Dr. Stuart Cayer
Rob Chatfield
Peter Clark
Ken Corwen
Bill Crone
Eric Crouse
Andre Duchette
Rich Emery
Dave Faucher
Joe Faucher
Pete Ferris
Gregg Frame
Marc Gagnon
Mike Galeucia
Scott Hamblet
Michael Hardy
Rob Hatch
Jon Hiltz
John Hodge
Eric Howard
Jason Jabar
Chris Ledwick
Bob Leonard
Jeff Libby
Alan Longo
Kent Marquis
Derek Marshall
Dave Martines
Steve McDonough
Kevin McGrath
Ed McKersie
Jerry McQueeney
Travis Meek
Ben Metivier
Sean Meyers
Warren Moorhead
Matty Moran
Todd Moxham
Andy Nelson
Adam Nemser
Michael Nemser
Chris O’Hara
Patrick O’Reilly
Al Parks
Aaron Pratt
Jim Reid
Tom Riggs
Greg Scott
Phil Scott
Peter Senger
Rob Shaffer
Jeff Small
Bob Taylor
Jay Tilton
Brian Urgo
Spencer Violette
Brad Weller
Back Cove
YardScaping Donors
Cultivating Community
Davis Conservation Foundation
Friends of Prince
Memorial Library
Jacobs Edwards and Kelcey
Alice W. James
Old York Garden Club
York County Extension
Association
Fishable, Swimmable,
Livable Sponsors
Anonymous
WCSH6
Portland Press Herald/
Maine Sunday Telegram
Cianbro
Macdonald Page & Co. LLC
Oakhurst Dairy
Pierce Atwood, LLP
Smith Barney
Stonyfield Yogurt/O’Naturals
TD Banknorth
Fishable, Swimmable,
Livable Supporters
Bay Ferries / The CAT
Maine Bank & Trust
Poland Spring Bottling
Bath Iron Works
Brunswick Dental
Health Associates
Great Island Boat Yard
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
Pond Cove IGA
Portland Regency Hotel
Sebasco Harbor Resort
Verrill Dana, LLP
Woodard & Curran
Diamond’s Edge Restaurant
Bath Savings
Bayview Rigging & Sails, Inc.
Casco Bay Lumber Company
Crockett Interiors
Diver Down
Underwater Services
EarthJustice
Hamilton Marine
Hancock Lumber
McTeague, Higbee, Case,
Cohen, Whitney & Toker
New England Organics/
Casella Waste Systems
Perkins Thompson
Resource Associates
Royal River Boat Repair, Inc.
Rufus Deering
Lumber Company
Sally Nelson Associates
SeptiTech, Inc.
WH Shurtleff
Brown Goldsmiths
Casco Bay Estuary Partnership
City of South Portland,
Water Resource Protection
Friends of Peary’s Eagle Island
Fishable, Swimmable,
In Kind Support
Hilton Garden Inn
LT’s Inc.
Portland Stage Company
RSVP
Skillin’s Greenhouses
Southern Maine Community
College Culinary Arts
Department
Shipyard
Muddy Rudder
Portland Water District
Poland Spring
Kristen Stetson and VisionSmith
Terry Tamminen
Whole Foods Market
In Kind Support
Casco Bay Lines
William Goldschmidt
Hannaford
Jeff Kaelin
L.L.Bean
Resource Associates
Shaw’s Mill Creek
Shaw’s Westbrook
Spring Point Marina
Maine Yacht Center
Carol DeTine &
Roger F. Woodman Jr
Boat Donation
Daniel Piltch (Kristina)
And Thanks to Our
Valuable Volunteers…
Millan AbiNader
Kingsley Adams
Kanyon Adams
Surrie Adams
Alejandro Artiga-Purcell
Anne Barron
John Bass
Edmund Benedikt
Derek Berg
Andrew Bertocci
Maggie Bertocci
James Bingham
Sarah Boehm
Erno Bonebakker
Codi Booher
Roberta Brezinski
Steve Brezinski
Tim Brosnihan
Tom Brudzinski
Jan Brudzinski
Elliot Burton
Jean Campbell
Ann Casady
April Cayer
Arthur Cerullo
Jaime Cerullo
Moriah Churchill
Susan Clement
Stephanie Cole
Steve Cole
Samantha Collins
Eleanor Connolly
Mary Connolly
Ikumi Crocoll
Tim Cronin
Joan Daly
Paul Dostie
Ben Dufour
Amos Eno
Marjorie Eno
Rachel Eveleth
Will Everitt
Carly Farber
Cathryn Field
Grant Foster
Ed Friedman
Pam Galvin
Peter Galvin
Andrea Gammon
Dennis Gilbert
Samuel Gilbert
Dennis Gilbert
Beth Gleason
Gary Glick
Devi Glick
Hillary Glick
Kathy Glick
William Goldschmidt
Joan Greene
Jack Gundling
Emily Haeuser
John Hall
Marge Hall
Russell Halliday
Edward Ham
Samuel Hankinson
R.J. Harper
Angela Haslam
David Hennessey
Jim Hennessey
Alan Hills
Hough Huleatt
Patti Janums
Jeff Kaelin
Stephen Karpiak
Julie (JB) Kavaliauskas
Joe Keierleber
Erin Keith
Casey Kenniston
Heather Kornmann
Lakhina Ky
Ed Laine
Angela Lake
Carol Lavigne
Diane Lawton
Frank Leavitt
Mary Ann Leavitt
Elizabeth Leiwant
Katherine Loren
Susan Love
Karen Luse
Sarah Maciejewski
Alexandra Mack
Linda Marchant
Kerford Marchant
Libby Marcus
Marguerite Mariscal
Glen Marquis
Joanne McCartan
Deborah McCoy
Althea Bennett McGirr
Bob McGirr
Melissa McKersie
Darren McLellan
Rick Meisenbach
Peter Merrill
Todd Metzler
Peter Miller
Andrew Mills
Elena Muther
Helen Muther
Scott O’Donnell
Nick Pascarella
Leonard Passano
George Patterson
Sandra Paul
Kimberly Payne
Pat Perrier
Roger Pezzuti
Walter Phillips
Russ Pinizzotto
Sylvie Piquet
Nicholas Pisegna
Eli Pitegoff
Gary Powers
Lillian Prentice
Katie Rawls
Luke Salvato
Anders Samuelson
Dianne Schepis
Karin Schmidt
Samantha Schwager
Maryanne Schwanda
Elizabeth Selinger
Jim Sidel
Susan Sidel
Caitlin Smith
Nicholas Soloway
John Spritz
Adam Stevens
Richard Stevens
Adam Stevens
Link Stevens
Mike Stone
John Taxter
Beth Taylor
Carol Taylor
Rebecca Taylor
Rick Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Grady Thibeault
Elsie Thomson
Elaine Tsai
Jill Victor
Liz Wallace
Willie Walsh
Deja Williams
Brooks Winner
Leah Wolberg
Mike Wolovick
Lani York
Jaclyn Zaborski
Sandy Zimmerman
2007 Board of Directors
Anna Marie Thron, President
Paul Gregory, Vice-President
Peter Dufour, Treasurer
Bradford Bowman, Clerk Directors
Stanley T. Bennett Martin Grimnes
George (Bud) Higgins III, MD
Peter LeBourdais
Malcolm Poole
Joan Benoit Samuelson Adam Taylor
Judith Fletcher Woodbury
John W. Fridlington
Anne Henshaw
Patricia Ianni
Mike LePage
Kathryn A. Reid
Janet M. Sortor
Nicholas H. Walsh
Honorary Directors
Kenneth M. Curtis
Sherry F. Huber
P. Andrews Nixon
Kevin P. Gildart Anthony R. Jessen 2007 Staff
Cathy L. Ramsdell, CPA...........Executive Director
Joseph E. Payne...................Casco BAYKEEPER®
Mary M. Cerullo.....................Associate Director
Will Everitt........................Development Director
Marla Zando/Kristel Sheesley......Dev. Assistants
Peter Milholland....Citizen Stewards Coordinator
R. Michael Doan....................Research Associate
Jeff Fetterer................................Office Manager
Helen Mattsson/Bill Linnell....Pumpout Coordinators
Sarah Maciejewski.......................Student Intern
2007 Annual Report Production
Copy
Mary Cerullo
Design
Kristen Stetson
Photos
Marcia Allen, FOCB staff
Cover Photo Marcia Allen
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Thank you to Jeff Odefey for help with
Clean Water Act Information.
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