Includes overview of environmental issues in the Bay, bibliography of environmental resources for the Bay, archaeology, interesting links, & other topics.
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An Account of Two Voyages to New-England Made During the Years 1638, 1663
(pdf 13.72 MB)
Summary and Reference Map (pdf 140 KB)
Josselyn 1675
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Annotated Bibliography of Environmental Information Relating to Merrymeeting Bay
(Internal Page)
Compiled by Resource Services
Ann Hayden
Brunswick, ME
Oct 1, 1997
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Archaeological Survey of the Umberhind, Detweiler, and Gallant Parcels, Bowdoinham, Maine
(pdf 6.98 MB)
Leith Smith, Leon Cranmer, & Art Spiess
Maine Historic Preservation Commission
Aug 1, 2006
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Bowdoinham Cathance River Bridge-Steen 2021-The Bowdoinham News Vol19 - Issue 7
(pdf 1.02 MB)
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Coasting on the Alice s. Wentorth
(External Link)
DownEast
Oct 1, 1965
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Defining a Nuisance:
(pdf 559 KB)
Pollution, Science, and Environmental Politics on Maine's Androscoggin River
Wallace Scot McFarlane
Environmental History 17 :307-335.
Apr 1, 2012
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Dresden Falls 2018 Archaeology Field Report
(pdf 3.74 MB)
-Testing of 2017 GPR Results-
Arthur Spiess, Leith Smith & John Moser
Maine Historic Preservation Commission
May 1, 2019
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Duck Shooting Along the Atlantic Tidewater
(pdf 983 KB)
Chapter 3, Merrymeeting Bay
Ransom B. Kelley - 1947
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Duck Shooting on Merrymeeting Bay at the Darton Farms
(pdf 3.15 MB)
Back when you could ride the train to Bowdoinham
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The Ecological Collapse and Partial Recovery of a Freshwater Tidal Ecosystem
(External Link)
John Lichter, et al.
Northeastern Naturalist, Vol 13, No. 2, pp 153-178
Date: 2006
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Evidence of a Prehistoric Pottery Kiln, Sebasticook River, Winslow, Maine
(pdf 1.39 MB)
Douglas Watts
Posted to Tispaquin's Revenge Blog
Oct 6, 2009
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FOMB featured on MSN's Practical Guide to Healthier Living
( 50.81 MB)
Video for download(wmv; file size 50 MB) Tim Sheahan (Sheahan Productions)
Essay (pdf; file size: 3.7 MB) Ed Friedman
Nov 17, 2009
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Generating Electric Power in the Pacific Northwest; Implications of Alternative Technologies
(pdf 275 KB)
Overview (pdf; file size: 269 KB)
Full Report (pdf; file size: 442 KB)
This study takes an in-depth look at current status and future energy scenarios in the northwest focussing on hydro-electricity and natural gas the primary sources of today's power there. The report also looks closely at cost/benefits of multiple dam removals on the lower Snake River and the issue of safe passage for migratory salmon. The overview document homes in on the dam issue.
RAND Corp.
Date: 2002
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The Hard Way, Bishop 1998
(pdf 7.74 MB)
with Supplements 4-16-20
Apr 16, 2020
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HISTORICAL EUTROPHICATION IN A RIVER-ESTUARY COMPLEX IN MID-COAST MAINE
(pdf 341 KB)
DORTE KOSTER, JOHN LICHTER, PETER D. LEA, AND ANDREA NURSE
Biology Department and Environmental Studies Program, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine 04011 USA
Geology Department, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine 04011 USA
Laboratory of Paleoecology and Paleohydrology, Sawyer Research Center, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 04469 USA Ecological Applications, 17(3), 2007, pp. 765-778 by the Ecological Society of America
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Historical Summary of Federal Navigation Studies, Authorizations and Improvements & Federal Navigation Project Maintenance in the New England District MAINE
(pdf 785 KB)
Featured Highlights: Cathance River: Blue; KennebecRiver: Abbagadassett Ledge: Yellow; Beef Rock Dike & Training Wall [mouth of the Eastern River]: Red; Lovejoy Narrows: Green
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History of Settlement Along Abbagadasset Road in Bowdoinham
(pdf 3.36 MB)
Minerva Dunlap, 1982
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Hudson Rising Curriculum
(pdf 19.61 MB)
NY Historical Society 2019
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J. C. Humphreys and his Merrymeeting Bay Shipyard
(External Link)
Christopher B. Gutscher
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James Madison Kendall's Wonderful Water Wheel-Bud Warren FOMB Presentation Slides 11-13-24
(pdf 4.82 MB)
Video recording of this presentation may be found in the Education section of our Home Page
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The Kennebec Estuary Report
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
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Kennebec_Abenaki_Historical_Demise
(pdf 3.77 MB)
Prins, Harald E. L. 1984.
"Foul Play on the Kennebec: The Historical Background of Fort Western
and the Demise of the Abenaki Nation."
The Kennebec Proprietor: Magazine of the Fort Western Museum,
Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 4-14.
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Looming_Deadlines_for_Coastal_Resilience-Union of Concerned Scientists 6-25-2024
(pdf 360 KB)
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A Means of Removing Them Further From Us
(pdf 137 KB)
The Struggle for Waterpower on New England's Eastern Frontier
Bennett 2017
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Mere Pt and the First World Fliers
(pdf 1.56 MB)
DownEast
Oct 1, 1965
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Merrymeeting Park \1898/// Brunswick, Maine
(pdf 4.12 MB)
"Booklet by Christopher B. Gutscher
1985
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PEOPLE IN NATURE: Envlronmental History of the
Kennebec River, Maine
(pdf 4.05 MB)
by Daniel J. Michor
A THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of
Master of Arts
(in History)
The Graduate School
The University of Maine
May 1, 2003
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Pilgram Laws On The Kennebeke River [sic]
(pdf 720 KB)
by Eben L. Elwell
May 23, 1984
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PIRG 2024-WasteX-Environmental-harms-of-satellite-internet-mega-constellations
(pdf 5.12 MB)
For further information on this topic see the outdated website from the Global Union Against Radiation Deployment from Space (GUARDS) at www.stopglobalwifi.org
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Rosalie Edge, ECC 1931 A Crisis in Conservation-Miller, VanName and Quinn- Compressed
(pdf 2.14 MB)
Rosalie Edge was co-founder and Secretary of the Emergency Conservation Committee (ECC) with which she and mostly Willard Van Name and Irving Brant for many years published and distributed activist pamphlets on major conservation issues of the time. Topics range from exposing nefarious practices of "conservation" groups to educating on so-called "vermin" species to saving the Yosemite Sugar Pines and forming Olympic National Park. The Denver Public Library Special Collections-History Section has the most complete collection of Edge and ECC papers and more information can be found here: https://archives.denverlibrary.org/repositories/3/resources/8216/collection_organization#tree::archival_object_461192 This pamphlet- A Crisis in Conservation, is what kind of kicked the whole effort off after Edge read it. The definitive biography on Edge, Rosalie Edge, Hawk of Mercy was written by Dyana Furmansky. Furmansky was a featured FOMB Speaker on March 12, 2025 and her recorded presentation can be found by scrolling down the right side of our home page to the Education Section and then to Speaker Series Videos. The archival Edge papers are not easily available so only a few ECC pamphlets are posted here.
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Rosalie Edge, ECC 1931 It's Alive-Kill It- Compressed
(pdf 1.60 MB)
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Rosalie Edge, ECC 1932 A Little Lesson in Vermin, McAtee- Compressed
(pdf 1.15 MB)
Of special note in this pamphlet on page 4 is a cartoon by Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling a well-known conservationist and political cartoonist (and artist) of the 20th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_Darling . Darling won two Pulitzer prizes for Editorial Cartooning during his career. President Franklin Roosevelt appointed Darling to a blue-ribbon Committee on Wildlife Restoration in 1934. FDR sought political balance by putting the Hoover Republican on the committee, knowing he was an articulate advocate for wildlife management. Following the passage of the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act in 1934, which required waterfowl hunters to purchase a Federal Duck Stamp before hunting, Darling designed the first Federal Duck Stamp that year and was appointed Director of the Bureau of Biological Survey, a forerunner of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, FL protects part of the largest sub-tropical mangrove ecosystem in the U.S. and is known for its huge migratory bird populations.
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Rosalie Edge- A Most Determined Lady (1877-1962)-Peter Edge 1980s
(pdf 53 KB)
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Rosalie Edge-Adventure Journal 2023
(pdf 504 KB)
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Rosalie Edge-National Park Service
(pdf 207 KB)
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Rosalie Edge-The Forgotten Woman Behind Yellowstone’s Predator Revolution-Mountain Journal 9-2024
(pdf 1.09 MB)
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Salt Marsh Ditches of the South Shore - Part 1
(pdf 2.16 MB)
North & South Rivers Watershed Association
By Jim Glinski
Nov 1, 2022
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Self-Guided Nature Tour of Merrymeeting Bay.
(External Link)
Terry Porter
Maine Master Naturalist Program
Jan 27, 2020
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A Summary of Existing Research on Low-Head Dam Removal Projects
(pdf 2.44 MB)
Requested by:
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Standing Committee on the Environment
Prepared by:
ICF Consulting
In association with Woodlot Alternatives, Inc.
Sep 1, 2005
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Thwings Point Archaeology, Woolwich, Maine
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Tide Mills of Maine and Beyond George Carleton Sr
(pdf 1.98 MB)
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The Transient Town of Cork
(pdf 1.80 MB)
by Rev. Henry O. Thayer
Read before the Maine Historical Society
Dec 9, 1892
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Unnatural Freshwater Flow Project
(Internal Page)
Thanks to Kiran Yendamuri, Friends of Sebago Lake, Friends of Merrymeeting Bay and Quebec Labrador Foundation
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Weed Control Methods Handbook: Tools and Techniques for Use in Natural Areas
(External Link)
Authors: Mandy Tu, Callie Hurd, & John M. Randall
Apr 1, 2001
