Monthly Archives: May 2013

Carleton Country Outfitters helping out

In response to our posting on Plastic Bags and environmental issues we heard from Carlton Country Outfitters about their program. They RECYLE the bags back to the the food bank. They take donations of bags at the Carleton store and … Continue reading

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Plastic bags and our waterbodies

One of the Gulf of Maine Institute teams in Massachusetts is assisting in working toward elimination of plastic bags from the waste/litter/ocean pollution stream. We have had some effort toward this in the Yarmouth area but we are not being … Continue reading

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World Oceans Day at Yarmouth Library

World Oceans Day Saturday, June 8, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Celebrate World Ocean’s Day at the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Library in Yarmouth from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. with members of TREPA and participate in some fun activities. This program … Continue reading

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TREPA supports Active Yarmouth

      This announcement comes to you from the Clean Air Committee of TREPA. What a cornucopia of events to get us out of the car and moving under our own steam. TREPA will be present in the Visitors … Continue reading

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TREPA supports “Drifter” project

Little is known about the action of surface currents in the Gulf of Maine. Mostly, an object has been dropped at one location and picked up at another but the path of the item is not known. Students teams with … Continue reading

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