Google has given Gouldsboro a "Geo for Good" Impact Award for the work it did using Google Earth to preserve and expand shore access for clam harvesters. Pauline Angione and Vicki Rea used Google Earth to put key access points in context with shore ownership.
Shellfish Lab Shuttered for 2024
Gouldsboro's Shellfish Lab will not be up and running during the summer of 2024. The decision to shutter the lab for at least a year was partly a response to storm damage, but also emerged from reflecting on what we have learned so far.
Scuttlebutt
Scuttlebutt is Gouldsboro's newly published guide for folks who have just come to Gouldsboro or are thinking about buying property here and for folks who live here and love the place. This article tells you how how to get a copy.
Farewell to Intern John Ayarik
A small but enthusiastic party formed at the Pickled Wrinkle on Friday, August 11, to say goodbye to John Ayrik, the Shellfish Resilience Summer Advanced Degree intern.
Meet your Local Clams!
On Sunday, July 30th, Gouldsboro Shore welcomed community members to a Schoodic Arts event in Prospect Harbor's Methodist Church to meet, eat, and learn about soft-shell clams. Twenty-seven people attended, along with twelve volunteers to staff information tables.
Meet and Eat Local Clams
Sunday, July 30, is the date for this year's Meet Your Local Clams party. We will be sampling clam recipes and talking about Gouldsboro's clam fishery at the Prospect Harbor Methodist Church from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. You can come and eat for free, but you have to register!
Green Crabs Are Here!
Guest author and local volunteer Chantal Jennings writes about green crabs and why she is trapping them.
A Day on the Flats
During the early mornings of June 8th and 9th, groups of 8th-grade students from the Charles M. Sumner Learning Campus filed off their school bus and onto Prospect Harbor’s mudflats. Quadrants hung off of shoulders, and data sheets flapped in the breeze. A survey of green crab populations was about to take place.
Welcome John Ayarik
The Gouldsboro Shellfish Resilience Lab is very pleased to announce that John Ayarik will be joining us as our 2023 summer intern. John is a graduate student pursuing a degree in Environmental Science at the University of New Haven in Connecticut. He previously earned his bachelor’s degree in marine science from the University of Ghana in West Africa.
Meet Ada Fisher
We are delighted to announce that Ada Fisher has joined the Gouldsboro shore team as an intern. A junior at Sumner Memorial High School, Ada is considering career options that will keep her connected to the shore and ocean. Ada will contribute to all parts of the Gouldsboro Shore program.