Portland Press Herald: Thousands of volunteers will clear trash and debris away from Maine’s beaches and waterways in one of the state’s largest volunteer conservation events. The Maine Coastal Program says Coastweek 2012 kicked off Saturday and...

Journalist Conor Grant describes his experience with the Rozalia Project, which stopped on Long Island, Maine, near Bar Harbor, to pick up trash that had accumulated along the shore after washing in from the ocean. In 3 days Conor...

Penobscot Marine Museum has scheduled Spring Cleanup & Volunteer Day on May 12. Volunteers will spend the day working alongside other friendly, energetic people while helping prepare the museum for the opening of its 2012 exhibit season. Breakfast and...

Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) officials have kicked off the 24th Annual COASTSWEEP, a volunteer program organized by EEA’s Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and the UMass Boston Urban Harbors Institute (UHI) to clean up trash from...

SailMaine and PYC are seeking volunteers to help with the 2011 Northeast Junior Olympics Sailing Festival scheduled for July 19 and 20. The groups are expecting over 200 sailors ages 8 to 18 to participate. The regatta will take...