DMR’s Amy Fitzpatrick Up Next in Land Trust’s Sensitive Shoreline Series

HARPSWELL— Amy Fitzpatrick, Director, Division of Public Health, Maine Department of Marine Resources, will be the second speaker in the Harpswell Heritage Land Trust’s Sensitive Shoreline series of programs. Ms. Fitzpatrick will speak on Monday, February 4, 2008, at 7 p.m. at the Trust’s Community Room at 153 Harpswell Neck Road. Ms. Fitzpatrick is an expert on how the quality of our marine environment impacts public health and how the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Standards affect shellfish harvesting and public health.

The Harpswell’s Sensitive Shoreline series focuses on the health of Harpswell marine waters, the effects of water quality on shell fishing, and what we all can do to protect and improve its health and fisheries. Harpswell has the longest of any shoreline in Casco Bay, indeed in Maine, so our actions impact shoreline water quality in a big way. Casco Baykeeper Joe Payne led off the series on January 22^nd with an overview of the state of Casco Bay’s health. Subsequent programs in the series will take place on March 10^th, April 14^th, and May 6^th.

The Trust’s Community Room is located at 153 Harpswell Neck Road, .5 miles south of the Brunswick/Harpswell town line and 1.7 miles north of the Mountain Road.