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Join Save Kittery Waters & Take the CreekSmart Pledge at the Rice Public Library - October 25, 2023

Posted on: October 18, 2023 - 1:45pm
Take the CreekSmart Pledge on 10/25 at the Rice Public Library

If you missed the launch of the Save Kittery Waters CreekSmart campaign launch event over the summer, this update is for you! Join your friends and neighbors and take the CreekSmart Pledge on Wednesday, October 25, 2023 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM at the Rice Public Library, located at 8 Wentworth Street. 

This special evening will feature Melissa Paly, the Conservation Law Foundation's Great Bay–Piscataqua Waterkeeper and Kittery Town Council Chair Judy Spiller as they host an informative discussion about the campaign and explain how community members can get involved.  "We Signed the CreekSmart Pledge" yard signs will be available at the event for those that would like to take one home.

The CreekSmart Campaign aims to harness Kittery and our local seacoast community’s imagination to adopt environmental best practices and individual behaviors for a Spruce Creek Watershed that is beautifully healthy.  The information shared throughout the campaign will inspire actionable steps that will be equally useful for our neighboring coastal watershed communities.

What does it mean to be "CreekSmart" and what if we get it right?
Did you know that Spruce Creek is on the Threatened Stream and Marine Watersheds Priority List? Since 2009, deteriorating water quality has closed shellfish beds, jeopardized swimming, and most recently, contributed to large masses of algae blooms. If left unaddressed, these conditions will lead to the putrification of our creeks and shorelines.
 
Fortunately, Kittery cares
Save Kittery Waters, a grassroots movement of volunteers, is dedicated to improving and ultimately protecting the quality of the Spruce Creek Watershed through community education and outreach.  Save Kittery Water’s skilled community-based steering committee is working in close partnership with the Town of Kittery, to galvanize Kittery residents and surrounding communities to adopt best practices and a stewardship mindset with timely and relevant engagement of businesses, civic organizations, neighbors and individual citizens.
 
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