Past Lectures

Past Friends of Taunton Bay lectures, in chronological order:

Paddling Safely in Taunton Bay (and Elsewhere) — Nick Noyes — 2023

Backyard Rewilding — Mark Whiting, PhD – 2023

The Photogenic Foxes of Taunton Bay — Gerry Monteux, 2023

Conserving Taunton Bay’s Marine Industries and Biodiversity, Steve Walker, Beginning with Habitat Coordinator, Maine Dept. of Inland Fish and Wildlife, 2022

Predicting & Monitoring Water Quality in the bay: Dr. Lauren Ross, U of Maine Orono, and Hannah Horecka, Dept. of Marine Resources, 2022

Horseshoe Crabs on Taunton Bay: An Update by Frank Dorsey, 2022

Water Quality Program Kickoff: Dave Stevens, 2022

Hawk Henries, Flutist & Flute maker Plays at the 2022 Annual Meeting

The Downeast Goldmine: Story of Fishing and Drug Smuggling in Coastal Maine – Audrey Ryan, Author, 2021

Lobstering and Crabbing on Taunton Bay – Dave Stevens, Non-Commercial Fisherman and FTB Board Member, 2021

Amphibians and Maine’s “Big Night” – Paul Powers, Maine Master Naturalist, 2021

Seaweed Farming – Sarah Redmond, Founder and Co-owner of Springtide Seaweed, 2021

Innovative Ways to Protect the Land You Love – Aaron Dority, Frenchman Bay Conservancy Executive Director, 2021

Solving Landscape Problems Using Native Plants – Cathy Rees and Avy Claire, founders of Native Gardens of Blue Hill, 2021

Shellfish Sustainability & Citizen Science – Mark Whiting, PhD, 2021

The Bald Eagles of Taunton Bay – Steve Perrin, Former FTB President, 2017

The Great Blue Herons of Taunton Bay – Steve Perrin, Former FTB President, 2017

The Horseshoe Crabs of Taunton Bay – Steve Perrin, Former FTB President, 2017

The Harbor Seals of Taunton Bay – Steve Perrin, Former FTB President, 2017

Shoreline Erosion on Frenchman Bay – Steve Perrin, Former FTB President, 2017

Characterizing Taunton Bay – Steve Perrin, Former FTB President, 2017

State of Taunton Bay – Frank Dorsey, Friends of Taunton Bay, 2016

Research at the University of Maine CCAR (Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research) – Melissa Malmstedt, CCAR, 2016

Citizen Science Conference, Part 1 – Eric Jones, University of Maine at Machias, 2015

Citizen Science Conference, Part 2 – Seth Benz, Schoodic Institute, 2015

Citizen Science Conference, Part 3 – Chris Petersen, College of the Atlantic, 2015

Citizen Science Conference, Part 4 – Kyle Winslow, Downeast Salmon Federation, 2015

FTB Intern Report, College of the Atlantic – Brynna Golden, Former Intern, 2015

Sea Birds of Maine – Linda Welch, Wildlife Biologist, 2015

Downeast Salmon Federation – Dwayne Shaw, DSF, 2015

Steve Perrin’s 23-Year Retrospective on Friends of Taunton Bay, 2013

First Steve Perrin Award Presentation, 2012

Taunton Bay Education Center, Part2, 2008

Taunton Bay Education Center, Part 1, 2008

The Geology of Taunton Bay – Gordon Kelley, 2007

The Bald Eagles of Taunton Bay – Charles Todd, Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, 2007

Shore Birds of Taunton Bay – Lindsay Tudor, Maine Dept. Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, 2007