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YORK RIVER ~ PARTNERSHIP WILD AND SCENIC RIVER


ELIOT, KITTERY, SOUTH BERWICK, AND YORK, MAINE

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 * Home
 * Grant Programs & Projects
   * Watershed Grants Program
 * Announcements
   * Newsletters & Reports
 * York River Watershed
   * Stewardship Plan
   * History and Habitats
     * Presentations and topics of interest
   * Maps
   * Gallery
 * W&S Designation
   * Partnership W&S Rivers
   * 2014-2018: York River Study
   * 2018-2022: Achieving river designation
   * YR Study documents
 * Committee
   * Meetings

Welcome to the website of the York River Stewardship Committee, which was formed
in 2023 and includes appointees from Eliot, Kittery, South Berwick, and York.
The committee is the local partner for the nationally-designated Wild and Scenic
York River and is tasked with implementing the York River Watershed Stewardship
Plan. 

Contact the York River Stewardship Committee: Email Jennifer Hunter
(coordinator)

Next monthly meeting: Tuesday, November 26, 2024, 5:30-7:00 p.m. at the York
Land Trust Community Meeting Room (1 Long Neck Marsh Road, York). Contact
Jennifer Hunter for more information. All meetings are open to the public. 


HIGHLIGHTS & NEWS

2024 Annual Report: summary of the York River Stewardship Committee’s activities
and accomplishments for its first year

YRSC awards $42,000 to support local watershed projects. Congratulations to the
grant recipients: York Parks and Recreation, York Land Trust, York’s River
Access Ad Hoc Committee, Town of Kittery & Save Kittery Waters, and York
Conservation Commission

News Center Maine’s ‘207’ feature on York River

Information about York River & Partnership Wild and Scenic River designation:

 * York River is one of 228 rivers designated into the National Wild and Scenic
   Rivers System (and just one of 18 Partnership Wild and Scenic Rivers). Learn
   more about Wild and Scenic rivers on rivers.gov.
 * Read about what makes York River special: Poster on York River’s outstanding
   resources
 * Learn about climate resiliency and adaptation measures: York River and
   Climate Change poster
 * The York River Watershed Stewardship Plan was the culmination of over 30
   months of work by the York River Study Committee to gather information about
   the York River and its watershed. 
 * See the map of Designated Stream Reaches in the York River watershed.

Towns that are part of the 33 square mile York River watershed



Dams (or remnants of past dams) in the watershed, including historic dams
originally built to harness the river’s power for saw and grist mills



Species of fish found in tidal habitats during a 2001 study of the York River



Miles of streams and rivers in the York River watershed



Acres of salt marsh in the York River estuary that capture and store carbon and
provide valuable habitat for many species



The year the first dam was built in the watershed

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