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 committee meeting: Tuesday, November 26, 2024 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the York Land Trust office (1 Long Neck Marsh Road, York). All meetings are open to the public. Contact Jennifer Hunter for more information. This meeting will feature a presentation by Maine DEP staff on water quality monitoring programs and data for York River sites.
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.
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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 |
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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 |
