The 2005 Ambassadors of Frenchman Bay Final Presentation was held Friday, December 9th, at the Maren Auditorium of the MDI Biological Laboratory.

Bar Harbor Times, September 15, Coastlines
Laurie Schreiber

Bar Harbor- A group of four high school age students and their adult mentors. coordinated by the Mount Desert Island Water Quality Coalition's Maine Coast Learning Expedition program, will launch a four-day kayak expedition on Frenchman Bay to study issues affecting water quality and marine resources.

September 19, 2005
Maine Coast Learning Expedition students and community members are setting out on a 4 day kayaking expedition with the aim of understanding the state of Frenchman Bay, the stresses on water quality and marine resources, the issues that are important to local residents, and to gain a bay-level perspective on this unique coastal environment. As a collaborative learning community, the kayaking team will record observations and conversations with coastal residents, document the state of the bay, generating a list of impacts both on shore and offshore, and will produce a report for use in land use planning, conservation consideration, and education. They will adhere to a Leave No Trace philosophy throughout the trip.

January 9, 2003 Bar Harbor Times pA13
The Mount Desert Island Water Quality Coalition (MDIWQC) received a $26,000 grant from the Robbins De Beaumont Foundation to launch its pilot interdisciplinary stewardship program for high school students, the “Maine Coast Learning Expedition”. The foundation has also offered to document the program to show as a model to other innovative around the state.

October 7, 2004 Bar Harbor Times Education Section
This semester, the MDI Water Quality Coaltion has two high school research fellows participation in Maine Coast Learning Expedition, a 13-week environmental stewardship program focused on the scientific study of coastal water quality.