Take the Creek Smart Pledge
Save Kittery Waters launched the #CreekSmartKittery campaign to educate our community on practices that we can all adopt to protect and preserve the health of Kittery's waters.
Take the pledge today and commit to lawn care practices that keep our waters clean. Take the pledge online or stop by Town Hall or the Kittery Community Center to fill out a pledge and pick-up a yard sign.
Take the pledge today and commit to lawn care practices that keep our waters clean. Take the pledge online or stop by Town Hall or the Kittery Community Center to fill out a pledge and pick-up a yard sign.
Save Kittery Waters, in partnership with the Town of Kittery, has been awarded a 2023 Community Building Grant form the Maine Community Foundation in support of their CreekSmart campaign. 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.
Who is Save Kittery Waters?
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. Inspired by the marine biologist, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's beautiful question, “What if We Get This Right?" 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.
To learn more about Save Kittery Waters and the CreekSmart campaign, please visit their website by clicking here.
To learn more about the Town of Kittery's efforts towards a healthy Spruce Creek, please visit the Spruce Creek Watershed Restoration Project page by clicking here.
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.
Who is Save Kittery Waters?
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. Inspired by the marine biologist, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's beautiful question, “What if We Get This Right?" 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.
To learn more about Save Kittery Waters and the CreekSmart campaign, please visit their website by clicking here.
To learn more about the Town of Kittery's efforts towards a healthy Spruce Creek, please visit the Spruce Creek Watershed Restoration Project page by clicking here.