About Us
About Us
In 2002, a group of Kittery and Kittery Point residents came together to form the Spruce Creek Association. We are waterfront and non-waterfront residential and commercial property owners and renters. We are seasonal and year-round residents, taxpayers, and voters. We are people who are connected to Spruce Creek by physical proximity or simply by appreciation of its beauty and ecological value to our town and to the Gulf of Maine. As members of this community we are committed to protecting the Spruce Creek Watershed and being its stewards.
The purpose of the Spruce Creek Association is to provide an organized framework to coordinate the assessment of the Spruce Creek watershed's conditions and to implement and monitor proven management practices that support environmental and economic stability for the Spruce Creek Watershed community. In the process we will also work to develop a community of watershed residents and users who are knowledgeable about and who practice sound water quality management.
With a membership of over 180 residents and businesses we continue to grow. Membership in the Association is free and open to anyone who cares about the welfare of the Spruce Creek Watershed.
The Spruce Creek Association's goals are to…
- Provide stewardship by coordinating efforts to promote the health and welfare of the Spruce Creek Watershed
- Grow membership through outreach
- Produce and implement an EPA-compliant Watershed-Based Management Plan
- Standardize watershed-related ordinances
- Provide educational programs for town officials, business owners, students and residents on the environmental issues that affect Spruce Creek and how to address them
- Establish a methodology for reporting and remedying violations
Please look at these online resources to learn more about restoring and protecting this beautiful and fragile body of water.
Spruce
Creek Association Leadership
The
overall planning of the Spruce Creek Association's goals and activities
is managed by the Association's Steering Committee. Activities and
initiatives are implemented through the work of SCA's volunteers
and in coordination with state and community partners, contributors, and
stakeholders. We welcome members to actively participate to help us achieve
our goals and objectives.
Participation in all activities is open to our membership. We have so far identified the following activities to help in the pursuit of our watershed stewardship goals:
- Steering Committee Activities
- Membership
- Grant Writing & Fundraising
- Assessment, Reporting & Remedying
- Education & Outreach
We welcome any help you might be willing to give!
Spruce Creek in the News
- Kittery road closures extended due to culvert work (Portsmouth Herald, February 8, 2008)
- Spruce Creek grant pursued: Group moves to fight pollution in watershed, Portsmouth Herald, October 26, 2007
- Creek Talk, Portsmouth Herald, August 8, 2007
- Kittery gets $226K for creek cleanup, Portsmouth Herald, August 7, 2007
- Kittery gets funds to clean up Spruce Creek watershed, Foster's Daily Democrat, August 7, 2007
- Robert's celebrates successful year, Portsmouth Herald, July 4, 2007
- Spruce Creek Watershed-based Management Plan In the Works, The Kittery Quarterly, July 2007
- Kittery Students Deliver a Message About Clean Water, The Kittery Quarterly, July 2007
- Science Plus Service Equals Keeping Spruce Creek Clean, The Kittery Quarterly, July 2007
- Kittery Students Spray-paint the Town, The Weekly Sentinel, June 8, 2007
- Spruce Creek Association: Protecting a Priority Watershed, Maine Coastline, Winter 2007
- Kittery council keeps Spruce Creek dam open, Portsmouth Herald, November 30, 2006
- Association to hold forum on Spruce Creek, Portsmouth Herald, November 23, 2006
- State Officials Recognize Water Quality Groups, WCSH6 Channel 6, October 24, 2006
- Council changes rules for piers, Portsmouth Herald, September 26, 2006
- Businesses take runoff by storm, Portsmouth Herald, October 1, 2006
- Flower show this weekend, Portsmouth Herald, September 20, 2006
- Spruce Creek Water Monitoring Project, Kittery Quarterly, July 28, 2005
- Spruce Creek At Its Tipping Point, Kittery Quarterly, July 28, 2005
- Tidal project at Spruce Creek deemed success, Portsmouth Herald, August 07, 2006
- Scientists have identified a number of problem areas along Spruce Creek, Portsmouth Herald, June 25, 2006
- Researchers: Dire consequences of creek pollution, Portsmouth Herald, June 21, 2006
- Man in violation for tree removal, Portsmouth Herald, May 2, 2006
- Kittery Public Works & Innovative Stormwater Design, CICEET 2066 Annual Report
- Spruce Creek said to be in recovery, Portsmouth Herald, April 26, 2006
- Kittery Outlets: Boon or busting quality of life?, Portsmouth Herald, April 23, 2006
- Eliot boards consider new map system, Portsmouth Herald, January 28, 2006
- Boards OK dam experiment, Portsmouth Herald, October 27, 2005
- Volunteers from Kittery & Eliot Complete Watershed Survey, Kittery Quarterly, July 28, 2005
- Grant OK’d to fund water pollution probe, Portsmouth Herald, April 15, 2005
- Thank you for efforts to make Roger’s Park shine, Portsmouth Herald, May 13, 2004
- Sign represents environment, learning, Portsmouth Herald, August 30, 2003
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