BIDDEFORD-SACO-OOB COURIER • March 17, 2025
The digging and planting of 12,000 dune-grass stalks executed by University of New England students and community volunteers was aimed at making a local beach more climate resilient a year after two historic storms washed away the sand dunes. But the project led by the Biddeford Pool Conservation Trust with assistance from UNE last week also offered students a front-row seat to the impacts of climate change along the Maine coast. UNE has worked with the Biddeford Pool Conservation Trust for several years to understand the changes taking place in the dunes. It’s the first time the trust did this kind of restoration work, but it won’t be the last, said Lucie Fontein, the conservation trust’s president.