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2025 National Maritime Heritage Conference

ALF Presents at the National Maritime Heritage Conference

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: October 9, 2025

The twelfth annual Maritime Heritage Conference & Historic Naval Ship Association Symposium was held on September 24-27, 2025, in Buffalo, New York. According to the National Maritime Historical Society, “The […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News Tagged With: 2025, adaptation, american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani, buffalo, climate change, mitigation, national maritime heritage conference, new york, Resiliency, storms, sustainability

UNE 2025 Sustainability Fellowship with ALF

A UNE Student is Mapping the Future of Maine’s Lighthouses

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: August 6, 2025

Story by Alan Bennett • Portland, Maine • August 5, 2025 Maine’s lighthouses carry deep historical and cultural significance. From the early days of maritime trade, these beacons have guided […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Halfway Rock Lighthouse, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News Tagged With: 2025, american lighthouse foundation, ann-marie trapani, bob trapani jr, climate change, Ford Reiche, halfway rock, lighthouse, regina dyer, sustainability fellowship, une, university of new england, vulnerability assessment

Halfway Rock

Building a Stronger Future for Lighthouses with the Help of the World Monuments Fund

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: April 22, 2025

It has been a little over three months since the World Monuments Fund (WMF) announced on January 15, 2025 that Maine’s sixty-six historic lighthouses were placed on the international preservation […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News Tagged With: 2024, 2025, american lighthouse foundation, case study, climate change, halfway rock, hazard mitigation, January, maine coastal islands national wildlife refuge, Maine Preservation, Petit Manan, preparedness, Resiliency, response, rockland breakwater, storms, the presumpscot foundation, watch list, Whaleback Lighthouse, wood island, world monuments fund

Rob Apse film, Wave-Swept

“Wave-Swept” – A Significant Film in the Making

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: April 5, 2025

By Rob Apse, Video Freelance Creative My history with lighthouses and why I’m making this film… My first feature documentary, The Last Lightkeepers, was really eye opening to the universe […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News Tagged With: ALF Storm and Mitigation Response Team, american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani, climate change, film, Ford Reiche, hazards, lighthouses, maine, mitigation, Resiliency, rob apse, storms, wave-swept

Rockland Breakwater Light

Do the Little Things – They Matter!

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: January 26, 2025

The two January 2024 winter storms that wreaked havoc along the coastal regions of Maine and New Hampshire have left an inexpungible mark. Nowhere is this more evident than at […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News Tagged With: 2024, action, american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani jr, climate change, disaster recovery process, federal emergency management agency, hazard mitigation, January, lighthouses, maine, resilient, rising sea levels, small business administration, stewards, storm and mitigation committee

Bug Light

“Lighthouses of Maine” named to the 2025 World Monuments Watch

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: January 15, 2025

Maine Landmarks Shine a Light on the Threats of Climate Change World Monuments Fund (WMF) today announces the 25 sites on the 2025 World Monuments Watch, including Maine light stations […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News Tagged With: 2025, american lighthouse foundation, Bénédicte de Montlaur, bob trapani, climate change, Ford Reiche, gulf of maine, hazard mitigation, Maine Preservation, Resiliency, rising sea levels, tara kelly, the presumpscot foundation, watch, world monuments fund

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