The University of New England (UNE), Maine’s largest independent university, and the American Lighthouse Foundation (ALF), a national leader in historic lighthouse preservation based in Maine, collaborated together on a […]
ALF Releases Maine Light Station Climate Impacts Survey Report
As a result of the winter 2024 storms, the American Lighthouse Foundation formed a Storm & Mitigation Response Team in April 2024. Over the past two years, the team has […]
Avoiding “Used to Be”
To truly win at making our nation’s historic light stations more resilient in the face of climate weather impacts, we need to be where there has been great loss. Where […]
ALF Presents at the National Maritime Heritage Conference
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 […]
UNE Student Maps what Risks Maine’s Lighthouses Face from Storm Damage
Story by Jacob Murphy, Reporter • WMTW TV 8 Portland • August 14, 2025 BIDDEFORD, Maine – While many students are away on summer break, Regina Dyer has been splitting […]
Building a Stronger Future for Lighthouses with the Help of the World Monuments Fund
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 […]
