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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

Grindle Point Light Station

Resiliency Begins With Us

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: April 20, 2025

Fifteen months have passed since the back-to-back storms in January 2024 wreaked havoc along the New England coastline. In Maine alone, over one-third of the state’s sixty-six lighthouses suffered damage. […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani, climate, grindle point, January 2024, light stations, lighthouses, maine, marshall point, mitigation, Petit Manan, Resiliency, resilient, storms

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

We Do Well to Remember

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: February 5, 2025

Whether we are restoring, maintaining or working to make lighthouses more resilient, realizing the aim is a process. And to be sure, this process is an extended one. Such a […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, bob trapani, keepers of the lights, lighthouses, maintenance, mitigation, preservation, resilient, restoration, storms

Storm at Pemaquid Point

Before the Hour of Need

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: January 7, 2025

One year ago to the day, I journeyed to Pemaquid Point Lighthouse during a snowstorm. For there is something about the winter elements and lighthouses that I find myself irresistibly […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News, Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Tagged With: 2024, american lighthouse foundation, bell tower, climate change, hazard mitigation, January, no place to hide, pemaquid point, portland head, Resiliency, storms, video

Portsmouth Harbor Light

Stabilizing a Small Building Provides Big Inspiration

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: December 2, 2024

From a perennial perspective, oil houses were the smallest structures established at historic light stations. Despite their one-time importance, these little buildings are often overlooked by the public when observed […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Lighthouses and Climate / Storm News, Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse Tagged With: american lighthouse foundation, climate change, friends of portsmouth harbor lighthouses, j.b. leslie company, January 2024, new castle, new hamsphire, oil house, portsmouth harbor, rising sea levels, storms

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