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Guiding Documents

2010 State of the Bay Report
2005 State of the Bay Report
Casco Bay Plan 2006 Update
Casco Bay Plan 1996 
Casco Bay Environmental Monitoring Program (Rev. August 2004)


Stormwater

CBEP Law School intern, John O'Hara, researched the legal implications of Maine's proposed new impervious cover "Total Maximum Daily Loads" (TMDLs) on behalf of ISWG.
-  Maine's Statewide Impervious Cover TMDL: What it might mean for municipalities (September 2011)

Pleasant River Watershed Management Plan, 2011

CBEP Priority Area Factsheet #1: Minimizing Stormwater Pollution, 2011

Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures for Stormwater Phase II Communities in Maine*:
- Volume 1: Information for Program Managers
- Volume 2: Standard Operating Procedures and Forms
* This manual was prepared by staff from Aquarion Engineering Services (Kristie Rabasca, P.E.; and Allysen Loftsgaarden), Edelstein Associates (Jeff Edelstein, P.E.), and Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (Matt Craig and Brenda Zollitsch).

Low Impact Development Fact Sheet (Environmental Finance Center site)

Its All Connected: A Casco Bay Watershed Stormwater School-Based Education Initiative (June 2006)

Stormwater Management in Cold Climates Conference, 11/03

2005 State of the Bay Report, CBEP: Indicator 2:  Impervious Surface | Indicator 3: Combined Sewer Overflows

2010 State of the Bay Report, CBEP: Indicator 2: Impervious Surfaces |  Indicator 3: Stormwater | Indicator 4: Combined Sewer Overflows

 Stormwater Archives (older documents)

Climate Change

Geomorphology and the Effects of Sea Level Rise on Tidal Marshes in Casco Bay, 2012.
Links to low resolution town editions.  Full resolution pdfs available upon request. 

Sea Level Rise and Casco Bay's Wetlands

COAST in Action: 2012 Projects from Maine and New Hampshire, New England Finance Center, July 2012

Climate Change in the Casco Bay, Maine Watershed: Past, Present, and Future, 2009

Assessment of LIDAR for Simulating Existing and Potential Future Marsh Condidtions in Casco Bay, 2009

Casco Bay Workshop on Land Trusts and Climate Change Adaptation, 2011


Shellfish Beds & Swimming Beaches

CBEP Priority Area Factsheet #2: Protecting Shellfish Beds & Swimming Beaches, 2011

Red Tides in Inshore and Offshore Casco Bay and Their Relationship to Local and Gulf of Maine Physical and Biological Conditions, Batelle, 2006 (PDF)

Intensified Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) Monitoring Program, Batelle, 2006: full report (PDF) ¦ report without appendix (PDF) ¦  slide show presentation (PPT)

Shellfish Resources and Habitat Characterization Survey for Sebasco Harbor, Phippsburg, Maine MER Assessment Corporation, 2004 (PDF)

Economic Analysis of the Soft-Shelled Clam, 1995 (PDF)

- Expanding & Sustaining the Shellfisheries of Casco Bay - Phase I, 1999 (PDF) ¦ Phases II and III, 2003 (PDFI

2010 State of the Bay Report, CBEP:  Indicator 5: Swimming Beaches | Indicator 6: Shellfish Beds

Shellfish & Swimming Areas Archives (older documents)

Toxic Pollution

Toxic Pollution in Casco Bay: Sources and Impacts, CBEP, 2007 (PDF)

The Dirty History of Portland Harbor, Ed Hawes: factsheet, 2005 (PDF) | full 250-page report, 1993 (PDF)

CBEP Priority Area Factsheet #4: Reducing Toxic Pollution, 2011

Preliminary Findings of Contaminant Screening of Maine Bird Eggs: 2007 Field Season, Biodiversity Research Institute, 2007 (PDF)

Contaminant Screening of Osprey Eggs in Casco Bay: 2009 Field Season, Biodiversity Research Institute, 2009 (PDF)

Assessment of Sediment Contamination in Casco Bay, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group, Texas A&M University, 2005 (PDF)

Sediment Contaminants in Casco Bay, Maine: Inventories, Sources, and Potential for Biological Impacts, M.C. Kennicutt II, T.L. Wade, et al. Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 28, No. 1, 1994 (PDF)

Deposition of Air Pollutants to Casco Bay: Final Report, Sonoma Technology Inc., 2003 (PDF)

Estimating Estuarine Pollutant Loading from Atmospheric Deposition Using Casco Bay, Maine as a Case Study, Casco Bay Air Deposition Study Team, 2003 (PDF)

Evaluation of the Health Implications of Levels of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins (dioxins) and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans (furans) in Fish from Maine Rivers: 2008 Update Maine Centers for Disease Control, 2008 (PDF)

Toxic Contaminants in the Surficial Sediments of the Fore River, Maine, M. Doan, 2005: presentation slides (PDF) | download data files

Guidance for Private Property Owners: Steps and Alternatives for Disposal of Material Dredged from Rivers and Harbors of Casco Bay, Normandeau Associates, 2008 (PDF)

Surface Water Ambient Toxic Monitoring Program: 2007 Report, Maine DEP, 2007 (PDF)

Slideshow presentation of the results from the Casco Bay Estuary Project air deposition monitoring in Freeport

Casco Bay Water Quality Report for State of the Bay 2010

2010 State of the Bay Report, CBEP:  Indicator 9: Mussels   |  Indicator 10: Sediment |  Indicator 11: Contaminants of Emerging Concern

Toxics Archives (older documents)

Habitat Conservation

CBEP Priority Area Factsheet #3: Protecting and Restoring Habitat, 2011

Mapping fringing marsh habitat along the Casco Bay Coastline, 2008: report (PDF) | data (html) | files for download (GIS)

Recommendations for restoring Mill Brook, Westbrook, ME, 2008: full report (PDF) ¦ report summary (PDF) ¦ appendices: A, B, C, D, E, F, G

Mill Brook Stream Bank Stabilization and Habitat Enhancement Project, 2007 (PDF)


Assessing and restoring habitat in the Presumpscot River:
- Fish Assemblage and Habitat Assessment of the Presumpscot River, Midwest Biodiversity Institute Technical Report (PDF), 2008
- Presumpscot River Management Plan, 2003
- Final Habitat Restoration Inventory Summary Report for the Lower Presumpscot River Watershed, 2005


Restoration of Riparian Buffer at the Former Smelt Hill Dam Site, Falmouth, Maine: Final Report, 2006 (PDF)

Factsheet: Maine's Marine Invasion: What is Invading Maine's Coastal Waters? (PDF)

Non-Shipping Pathways for Marine Invasive Species in Maine, 2007 (PDF)

Marine Invaders in the Northeast:  Rapid Assessment Survey of Non-native and Native Marine Species of Floating Dock Communities, 2010 (PDF)

Casco Bay Shorebird Monitoring Project reports, 2009 (PDF); 2010 (PDF); 2011 (PDF)

Report on the 2013 Rapid Assessment Survey of Marine Species at New England Bays and Harbors, 2014 (PDF)



Habitat Conservation Archives (older documents)

Water Quality Monitoring and Stewardship

CBEP Priority Area Factsheet #5: Promoting Stewardship, 2011

Education
Environmental Stewardship for Golf Courses in the Casco Bay Watershed

Monitoring
 Casco Bay Environmental Monitoring Program, revised August 2004

National Coastal Condition Assessment Report, 2005

Friends of Casco Bay and Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, 2005.  Twelve-Year Water Quality Data Analysis 1993-2004 (PDF)

Friends of Casco Bay and Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, 2006.  Final Report: 2006 Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring Project (PDF)

Maine Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) Spawning Surveys, Bar Mills Ecological and Maine Department of Marine Resources: 2003 report (PDF) ¦ 2004 report (PDF)

Measurement of Sediment Oxygen Demand (SOD) in Upper New Meadows River and Quahog Bay Estuarine Areas, Maine, US EPA Region I, 2009: report (PDF) ¦ appendices (PDF)

 
Community-based restoration
Presumpscot River Stakeholders Plan: The Future of a Changing River, 2003

Royal River Youth Conservation Corps Summary Report 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Presumpscot Youth Conservation Corps Annual Report  2006, 2007, 2008



Water Quality Monitoring & Stewardship Archives (older documents)

Factsheets

Thomas Bay Salt Marsh Restoration, 2012 (PDF)

2010 State of the Bay Report Factsheet, 2011 (PDF)

CBEP Priority Area Factsheet #1: Minimizing Stormwater Pollution, 2011 (PDF)

CBEP Priority Area Factsheet #2: Protecting Shellfish Beds & Swimming Beaches, 2011 (PDF)

CBEP Priority Area Factsheet #3: Protecting and Restoring Habitat, 2011 (PDF)

CBEP Priority Area Factsheet #4: Reducing Toxic Pollution, 2011 (PDF)

CBEP Priority Area Factsheet #5: Promoting Stewardship, 2011 (PDF)

Presumpscot Watershed Initiative, 2011 (PDF)

The Dirty History of Portland Harbor,1994, reprinted 2005 (PDF)

Understanding Casco Bay: A Circulation Study (PDF)

Septic Systems: How They Work and How to Keep Them Working (PDF)

Maine's Marine Invaders (PDF)


Factsheet Archive (older documents)

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