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Publications

Listed below is a catalog of all publications and documents that are available digitally. We're continually adding files, so please check back often (if you have any suggestions, please contact Theresa.Torrent-Ellis@maine.gov).

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Note -- documents are available in PDF format. PDF files open in Acrobat Reader (available free at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html). If you'd like printed copies of any of these documents, please contact the State Planning Office to check on their availability 207-624-7660).

Coastal Water Quality | Coastal Habitat Restoration | Coastal Access and Waterfronts | Coastal Community Planning | Outreach and Education Programs | Marine Resources | Federal Consistency Review | Scenic Resources | General Publications

Coastal Water Quality

  • Gulf of Maine Point Source Inventory: A Summary by Watershed for 1991 (PDF 7.3M)
  • Improving Maine's Beaches (PDF 279K; Word 123K)
  • Maine Storm Water Utility (PDF 8.2M)
  • Protecting Maine's Beaches for the Future: A proposal to create an integrated beach management program (PDF 943K)
  • State of Maine's Beaches (PDF 1.8M)

Coastal Habitat Restoration

  • Casco Bay Watershed Wetlands Characterization (PDF 255K; Word 379K)
  • Maine State Wetlands Conservation Plan (PDF 332M)
  • Options for Managing Maine's Near Shore Ecosystems (PDF 129K)

Coastal Access and Waterfronts

  • Coastal Water Access Priority Areas for Boating and Fishing (PDF 125K; Word 270K)
  • Contribution of Working Waterfronts to the Maine Economy (PDF 4M)
  • Cundy's Harbor Working Waterfront Study (PDF 2M) and Appendices (PDF 21M)
  • Maine's Shore Access: Coastal Right-of-Way Discovery Program (PDF 904K)
  • Maine's Shore Access: Planning and Implementing Public Shoreline Access (PDF 1.8M)
  • Preserving Commercial Fishing Access: A study of working waterfronts in 25 Maine communities (PDF 1.38m)
  • Protecting Prime Sites For Water Dependent Uses 1989 (PDF 1.3M)
  • Public Shoreline Access in Maine: a citizen's guide to ocean and coastal law (PDF 873K)
  • Review of the Effectiveness of the Maine Coastal Plan in Meeting the State's Public Access and Working Waterfront Policy Goals (PDF 212K)
  • Right-of-Way Discovery Grant Program (PDF 45K)
  • The Right Tack: Charting Your Harbor's Future (PDF 462K)

Coastal Community Planning

  • LID Guidance Manual for Maine Communities (PDF 23.6M)
  • Stormwater Operation & Maintenance Plan (PDF 30K)
  • Waterfront Construction Handbook (PDF 4.2M)

Outreach and Education Programs

  • Midcoast Stewards Program (PDF 118K)
  • Penobscot Bay Stewards Program (PDF 106K)
  • The Watershed Journey of Linus Loon (PDF 3.3M)
  • The Watershed Journey of Linus Loon: Educator Handbook (PDF 506K)
  • The Watershed Journey of Linus Loon: Student Handbook (PDF 783K)

Marine Resources

  • Maine's Marine Invasion: A report of the University of Maine Sea Grant (PDF 682K)

Federal Consistency Review

  • Maine Guide to Federal Consistency (PDF 767K)

Scenic Resources

  • A Proposed Method for Coastal Scenic Landscape Assessment - Southern Maine, October 1987 (PDF 12.7M)
  • Protecting Local Scenic Resources: Community-Based Performance Standards, Dec. 2007 (PDF 8M)
  • Scenic Assessment Handbook (PDF 18.3M)
  • Scenic Inventory - Downeast Maine: Hancock and Washington Counties (Access 704.4M - you must use MSAccess 2007 to open this file)
    (Note: The State Planning Office (SPO) has posted this inventory on its web site at this time for general information purposes. Pending opportunity for public notice and comment, SPO has not yet formally accepted this inventory pursuant to its rule regarding the methodology for preparing a coastal scenic inventory [Chapter 250: Methodology for Conducting a Scenic Inventory])
    • Report on the Downeast Coastal Scenic Inventory (PDF 3.4M)
    • Summarized Viewshed Information (Excel 346K)
  • Scenic Inventory - Mainland Sites of Penobscot Bay, August 1990 (PDF 23.4M)
  • Scenic Inventory - Offshore Islands, June 1992 (PDF 17.3M)

General Publications

  • Maine Coastal Plan: Final Assessment & Strategy under Section 309 of the Coastal Zone Management Act, 2011 (PFD 878K)
  • Maine Coastal Plan: Final Assessment & Strategy under Section 309 of the Coastal Zone Management Act, 2006 (PDF 2.6M)
  • Maine Coastal Plan: Final Assessment & Strategy under Section 309 of the Coastal Zone Management Act, 2001 (PDF 360K)
  • NOAA Section 312 Final Evaluation Findings (PDF 1.5M)
  • Maine Coastal Program Brochure 2008 (PDF 2.9M)
  • Maine Coastal Program Accomplishments 2000-2001 (PDF 2M)
  • Maine Coastal Program Accomplishments 2002-2003 (PDF 3.4M)
  • Policy Options for Maine's Marine Waters (PDF 6M)
  • Value of Maine's Marine Research Enterprise: An initial characterization (PDF 191K)