Coastal Access
As development and waterfront privatization sweeps its way up the coast of Maine, decision-makers and their local constituencies grapple with waterfront use and access issues. Water-dependent industries, ranging from traditional fisheries to recreational businesses, as well as the public at large, are all facing decreasing access to the ocean, signaling an important change in our coastal heritage.
Coastal Housing
Maine Sea Grant is working with partners to resources and opportunities for dialogue to help coastal communities address the need for decent, safe and sanitary dwellings, apartments, or other living accommodations of low to moderate income households.
Coastal
Tourism Planning
Maine Sea Grant works with a variety
of partners to help advance sustainable
tourism for the Maine coast and to develop
priorities that foster sustainable tourism
development.
Community
Radio Programs
Three monthly public affairs programs
are aired on WERU community radio in Blue
Hill, Maine.
Gulf
of Maine Expedition Institute
The Gulf of Maine Expedition Institute
is a sea kayak-based educational program
seeking to document the Gulf of Maine through
on-the-water and classroom-based experiences
for learners of all ages. The Institute
teaches skills in environmental monitoring
and stewardship, safety, harbor use, and
Leave No Trace; participates in applied
research projects to help inform boating-based
issues; and seeks to provide experiential
programs that will help participants become
better prepared to tackle and solve complex
coastal issues in the 21st century.
KEYS Our Future By Design
In the last five + years, the boom of the housing market in the greater Boston area has priced out many, pushing them further and further south, west and north of the city. Being within 60 miles of downtown Boston, southern York county Maine has experienced extreme development pressure during this timeframe, resulting in sprawling development patterns. Maine has historically been the most economically challenged of the New England states and sprawl has increased pressure on the limited fiscal state and municipal resources. The traditional New England governing approach known as home rule also compounds these problems by limiting means to encourage planning that extends beyond municipal boundaries. To address these issues at the community-level, Maine Sea Grant is working in partnership with the Community Wellness Coalition, the York Region Chamber of Commerce, GrowSmart Maine, the KEYS Towns of Kittery, Eliot, York and South Berwick and others to design, implement and evaluate a series of community-based events and study groups that will focus on developing recommendations for a plan for New England-style regionalism.
www.keysregion.org
Maine Beaches Conference
The Maine Beaches Conference was established in 2000 to provide an opportunity for communication and information exchange among beach stakeholders with diverse interests, and to present findings from the state's beach monitoring programs. Monitoring volunteers, coastal property owners, recreational beach users, and state and municipal officials are among the main audiences for the sessions. To ensure that the event's content is relevant to these audiences, the conference steering committee includes representatives of each of these stakeholder groups. The conference has focused on themes such as beach data trends, shorefront construction techniques, regional economic impact of beaches, coastal access in Maine, local beach management strategies, and many others. The event also features field trips to beach sites nearby. The Maine Beaches Conference is scheduled in alternating years, and the next conference will take place in summer 2007 at a location in southern Maine.
Maine's
Salt Marshes: Their Functions, Values and
Restoration 
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This publication is designed to provide
municipal officials and community members
with the information they need to support
local restoration efforts.
MDI
Tomorrow
This is an ongoing citizen's forum
on the future of the towns and the national
park that make up Mount Desert Island
Protecting Our Children's Water
Protecting water from pollution as southern Maine develops depends upon collaboration across town boundaries. The Protecting Our Children’s Water, 2005 – 2025 project is a proactive, regional approach to water protection and management.
Radar
Reflectors and Sea Kayaks
Do radar reflectors make kayaks more visible
to vessels operating radar? The purpose
of this study is to review the effectiveness
of radar reflectors and comparable materials
in increasing a sea kayak's visibility on
a radar screen.
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