Casco Bay News

The map can be explored in the State of Casco Bay section. Indicators shown in this map are: Indicator A – Population and Land Use Indicator C – Combined Sewer Overflows Indicator D – Inland Water Quality Indicator G – Bay Water Quality  Indicator I – Aquatic Connectivity Indicator J – Eelgrass Indicator L –

The Resources dropdown of the website contains Data and Open Science including GitHub data repositories for the State of Casco Bay Report 6th edition; sediment studies; National Coastal Condition Assessment data, and more.

A new StoryMap, “Resilience in the Eastern Bay, Spotlighting projects and partnerships from the last 5 years” is available in the Eastern Bay section of our website.

Five grants were awarded which help to protect 1,945 acres of important habitat, including projects in the Sebago and Presumpscot watersheds.

CBEP has made its 2022 Community Grant awards. Read more about the awards here.

December 13, 2022: CBEP is inviting proposals for 2022 Community Grants projects. For the RFP and additional information, check out our Grant Opportunities page.

December 8, 2021 Story here and download and read the full report here.

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership requests proposals for grant-funding of projects in Fall 2021 that support the permanent protection of targeted habitats in the Casco Bay watershed.  Eligibility criteria have changed for this round. Please read this RFP thoroughly.    

Friends of Casco Bay, a science-based, community-oriented, environmental nonprofit organization that has worked for over 30 years to improve and protect the environmental health of Casco Bay, is hiring an Executive Director.