Acknowledgments

Contributors and Reviewers

The State of Casco Bay report would be impossible without the help of our friends and colleagues. Numerous people and organizations have generously provided data, answered questions, offered sage advice, and reviewed drafts. This report is much stronger for their assistance.

Alex Abbott

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Angela Brewer

Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Lauren Brown

Ramboll

Pete Carney

Long Creek Watershed Management District

Kelly Chadbourne

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Stefan Claesson

Nearview

Phil Colarusso

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1

Amanda Cross

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

Abe Dailey

Greater Portland Council of Governments

Tom Danielson

Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Glenn Daukas

Campbell Environmental Group

Mike Doan

Friends of Casco Bay

Jeremy Gabrielson

Maine Coast Heritage Trust

Chris Hall

Greater Portland Council of Governments

Rick Harbison

Greater Portland Council of Governments

Bob Houston

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Chris Hunt

University of New Hampshire

Paul Hunt

Portland Water District

Toby Jacobs

Presumpscot Regional Land Trust

Michael Johnson

Stantec

Bryant Lewis

Maine Department of Marine Resources

Matthew Liebman

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1

Brian Marcaurelle

Maine Island Trail Association

Erik Martin

The Nature Conservancy

Philip Mathieu

Cape Elizabeth Land Trust

Benjamin Matthews

The Nature Conservancy

Jeremy Miller

Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

Slade Moore

Maine Department of Marine Resources

Aimee Mountain

GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.

Maureen O’Meara

Town of Cape Elizabeth

Judy Pederson

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ben Peierls

Lakes Environmental Association

Sarah Plummer

Portland Water District

Kristen Puryear

Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry

Michael Riley

Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Nathan Robbins

Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Bradley Roland

City of Portland

Julia Rosenbach

City of South Portland

Meagan Sims

Maine Healthy Beaches

Peter Slovinsky

Maine Geological Survey

James Stahlnecker

Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Mary Tomlinson

Maine Board of Pesticides Control

Tom Trott

Maine Coastal Program

Benjamin Wahle

Maine Department of Marine Resources

Ryan Wallace

Maine Center for Business & Economic Research

Dennis Welch

Portland Water District

Nate Whalen

Portland Water District

Karen Wilson

University of Southern Maine

Gail Wippelhauser

Maine Department of Marine Resources

Don Witherill

Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Kara Wooldrik

Portland Trails

Emily Zimmerman

Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership Staff

Curtis Bohlen

Executive Director

Marti Blair

Program Manager

Victoria Boundy

Community Engagement Coordinator

Matthew Craig

Habitat Program Manager

State of Casco Bay Production Credits

Peter Taylor (Waterview Consulting)

Editing, Design & Website Production

Nicole Grohoski (Center for Community GIS)

Cartography

Tom Gilmartin (Cutler Institute-USM)

Data Support

Molly Brown (MollyMaps)

Cover Map

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