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
STATE OF CASCO BAY
Drivers & Stressors
What’s Affecting the Bay?
Human Connections
What’s Being Done?
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This document has been funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Cooperative Agreements #CE00A00348-0 and #CE00A00662-0 with the University of Southern Maine.
Suggested citation: Casco Bay Estuary Partnership. State of Casco Bay, 6th Edition (2021).
Photo at top of page: Jerry Monkman, Ecophotography.com