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'71 P, W ` a n e's. Coastal Program PROGRESS REPORT Auqust through.October 1988 PAO Eastport. Bangor achias August Bar Harbor "Okland Portland HT Kittery COASTAL ZONE 393 INFORMATION CENTER M2 M" AUG-OCT 1988 i@ Department Maine State Planning Of fice MAINE'S COASTAL PROGRAM Progress Report August through October 1988 CZ063 (1987-88) and CZ083 (1988-89) A- US DePartment Of Commerce NOAA Coastal Services Center Library 2234 South1dobson Avenue Charleston, SC 29405-2413 Submitted to The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Office of Ocean & Coastal Resource Management -Washington, D.C. 20235 Maine State Planning Office Augusta, Maine 04333 State House Station No. 38 Tel. (207) 289-3261 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Coastal Issues & Accomplishments 0 Maine's Coastal Program Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary 1 0 Maine Coastweek a Resounding Success 1 0 Supplemental State Funding Approved for Administration & Enforcement of Core Laws 5 0 Kennebec River Now Meets Safe Swimming & 9 Fishing Standards 0 The Land for Maine's Future Board and the Commission on Maine's Future Make Progress 9 0 Continuing Coastal Issues 9 STATUS-OF GRANT TASKS, CZ063 Award (1987-88) Task 1 Improving Program Core Law Enforcement a Technical Assistance 23 B. TNC - Improving State Regulation of Areas of State Significance Task 2 Local Program A. Coastal Planning Grants 23 B. Waterfront Action Grants 27 Task 4 Local & State Program Administration A. Technical Assistance & Local Grant Administration 27 Task 5 -- Technical Assistance to Agencies & the Public 27 B. DECD - Achieving municipal Compliance with State Coastal Policies C. IF&W - Management & Regulation of Wildlife Amendment #1 - Heritage Coastal Areas 27 1988-89 GRANT TASKS (CZ083 Awardy Task 1 Improving Program Core Law Enforcement a Implementation 29 A. DEP - Core Law Administration & Enforcement B. DEP - Improving Marine Water Quality Through Better Shoreline Management C.- DOC - Improving Technical Reviews of Core Law Applications i I Task 2 Strengthening Technical Assistanc a to Towns A. Local Program Planning & Waterfront Grants 29 B. Local Assistance to Municipalities 31 C. Regional Council Coastal Coordinators 31 Task 3.-- Increasing Public Shoreline Access Opportunities 31 A. Shoreline Right-of-Way Discovery Program B. Acquiring Shoreline Access Sites Task 4 Promoting Working Waterfronts 31 A. Maine Marine Alliance - Implementation 34 B. Addressing the Impact of Aquaculture on the Marine Environment 34 C.. Strengthening Port and Harbor Management Task 5 Program Oversight & implementation A. Public Education 34 B. OCS Oversight 44 OTHER FEDERALLY REQUIRED REPORTS 1. Monitoring & Enforcement Activities 45 2. Wetland/Estuary Report 45 3. Fisheries Management Activities 45 4. Hazard Management Activities 45 5. Urban Waterfront & Commercial Harbor Projects 45 6. Coastal Access Activities 45 7. Permit Procedure Simplification 45 8. Activities to Protect or Restore Historic, Cultural or Aesthetic Resources, or Redevelop Deteriorating Waterfronts & Ports 45 9. New Memoranda of Understanding 59 10. Report on the Federal Consistency Review Process & Coordination Activities 59 11. Public Awareness Activities 59 12. New Publications Report 59 13. Changes to Coastal Zone Boundaries & Management Authority 59 14. Changes in Strengthening the Managemen t of Coastal Resources 59 15. Major Coastal Issues & State Role (see lst part of this report) 59 16. Sub-awards to Minority or Female-owned Businesses 59 17. SPO Organization Chart 59 EXHIBITS E-1 DEP Quarterly Report (under separate cover) E-2 Shoreland Zoning News, Sept/Oct. 1988 64 E-3 lst Quarterly Report, MGS 64 E-4 Quarterly Logs of Assistance Provided by Regional Coastal Coordinators 66 E-5 Coastweek Events (mailers) 91- E-6 Coastweek Supplement to the Maine Sunday Telegram, 9/25/88 97 E-7 Design Manual: Maine's Shore Access Symbol 105 E-8 "Troubled Maine Gulf reaches a crossroad" (excerpts from Maine Sunday Telegram Special Report) 109 E-9 "Needed: A bold plan to save Acadia" (Maine Times 9/2/88) 119 E-10 List of Products, CZ063 Award (1987-88) 124 E-11 List of Products, CZ083 Award (1988-89) 126 progress.86 COASTAL ISSUES & ACCOMPLISIMNTS 0 Maine's Coastal Program Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary The tenth anniversary of Maine's Coastal Program was celebrated on November 10th with a reception and awards ceremony at the Blaine House. Six awards were made in recognition of special contributions in furthering Coastal Program goals (see news release reproduced below). 0 Maine Coastweek a Resounding Success Coastweek in Maine, October 1-9, featured more than 75 events sponsored by more than 60 local groups. Additionally, 75 shore cleanups were held, with more than 1,300 volunteers participating. Altogether, three times as many events were organized as in 1987. A major public education initiative coordinated by Maine's Coastal Program, Coastweek received extensive media coverage. A special newspaper supplement was published (circulation 135,000) and some 14,000 posters, brochures and flyers distributed. (See clippings below and report for,1988-89 grant task 5A.) Director Richard H. Silkman Maine S and the request the ,ItOte Planning Office e"Sure Of Your at a "ecePtion and au)aras comPanY cerernony ce'e'rating the 7e-nth %niuelsaty Maine Of the Coastal PrOgram Reas STATE OF MAINE 289.; EXECUTIVE I)EPARTMENT STATE PLANNING OFFICE JOHN R. McKERNAN, JR. RICHARD 1-4. SILKMAN .0.e..Ok 01.e@-On FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE contact: Flis Schauffler November 10, 1988 % 289-3261 Maine Coastal Program Holds Tenth Anniversary Celebration The Maine Coastal Program celebrated its tenth anniversary today with a reception and awards ceremony at the Blaine House in Augusta. "Over the last decade, the Maine Coastal Program has fostered a unique partnership of federal, state, and local interests,* said Richard H. Silkman, Director of the State Planning Office in opening remarks at the reception. "Working cooperatively, these three levels of government have made tremendous gains in conserving Maine's unique coastal resources and in strengthening its traditional marine industries." In an awards ceremony at the reception, Silkman presented framed prints and certificates to six individuals, recognizing their work to enhance the Coastal Program's goals of expanding shoreline access opportunities, conserving coastal resources, and promoting marine industries. Award recipients included Jean Childs, former chairperson of the Commission on Coastal Development and Conservation; Jay Espy, President of Maine.Coast Heritage Trust; Dana Anderson, Recreation Director for South Portland; Madge Baker, Director of the Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission; Al Houston, Brunswick Shellfish Warden; and Donald Grant, Searsport Town Manager. Following the awards ceremony, which was attended by more than 60 people, Maine Coastal Program Director David Keeley released a new publication entitled Maine Coastal Program: The First Decade and Beyond, which documents the Coastal Program's achievements since 1978. The report details how Maine has used Coastal Program funds to establish waterfront parks, complete studies of shoreline access and cumulative growth impacts, and construct cargo ports and fish piers. The publication also outlines some of the complex issues that will face Maine's coast during the next decade. 2 Coastweek recreationA educational By Ken Ho(app rebunk Conser,ation Commission. AUGUSTA C.=ck H.S. 995.43649. .- A luck 1@-_ Colony Rmch us -ti.. ..I.. i... id L-st.yc-r volunteers picked up avc rage of 88 Tu,b. Creak Road. K.. It- PC rnil. Consawat 88 cleanup voluracera . T..,.:n pounds of trash r Si gnifcant C a _.it bpy the Zane=k= IM IN& w OFF arnoun! of debris. no Ignmer out. t -6- Commission. V.1L,..- c" hich it, , w.A k miser I;, is Slt..fr- Soundings is itickc," 9" fruit drink battles. will raccit -1 C.Luolidp@ I - nursing at 7:30 wood. sneakers. becas. detergent -li whi 967 - av bleach courairsam. and dip,,. not diere,- abut-insid. Schaturfler of the 1. ni,ciasi _uz" - - By Anhur Layton. Jr. cal lbal Yark's cossit. Ruth Littlefield said the WCight of iunk atereated in need. K- mid 'Im junk is unity.. partial Jim6- local coal" f- NIS of Acres [-ad I. previous yca!s tl= to 1= arn details. . Coassweek as is is reeresuicim, tics. whichare fairly light." ph". Kkal. I cus im Ste," Coastweek Is Maritime Awareiiess it ed -ck2i. y-L24-- . ., Ii's I - I. - ----- - tery. Beach s= eo - OVA, by the""W'. M it,, C_@ By Arthur B. Layton Jr. grant am local groups ox appreciation for ge. 11"."Lis": to COssLweek 88 begins this Satur, (c.11tiral heritage) is . good begin- so in- of ;:,rb. :@VS!bsi Call M. - ning from whi It they may deter- I-ludiall in the =.-r. ==-.:!p P-* o mnL-h-,ogo. than 50 separate beach cleanups. poll S @,*v ,V'c @, day with the Swic's oldat mandme @ilp museum. Penobscot tion probleass. She Museum (fo tided 1936) in Sears- The contents, of Pernobscot Marine Littlefield mid this week thin it Museum help fill that navigational tI p tese, -41V1 ev& sote kee "is!Pkrr.0:j%.ct t 6,ir Port. taking leading step forward ,A. _kh y:k.!ia`= @4. .@;@r To tot etv by sponsoring a beach cleanup Wong coL canniness itera, Cosslwcek 88 (OIL I-Ciet. 9) is the e, so, svie ev @%O` ;Xil@@Z kix the SearrPort shore on West PcnObs' d,sirex! to focis Kis, ot cut B. sstlenflon On the The now.... vhich in the past S-'@ 3,500-nni comol found ine and, in i ec -"M dV particular, on Main 's -Lhural and .1 clean after th VA "e _01Ze je has S ffcmd lackluster public rel., day. I don't k-." sihi, - XO C00; h the '10 vo `c S% "to' VAV I k - Liam efforts and cri links it -put. stishe C S @-?V. -, 0, *A roas Lilisonstifenisdi. ,=-d future. t Jim 60 1 @ kill to ee reetion. is tatting a grip on itself with They may not be aware of it, but picked - thelielli0fits -xecutivedirector t 00 In Mainc?'13riLiericAc3deray's Wing 11 lo, f; 0 Robert Farwic 1. It's taking an inter. Team is romoting mairc*s mmi. 'D "'o " co eas in the, world about it. mid the Lime h,,i P .S. beyond its bcxdc. this ve V00 \0,%N world about itshould reciprocate. @e weekend. .Notallcif, Story for p,eser,ing The Castinc-bascd Merchant e"ces @-Oe ;ox Ne 4LO ". ov, V; -,v 10 'Ve@! OIL .i.*. runihii'mc, history should go cpe\@ .4 ,@4 v @ W - _dt "is Marine college's sailors we compet. sllg!vwco'y@ 4; 'e", 11 co 16 11, a 2, ts, SV#,_11N 'VA @ow@_@,L .JLJmrcM !uscum in Bath. irig a, the U.S. Naval Acadcray at 0ate:l V,\,,te:, \P cl.'.e.s. TI. Path TAI@ lhfi@iimc.\ dl;%@ 09"N Nor all of Annapolis, Md.. for he McMill,- .,,yN kl;% \P Ot TO kp it w -IL o@e 1, @,-. "QA JOss 's \otV .,CPO,. museum is outstan nig and it is Cup.1lisencefiherroulpfc, k\e ;0 wo helped by its neighbor Bath lion S @akit C', VOL trephics in US inienco, e- @01 ")NA Works and the people of the Create, ing competition. Sal"L e V1 An tot Vt k@@tv;, wat" This is Itistiggem -gets Main, 0:0- 'Lo tetc 2* *,L 'I, ote %. asir je6- - `-SA Penland Anca. ,at charity begins at home mil hen they usk, out their LlL.kb--' Its $N0 VYO bo@.' 7 @1- they rite a check 1, ae 'S S- ;,D1 tot 0 al-e 0, cot anne, lusc,,- coo el check ua.'@ @e, I cyc' IiV % _A.V1 ao 61 'OT0 qs% ning ,c e jO -,,s @V@ be As -'s " 14 a - W .,?.! e ex" Oft, VA 9. 4:21 *er, Nlainess., ?e@\o a\\ 2A Vs\ , oe 0-AeTt 001" a. ok 'Coast Week' Programs "ev, 0 LXqv@ V , Adminiter, zv)!, SSV1\ ep 0. sk itto t;@ Ali -,he toN - %AVQ W111, x1do 'k,", et@ 2N, .'c 'oue sti W, cr- ea, stio ;O@\ so needs P At Farnsworth Museum 7 - .,\o I ois libats'l va icancon, ic \.I W. Vet The William A. Farnsworth mother-in-law, Dorothea -s of hirc Ile% -,I, TQ \6 -o S es 21 Library and Art Museum is Moulton Balanoof Port Clyde. VA ido 0,\& wt 001 il:No - sponsoring three free-of-charge On Tuesday and Thursday 00\.,00 2@ eo - SOD---. events next week in honor of next week three films about 2tc, .4. 'No. -:-A eXIN - * $,Loc @@ St Coast Week: coastal sailing will be shown at 2 2, 1,711 On Wednesday (Oct. 5) at 7:30 and7p.m. at 0010 \ia cp 61%, jell ?d$ell@,qet p.m. there will be 'The Women "Round Cape Iforn" and ev S., w j,".. , ok Who Went to Sea' " alecture "Ship Ali y- are original 1P V, \-,,\ tee et ktoo "41 about Maine %voWen who ac- footage froio lie 192(ys; Gordon 2, 0t1iitC-,2NS @-s companied their seafaring Bok narralest "Iforrie 10 the X \,I,10% @a`_ husbands on ocean voyages at Sea," acontemporary video of . Cal, - S V T, [he turn of the century. sailing heritage, po.", Dr. John Bat ick of the Uni- On Oct. 8 from 10:30 a.m. to '00 ."ScrA V, 1, ". 91 cto, .,ersity of Nlah@e's history de- noun. Bruce of 0"osa &,\10 ",,%0\1 \%tVC partment will present an histor- ' r'c .90 ical perspec ive of I liese women "o' P0 ' '\ lead . \,mrkP1,P', 10 @Jy and their rolli in maritime histo- Grades 5 through 8. leaching @14eqe roco@i ry, t gether with a slide shirv. knot-lying 0 b Zchniques and talk. A pers nal pe peciii, e will be inga out albuilding. oby Elr' supplied izabeth Balano. Further information inay be the hor -Log f the had by calling Carol llolm@n or aN Wi,,.!, '10 Skipswho wil relate Mary McPherson at the tbep7d,entres orher Farn-orlh.596-6457. r-ict-j- m-1/r/62 10 -W T. SHIRT @z w ,n CU S a- lICOX -bvv ca Vnn tw* drew Meggison"crowed I o-t ght at his dis overy. c 011 TA.6 'N - "on' N :@4. 7 . Squattlngon the mud flats of'- ta Vaughpq Island In Kennebunkport,'..:,: R111 an,, A 4rneq oyer a roiq@ @nd` Teo' *00, ow 0.11 ,ao- the blond 4-v--- It, o',nu lo"I ' "sod, ol tats, ..... 9%v, fourO h he '04t in-in, -I 4cinatedi'as the dime. 0 *.: ..: , ,atnv@@00- % 4. . te 0a, is *",, to , ,1P - .%;a @,tofl I', $at i over his muddy iialm.'@ a, 01 gain ""A Val o with it? Does 0@@ onof 'a to ort .@O,V aa 11 - @\%- 1, A ".7, ;', , .......... uring the clean-up are ac-, @q part,@! a, at to rq I e7su ey Lis sh & 7%a stcao-@: oFvh a ts is %,I q. va@,, -A ere A to @N- @S.,-- ""n ..ra I.% d Wth each Jese VA'N " 'A' D. es *@ ct%u-- \ Of RNI, t 8 11 177, THE QUODDY TIDES. saumcpb@i.....,Z " V it Ocit sns;-.r@sa,.. sn@ ibt:goJ ng to @,be the cure M21__X sty c "X "`-@!h*zy8Uodmn. -A f@i# Col- Lip colo;Vear-ld bo B' 1'@@vill;'reWize how d - & Squio@'@. qMp epe c 'k-W few M - 4.0 ai@ -, - lj@@ - e 0@, At ct... 4-C - I .. / @@ -,- 0ZR808 iNimpach* as 4, Lisa: uestis eep- 9o Car% Vo Z, %V 411 Zt-! ra, 0 pa, , C, 7 CIS, ol ao"i 14 4qd washed ashore. '-;@eled pieces of '-@se 7&- 4,;@ U. at 'ir SOME OF THE PAJUICIPAN73 in Ih, Maivi, Cioaw@lk '88 Ile .. P. Pil kv trash Dos blod. (Cook Photo) _unor Uzi Local beaches yiel d 300 pounds of trash Tw nty.uvcn people collected and in. sites and fishing boals, including picccs of rO@ %IM c'), ento6ed about 30D pounds ofirish on 3 ofstyrofmim,sextiomofIsulypropolene t, V@ a. I miles of shoreline, on Moose Island and in rope. plastic stnipping, plastic o il con- Z. s. 1q, "i, Perry t q t".4 the ot Z,-,Z_@ 4"4t." Pan Emp, in I Prip Beachcombers find lenty of stran ed tras '9,.( collc, P 4 f4@; spent a lot ofnice days on the beach. But I can't enjoy it cars t13YRIC Writ.e /a/ 8V. provided by cleanup volunteers throu ut the -And that', dangerous beitil S=Ramsryer debris, EnvirMent&I with a clear Conscience any more, with what-& happen- U.S., will be sent to the Center for More than 76 other @oastweek events are acbed.. Cov 11 'Ing to the environment. unless I get Involved." Education In Washington. ulid through the end of the week, Including the Maine Cla 71ey combed the Back Cove shoreline, c= Annie Kell, another volunteer from Portland., . "Not.only can we see what was found in Maine, bu! Audgbon Society's Sea Fair today in Bath. 7be bea: biodegradable bags that soon bulged with "I think It's Important to be here. I use the Back we can get a sense of how we compare nationally, day-long festival will feature performances, demon.' anci Paper and glass. Heads down, some wearing gloves, Cove,-and. I feel It's Part of my responsibility to help' SchaufflersAd. strations, maritime craft displays. boat rides and cior they picked up someone else'adiscarded and forgotten maintainit." At Portland's East End Beach. another designated children's activities. D. trash. Working from 9 anL until mid-day. the y6lunteers cleanup area Saturday. about 30 volunteers from the of(I M re than 25 volunteers took part in the clea of gathered 26 large garbage bags of trash from a Munjor Hill NeIrborhood Organization scoured the On Mqnday. the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine is P0.10 d's Back Cove Saturday to,help launchnup r Is sponsoring S talk on the Gulf of'Malne by Barry on kan ta Coe one-ralle stretch. According to Flis SchauMer, coordl.,' shorel ne and co lected 30 to 40 garbage bags of trash Gibson, ed tor o C twe. '88, a a tewide celebration of Maine's link to nator of Coastweek '88 in Maine, most of the trash wis In 0 four-hour period. sine at 7 p f the "Saltwater Sportsman mage. co- the sea. Nearly 60 cleanups are scheduled through plastic foam, glass and Plastic - including numerous . Jpe.C@wte, a Munjoy Hill resldent@ said most of the -mi-IntheHolidayinnstAugusts. next Sunday along with dozens of other activities six-pack yokes, whlrh.she said am "renowned for trash consisted of paper. broken glass and -lots and Elsewhere during the week, the Mstine Bureau of across the state. endangliring wildlife" thit become entangled In them. !qla of plas'Uc.". Parks and Recreation will present tree auto park Other local cleanups were conducted Saturday in ."We're concerned about claiming up the coast and - PrOgrarris for schools and groups. Workers also found several condoms and tampon, the shore." Cowie said, "but I think the overriding For more Information on eventh anywhere In Maine. Papa Neddick. Eliot, Kennebunkportr Kittery, free. &PPI]catprs. Amongthe larger items hauled away was 1h.1 South Portland, Scarborough, Falmouth. Cape concern (Or Most of us Is the pollution Uireat to the C411 U1*Ma1neCo&BtsI PrOgradnoffice, 2W.3261. Elirlbeth and the Casco Bay Islands, .6(.)-gallon container and miscellaneous Umber. c1ceah.- .1 Maine is coinmemorating ]to fifth Coastweek and Is During the 1987 Coastweek cleanups, 8W Maine Mco'm here because I cam about the environment,! =g 2e4r@atas Participating In the event nationwide.. ."It's apmdrig how@ much glass I've found small vOl nteers gathered 7,118 pounds of waste from So U Is Dunhan of Portland said at Back. Bay. "I've uffl Bald. in the coming wee pieces," Wd Rep. Peter O'Donnell, a lifelong Portland Infles ofshorellne. Nearly percent ofthe debris was data Abou the' i P,az C. 'ka r*sldenL 0 Supplemental State Funding Approved for Administration Enforcement of Core Laws The Maine Legislature acted to further safeguard our coastal environment at its 3rd special session in September when it appropriated over $800,000 to strengthen the work of the Dept. of Environmental Protection and the Land Use Regulation Commission, much of which involves administration and enforcement of Coastal Program core laws inthe coastal area. The DEP funding is a $500,000 working capital advance to enable hiring of staff for the new Bureau of Solid Waste created last spring (compensating for delays in receiving projected fees related to solid waste and growth management regulations), and is over and above the 53 new positions authorized during the regular session as reported in the Progress Report for February through April, 198'8. The understaffed Land Use Regulation Commission, which oversees development in th e unorganized territory, will receive $301,501 for 10 new positions and a consult- ant's study of the organization and management of the Commission for ways to improve efficiency and respon- siveness to the public. co nsultant's f inal report @198@ 5 Special session of the Legislature NACM Legislature comes agency, will be completed by March 1990 so Subdivision Ahsv. 78, to LURC's rescue that its reconi men dat ions can be acted upon loophole closed After more than six months of turmoil at by the Legislature in the upcorning session. In May, Maine's Supreme Court decided the Land Use Regulation Commission, the Bley was pleased with the Legislature's ac- that the state's subdivision law does not allow tions. "It's been a long, hard road since last Legislature took steps to beef up the over- winter, when staff resignations and a huge towns to review condominium developments, worked and embattled agency, LURC back load of applications signaled problems. multi-unit apartment buildings, and other oversees planning and development in The Legislature's action is an excellent initial projects which do not divide land into Maine's 10 million acres of unorganized step to deal with the current overload of work separate ownerships. The decision left a gap- territories. and to raise morale. We expect that the study ing hole in development review, since a The Legislature demonstrated its strong will demonstrate that more needs to be done, number of towns and the Land Use Regula- commitment to LURC by increasing its staff particularly with respect to the agency's plan- tion Commission had assumed that they had by more than 50 percent and authorizing a ning activities," lie said. this authority. management study to improve the agency's In September, the Legislature closed the. effectiveness. The Legislature endorsed loophole. In emergency legislation (LD 2684), Speaker of the House John Martin's proposal the Legislature required that municipalities to add 10 new positions to LURC (which cur- review all condominium developments of rently has 18 staff) over a competing Ad- V three or more units created within a five-year ministration proposal calling for six new period, which is the standard used in review ing subdivisions of land. The legislature also positions. When presenting his bill, Speaker Martin required the review of developments involv- stated that LURC's enforcement capability ing three or more apartment units within a had "dropped to nil." He argued that the five-year period, either through subdivision agency needed at least 15 new staff positions review or any other municipal review or- and that his proposal only represented an im- dinance which is "at least as stringent" as portant first step. the subdivision law. The Speaker also pointed out a "critical Subdivision approval will not be required need to have enforcement people in the field for hotels or motels, or to rehabilitate an ex- to respond quickly and effectively to alleged isting apartment building into new units. In- violations." Consequently, the legislation dustrial and commercial developments are mandates that three of the newly authorized also excluded. However, under home rule, a positions are to be enforcement specialists town could require subdivision or other based in Aroostook County, western Maine, review of these developments if it so desired, co and Bangor. Residents of the unorganized and the legislation specifically clarifies the territories have criticized LURC for having authority of towns to act more comprehen- E! its staff located in Augusta, several hours & sively than the subdivision law requires. drive from the area it regulates. 0 The subdivision provisions enforced by Jerry Bley, the Council's resource LURC were also amended. The legislation re- specialist, testified in favor of the speaker's quires LURC to review all divisions of real bill. "The dramatic increase in development estate into dwelling units, including con- pressures on the Maine Woods is here to stay; dominiums, where three or more units are to believe otherwise is to ignore the reality created within a five-year period. The existing that is upon us. LURC, with its current staff Last suininel; a developer used the provision exempting 40-acre lots not located resources, is not up to the task. The agency loophole in the subdivision law to in the shoreland zone was not affected by this is no longer lean and mean, it is simply begin bulldozing Blue Hill Mountain change in the law, lean," he said. for condominiums without town ap- The new provisions went into effect upon The Legislature also authorized funding provaL The Legislature has now closed enactment, but will not be applied for a study of LURC proposed by the Depart- the loophole so that towns can review retroactively. ment of Conservation. The study, which is condominiums and apartments. aimed at restoring public confidence in the River s health improves By MARIE HOWARD k-J tTCtCh of the river below Sko hegan, from June 20 through Aug. 15 along the Since the I 800s the water quality Guy Gaiiiiett Service beginning at the Big Eddy. wA dail fiVe;MilecIlT@,ch at S=hergan show d a of the river slowly, but surely, c fb/;J/@f 'sewage overflow, which had been ci,:Ciir@ low b terlacount p eviously.eThe deteriorated. WATERVILLE - The entire length of ring there for about eight years held rieit,'sresull.@ put the water within state The deterioration came before the the Kennebec River from its origin at pollute the Kennebec's waters, thwa g lion for , fishing and swimming. paper mills treated for pulp waste Moose' head Lake to where it empties into an upgrading of the water at that The problem at the Eddy was and indoor plumbing was introduced the Atlantic Ocean was given a clean bill point. caused by the way the Skowhegan to Maine residents. - of health by the state's Department of The Kennebec River now has a Water Co. had cleaned its drinking It wasn't too many years ago that Environmental Protec ion. Class B rating from the east and :@e@t water filter systems. Every- day, usually in legislators had to close State House While not pristine, the Kennebec outlets at Moosehead Lake until it the morning, the water company cleans i its filters to remove accumulations of w ndows, because the stench from the meets state standards for safe fishing reaches Skowhegan, where it picks solids and other impurities. The 20,000 Kennebec was so bad. and swimming, probably for the first up the lower, Class C.rating until it gallons of water used in the process were The Kennebec once supported the erged had industry in Maine and time in a century, Terry McGovern, reaches the sea. flushed through pipes and coriv t5frainciKahler'y continued to nourish for water q&,1.,1,, planner for the DEP's Class C requires the water quality with other sewer lines carrying household Water u ny Control Bureau said to be suitable for drinking water waste to a pumping station at the Eddy, many years after the shad had become all Thursday. after treatment, fishing, recre ion (in causing the overflow. but extinct in other rivers of the state. McGovern also said 89 percent of and on the water), industrial proctess air@d However, last spring the company In addition to shad, which far the miles of the state's other major cooling water @upply, for hydroelectric constructed a holding tank which permits outranked the other fisheries on the rivers are meeting the "fishing and power gen cration except where prohi- er, salmon. sturgeon. alwives and the gradual release of the wash water into r1v so fished commercially. swimming goal." bited under certain laws, naviga ion and the sewer system, which subsequently smelts were al t The eventual disappearance of shad McGovern's Kennebec River declara- as a habitat for fish and other acquatic helped clean up th i t on came on the beels of tests fife. But that c river' i wasn t the only problem below Augusta is believed to have beer' taken during the summer in a five-mile McGovem said water samples taken the Kennebec faced. caused by industrial pollution. Salmon to find Saco' asin--": B' easier passage Dams The first Saco River project to be undertaken Involves the four Cataract dams bridging two is- up Saco River mq lands between Biddeford and Saco. Construction of Now fish passagewavs at these dams Is ex t cc=,@ to be Quebec Brunswick By NEIL HARTSTEIN I d agencies, among them the Federal Energy Regulatory orn eteu by lawn of 1991 and 0 t $5.2 ,pebur Oxford County, an mF.'n R Moo" York County Bureau ow. u5h York County- Agency. M- PorA Wor" lFtrh.. am. located near FERA requires anyone seeking a license to operate Plans call for CMP to Install an elevator or fish-lift 0 CL BIDDEFORD - For local the ocean In Blddeford-Saco to A hydroelectric power dam to provide fish passage. at the 44-foot-high Cataract dam in the east channel off E fishermen and conservationists, about 20 miles lnI d, will cost wags When,CMP sought renewal of such a license, Factory Island. The east-channel dam now pro- the planned upgrading of fish about $100 million an it @came nvolved in its project to upgrade CU vides no means for fish passage upstream, even though 1: a@eways at dams on the Saco passageways. It has the greatest water flow. Viv8se Is long overdue, "Catching an Atlantic salmon In the works since 1984, the Saco River program is The salmon are forced to swim to the west side of It's been more 200 years with a to 1101 than A &no reel is the trin the oldest of three such projects involving CMP, said the island, only to confront a 15-foot-high dam and N.H. since dams built in the river a lifetime," said John Cadwal- Norman Dube, fisheries biologist with the salmon inadequate fish ladder Z Maine began to reduce the number of lader, president of the Saco River commission. The co is involved with similar In addition to the-planned east-channel elevator Salmon Club. "It's the king of in Atlantic salmon able to make work on dams along thpe%droscoggin and Kennebec and a new west-channel fish ladder, the company must their way upstream to spawn. freshwater game fi&IL" rivers. install fish ladders at the two smaller dams upstream That number was reduced fur- CMP expects Initial construction on the Saco brid iSpringisland. But Cadwallader said his ATng CMP will spend $250.000 to temporarily F.D. ther when more dams were built club's 100 participating mem- project to begin in late 1989. 1 and when passageways designed bers see a more Important pur- All for the sake of the spawning salmon. Dube said modify the fish ladder at Skelton dam, six miles 0 to help salmon travel did not that young salmon, bom in fresh water, make their upriver from the Cataracts, so salmon ran be trapped 8-Y pose In reviving Saco salmon. I U-kk E.9W work well. "The same reason we like to first trip downstream once physiologically !eady to there and trucked even farther upstream. 0 But new passageways, to be live In salt water. They gain weight at sea and, in two to After Cataract, CMP is supposed to replace the built over the course of 20 :ee thedbaldceagle survive in the a..- years ky an ose belong to the fW yer, return as adult fish to their spawning Skelton dam fish ladder by the year 2005 and N.WW and maintained by the owner of forest 1 und to work Its way upstream, culminating with the Bonny the dams, Central Maine Power we feel the same y @, 1. - A, aboutsalmon,"he said. "It's we Unlike Pacific salmon, Dube said, Atlantic salmon Eagledamin2olo. A. a., No sym- do not die after spawning once but can live to spawn The development of the Saco River as a thriving Co., are about to make spawning bolic of Maine." two or three times. fishing site should bring people to the Bidde. easier and are expected to revive The Bangor-based Atlantic the river's salmon population. Sea Run Salmon Commission has When the dams don't get in the way or cause other ford-Saco area and should boost the local economy, A- Fft Between 25 and 50 salmon are been h ed by e Leg problems, that Is. Besides hindering upstream pas- Dube said. aril is' 'lure caught each year In state fish sage, they also create ponds that We're looking at several hundred salmon in the traps ortryfishermen. Once CMP st de, troy e is s @gl :@ riv @ -a 1 9.. ithe re re -on to RD, wrhlp g at e.wh re ey sent natural fa ter habitats, said Le a Fla , director er on a consistent basis by the mid-1990s," said the vfor 2 pre 611@lm N completes theXroject, it is hoped be e dal on ritriiclon.' The of the Main'ewsepartment of Marin Reso rce's a. salmon club's Cadwallader. that 2,000 a ult salmon will commission works In conjunc- dromous Fish Division. Meanwhile, the dams and hydro plants on the Saco 1111 d swim annually up the Saco. Lion with utilities and federal There are tributaries in upstream sections of the make the trip downriver no less hazardous for salmon. All told, CMP will Install or Saco still suitable for spawning, Flagg said. "The Gordon Russell, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Improve fish passageway t six question Is how to get the fish back to ese suitable Wildlife Service, said CMP has until 1990 to come up Press Herald map dams In the 120-mile-lon a ariver See SALMON recreation areas," he said. vrith a plan for permanent downstream passageways. which originates In a lake I@ Back page tills sectilmi P ~0 M~qcKerna~8qn objects Condo loophole closed Four months ago, legislators the growth management coali~o under less stringent local re- committee, which had worked "It's been four months s~* u~l~ce and Governor John McKer~nan tion had fractured along familiar view, and Brooksville, where a with the MMA on, the manda~- ~the decision.~- shot back Repre- put aside their differences on lines: t~hose supporting manda- developer cited the court ruling tory growth ~n~u~ma~qgement plan, sentative Reed Coles (~D~-South local control and passed a state. tory land-use planning and when he informed town offi~, a little nonplussed~.~"Municipa~ii- Harpswe~l~qD. 'You must not have wide growth management law ~t~hose opposed. cia~ls he would proceed with an ties have an obligation to review thought very much about it.' that forced municipalities to do On o~ne side were House 18~-un~it condo project without the environmental impacts of a Ma~c~Ewan and Wood argued comprehensive planning. Speaker John Martin (D-E~ag~le planning board approval. 20~- or 50-~lot subdivision. ~qWhy that towns faced with large con- Part of that planning, it was Lake), t~he Natural Resources Ile governor's office and not a 20~- or 50~-unit condomin- dominium projects could assumed, would include the Council of Maine, and the the Maine Municipal Associa- ium?~* asked House Chairman quickly call a town meeting and regulation of condominiums, Maine Audubon Society, who tion (MMA), joined by develop- Michael Michaud (D-East, pass ~,new regulations~;~, a tactic until the state Supreme Judicial contended that many small ers, saw the problem in a differ. Millin~o~cke~O. ~' ~, ~' dismissed as impractical by the Court in May ruled that Maisie's towns were left defenseless ent light. Harry Wood of ~t~he Alan Ma~cEwan, counsel to co~inm~i~l~L~ee. I~n the e~nd, t~he panel subdivision law applied only to against condo developers Its the MMA said towns. ~n~ot the state, Governor M~cKernan, had an voted to regulate condom~i~q6 land, not buildings. wake of the Supreme Court ru~l- should be deciding whether answer: Give towns the option ums in the same way as land 'But when the Legislature's ing. ~'~qMey cited towns such as they want to regulate condo- to review condominiums until subdivisions, while allowing Energy and Natural Resources Sanford, where ~10 projectswith miniums. "We have no sense the new ~8qWslature can study towns to pass their own laws if Committee met last week to a total of 240 units will come that it is a huge crisis,' said the issue further when it co~n~- they are tougher than the state dose th~e~-~loophole and restore Wood. 'We would like our venes in January. standards.~qMe proposal passed condominiums to the su~bdi~vi~m home rule authority left alone.' the full House and Sen~a~teu~n~i~mi~r sio~n review law, they found that Must ~le~A members of the ~m~o~u~s~l~y~.~, Land for Future Fund~2qprepares to A By STEVE CARTWRIGHT with suggestions," said Ed Mead~. fa~f~led to convince the Legislature to d, Staff Writer ~qj~0ql~ql~qi~6qb~" ~o~w~s~, rector of the State Bureau of purchase Mount Katahdin and sur. ~~w~, himse f for ~92qe K~qJ ~qY~Q~8 Public Lands and part of a land rounding land, bought ~it I ~qP~2qv n~6qc. ~0qK. ou ~2q0C ~I~I~I~q"~' AUGUSTA - The Land for acquisition fund working group. The the people of Maine. Maine's Future Fund is open for board has held ~@~e~l~l-at~tcnded public business. ~c~a~m~p~qi~q@~qi hearings statewide, and "right now He paid about S20,000 for Baxter ~'~c~UPubli~e~@~La~nds thi~s~s~~'m~o~ni~l~s~'~ec~im~. ~@~1~1p~p~p~p~ Th~e~' Some 200 application workbooks we're open for business," he said. State Park a property you probably -pl~e~ted~,p~@rc~h~as~c~o~f~t~'w~' ~j~i~tt~irf~r~o~q@~qj-~@~'b~y~th~e~A~e~qg ~w ~- couldn't ~t~i~q@y for ~~0 ~o~q;~qpr~e mailed out this month, but as "There is al~qg~eady broad recogni S35 million today. parcels~i~n~'~qHa~n~c~o~qo Tu~esd~R~y~, no formal purchase tion that the $3 million is going to "It's just in time. The r ~@~,T~h~i~@d~eal ~is~'~s~e~para~t~e~qJ fi~s~s"'w~el ~cal estate I I I ~z~@ r~om~'pur- ~ ~'~@ ~li~, I %,chases. contemplate ~~@ ~, -- `~d~i~@~,~& ~C~a~r~l~i boom has caused land prices to ~-d b~y~,t~h~s~:`~qU~r~id"~@u~t ~9n~u~ps dc~@~ubl~c, triple and go even higher," said Wommack, who lobbied hard with ~'~i1~c~c~i~qd~qi~ng~'~,, bow ~-t~o~-~s' $~1~5~, ~1 Pend ~q@~i~o~l~,~,~M~s~in~e~,~,~, ~8qR~qi~qd~"~qT~"~, Is ~'~2qd -~1p~p~p~p~p~p~-,Property, a~qlr~qda ~qy~-~6qW~qi~0qmc~qin for -the state acquisition fund, m~i~lli~o~n~n~i~'~la~i~nd acquisition, f~s~sr~~@~A~f~i~qe M~o~unta~qm-~q@ y~@ ~i~r~cc~t~or~.~'~@Tun~k'~L~ak~e area s~q! 9~0~qI~n9~qj~o~8qb~a~a' ~n. slashed by the Legislature from the ~Ed~"~A~l~e~s~qid~6w~qi_a~g~e~n~c- initial proposal of $~50 million. ~@~'~sa~id in, a, prepared statement C ~r~qf~qi~qJ~qq.s~qf~q6~qIad~'th~qi~q1~8~q6~q6et ~qis,turn the" Black Mo~a~ntair~s~-T~q"k~'~@ Lake' i~nc~lude~d~,~@ "We'll hopefully start negotiating and~~D~i~mnell~'Po~h~& properties ~a~m, land~s~@ n~e~ir~.,Howland~,~' ~l~h~e~@ latter right away," said Lissa Widoff, 'suitable~' fo~r'~@~r~i~c~r~e~i~f~l~dn~'~q;~'wi~]d~U~fe~'~.~@~q@arc~d~'~,w~UI remain a~c~te~s~isibl~e~q@ f~qc~qsr~q@ e senior board planner. But she ~@eo~f~i~iervati~o~n~@~iand~'~I~car~tfully~2p~p~p~2p~2p~p~p~p~p~8588;7824;8;8q- pub~l~i~q rec~re~@t~ioE~i~,~,~^M~ca~dow~i.sa~qi~q4~q*~q.~q-~q,~q,~q' K ~r~it, ~m~a~c~l~i~t~, a I ~@c ~@~at added, "We're not in a panic mode. 'aged limber h~a~rve~sti~tig~.~@ Th n We can't operate that way. 'includes ~-~@ Black-,' "His staff ~w~f~l~l~4tudy~,~'t~h~e and- "Some of th~e money is ~qgoing~o ~@~,~,~N~tur~c pu~b~l~i~e~va~c~ce~s~s~, ~1$~@~,' ~tr Ca~sri~bou~@ ~Mo~t~s~nta~i~[~sts~@~'~,~, an proposals had been turned in, be a drop in the bucket," said Kent have to go for high-value coastal ~d ~J~nv~6q*~4q1~0q4~q_~4q0 officials said. W~ommack, associate director for pr~op~ert~qt. but we're not~8qr~it~n~qt~, to be Since it was formed by legislative the Maine chapter of The Nature able to uy as much of a nd of beaches and other waterfront. will be considered early next year, act earlier this year, the board has Conservancy, a private land preser- land," she said. The board has worked ou t an she said. received informal offers which vation group. .~elaborate scorin~i~t system, and will Womm~ack, whose organization would involve spending several hun- "I'm just glad the faucet is turned Inquiries to the board - part of rate formal applications in October has helped preserve 50,000 acres in dred million dollars - far more than on," he said, the State Planning Office - have and possibly November. "Certainly' Maine, said the challenge will be to the S35 million available for recrea. But he pointed out the state has been "a real hod~g~e~-podg~e,~" she deals could be worked out by the end "get as much bang for the buck" as tional public lands. come a long way from the days of said. involving mountains, lakes, of the year," Widoff said. possible. "To date it's working Very "We've been just overwhelmed Gov. Percival Baxter, who, when he streams, woodland, open land, A second round of applications well. I think the board's doing an 0 Kennebec River Now Meets Safe Standards; Fish Passageways on the Saco River to be Upgraded The DEP released test results in October showing that the Kennebec River is within State limits for safe fishing and swimming along its entire length, probably for the first- time in a century. Also announced were plans for upgrading of fish passageways on the Saco River, the first of which, between Biddeford and Saco, is expected to be completed by fall of 1991. (See clipping below.) 0 Th6 Land for Maine's Future Board and the Commission on Maine's Future Make Progress The Land for Maine's Future Board mailed out some 200 workbooks to individuals and groups Kishing to make proposals for State land acquisition under the $35 million Land for Maine's Future bond issue; 51 proposals were received. Seeking to take a longer look, the Commission on Maine's Future held a series of public hearings and meetings in a major public participation effort. (See clippings below). 0 Continuing Coastal Issues Some continuing issues of concern to Maine's Coastal Program are described in clippings reproduced below. They oe 611 J A-k@l include growth management, effects of the escalating costs 9 ~0 ~0qM~2qainers~4qte~6qt ~4qtha~0qnce ~2q9 to a~r'concerns on I TV' By PA en ~0 Are you Willing to pay more to further protect our ~qW ~vir~onme~nt? ~q@~0q/~q@ 7 ~* Should vie pay higher taxes to Improve Maine's A p trying to help shape Maine's future Is ~9~c~h~qw~ls? ~,~.~6qZ~0qr at ~ig to get as many Mainers as possible a Should t~h~e state actively promote tourism in Involved In the process. Maine? ~M~w 40~-member Commission on ~Mai~r~Ws Future. ~0 Should fa~m~il es assume more responsibility ~f~or ating a vision for their aged? charged by the Legislature with cre ~8q"~7~q1~0~1~6qZ of us would Like to create a better place to the state ~ane~l re~com~n teg~les for heading Into the 2~1~s~t Live for ourselves and our children. but it's not often we I program producer Bill century, is sponsoring pub ~Ic ~qf~q9~r~0q2~d~.~' ~q2~6q9,~qd`~qW~W~qn~6q%`~qn~q:o~6q%~t times. opinion polls, public hearings. ~os~e th organizations, Panel discussion topics and members are: B~-~C~q-.~d~6qT~6q: announcements ~P~.~U~qz~qi ~e Environment~. Dean Marriott, c~omm~i sioner of advertisements. the state Department of Environmental Protection; Everett ~& Carson. executive director of the Natural ~f~t has sent home fliers with loyees of major industries Resources Council of Maine; and James Grippe, most recently, Is planning to chairman of the Maine Chamber of Commerce and s~lon show I Indust~i~qys Environment Com~m~Att~ee~.. a Education. Eve B~ither~, commissioner of the state aimed at giving Mainers a chance ~i~j~@ Department o~f Educational and Cultural Services; to learn. ask questions and com~' Robert L Woodbu~r~y~@ chancellor of the University of meat about Important Issues ~f~i~m ~'~t Maine; and Elizabeth Ruth~ie~, plant ~m... ~ir at Digital state. ~1~@ ~I~n~s~2qtr first priority is to ensure Equi~6qre~q@~qk~b. public participation," said ~r~. Nate ~Rowd~it~ch~, director of Maine"s Annette Ro~ss~'Anderson, who Anderson De=~.~t of Economic and Community Develop. chairs the commission. "Otherwise. It's 40 ~qeeopl~e ment; Richard Barringer, former Department of Con. Wall around the table creating our own v~qWo~t~L servation co-~i~s~s ~one~r and Mary Ne~.~Iso~n~6 Maine Municipal Association president. The 90-m~i~nute program. produced by WCB~&TV In. ~0 ~L~-~e~g~islat~i~ve/cit~izen~s panel ~q(w~W discuss Imple. E~awi~sto~n, will air at 9 pm. Wednesday on a~l~l public mentation of co~mm~s~, on's report a~nd wha br~oad~2q=g It f people can take to bring about changes). discussions by four panels of President Charles P. Pray, ~D~-Pe~nobs~c~ot; state Sen. experts and ta d Pamela L Ca~b~ill, R-Woolw~ich; and Mary Donovan, a ergy a~q@~2q@ e~r~q%~q!~ntar~ie~s on subjects ranging from en to A~qMS and Gov. John R~. representative ofthe Maine People's Alliance. ~M~c~K~er~nan~'s views on economic development .-- Viewer participation Is the key to the program's Viewers will be able to call In to ask questions or success, Anderson said, adding she hopes viewers will ~M~. comments, which will be submitted to host take a break from the Olympics to watch ~i~L Angus King to put before the panelist& And viewers "You can tune In off and on If you want~@~" she said~. can participate a statewide poll by answering the "But if you're really interested In Maine's future, you following yes~.~*~r~-~no questions: ~ should join In~. ~7~he experts will help frame the issues. ~0 Has the quality of We gotten better In Maine since but It is Maine people who will set the priorities~.~" ~1~9~qM~. The WCBBstatIo~n number ~is 783~-518~8. A road rn a~p for Maine"s' future An avocado industry in Maine. sion as it travels around Maine and .Impossible? Unlikely? Maybe not! in every major region of the state. Scientists tell us that the world's Guest ~6qP~2q" hosts "town meetings of the future" average temperature could rise And, on Sept.~'2~8; Maine people will from 5 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit over have a~6qz~iquetopportuni~q@~qy to help the next ~60 years as a result ofg~lobal ~8qU~4q01umn shape e~r fu re from their own warming or the so-called ~"gre~q@n- living rooms as part -of a' first -of its house effect." Temperature in- By Annette Ross Anderson kind "live broadcast of th~qe future" c~q!~-e~qpses on that, order could mean' aired on the state's public broadcast- rising sea levels, disa h~p ~2qge~q@rin~qg, a future destination not of our choos- ing channels. The 90~-minute~q@r~qo- coastlines, and massive s ts in na- ing. Designing a workable road map gram, produced by WCBB-T~1 in tive crops. for Maine's future, however, re- cooperation with the commission, While Maine may or may not be- quires a thoughtful and collective will provide viewers with an oppor- come the sunbelt of the 2~1st century; sense of where-Maine people want to tunity to talk directly with, state understanding potential changes of ~qgo - a "vision" that reflects our leaders about their vision and to vote this magnitud~ie in Maine's future and values, priorities, and expectations on key questions about their future. planning strategies today to cope During the next two months, the Th~e program is particularly exciting with such change are vital. With this commission will be pursuing that vi- because it will give viewers a tech~no~- in mind, the Commission on Maine's logical g~hm~pse into the future to a. Future is in the process of identify- day when Maine citizens will be able ing some of the major forces shaping to routinely communicate with state Maine in the next 20 years to help Maine people think and act with and local leaders - through ~televi- foresight. deo and telecommunications - as well as cast votes on important is- Unfortunately, the ree~qnhous~qe sues without traveling to a town effect" is a clear example of ha ~qt w meeting or legislative hearing. occurs when we don't act with fore- This communication innovation sight. Scientists have been predict- and other technological advances ing the impacts of global warming ~qHI f nd~qly ~8q@~qffe~qct every aspect ~qw~qi for at least two decades but on~qi re- a of ~qI~80q&~80qM~4q,our state. Understanding cent~qly have public policy ma~72qUs how these and other trends will af~q. awakened to the possible changes ahead. That recognition, however, fect Maine can help us better choose may be too little too late to s our future rather than simply inherit top ~qS~qi~qg~q- it. We invite and urge all Maine peo~q- nificant shifts of climate and tem ple to join the "visioning" process pera~qtures across the planet. But and to tune in to "Maine in the 21st decisions made today may least A ~~qS ~qat Century" on Sept. 28. Cast your vote ~2qi ~6qr~8qp~qi if .with provide more time for coping now on the critical issues affecting the effects of global warmin g in ~qt~qhe our state's future. next century. Anne~qg~qle Ross Anderson is chair. While no one ca~qn effectively pre- . - ~qp~qor~qta~qnt .~q..~q.~q,--mi~qssio~qn~,~qon Maine~q's dict the future, ~2qI~88qt~qor~qi~qng~q' I~qm ~-N clues" could lea sdown the road to Annette Ross Anderson 10 of waterfront land, sewage system violations, pollution of marine waters, solid waste disposal (especially on coastal islands), high ozone levels along the coast, and future use of coastal rail lines and rights of way. See also: "Troubled Maine Gulf reaches a crossroad" and the article on congestion on Mt. Desert Island and in Acadia National Park (exhibits E-8 and E-9). ~0 Coastal growth management: Who needs- it, and Growth. For most of us. the word has g~e~n~@ zoning ordinances, and so can exercise no staff ~ev~al~ua~l~i~o~n~,~o~l applications for permits ~ap~p~r~o~v~t~-~d ~. m~qaj~qo ~,e ~0 er~a~l~l~y favorable connotations, and We have d~i~r ~ct control ~ov~er~.developm~e~nt proposals. or Ipu~i ~r~i~f~o~"~e~o~" I ~r legislation ~qD At ~qL learned to associate it with economic pr~a~s- Guest ~qS~0qP Of 4~74 organized towns, the state estimates no ~P=~qi ~q[~0qr~,~'~A~c~qt O~qr~qd~2qe~6qr~0qi~q, ~,~q@~.~2q:~d~,~"~I~qi~n pe~ce~iv~e a about ISO have con ~n~sive plans ~ad~o~l~i~t- ~p ~,~g ~. ~d part-time, volunteer It ~1~preh~e bu ~n 2 ~d ~. ~f~l~a ~gr~i~a~n~t ~ed in the past five years. ~t ~o ~ly 12 have ~, planning boards, if any, amended and c IN~4q" Column i~n economy as ~b~~a . A most intuitively ~w~e adopted a zoning ordinance.' ~ied in ~N~e~a ~ly 40 percent of Maine's coastal com- ~qC grasp the meaning of "Increase" i~mp~t By Michael S. Hamilton mu~n~it~, ~n ~I~qW~@ 51 Em~er~g~v~a~c~y coordination: the word growth. assuming more is better, its hid no building code ~I There were few statutory requirements ~m ~qV~8q@~qI~q' Perhaps ~we are eternally h~opi~n ~f~o~r~t~h~e~w~i~n~- ~to~y~m east of S~ag~ad~ah~o~c County did not re- I~qJ~qT~qe~oc~.~'P~ag~'.~q. h all ue~r~q@ ticket r the free ~qf~qunch. quire building permits prior to construction, for c~o~or~i~f~in~a~(~i~o~n between agencies or levels ~, eluding a land ~0qm~qi~'~l~o~w~e ~Iv~e ~n a0w~orld where there are previously enacted land use laws which of government examining the same dev~e ~s~i~ve plan of ~l~o~u~s few winning lottery tickets and no were applicable to coastal r~ea~s~, and submit- Furthermore, because the state Land Use I~' ~qr~,~,~,~,~I~.~c ~4~n~c~h~. And so it is with growth. As popu- ting it for federal approval and funding. At Regulation Commission is a on) to me~n~tp~r~op~wa~l~. Occasionally this re~su~l~t~ed~i~n ~@~qIm~qp~ql~qe~qme~o~q'~qa~qt~qi~qo~qn lation increases, demands for public ~ser- that time, Maine was one ~o~t~s~ix states r~ec~t~ig~. review ~r~o~p~o~s~a~l~s~f~orl~a~n ~o~u~t~s~i ~e the ~n~- a fiasco, as when a developer in Freeport ~I~m b~le, and vices increase, as does the need for tax I received permits from separate agencies in consistent with ~. ~:. r~i~zed ~b~y the President's Council on Env~iron~. r~ie~s ~o ~o ~0 ~0~85 allowing him to drill A drinking water revenues. m~enta~qf Quality as having enacted "broad ~ I ~t ~c act. Public concern for the costs of growth has legislative authority over land use In the or a~t --- I and construct a sewerage lea h field in reached an all-time high. A recent poll con. coastal zone." an -the me I~I~D~ca~ti~on. The 10 goals is, and dev~e~ql~qopm ~e~s~, In coastal communities like L~inc~o~I~nv~i~l~l~e ~Offici is who implement ~o~ne statute ~in~'the vi~c~e~s,aff~orda~qb~ql (near Rockland), only the state D~e~qFar~t~m ~i~e~n~t ~l~i~la~i~ne~C ~a~s~t~a~l Program have little familiar- tries, while to 13 of Environmental Protection c~ou d review ~it~yw~i~th e rest of the program. One agency State funds ~qt ~r~n~. ~er development ~qg~op~os~a~ls (under the Site Lo~- ~ay dy permits- for a project another v~id~ed for gr~qa~qn ~n v ~n cation of Dev~e opme ~tA~qw~and~then~, I ~ngene ill approve, sending ~c~o~n~fu~s~i~4qg s~ig regional piano they were for m~a ~c~C~I adevelopers, and local re~s~i ~ent~s~. cent of the Cos cause ~4q4~1~qt~h~r~i~qc ~u~ir or d~e k tech- ~o~r ~d~tv~t~l~p~@ Sm~a r town governments which tat programs, to ~qI ~*~c planning expertise found it difficult to to set up a ~qn~qe m~e~n~t proposals for less than 20 acres, these ~i" a whether the future shape and ~comp~o~s ~t~i~on ~I a ~S ~e communities were the home of many ~i~g-~acre ~0in assistance' In many cases, they Land Use Pl~qa I ~P ~r~o~a ~I~d~n~'t figure out whom to ask for help. a community will be~c~l~e~t~ermi~n~ed by profit. management. subdivision pro m~en~t o~f E~qc~qor~qi~qc~, motivated decisions of numerous individual ~l~w~suc~h a decentralized fragmented ~0~- men~t; and for Cumulative Impacts of ~dI ~t I~ developers, ~or by some vision or plan ~e~s~t~a~b- pro. n~t m~a~n~a emen~t ~I E~nf~or~e~em~e~n~t problems; ~u~o~.~V~@~o~t lily one statute, the ~ li~shed by the community. ~b In I~c~t~, required that cumul~a e~e~"~8qE~8q"~'~, ~f~s~s~e ~qim~qpa ~o~u ~w~o years a ~0 ~qC~q'~G a W ~.~q4 We have. in the United S~t~a~a~tes~, a powerful s ~rv~i ~p ~aj a ~SM conduct ~qg~o ~-~q7~q!~q@~4qr~qt unities that ~a hat ~o~n I~,~" ~0~,~q@ ~Ue~l t~h~e costs cultural bias in favor of economic dev~e~l~o~p~i~@ ~th ~du~a~t ~s~h~i en~t~s in the Public ~qP I' '~Ug ~:~er~a~l developments be ~ev~a~l~IIt rior ~t Of ~men~,~. We ~81~56 ~gr ~e ~0 ICY, ~ord~i~r~u~inces have found that a ~0 percent ~su~anc~e of permits. ~B~u~t or ~at~i~o on ~"~I~"~I~s~truc~tion of have attitudes toward private and Management Program (Betsy Bass, r~i~e~n~c~e ~I d~'~if~icu~qt ~I ~i~n~g their ~o~rdi~n- ~i~l~l ~b by this ~Ie~qk~qs~ql~qa~qt ,ford) ~c bl~e am ~t I u~n~p~er- ~ow~t~h s ou~qld property which may inhibit us' from r~e~@ Jeanne Bruno-Joyce, and Terry Crawford), a ~e~ct~s smaller than ~20 a ~y w~ho identified difficulties encountered du~r- m~i~t~le~qi~l construct n ~oc~cur~s~o~qo~qn~l~qe~qb year. r~e It ~g~qr straining the initiative of land developers. I~. ~qi~qc~e~qa~qe~qg~ov~er~nm~e~n~t~s is not rne~t re Unfortunately. developers do not always Ing administration of the Maine Coastal Incomplete records (as in Old Orchard to, or compiled by any state agency. build where and what a c~ommun~i~tv ~S Program Beach Win 1~O~qW~8~5~) and recurring instances From 19~70~-~85~,~'~the town of York granted ~t~e~m~qi~,~ted to ~qov~qe and wants. or in an ~e~nvi~r~onme~nta~l~ly~7a ~"~f~l~e~e~c~p~d~t~- T~he~ir findings can b~e organized into five ~f mi~t~ted construction going permits for 5~t~t times the total. acreage per- able manner, categories: ~en~ac~tm~e~n~t~o~f local ~2o~n~i~n~qg~ord~in~. ~qcu~t~I~qt~d~P~e~l~qa~s I in O~gu~nqui~t and Arund~,~qf~)~q'~a~qr~qe mi~l~t~edby th~eDEP in ~th~a~t~c~ommun~A~qg, DEP ~I~oc~a officials The concept of-land use planning which ~- =~q@~en~forceme~n~t problems; Ina equate commonplace. evaluated cumulative effects ~o~f I. e~. few freedom of Ind underlies growth management is ~n~o~t~n~ew~. d professional ~s~l~af~f~@ ~i~nt~er~ag~e ~c~y ,large projects it examined without complete -please with the n~o~, tried to do this Many cities grew up as planned communi. coordination,_ and cumulative impact knowledge of effects of the larger total ~o~ve ties ~i~n~cludi~ng~@New York City after ~181~1 development. Inadequate funding and professional acreage in smaller projects -it did not r land ~qU~q,~q5~qe d Ph~i~qf~ad~e~tph~i~a~. and Chicago. The practice ~o~qi staff: examine. a considerable officials dur~qm dividing a community into districts or zones Enactment of local zoning ordinances: State and local funding was widely 'per- Recent growth management legislation: growth man~qag~, for various types of land use was upheld by Many organized towns have ~n~e~t enacted ceived as ~i~n~ad~equ~a~K to provide for detailed In April of this year the Maine Legislature the U.S. Supreme Court in 1926, Much ~d~j~qh~q@ s~i~t ~s for ~ere ~' ~n of ~zo~n~in ~W~a~s~q- ~W~i~lli~tw~qork~q? --BUG ~e~n~a~n~i~t ~e ~W~f~t d ame~ndm~en~qto~qf ~1~9~E~D~Y ~I~qm came from ~c~i ~-~-~-~K~. I ~t~s~, local land use ~C ~0 ~r~@ ~'~o~'~c ~qR~qa~qr~~, legislation is ~r ~q@~ce~,~.~.d about protecting ~e~ir ~M~ai~ne~coa~qs~qta~ql~qc municipalities. ~q@~M.~,e~o~e~e~n~t con~c~er~ns~f~or coastal land ~lem~s~, but it is a ~ ~t attempt to balance the special direction. `Ulf natural resources along the ~c~o~a~st~a~g~a~i~n~s~t~a ~f Michael S~q, It ~,~@g near pre er~e~n~c~e of people for ~l~iv- t~I~o~n water., ~N~i~or~e than half the p~o~pu~la~- ~c~8~l science at of the United States lives in the strip of Maine~, ~r~qe~qr~qv~qo~qi coast that ~b~ord~er~f~; much Of the nation, and ~"~C~o~a~s~ia~l ~qG~qr~qy~qm nearly ~two-th~i~r~& live within an hour's drive It? Why?" T~qh of the coast, that (A. A ~qm~qt ~af~t~he ~A~n~"~q'~qi ~qiv~q. Th~t Maine Coastal Program; ~tr~a~l~l~o~"~, ~1~q1~q0~q1~qa The Maine ~L~egi~s~la~tsur~e established a v~ir~on~o~t~e~qn~qt~qa~ql coastal program in 1975 by making a list of policies. and ~qr~q) Resort town cabins give way to condos by Ted Cohen York County Bureau Old Orchard Beach - The days when this beach resort town had hundreds of small, inexpensive clapboard cabins for rent by tourists is ending, board by board, stick by stick. This week, yet another group of cabins -- also known as cot- tages -- fell to the wrecking ball. They will make way for modern, expensive townhouses or condominiums. Most of the cabins were rented by the week by vacationing fami- lies looking for inexpensive sum- mer accommodations. "Too many people came here who couldn't afford anything but a cabin," recalled 93-year-old Clarence Roberts, who operated Roberts Acres cabins on Milliken Mills Road from 1945 until last year, when he sold to a developer who plans to build condos. "You could get a cabin for $50 a week, and a condo costs $200 a night," Roberts said of the stark contrast between a no-frills, low- income vacation and one with all the trimmings. Lumber was cheap when he began building his cabins 44 years ago. But for Roberts and other cabin owners, the possibility of selling to developers and making in one fell swoop more than they made in 50 years -- and getting a place to live in the bargain -- is proving too attractive a proposition. "I wasn't making any money," Roberts said of his nine cabins. "I wasn't even making my taxes. So I got rid of them and sold." Town Manager Jerome G. Plante, 53, who has been in Old Orchard Beach since he was 8, calls it "sweat equity. People who worked in these cabins for 60 years now can sell them and have a place to live." He said the cabins represent "a lifestyle that's coming to an end. I'm neither happy nor sad about it. It's just a fact of life. It's just a natural evolution of a lifestyle. "Before the era of motels you had the old hotels and, with the coming of the automo- bile, cabins were big," he said. "They're now generally passe." This week a half-mile row of cabins along East Grand Avenue, including the Rainbow and Seabreezes cabins, began being razed. They will make way for more than $10 million worth of new town- house construction. Piles of scrap lumber are all that is left of a row of 150 small cabins. Delta Bay breaks ground Oct. 25 for townhouses by the sea. "Our long-term plan is to have a full-service resort," said developer Thomas Laudani. Thursday, Scarborough junkman Rich Merrill picked his way through the demo- lished cabins looking to salvage whatever was left before new construction begins. "I remember delivering ice here many years ago," he said. Just up the road from what were the Rainbow cabins is the condo project Suns- pray. The first to be built in town. It was constructed in 1984 on land once occupied by cabins known as Rita's Rest by the Sea. "It's high time to put something new in town," said Rita Tirrell, who owned and operated the 15 cabins that bore her name and sole out to Sunspray's developers. "I think it looks nice." She now lives in a Sunspray condo that she bought at a reduced rate when she came to terms with the developers who bought her cabins, and leveled them to build the high-rise. Tirrell bought her cabins in 1968 and sold them in 1984. They were built in 1943 by a previous owner. There are holdouts to the condo craze, including Olga Dayton, whose family has owned Dayton By the Sea cabins on East Grand Avenue for 38 years. "The thing I'm wondering is where are they going to find people to buy all these things?" she said of the new townhouses and condominiums. Town Manager Plante is bullish about the new construction, for many reasons, not the least of which is tax revenue. The $15,000 in yearly taxes that were paid by the half-mile of cabin owners may turn to $250,000 with the new construc- tion on that site, Plante said. It's really the modernizing of the town, he said: "Old Orchard Beach just isn't for eight weeks any more." ~0 "Rockport PH woman~i~q, fights for ~8qler home ~0~1 BySANDRAHA~l~b~U~LA Coastal Bureau An ~q4~@~1 -'I, ROCKPORT - Una Ames says she'll go out on the mud flats to dig clams, if that's what it takes to pay ~7 the taxes on the Rockport property ~she has own ~@d for 45 years. "I can walk miles and miles," says Ames, 81.~'~"~Mere's not a thing ~i~.~wr~t~ing with me." She has put her name in for work a o or three t tw .places. Last year, Am~e ~, s horefron~t property on Seas~q"re~e~t was assessed at $69,100. But the Con- n ~cticut firm which revalued all e properties in Rockport this past he Revaluation of the house on Rockport Harbor that S~t~f~fPho~t.~,byS~-d.H summer says that Ames' property U Ames says she'll dig clams If she Una Ames built with her husband has doubled the is worth five times that amount. must to pay the raised taxes on her What makes the property so property tax for the 81~-year~-old woman- valuable, according to Cole Layer revalued Rockport home. and Trun~ible Co., is the tiny, ~bar~. spectacula~i view o~t Rockport borfront lot on which the gray Ames is not the only Rockport is imperiled, Bird said, when work- uat~ion, Ames lives frugally. She is ttage stands. resident whose assessment soared Ing class people such as Una Ames well-known In the community for bor. As she knits mittens besi ~q"~0q=~c~qgh less than one-~f~ifth of as a result of the revaluation, In are taxed beyond their modest decades of Involvement with the wood stove with its whistlin u an acre, the land i~i valued at which the town's total worth more means and forced to sell to million- Girt Scouts and grange. and her kettle, Ames can see ocean in $301,700. ~T~he modest year-round than tripled from $100 million to aires from other states. ~ frugal lifestyle was Illustrated by directions. To her right are I home, which Ames her husband $329.5 million. Over 350 upset resi- Selectmen have asked the dig. her trip last week to the state Island and more distant islan and their son built ~in~'1954, is valued dents signed a petition asking g~r~unt~led property owners to work grange convention in Augusta. For Penobscot Bay. Stral t ac~qr~qo at an additional $40,700. selectmen to reconsider the whole individually through established several days, Ames camped in the h~arbor~is Beaucharr~ip~q5~l~, ~int, wi Last year, Ames ~, taxes were $115,000 revaluation process. channels of appeal, rather than Augusta Civic Center parking lot, undeveloped rocky, woody I $~1~,485. This year, the widow who A spokesman for the group, discredit the entire revaluation. For using her 15-year~-old white Volks- To the left is the Inner hart lives on a fixed income must pay Albert Bird, said property owners example, Ames and others can ask wagen va~Ln as shelter. Rockport village, still sp~qr~qink~qi $2,739~. The amount was originally believe many of the values are the board for a tax abatement, Having packed all the food she the fall with expensive y~adht~qs. ~~~ ~$3,338, but Ames and her family unrealistic because they were set which can be granted on the basis of would need, she spent just $1.~50 ~The Irony Is that when Ame 'were able to show the appraisal "at the very height of the (real inadequate income. . d gas money during her stay in her husband firm that its original assessment of estate) market." Despite the fancy price ~i~s aAnugusta. small ~shorefron ~$417.300 was too high. Ile whole character of Rockport placed on her vro~pertv In the rev~a~qF Ames' ~oror~iertv commands a have preferred R kp~r~L It w ~a~l ~t~o de pass ~qu Lobsterman~q's dilemma leasing the lot ~qa owner offered t 1943. For $1,00 the land, a po boats and some Can't stay put and can't buy. tax bill on the lot ~qR TheAme~qs~qf~qa~qv ~Py SUSAN ~I~L LEONARD ~7~b~s agency approved t~he And~er~so~ns' loan. But Street until the just before the deal was to close, a letter came from front house in 19 York C~vu~nty Bureau the ~F~mHA saying there wasn't enough money in the Ifoundation and ~qa ~t did all the work CAPE PORPOISE -~'~T~h~e woods, fields and ~q@~0q@ ~t~o~f~i~n~g~nce their loan. ~on~u ~P~IO As she looks they shoreline that Dave Anderson ex red by bicycle. ~i o make matters worse. the A~nder~sons know ~-won will have t~o move. The mobile home Is falling now, Ames~56qg~2qy and boat as a boy are covered with expensive houses Pan. and when it goes or the owner decides to ~1letting The parking spaces by Cape Porpoise Pier. from remove It. the ~fa~m~i~lyw~i~l~l have to leave. Ile ba~t~qf~qo~q@~q@rn n n ay. Ju~qg which Anderson leaves to fish for ~l~ob~i~t~ter most days, It they move tar ~i~n~t~a~nd~, Anderson dreads the retaining wall b am taken by tourists Instead of working fishermen. thought of a long commute to t~h~e pier every morning Anderson never minded t~he tourists~. most of ~be~t~qpre 4 a~m. gv~' g w ~i Ames helped ret, The reason them were nice ~P~i 'I Can't ~A~MD~rd to move sill the way up b~g~i~c~k~@~- he homes, But now. ~t~he palatial waterfront SAP. the tourists are a daily reminder to the 24~-y~ea~r~-old Anderson h~as a large pickup truck that he uses to ~o~b~d~erm~an that be can't afford to live In ~t~h~e piece he plow roads and driveways In the winter, but It would grow UP. be too expensive to use ~for commut~i ng~. ~i~x make good money, but I have to put so much ~*~t "I'd need to have an economy truck and rent & ~@~j~,~j- back into my business," he says. "My ~fathe r didn't ~t~h~e start ~q= off with a now boat and traps. I started from p for my traps and tools." he s~av~a. ~Lve~n if they did find an a~f~fordabl~i~t plum nearer the ~4~. ~~x~a~t~c~h~.~. ~qW~&~M most of the homes aren't zoned (or ~lob~ste ~r~.~t~M~P ~W- Anderson and his wife, Jeri, rent a 20~-year~-old storage. mobile home an a lot in Cape Porpoise for $300 a The couple is depressed and ~i~l~b~courag~ed by the month. A year ago. they began looking for a home for high cog of land and houses. themselves and their two young children, and found Anderson has thought about leaving the work he ~J two acres In Arundel where a builder planned to put a loves for a conventional job with benefits. "But I' small, plain ranch house for $100,000. people aren't big on hiring ~f~ish~er~n~ie~n,~" sap the high Anderson recalls thinking to h~i~m~se~l~f-~qMis is school fire ~t ~'t believe the outrageous. A hundred thousand d~ol~li~qm and you R~f~I=n~qg`on his situation, he can don't even set what ~u w~q"L ch~anf~Ps In his hometown ~I~n the past few y~e~am still. it looked ~0qC~. the ~c~i~i~apl~e~'~s best option. So "I ve lived here all m~y fife," he says. "Anywhere I they applied ~1~5~w a ~l~o~s~i~n through Up F~a~m~p~q~,Hom~e had to ~$~0, 1 could ~J~qW there on a b~l~i~t~s. Just a few y~e~qm Dave A~M~qMr~S~o~n ~qM~g~n~8~U~V~qM Nit ~l~o~b~g~qW ~b~qf~qt~t at Administration~. ago, ~th~i~sused tob~e~a~qu~a~b~it~I~nw~r~i~.~- ~c~a~q"~p~q-~p~o~q" ~0 EPA tightens ru es d ~q:~'~D~qi~.~-~-~@~a ~e~sks ~I~s~l~ar~ld or is an con os P~o~~qr~l ~nd Diamond Cove held to ~czero9 pollution P ~H~@~sld ~ap By~q=TU~RKE~L standards, said Deputy Commissioner Eliza* t~&wate~r license to the developer, D~icta~r As~soci- Staff Writer beth Armstrong. ~led the lowest ~'=r~i~8q=~b~q; the state. W~i~nningta w~e a~ler It from ~0q@~Uut~i~q!~3~q1~1 ~qW~aste~ivater from the controversial Diamond the EPA ~. he,:;. ~b~q:~8q= The unprecedented ~M, ~-PA~'s new Cove condominiums on Great Diamond Island way of the development The develope~0q= proposal ~q-~-~-~9 ~'~0qV m~a==~qj~6qge~, of the toughest po~l~lu~- said they are pr~ipared to meet the stricter ~0qZ~qn~k t~i~o~l ~. ~. the ~e~n try, under astandard. rbor are proposal front the Environmental Protection Environmental ~grou~r~w Of ~c~ol~l. treatment ~t-~'- Ag~q;~6qre *Proposal was made this month in t~6qol ~qr~qn~, Internal memo between the EPA ~--~' ~- ~- an ~8q0 ~1 O~6qs~4qe~0qs A~.~"zer~o ent of E~nv~iron~m~q;~.~,~:~4qg~0qp ~4qX ~6qpr ~0qV~t~_ ~n~q ~0~,~)~2qrt~q"~e would ~'~e~y ~q9 because the DE~] ~O~.~'~s~"~(~s al. ~6qV~n he, ~2qc~8qo~-~4q1~0q1~0qdo ~i~nc~e~d it Ion Is ~. In ~y~o~ql ~'~s~s~r has avid 4~q-~0~,t~0~&00~"~2q;~qf~ql.n d Ite ~0qU~6qd.~"~f~i~r~s~t~-~9 ~ir~r~%~qV~o~2qad ~q?~r~it ~7~6q1~9 d~1~6q=~,~cou.~1d con in" ~me ~t~ra~d fo ~. ba~ ~r for many ~2qn~t~qs ~%~t~o ~l~n~s~i ~h~o~l ~;~1~1 ~.~0~q! ~'~0 ~i~qw`~8qT~,~r waste. But the new EPA P ~"~C~r~i~t ~i~c~" ~'~i~'~v~i~n~g 0~q! ~h~e~r tewater must be ab~solut~e~lY ~'~n~'~9b~i Philip ~0~' ~P~e~a~r~.~S~s~1~qw ~"~l~l ~n~o~t ~(~o~n al e~,~qT"~P ate Gill ~8qg~f~d ~,~@~f~-~l~0~(o~i~l~n ~L~e ~-~T~'~j bacteria. ~T~he DEP now ~sup~i~q" G~) .. bay ~'~V~a~s~t~e~W~a in in areas I~i~, ~d~e wool ~qj~a and ~8qZ~" C~o~n .,.Mon ~C~. 1~3~i~nh~l~.~:~,~,~,, ~i~i~i~i~i~-~O~qZ~-~1~a~.~0~" ~t~he is in~ehe ~U~0 ~h~i~c~h ,he, ~n~e~n~t~q, ~n~h~.u~t of ~t~j of ~n~i~t~e~, laid ~n ~e~n~, ~t~o as ~Od`~qo~M~i~n~'~u~'~,~,~q:~,~,~. ~d~e~v~e O~V ~'~i~p ~u~o~n~"~i~i~, ~0~' ~l~o~o~r~e ~t~o ~S~h ~q"~q"~U~, ~qg~i ~C~'~o~d~"~-~q"~' ~0~q1~, ~P~, ~'~0~-~1 ~qa~ql~'~qo~ql~"~o~.~.~. ~i~s~@~'~* ~c~d~'~ls~l~.~% ~'~-~q2~0~s~-~p~a"~' on ~"~"~, whole ~C ~o~n~ ~_~- ~h~"~c~'c ~d ~h~l~q"~I~qt~"~qa~r~n~"~i~" ~i ~u~n~Ssew dramatic in ~t~h~@ co~u~l ~V~" ~r~qn~q! ~C~i~s ~i~,~.~l~S~'d ~'~n~, ~i~lu~@ ~h~y ending a h~e ~V~qo~i~l~o~n ~b~i~s ~l~2qe ~a~n~a~s~s~a ~W~.~, ~iI~w~a~s made tee. .~"~e ~'~i~.~'~. ~w ~1~2~1 Yin% ~"~q@~q!~q&~h~c ~f~-~-~v~i~x ~i~s ~'~U~.~, ~h~e ~i~t~s are ~f~j~q" ~0~' ~Y ~-~E~V ~'~C~"~"~. Day. ~"~'~a~s~u ~p~o~s~a~w -the ~q1~q!-~q5~, ~@~i~s~a~l to ... .. b~l~- ~i~d~q, ~'~b is ~q"~"u~!~"~0~ed~, ~r~a~s~"~ s~D~e~"~i~' d~i~r~, ~1~0~@~q!~' ~0~q"~q" c~"~t~va ~l~qev, are ~j~. ~t~r~oS ~3u ~he ~a~, ~w~e 'cc ~"~.~C an ~i~t~, ~'~c~'~w~c~qj~)~E~p~, ~s it ~Ewe ~P~'~s ,boll ~,~,~8q= ~.~ad~' ~i~he~'e~- ~h~,~w~i~n~% ~th in ~e~h~pu~q@~l~qi~qc~!~,~O~l~l~o~w ~,~0~. ."a- ~e~n ~Ysays ~i~, ~4q"~0~'~. a"a, ...... ~'~o~r~' ~d~'~a~r~! vo~lu~t~s ~.I ceded ~10 ~'~i~n ~,~,~,~,~@u~cd ~-~'e had to It, ~d~@~v~qc`h~'~e ~40~1~0~qW ~S~a"~O~n here -~1~10 ~'~@ a, d It ~c~'w ~t~i~e~, ~f~j~qa~d~p~q@h~i~p I.~,~q! \~"~' ~"~'~C ~l~a~w ~"~0 o be ~h~aa ~p~r~o~! ~C~o~.~,~.~!. 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It ~s~t~i~i~nd~t~n I~L~ ~n~n~"~.~"~t ~0~0 ~q"~N~~t~, ~'~!,~qO~q@ ~8qM~'~qs~' ~T~h~e ~d~e~v~e~ql~qo ~ho~l~n~e ~1~. ~s~a~y "a, ~s~o~q!~qr~'~V~1~:~t~j~'~C a ~0~' ~" ~8q9~,c~e~t ~t~1~n~: d~c~qW~0~9~'~"~c~qa~,~t~e p~i~cPa~l~t Of said ~h~e~l ~I~i~i~y~l ~o~f ~'~qOuc~t~l~@~l~qh~q@ ~s~4q0~i ~a"~d~a~r~sin ~V~s~. ~"~q@~u~l what ~ab~!~I ~,~,~, should be ~g~t~i~d ~'~0~' ~1~q@ d~'~. ~e~y ~\ ~1~@~,~, ~e~v~e~d ~'~i~t ~O~g~s~id ~n~o I" law ~' ~pe~qo~p~-~l~~qo ~,d ~s~l~j~-~-~r~d~ad~'. his ~a~p~p ~ ~1~5 ~1~.~P~l~n~c~c~q@ ~h~c~a ~i~c~I~3 ~i~q"~S~t~a~qi~'~t~q"~I~c~0~'0 the I~C~"~O~.~"~t~e~d Pro~- ~r~i~l ~2qr ~13~1 in see ~j~h~'e~. ~".. ~-~0 ~qt~h ~e~,u~'~s~o wind .~i~o~n 'a'd ~,~q@h~e~y~d~' ~i~q~if~i~l~-~r~n~u~qs~@~i ~s~t~a~.~'~d~a~i~qi~h~l ~1~1~1.~1 Of the Of ~'~t~i~c ~,e~,~,~,~-~' ~n~c~ed "I ~-~q;~qa~l~qe~qr~a~s ~sh~e d~q;~qs~1~l~'~1~1~,~lu~. ~a~y~@~.~h~e ~q"~'~U~ch ~ad~, ~1~1~1~1~,~-~, an ~R~o~! ~_~,~,~v it ~k~i~t~y ~0~V~.~"~j~c~r~r~a Pit~"~" new tit ~c~p~x ~T~1~:~(~1 other ~a~n~d ~1~f~"~O~v~I~n~" Vic a~f~o~r any ~i~d.it ~h~a~s been Used ~,~,~a~. ~n~e ~.~-~t ~-~,h~e ~'~"e~n~, ~b~e ~S~A ~c~r~'~s~t ~S~'~q?~u~q~s ~.~,~o ~n~i on ~@ e~a~h~h~u~%, ~C~,~,~. to ~'~n~s~! ~e~n I" ~.~1~q"~h~e art ~C~' S~qe~qt ~&~e~f~, ~i~s ~'.~n~s~l ~c~1..~o~e~d in~, ~i~s ~qt~ql~qa~qn ~d~qi u~'~q,~q,~q,~,~q,~qP~,~,~' ~p~2qcu~' ~'d ~q'c~' ~q-~qp~q-~q@~qb ~q"~qh'~q- ~q0~q'that ~qu~qc~qd ~qt~qoddo ~qc"~qt~q' ~qld lost ~q-~qd~q"~q,~q'~qo ~q'~qc~08qZ~qp~ql~qy~qcin this (a Prepare ~qib~qi~ql~ql~qn~q'~qt tics~q. do ~q1~4q46 ~q-~qh~qc~qn ~ql~qh~qc are~q, how ~qw 9 ~qa~qi~qd~q. Test ~q"~q.~q-~qp~qs ~qO~q'~0qZ~qu~2ql~16qs~6q@~08q@~q' u~qi it, ~qF~qa~qV~qi~q5~qo~qn ~qm~qe ~qe~qe~04q4~qn~qe~qc~q'~qs ~qt~8q"~2qO~q"~q'~qC~qn~qi~q@~qt~qh~qi~qi~qt~q'~ql~6qe ~qV~q,~qiwill hire ~qu Their ~qO~ql~qa~qi~qO~qd~56q"~qC~0q"~6qi~qd~qc~qS~q. if they ~q-~q-s~qt~qt~qd~qc~q"~q1~q1"~q, (of ~qc ~qu~qn~qp~qr~qe~qc~qe~qd~qc~qt~qas~qi ~2qo~qk~q. ~qn~qt~q. ~qp~ql~qo Is ter ~qc~qt. ~qi~qt~q" ~68q@~q' I~qa~qt~qe b~qy~qe~q"~q. e~qa~qn CIO of ~qth~qe ~qt~qed~qd it 15 Casco Bay As dirty as Boston? Casco Bay is on a downward en- vironmental spiral, a new report concludes, and unless steps are taken to correct its pollution problems the bay could deterio- rate in the level of much dirtier harbors to the south. "The situation in Casco Bay is not as different from the situ- ation in Salem and Boston and Providence as one might think," states the report, which was published jointly by the Boston- based Conservation Law Foun- dation (CLF) and the Island Institute, a research and advo- cacy organization with offices in Rockland. The report points to substan- tial accumulations of pollutants in Casco Bay's bottom sedi- ments and marine life, particu- larly in the Portland area. It says 15 percent of the bay's clam flats are already closed because of pollution; bans on swimming are expanding because of health threats; and PCBs, heavy met- als, and oils residues are showing up in mussels and winter floun- der. The Casco Bay report is part of a three-year-old CLF project that previously focused on Bos- ton, New England, Fall River, Salem, and Providence. "We had sort of ignored Maine on the assumption that things wer OK up there," CLF director Douglas Foy told Maine Times. CLF looked at Casco Bay at the urg- ing of the Island Institute, whose director, Philip Conkling, serves on the foundation's board of directors. The Island Institute became concerned about the condition of Casco Bay through its opposition to new wastewater discharges from a condominium develop- ment on Great Diamond Island near Portland. The report is only "a scratch of the surface," commented Is- land Institute research director Richard Podolsky, "but what it shows is alarming." Podolsky pointed out that some of the studies cited in the new report are more than 10 years old, and that little is known about recent trends. Have things gotten worse? Better? We'd like to see another look at the bay," he said. The risks of doing nothing about Casco Bay's problems are substantial, according to the report the region's marine life is "rich in terms of diversity, density, and biomass," says Peter Larsen of the Bigelow Laboratory in Boothbay Harbor, one of several scientists whose work is included in the report. The number of organisms per square meter on the bay bottom, for example, is more than twice as high as it is in several other estuaries on the East Coast, Sweden, and South Africa. In environmental terms, the stresses on Casco Bay are con- siderable. Nearly 30 million gal- lons of treated sewage and 22 million gallons of industrial wastewater flows into it each day; 67 tons of toxic metals and 1,500 tons of petroleum-related hydrocarbons end up in the bay every year. Topping off this brew is an unknown quantity of runoff from streets, parking lots, fields and other sources contain- ing oil, pesticides, and other pollutants. A similar CLF report on Bos- ton Harbor led to lawsuits de- signed to force agencies and industries responsible for dis- charges there to start cleaning up, Foy said. Asked if litigation is in store for Maine as well, he said, "We wanted to put a scien- tifically-valid analysis on the table first." Suing to put major dischargers on timetables "is one option," he said. "It wouldn't surprise me at all if we had some fairly aggressive litigation un- derway in Maine in the next few months." (Maine Times ISSN 0325-0783 is published every Thursday (except the last Thursday of the year) for $22.50 per year by Maine Times, Inc., 41 Main Street, Tapsham, Maine . Second class postage paid at Tapsham, Maine. Publication no. 326380. Send ad- dress changes to Maine Times, Topsham, Maine. 04064. ~0 ~qN Sewage Maquoit systems 'in"'' ~-~T~r~, ~2qU~_ ~@~qd ~f~>~@ ~t.~. ~k violation ~4qS er York inspector finds ordinance ignored state~'ban ~0 ~17~q1~q1~q1~1~1y T~UX TURKEL ~4q%~$~q.~. lot St~a~f~fWr~i~ttr BRUNSWICK - The ~s~he~l~l~i~l~4ql YORK ~q- Every p~iv~a~l~e Sewage ~s~y~s~- In ~t~4~!~. running ~!~.~t~o coastal waters here ~u~qn: ~d~a~l~e~6qr~i~qt~qe~ql~qy~, violates the town's overboard discharge determine what killed massive ordinance, a recent survey has found, and amounts of clams and quahogs state officials say the conditions p b~, b~l ~s~e~v~e~r~a~l gal. aa ~ar~eT~typ~ic~a~l of other communities survey found each pipe d~i ~.~U~0q=k s~q,~,~' ~qW~.~0qrde. Alan Houston he d ~q@~S~q:~O~h~i~i~d,~.~Y~. said experts am still t~ak~ing~s~a~im~, above the low tide line, in some cases ~. ease, ~s me pies of the dead shellfish. and that into upland vegetation. It found ~y~l~en~u~i ~s~at~ap~ll~n~q@~o~*w~ill continue through ~6q=t were not maintained in accordance ~W N~o~qw~ml~t~ie~p~v with state, law. some with expired state ~ ~' M~e~i~t~irwh~ile~.~' Houston ~a~q" the licenses, and one with no license at all. Middle Bay conservation area, The survey also looked at failing and ~,wh~i~t~h~,wa~s closed to she~l~f~f~i~sh~i~ng in Illegal septic systems. Among the worst sun ~p~b~o~t~o t~ry~j~a~@~k Matto J~anu~a~ry~,will be reopened. cases~, a septic system was discharging shows the end of a sewage pipe where el~ffl~ue~nt Is ~.~'~q7 About ~*400,000 ~sc~i~ft~she~ll clams directly Into the York River, and an ocean discharged Well above the ~l~oww~ater mark. tic ~qt~4qtted In the conserve~. out~f~all from two septic systems was ~hit was closed, he located 30 feet train the supply line of a experience, to visit each of the 33 sites two years sa~ld~. Among the clams was an adult salt water swimming pool. and check for compliance, Nowell did his York's ordinance also requires owners crop, he said. ~althou ~U ost of ~q2~4qje~.~1~4qg~d~4qZg~s are noteworthy because work in August and September, and filed to file a quarterly lab test report with the t~hem'w~ere only 1~.3 ~m~I~4qL~q"~ter~s In of ~r~"~j~.~, state law that will shut ~a.re~0qr~rt with the town early this month. town that shows the system Is working down overboard discharge systems by ~ork~'~s ordinance requires all dis- correctly. Only two owners had done so ~l~e~"~0qV~qe~8qL~d clam diggers will be able 1992 It they pollute areas considered charge p~i~0qr~s to be located below the since 1983. to ~b~i~r~v~est the adult crop at that redeemable for shellfish harvesting. Ef. water at ~o~w tide, so effluent can be The town Is partly to blame, says as to the east aide of forts to amend the law are expected when diluted and mixed. Nowell c~ou~ld~n~*t rind Selectman Ronald Nowell, son of the M~qm ~_~P~o~w~t~@ Meadows River, and ~ature convenes this winter. any meeting the rule, and found some surveyor, since no one enforces the ~o~r~d~i. ~i~nto~qX~e~st Bath.' Harp~sw~ell ~@~pnd ~t~he ~I~4q@ ~a one of ~o~nl~ ~Y ~4qV~, ~V about 1~0 Maine falling far Short. One of his entries reads: nanc~e. Selectmen will meet with the code towns with a local overboard discharge ~"Discharge pipe ends high on bank of enforcement officer later this month, the ~4qgsbu~rg.~ ~- ~@~, ~@ ~, ~; ~.~. ~- , ~@ ~@ ~"~r~t~u~n~a~t~e~l~y.~m~e have an agree. ordinance. Faced with clam flats closed creek - effluent runs down bank through younger Nowell says, to consider how to ~2p~p~p~p~1p~1p~1p~In= ~area~s~s~.~"~:s~a~~ld by sewage and a real estate boom that was ~.~4.~1.~1 ~ bushes to flats and then to creek w1th very keep tabs on violators. ~J~4q=~,~"~2qe~l that, people ~ c~a~a~@ so converting seasonal cottages to year. ~H We water at low tide." "We have a real good ordinance," he round use, the town enacted a mor~at~o~. Overboard systems use chlorine as a says. "We're just remiss in not using ~it,~q7 H~4~L~2q*~,~d ~@~6q"~._~.~M~c~l~d~s~z~@~0qa r~ium on new permits three years ago. ~. disinfectant. But Nowell found some The survey also found ~sy~s~zems with ~c~o~utl~a~d~"~6qW~'~t~ak~i~s~a~n ~I~n~v~a~qh~q6~ty of the' To ~S~ee how existing systems were owners had Ignored the task. One system so~f~ts~h~i~ll~-'cla~m~s~, razor cla~m~s~.'and, ~4q=~r~f ~r~0q=~t~h ~h~I~q:~d~P~F ~I~S~R ~U~.~,~&-h~ad~.~p~art of-~It~s~ichl~or~in~ator missing. US= with t~2qh ~W~4q= ~mus~se~l~s~kill~ed ~I~a~M~a~qu~o~lt Bay. opened for ~a~b~p~t~it ~,:w~,~@ ~But~itb~e~r spring Inventory will be ~4q=~A~4q=~Ih~e~r~s~alid, noting t~, ~s~u~r~A~v~i~ng claim~; expired state licenses, one dating he emphasize$ that properly main- !making It through ~t~he.w~i~nt~er~. ~i- from 19~94, t~al~n~ed systems generally work ~i~,~%~0~!~9pr~I~a~g~, will ;be ~. ~the~@ mo~st~j At the D~epart~m~@n~t of Environ. well. ~A~nt~e~r~est~i~n~g,~S he ~s~a~ld.~, "Ma~n~0qo~-~q"~! ~.~2q*~qWg~sn~s~Wd the ~P~qb~A~qM~q-~:~8qW~, mental Protection, Which licenses The DEP considers It a ~-pol~l~ey~- ~Adult~,~'~Cla~n~i~s~Ahat we~re~n~!t k~i -aft' ~'~:~j~b~0qV~-~A~qj~R~ix`~m~d Maine's 3~,~000 overboard d~i~s~e ~ford~i~scharg~e to be ~underw~a~. ~r~ge ~.s~h~i~s~iv~i~0qy~.~s~l~i~g~a~s of~.r~e~a~d.~str~es~s now.! P~ed~qp~l~e,~ln-~0q" ~qf~qt~y~@o~f~*~Pu~ndy area ter quality a ~ist ter at low t~ide~q!~6qZ~I~qn~sta~ine adds, but it He ~.~s~a~l experts am worried about, hav~e~4~e~i~m It since about 19~80 b~i~qUt ~2q=~n ne says York is probe. Is not required by law. 1 ~8 1 -- ~' ~"~' ~' - " ~W ~0 whether t~hose clam will be ~ab~i to ~1~4~n~i~lt ~b~e~a~s~s, problem there. b~l~4q* I I to ter areas. ~T~he agency also tries to keep up ~,bu~rr~o~qW~, into' the~, flat$ t~o ~s~u~r~v~i~q"~, ~i~3~c~m~, ~F~,~@ or --~.~q1- ~- ~. I ~0qP unds Ike what I would with expired licenses by sending ~'~q4~q#~i~4~,~d~,~t~f~qt~qI:~u,r~e. a anything shell- ~t~e~m~p~e~r~a~t~u~r~l~qw--~:~i expect to have found if we did t~h renewal applications, but the new AM ~6~1~2~1~d~a~l~s c~a~n.do to~'~P~revent the ~e ~_D~r~.~i.~P~s~tr~Ick'H~o~I~I~Iga~n~,~, acting ~'~_ ~b~qW~qWf~m~n~ir~9c~u~f~fi~hg.~'~: Ho ~Su~0qT "Fontaine says, law and Staff limitations have ~n~o~t ~t~h~e Bigelow L~abom ~2qk~o ~to~r~r j~i~0qw~"~r~0q4~r~e~al~l~y~: It's something ~t ~c~e ocean D~EP sets perf~o~rm~an created a backlog, Fontaine says. . ~S~c~l~e~n~ce~s~, In ~B~o~ot~i~lb~a~y~, ~st~a~nd~a~rds~l~o~" levels and the Overboard discharge will be an ~,~,~H~&r~b~o~r~.~i~N~h1~C~h~,~stu~d~I~e~d;w~at~er sank ~q.~.t ~o~f IT. 'and bacteria con. Issue In the Legislature. pl~e~s from M~aquo~lt Say, said plank, He added that the u~nu~suall~qi~h~a~t tained in the ef~fluen~L State law Some =~me~ow~ner~s and ~I~s~%~, ~su~m;~q-~r~,~*~V~a: ~r~. ~wb~i the systems must be main. makers are pushing to amend the ~i~8qt~h~av~e. been a major~, I ~" the ~, ~chhe~at~edt~h~e ~I~W~sh killings.,? - - v~mt~o~rt~o~@ab~nor~m~ajj~qk high te~mp~i~j~i~s~. ~0q7nd In good working condition to law ~a~(~) that many existing systems on, He said the Plankton ~Is~s~l~u~e~lla~r ~qW ~qure~s~,~'~m~s~y~, h~a~v~e~'~h~ad m~o~r~e~,t~o. do meet those standards. could remain. But Brad Ster~l, a I t~h~a~h~v~i~bl~o~c~h.h~a~s. caused problems In w~l t~h I ~L~l~i~s~i~j ~u~v~r~o~i , ~@ ~M~b~-~,~@ .. .... Failure to chlorinate the system marine biologist with the Depart~. ~tot~h~e~Lar~i~sa~i~v ~I~nclud~i~ng~Eu~m~p~s~, end ~4~h~r~p ~@~4~1 Is the biggest violation the DEP m~e~ntof~M~o~r~i~n~e Resources, says the ~' ':,said, the' ~)~J~,~p~a~D~!~&~w~h~e~)~s~&Jd,~h~l~s~i ~;~1 it H~o~u~s~t~4~a ~, ~shellf1~sh~i~ng finds, Fontaine says. About half of only way polluted clam flats, In ~t~b~%~s~@not~k~do~Ae~A~f~t~it~s~1t~oj ~-b~&~i~i~-~'~*~j~II~,~prob~abl~qk~'~cont~Inue for ~@~#~V~y ~qile~ng~th~s~qof~.~tI~m~a~'~a~t various all sand filter "me, the most places such as York can reopen is to specific ~1~.~1~qw~e JIM ~s~i~te~s~'~-~I~s~s~,~th~ii~i ~I~W~V ~i~md~@th~st no~,~*~ar~ea~s common technology, don't work remove discharge pipes, ~s~im~p~l~y~i~n~q"~(~s~e, t because they aren't ~qS~*F "Our experience throughout the ~'w~i~ll- b~qC~op~e~ne~d 'until "the ~6~4t~in~s b~o~n~evalua~ted. that t~hat (plankton) - Marinated, according to ~1. state is (that) ~4 lot of these systems ~c~a~u~s~ed~it~.~"he~said. ~.1~s~a~y~b~o~a- a 0~0~3. aren~'t maintained very well and ~P~-~P~qo~qnta~lne Says that between ~W~- aren't predictably clean," ~:~s~qW~rl 30 percent of overboard ~sy~ste do "We can't afford to ~take~,~,~,th~e ds, but Says~q; ~m~a a poor job of removing Still ~. risk n~pub~l~J~c~hea~lt~I~L" Residents consider action on discharge la~36qi~28qy~32qo~4qk~88qo ~Tf~PH LYON ~qa~qt~qt~qs~qa~qi~qd~qe~qd ~qt~qh~qe ~qm ~q1~60q= ~qi~qn~q"t~q1~2qw~qs conclusion, t~qb~qe ~q-~qg~qe system ~qP~qP~28qK~2qW Dew ~qo~qf~qt~qm~qaj~qu~qs~qs~qi is ~68q= ~qt to" of ~q1~q2~q,000. ~qm~qa~qs~qn~qw~qh~qi~ql~qe~q, board ~qd~qj~q-~q1~q- ~l~l~ql~6qq~qg~qf ~qC~qo~qn~qi~qs~qe~qe~qs~qsu~qs w~qa~qs that ~qor~qg~qa~qc~ql~qa~qir~qs would develop I ~qt~qI~qh~q* ~qa committee Including ~qm~qp~qr~qe~qs~qe~qn~qut~qf~8qm o~qf~qo~qs~qi~qlg~qh~qi~qbo~qr~qi~qn~0qj P~qW systems ~qa~qm allowed to ~qe~qx~qp~qo~qa~q4 talk with so attorney at t~qhe possibility of suing t~qh~qe ~~q=~E~c~o~b~s ~C~O~U~qW ~qb~qm~qar~qow~qn~qer~qe ~qu~qp~8qW with ~qi~qt towns t~qh~qat would st~qu~qd~qy~qa~qny ~qf~qa~qr~qt~qhe~qr~qa~qct~qi~qo~qn~q, ~qs~qa~qld ~qS~qt~qa~qs~qid~qm~qa~qn. state ~q0~q0 ~qb~qo~qa~qrt~qi~qt~qut~qi~qo grounds. ~q-~qn~q*~qy awl 41~q,~qc~qi~qt~qaJ~q. ~~ ~qT~qh~qe current W~qb~qJJ~qe ~qst~qr~qt~qs~qa~qi~qn~qt the be would love ~qt~qo aft ~qt~qhe ~qi~qi~qat~qa~q.~q' she ~qs~qa~qjd~q@ ~qr~qe allowing pollution under t~qh~qe ~qa~qn~qp~qu ~q@~qIz~qi~qir Fred ~qS~qmt~q,~q2 ~6q@~q"~6q_~qh ~qV ~qa~qs~qs~ql~qy ~qu~qn~qi~qa~q' r~q.~q' -~qi~qt meet jag ~qd~qa~qa~q-~qd up~q, Stead~2q- said ~q%~qb~qe ~ql~qaw was ~qg~qi~qd ~6qV Alt~qb~qo~qu~qg~ql~qi be does not ~qp~qe~qm~qa~qn~qaj~qi~qr have an ~qa~q" passed soft?), for the benefit of the ~qs~qht~qt~ql~qi~ql~qa~qb industry ~qI. ~qf ~qV~qU ~6qW people ~qI~q"~qU~q.~q4 di~qs,~q;h~qa~qr~qg~qe ~qs~qy~qst~qa~qi~qt, S~qt~q"~qj~qi~q-~qi~q.~q, said ~qr~qt~qo~qu~qd ~qi~8qz~v~e~s~"~q. ~I~-~d~-~d~e~d ~- ~qd~qa~q. ~q'~qj. lawsuit tb~qe now law, by ~qi~qA~qn~qd~qo~qr~qp~qr~qes~q"~qr~qe ~qfr~qo~qv~qi~qt~qh~qe~2qw~6q"~qg~qo~qv~qer~qn~qm~qe~qA~qt~qt~qo~qc~qo~qm~qp~qi~ql~qy ~q0 a t~qh~qer ~qc~qe to consider ~qt~qh~qe ~ state departments ~a~qd~qm~qi~qaJ~qd~qa~qr~64q%~ql~qb~qe ~q"~qI~qn~qs~qt telling ~qI~qmo~qi~qn~qt~qow~qb~qe~qr~qv with ouch systems to remove them with Interstate c~qo~qm~qm~qo~qr~qc~qe laws. ~qU~qz~qr~qor~qtu~qa~qa~qt~qe~ql~qy~q@ ~qt~qb~qe ~qa~qe~qw~@ t~qh~q, be or* taking legal action. T~qh~qe bill ~qm~qa~qy have ~qn~qew ~qNw~q. by ~qIM while ~qp~qe~qo~qp~qi~qs, w~qbo ~qp~qa~qy for this am ~qt~qh~qe ~qs~qh~qor~qe~qfr~qu~qn~qt property passed ~qt~qh~qr~qo~qu~64qU~qq ~qi~qa~qf~qj~q, the first time, ~6qW~q, ~0q;~4q@~2qM~44qe ~~d~q- ~*~a~d ~t~a~l~d~a~g ~t~h~e cast before *so ~2qm~qa a ~qd~qebl~qi~qc commercial ~qa~qn~qd Municipal ~q@~q*J`U~qr~qv at legislator$ It would not do by ~qu~qt~q-~q, ~q"~0q-~qs~qe~qa~q. puts an b~qu~qM~qe~qn on am segment of t~qh~qe ~qo~qw~qi~q3~qe~qr~qs with ~q&~qv~qe~qr~qb~qa~qt~qr~qd di~qs~qc~ql~qi~qk~qM~qt ~q*~q@~qvt~qe~qa~qi~qa~q, be ~qa~qA~qj~q& pro she tam ~q=~8q=~a~Z~qi~r~q-b planning board members Tb~qt Intention ~qof~qt~qb~qe low Is wood, but it ~qw~qa~qi~q, hot ~qw~qe~qu ~qw~60ql~qn~0qi~60qt~8qr~64qt It, t~qo give ~qo~qu~qr ~ql~qe~qs~qi~qsl~qat~qi~qv~qt process a ~~q:~4qM~t~h~e~q-t~h~k~i~r~qp~qr~qo~qp~qo~qs~qetb~qat~qs committee be ~qP~qa~64qv~0qt~q.~q_~q6~q0~q6~q5 bad l~qidd~qr~qe~q" ~qO~qnv~qi~qr~qo~qa~qm~qw~qe~2qW c~qo~qnc~qe~qn~qt~qs, t~qb~qo~qa~qg~qh~qt ~qo~qw~q. said ~qP~q"~qA- ~q7~qb~qe ~ql~qaw is not being chance. So f~qa~qr we ~qv~qs~qn~q%~q@~q" ~2q" Farmer, w~qho got .. ~qi~qt to ~1~0 saki ~qg~qw~q&~qd~6qm~q,~q. C~qb~qi~qab~qb~qa~qv~qd, t~qh~qe ~q3~q,~q0~q0~q0 licensed house. applied u~2qW~qar~qs~qe~qly I would d~q-g~2q- ~qV~0q_ ~qb~qa~6q.~q. ~q.. ~qa~qh~qa~qa~qd~q@ have over, Mood to ~a~w~o~pt~i~o~n~s~qi~qf~qo~qr~qt~ql~qi~qt~qi~qs~qo Mans ~tb~a~s~ ~5~0 ~p~o~o~p~i~s~i from as ~qa`~qe~qP~qw~q*`~qn~q2~q* ~2qWd ~qsy~4q-~qs~qa~qs ~qv~6qf~6qt probably few ~qm~qaj~qd~qa~qt~qt~q, ~qt~qo~q, ~q.~qc~qh ~qd~qe~qm if allowed to ~qs~qt~2q" ~qd~qi~qa~6q"~0q, tar as ~qN~qa~qr~qp~qo~qw~qoll would ~qX~6q-r~qa~qt~qe as much waste as a single ~qi~qt~qu~qn~qi~qc~qi~qp~qa ~6qU~qr~qb~qar~qs Darling~q, ~qw~qb~qo ~qs~qh~qo does Dot be" ~q&~qa over~q. =~8q= ~q*~qt~2q" ~qU equal ~qch~qs~qz~q,~q* of being ~q%~qb~qI~q4 to keep once the next legislative ~qa~6qm~ql~qo~qn ~qa~qd~qa. 17 ~0 Augu~qst~qA~~ Must ~I ~~~ ~ Augusta ~6q:~1~t~1~t~qi~q=~~f~~~t~~h~~1~~f~,~!~1~~.~~~C~qL~ ~~,~~Y~ ~I~qt~I~qt~I~~t~~v~qc~- ties find an ~qen ~e~y Refuse Disposal District told 2D regional ~f~i~t~i~ca~l~l~y~p~A~qla~qta legislators the blunt, disturbing truth about These are ~qt ~t~qh~e disposal of trash and construction The towns' ~qc debris. strong ~st~a~qtem *The cumulative impact of state re~g~t~d~a~- of Commerce ~t~i~o~u~s has made ~i~t almost ~i possible for port issued We Maine's towns and cities to responsibly di~s- crisis" ~im~qpe~qn~qc ~chu~s~e~t~t~s formed a refuse ~d~i~s~- pos~a of their municipal waste, ~w~a~s~t~e~@ The C~qt~qu Island trash ~tr~i~c~t ~i~n ~1~9~8~3~-~T~-~d~-~Y ~t~h~e~d~i~%~u~-~@~-~t ~t~, ~* The state is h~ead~ed~~or a trash crisis in ~t~i~o~n by the recycles one-third Of its trash which communities will be overwhelmed by make the Aug Wanted: solu~6qf~6qion~6qs ~a~nd sends halt of the total ~t~o ~3 their own solid waste., partner in ~qs~qo~qlv ~w~a~s~t~e-~t~o-~e~n~er~g~y Plant on the At the Bang mainland. Inert ~qM~t~er~ia~l is ~qS~8qp~0qm ~q1~4q/~2~,~7~8q/~qp~qs the matter ~qs~qu In some, respects, islands are facing a worse ~t~a~n~d~f~i~l~l~ed ~on ~T~he island~. ~'~I'~l~i~c Maine's con trash crisis than the much publicized one on the di~s~t~r~i~c~t~o~f~f~s~i~e~l~s~s~o~i~n~t~O~f Donald ~M~e~qa~qgh according to manager Paul mainland. With limited dump space, Small Year- Hannigan, by charging dis- disposal ~qd~qi~qstr~qi private operators- ~qe ~@~ct of fighter ~p~o~qW fees. $~1 per fire~, ~q$20 per ~e state's urging, communities such times we ~h~qiv round populations, and the Pr~O~S~2qP ~' islands ~n an ~e~f~f~o~r~l~, At ~th -We need the federal rules against ocean dumping, washing machine. I to keep transportation cost$ as ~t~hose in ~T~he ~.P~V~RD~D have turned to the problem," must scramble for solutions. down Martha's Vineyard ~b~as ~w~a~s~te-~t~o-~e~n~erg~y incineration. It is a sensi- ~ag~er of Old T~qm I ~v~i~n~a~l~h~a~v~e~n~, for example, is ~neg~o~qi~l~at~ed -with mainland' ble, partial solution to the municipal waste faced With the problem ~o(~g~c~t~@ ~n~i~a~n~i~g~er Victoria Dyer, who ~t~m~ck~e~m to haul trash ashore ~1~U~L problem, However, even this option is be~i for the region'. ~n~g waste issue, fi~ng 400 junked cars off the is- also spoke at the conference. trucks that might otherwise go blocked, by politics. Nobody wants the ash It can't get a land. Mo~n~b~e~g~a~n, which used to The junked cam are only o~n~e of home empty. 'Me whole ~sub~- dumps in their ~c~ommu~n~i~tY~. ~du~m~p~'~l~a the ocean, no What has b w ~n~i~u~st the problems the town faces~- ~qj~ec~t boils down to materials, The glib and simplistic argument against Maine made find a new wa~y ~1~0 deal with ~8 ~U~k~e any other town that ~o~Per~-~ processing, and ~tr~an~sp~ort~a- ~on~e~@ particular ash dump proposal, Town- close its open, crash flow that reached ~4~5~,~O~qW ate-, a landfill, V~n~i~a~lh~av~e~n ~h~q-~t~o ~t~i~o~n~,~* ~H~a~t~u~i~l~g~a~n said. ship 30 in Washington County, is that people Landfills h~qav pounds during the month of deal with rats, fires, dump Pick. ~r~-~v~qm island is ~c~omp~l~e~A~t~-~t~y should deal with their own garbage. ~qU~n~f~or I ~tiv~e to open du~qr August~. ~ing, proliferating plastics~. low d~i~f~l~er~e~n~L~* observed Bri~at~o~n~, ~'~qne question is where will E~l~l~nl~t~t~ql~y~, this won't work, and the best ex- over, Many of real estate valuations near the suggesting that what works for' ample of all is Washington County itself, There is a mo~qri EPA ~qIt~h~e US, ~qW"~"~i~n~c~r~i~t~al dump, and ~i~m~a~n~qm~unc~ed visits Mo~n~be~g~a~n or ~V~in~a~l~h~av~en may where many communities aren't Liking of ~n~ew c~omm Protection Agency) make its. by inspectors from the state ~not work on Mar~th~i~'s~V~i~n~e~y~ar~d~, ore of their trash at a~l~l, - ~ ~I quir~em~e~n~t for MCI move,* says Will ~B~r~i~nt~O~n~, a Department of Environmental Nantucket, or other large Is, Everyone shares the waste problem Consultant working on a com- Protection. I ~l~ands~.~'~O~nep~r~ob~le~m ~q1w~i~l~b ~.~0~5~6 ~, against leakage posting pr~o~qi~e~cE for M~o~n~l~i~eg~a~n~. Dump ~Pr~ob~len~i~t - ~x~W ~s~o~qtu~- waste generally] is that, from its creation to its disposal, The ~s~o~lu- An EPA order to stop d~o~m~p~i ~t~i~o~n~a - aren't limited to Maine" everybody's going for the bi~g~@~ ~ti~o~n~s~ar~e either incredibly expensive, as is ~ats~e~a precipitated something of islands, of course, Faced with a approaches such as ~i~n~c~i~n~cr~a~- the case with incineration, or, like racy- .~i~l~s on ~t~I~v~i~t~i~s~l~a~n~d ~Ca~r~l~i~e~r~t~hi~s huge seasonal Population flue-, ~t~or~s and regional landfills ~e~qJ~i~ng, they demand extensive cooperation ~a~c~o ~yt~w~@ and residents hope a ~t~u~o~t~i~o~n~. the towns on Martha's but it's the little communities among communities~, combination Of ~c~u~m~P~o~st~'~ng~, V~i~n~ey~a~r~d~o~i~f~t~h~ec~t~i~a~st~o~f~M~a~s~s~4~i~, that are being hit b~a~r~qV It is impractical,' perhaps even imp~os- recycling, ~la~nd~f~il~l~i~n~g on the mainland, and cutting back on s~i~b~le~, for anyone to ~go it alone. The antidote ~0 In ~t~he ~qs~qh for ~t~he no~t~-~i~n-~m~y-b~atky~ard syndrome is staff and ~exp~qe~0qd trash at its sources will keep their solid waste problem under leadership, ~@pr~osp~ec~t~i~v~qe~qla~qn control. Maine's communities know this. They art any other ~l~qoc~qa~qt~qt ~qC~q~qm~p~o~%~i~n~g~. ~B~r~i~n~t~o~n says. not making an unreasonable request. They documentable can work particularly well for are appealing to the center of government scrap it and s M~o~o~l~ie~g~a~n because ~of~t~h~e large in Maine, to Augusta, for help, They am an acceptable amount of food waste produced receiving no reply. works, the ~qs~qt~qa ~~ by the island's seven inns. Unless the state acts aggressively on this ~, ~0 ~1~q0 the ~qfon~q, When islanders weighed their issue, a number of things could happen. re~be~qw~qi~ve w~qI~qj ~i~r~a~s~h~ih~i~s summer, they learned Communities may be forced to circumvent ~p re~n~tl~y Is con that more than ~8~0 ~p~e~l~c~e~a~t~o~f tile the regulations. Development ~( builders will recycling, T~qh, tonnage consisted of paper, have ~no place to durnp~deb~r~is~@ will ~gr~i~nd~~to ~n~e~e~d~s~t~o~l~o~qo~qk~qa~qt cardboard, and garbage. 'Any a halt. Unsanitary, unhealthful conditions the need for community with lots of ~r~e~s~u~u~- will develop, Responsible Opposition to ~qi disposal and r~qt ~r~a~n~qW ought to benefit from landfill proposals will be crushed in a p~ol~it~i- incinerators. c~o~mp~o~s~t~i~ng~, ~B~r~mto~n says. Lack ~c~al stampede when the crisis hits and ~t~b~e ~t ~t~d~co~mp~e~t~i~t~i~on may h~e~l~p~to~o: the state responds to it out of desperation. his ability to b~qi r~e~e~t~t~i~t~c~l~o~s~i~ng ~o~f~th~e ~S~e~a~pr~o fish Maine must consider two immediate issues through waste processing plant ~i~n Rock- steps to ~aver~l a crisis: land eliminated another low- Ibis Issue cost source of fertilizer. Com- Posting ~e~x~qm~i~m~e~n~t~s must be *Controlled and technologically responsible,* ~Bri~n~t~p~r~i warns, ~n~o~f~i~n~g that flies and odors con be a ~pr~o~h~le~m~@ ~Bri~n~t~o~n was one of several me~m~b~@~r~s of a ~pa~r~iel discussing solid waste during last weekend's annual Island Con- ~f~er~e~nc~e at the ~H~urri~can~q0~s~la~n~d outward ~qU~qo~qu~qn~qd School off letter to 130 VZ:3- gg'POLLUTION PROBLEM AT ACADIA&,,. John R. MeKern.. stating concern that high ozone levels such as those recorded during the roads that wind along one of three-day pollution episode In Park is troubled the most magnificent stretches June were damaging sensitive of coastline In -the country. park resources and posing a However remote Acadia health threat to park visitors. Ight seem. It suffers from ... "When people come to Acadia. by mihealthy ozone smorric of the highest ozone levels they expect that they are In a ru- in the Northeast. ral area that Is pristine," said By Dianne Dumanoski anywhere in the national park have the perception Christine Shaver of the park ser- Globe Staff system, a health warning went that they are leaving that all vice's air-quality division In Den- at the Acadia National Park behind when they come here.- ver. which keeps track of pollu- MOUNT DESERT ISLAND. up said Robert M. Breen of the Na- tion levels In' various parks. MAINE - In a summer plagued visitor center. In fact. according to Ron Because of extremely high tional Park Service. who over- by drought. polluted beaches levels of unhealthy ozone, park sees monitoring for ozone and Lawler Heavner of the Denver air- and bad air. Acadia National Park. far dow visitors were advised to avoid other air pollution at Acadia. quality office. "Acadia ranks up n cast In Maine. here with California" in the SL- seems a pristine spot. an Ideal strenuous exercise such as bi- -But you're not. It comes with t place to escape from the coun- cycling, hiking and jogging - you." verity of its air pollution problem, pular a The only other site In the national try*s environmental ills. But In Po ctivitles on park In July. Herbert S. Cables park system that has such high mid-June. for the first time Jr.. the regional director* of the ozone concentrations. he said. is National Park Service. sent a the Santa Monica National Re. creat on Area. which Is in the Los OzOnc BmOg in Acacija Nati(mal Park Angelm Basin "on the hill on the the more concerned about white toring station In the park outside of the night. The formation @f In mid-June. monitoring stations at Isle au Haut and pine and other air pollution sensi- of Bar Harbor hit 0. 179 parts per ozone requires not only hydrocar. other side of the Hollywood sign." tive park resources." million. which -Is higher than bons and nitrogen oxides - pollu- set all time records for ozone Levels. Levels above .12ML Desert "People always think of Cali- The air pollution Is also a haz- anything we've seen before" at tant3 from automobiles, gas sta- mfillon are unhealthy according (c, the EPA standarri. parts per fornia as having the worst air.** ard to park visitors. according to that site, according to Norma Gor- tions. dry cleaners and power Heavner said. Acadia. however. Cables' letter. "With respect to don, the senior meteorologist for plants - but sunlight. The ozone had the meteorological misfortune health. for example. ozone has Maine's Bureau of Air guality. created during the sunniest part of "being. downwind of the whole been shown to significantly Im- The previous record of three of the day over Portland would ar, BOV @Crl ic Northeast." When the weather pair lung capacity and function at unhealthy days was set at the Bar rive at Acadia a few hours later, .,XA,Or Pm ula pattern dominated by southwest levels near the national standard. Harbor site In 1983. Although the Bradley."plained. If the ozone Is B. arbor W winds moves air up the East Visitors to national parks often ozone season is by no means over. arriving at 3 a.m.. he said. that I Coast, he explained. all of the pol- engage In hiking and other stren- that site has already had six un- a sure sign that it originated at A lution collected along the way uous activities which could be healthy days. considerable distance - often in Mt. "dumps on Acadia." dangerous at the ozone levels ex- Although Maine Senerates southern Connecticut. Hartford or In his letter to'McKernan. the perlenced at Acadia during the some of its own -air pollution. Boston. 161 regional park service director said middle of June." there Is strong evidence that the Bradley noted that the states In the regional air group are mov- .17 Jun the park was having Its worst In this record-breaking sum- Iron's sbare or the ozone plaguing year ever for ozonc pollution. The mer, monitoring stations outside Acadia and other parts of Maine Ing on their own to reduce the letter recognized that ozone was a of Bar Harbor and on Isle au Haut. originated outside the state. ac- volatility of gasoline. since fumes cording fo MichaelBradfM the ex- escaping at gas pumps and when regional problem and asked just south of Mount Desert. have KV icullve'dIrector of Nortbeast cars are driven contribute to the sit McKernan to exert leadership to recorded their highest readings bring about more strtfigent and ever. The number of "unhealthy" --States for Coordinated Air Use format.ion of ozone. MAINE pervasive control of the precursor days. when ozbne levels have ex- Management, an association of But that is only one of the pollutants In Maine and in all oth- ceeded the federal Environmental air pollution agencies from the six things that need to be done to Bangor er locations contributing to the Protection Agency standard of New England states. -New York, combat deteriorating air quality, ozone levels in Acadia National 0.12 parts per million, Is double and New Jersey. His best estimate he said. adding that the states Park." Becaute It Is a national the previous record. The EPA is W fhit-about 85 percent of' the- can't do it alone. "Without a park. Acadia's air quality [a sup- now reconsidering this standard Ozolle is from outside sources. strong federal role ensuring that SO@. Maine Bumau a(Air Qualfty mo mr.Nat posed to get special protection un- in the light of recent medical re- Bradley said there had been the problem Is approached at least der the federal Clean Air Act. search that suggests It Is not suffi- weather masses that swung out to a regional basis, we are going to ozone Is toxic to plants cient to protect even healthy sea and circumvented Portland on continue to have unhealthy air for Ozone. Cables noted In his let- adults. their way up the coast. "But we people and for terrestrial ecosys- ter. Is toxic to plants and has ef- Record level for Maine still have violations at Acadia. tems." fects even at levels below the fed- On June 15. ozone concentra- That tells you Portland Is not hav- eral human health standard of tions at Isle au Haut soared to 0.2 ing a significant influence.** 0.12 parts per million. Moreover, parts per million. the highest level Worst late at night white pines In the park have recorded in Maine since measure- The time of day when the high shown the type of damage that is ments began in 1979 and one of ozone readings appear also sup- associated with high ozone levels. the highest levels recorded this ports the case for long-range "With this year's record high summer in the Northeast. The fol- transport. he added. High read- levels.- Cables wrote. "'we are all lowing day. the level at the moni- ings often show up In the middle ~0 Ozone a clear threat to Maine's air quality Sizzling summer ideal for production, transport of invisible pollutant ~I~t~, ~N~an~c~v R~ern~$~,, ~t~qa~t~6qw Ozone ~be aver seven 'Ozone: The; I~qf~qivii~0qMble ~8q0 1 M -me ~r M~i~l~. ~i~i~q@ ~q'~qP~'~qu~q! n~qa I ~qa~h a in h~e ~. p~iis harm- ~~~l when it drifts along ~the earth's ~t-` ~'~@C~i~on~e is a form of oxygen in which the molecule surface on summer afternoons and ~ contains three atoms of 0~q$ ven~ings. This invisible pollutant has been Men instead of Iwo as in ~lh~e~@~.~,~,~@~! ~'~6 "1" common form. This ~a~c~ou~nt~s ~f~o~r the d~is~t~ir~i~6~t~ive odor o skulking around Maine a lot this the a~i~r after a ~i~t~t~yr~i~d~qe~qr~s~ito~r~m or around elec~t~r~i~c~w~.~;~qt- summer. In fact. records of n n ~q0~'~i ~i~'~o~r~q: ~`~qh ~i~'~o~r~q: ~'~q0~,~i~'~o~r~q: ~q"~q0 ing ~b~y the Department of E~n ~in An Waiting, pale-blue ~g~a~s~,~,~P~zor~e is ~e~x~p~ilo~s~q@~e mental Protection through Aug. ~7 ~howed that ozone had been present t~c~;x~i~c~@ ~&v~d at ~l~ow ~concer~dra~t~io~ms. It occurs naturally ir~t~i~qf~, ~n ~v~l~w more times and at higher levels than ~.~@~q!~pry small amounts in the ~qE~;~i~n~qh~'ss~tr~a~losph~er~i~q@ ever before. p~h~ere however, ozone Is I ~T~he highest level of ozone meal ~ured in the state was at a moni~to ~- rb '~i~i~qenth~qi ~ng site at Isle ~au Haut in Penobscot a~n~d ~qt~n oxide ~i~qs~f~o~n~a~s~, ~~ ~T~he reading. 0.2 parts pe~ql~qemil~. li~qZ~. is on a par with ozone ve~ls a emitted car ex s~L~, ~' gasoline measured in cities like Chicago and ~0 from solvents. ~f~q4i~tr ~qin~fo~'~8qW~i~qi~qs are' ~qW Atlantic City. ~,-~*~q@~,~,~- ~'~.~1~ou~nd I W~h- ~z~E~,_~, ~m~in~o~p an ~f~q4~a~l~s~, ~e~n w~p~@~q~qm, ~5~3 IN The Maine monitoring site regis. ~er~ing the most days with unsafe lev- ~1p~1p~m~s~.~f~r~Lagna~le~. a~nd po~qM~ng d a r~o~g~8qT ox ~as are a we. ~qjo ~y~! Lip~, ~r~l~q@~qf~qi~lo~i~rl~k elso~fo~z~one~b~as b~L~inCape Elizabeth. no d b ~Ild As of the first week of August, ozone ~f~reach ~l~e~v~e~l~s~~i~qgh enough to e~f~fe~d~2p~ ~ca~u levels exceeding the federal stan- headaches. irritate eyes and cause sinus I dard of .12 parts per million were t~ion problems. ..is recorded for a total of 34 hours scat- he only problem that we ~M~al~iz~ie~f~f~ia~qi~a~l~qk be ~lir~oducing redu~c~- Scientists agree that Maine s h~a~qv~qe~q"~q"said Miller. Environmental flow in hydrocarbons. Modifications ~ered- over 10 days. That's the ozone problem is not all of its own amount of time that high ozone le~w making The ingredients that pro- regulators agree. at service stations could prevent e~s are recorded at places like Provi. ~2,814 tons of b~ydroe~a~rbons from pol~- dence and Philadelphia. duced s~qtme o~qf the state's ozone may Ozone is a g~as ma I have been emitted in Boston or New ~ox, ke~d~@ up of three ~qIhi~W~g the air, h~e said. Un~l~i this summer. with its inces- York. Those ingredients, which in- gen atoms. Unli ~i~ts two-atom No I " these sant heat and hazy sun. many people co~Z~i~iin that is vital to human life, ~.~1~11~q-~4qn~i ~m~e~a~s~-~r~e~s c~lude emissions from cars and in- ozone is highly toxic. th~.~0q@u~gh~f~t~he Nort~i~m~-~q0~-, ~r~ Maine may not have realized that dustrial stacks. were transformed According to the lung association. ~&dmitte~(~L air pollution could be a ~am into ozone as hot winds blew them the acute effects of ~i~n~t~dr~ie exposure In Maine, if ozone levels contim~be here. "I think people ha~0qV~qbee. north to the Maine coast. Thai is ~the lulled into thinking Maine doesn't theory that explains the high ozone may include "inflammation and to exceed t~h~e federal limit, a new have an air pollution problem," said readings at all the state's coastal su~-e~llin~g of the bronchial tubes. in- strategy would have to be consi. Edward F. Miller, executive direc. m~q~m~l, creased susceptibility to infection. dered. Severance said the next step tor Of the American ~L~A~ing As~s~ocia- ~or~ing sites - Isle au Haut. increased asthma attacks and de- he would propose would be mand~a- Port C~lvde. Bar Harbor, Cape Eliza. struction of red blood cells in people ~t~ory annual testing of t~ai~l~l~o~l Lion o Maine. be~th arid ~Kennebu~nkport. ~0qr t ~ul~qdrecords from the ~mor~i~qt~torin But high levels of ozone also have with certain genetic deficiencies." s~ions from a~l~l vehicles. Su testing sites of the DEP~. University o been measured this summer at the Even normal, healthy individuals already takes place in New Jersey. Ma~i~ne~,~and National Park Service inland monitoring sites in Gardiner, New York, Connecticut and par~ls~i~xf ~~gges that at least some sections of Lisbon and Dedham. Imported ozone New H~a~m~psh~im. . the stale do have serious ozone po~l~lu- it would be controversial, Sever~. enc~e said. Hydrocarbon. Emissions, The ~I~toard at Env~ir~o~qm~e~ntal Protection passed rules on August I ~o~h~i~ch aim to ~I~m~n ga~sc~a can experience breathing difficulties monitoring sites in an effort to iden- ozone. evaporation &I storage l~err~i~t~i~nals. out of lank trucks and at s~ar~o~r~ic~e stations. Less evaporation" when ~ixposed to ozone, say officials tify ozone that ~was transported to the That isn't all Maine~l~s d to means fewer hyd~r~c~;~q4~r~b~6ns. Fewer hydrocarbons means less ozone. at the lung association.. state from ~t~he south and to identify troll ozone production. ~q@~8qM~2q=~qT~qo~f The predicted reductions In hydrocarbon emissions (irk tons of hy~d~r~o~e~a produced by emissions in the Environmental Protection~, ~wh~i~c~b~, by changing the : ~@~"~@ by requiring no by requiring annual by ~r~@~o carlier this summer in support 0 Greater Portland area. limited r~e~, voted unanimously Aug. 10 to re- gasoline recipe ~1 splash bottom filling leak test on tank roof and vapor ~~an air legislation, referred to sources have prevented the DEP ~D~n~4qZ ~Sen. George Mitchell, in testimony gas ~q:~q~q@~qu~ir g floating some data presented at a recent from more extensive monitoring, air quire that all gasoline sold in the 3.750 tons ~2p~tanks at service ~i~ruck~s return systems- ~6qS ~ip~osium on ozone and health that bureau officials said. state in future summers be Jess~' stations 250 tons 7~53tons ~6qy'~gested **our children m~a EPA The state's current mor~i~tor~ing prone to evaporate, also approv~a~i~i 2~,814 tons already have these %I even on days when t~qre be at si I~. are geared toward answering measures to reduce evaporation standards (for ozone) are not questions that the federal Environ. from gasoline storage terminals, exceeded." mental Protection Agency is expect- lank trucks and storage tanks at ser. In addition to affecting breathing, ed to pose within the coming year vice stations. ozone can cause headaches. irritate about where Maine's ozone prob- Severance said the health hazards eyes and cause sinus problems. lems originate. State officials win associated with ozone are reason The lung association ad ~.peo~, have to respond with data explaining enough to enact a~l~l these v~ity dur- 'Ozon~e~ql Ma~ql~qne,~qS~qbn~qime~r~q1988 vises of ~M~0q= pie to avoid strenuous ~ac~t~i ~Lheorigin~s Maine's ozone-and with ments. But there are eco ~. ~;~. ~;n ~~g periods of high ozone. For those to get ozone levels down fits that offset some of ~t~he costs he Scientists agree with respiratory or heart disease, federal limit of .12 parts tided. Vapor that is captured ~L~'~s ~& ~that ~Ma~l~n~e~*~s Ihe lung association suggests per million, Gordon said. - product that can be sold, he said.--. a~2~ne Problem Is Mo~M~ori~n~g s~i~t" ~~~viin~g indoors 'with the windows State officials anticipate the~qiwill Petroleum su ers and retail n~o~t ~a~n of ~i~ts ~own~@ Were Solaced in shut, using fans ~br ~airconditior~ii~h~i~; to be called on by the federal ~qfover~p- h~c ~0qc~l~in concerned t~ehr~ast~' making. T~h~e- an ~H~on to identify keep cool. men~t to explain ozone prob ems in the statewide approach to ~i~x~i~one ~Lak~. ozone that was ozone is formed when intense sun- 'the. ~qUwisto~n-Aubur~i~i~area ~e~n~d i~n en by DEP would for large In that transported to ~th~e light causes chemical reactions in York, Cumberland, ~Kennebec~.~Saga- d~itures in areas of ~tch~e~e state ~q2=~q4 state from the south o~ft~h~e ~g~e~n ~o~x~-~. daho~c~. Lincoln, Knox and Hancock ~s~i~a~t~e~l~i ~o~z~ii~n~e~"~may and to i~d~er~a~l~t~y Val ~he hydrocarbons and nitro the ozone has yet to be shown to be a ides in the air. Hydrocarbons are- counties. Gordon said. Then- bill ~Tw of ~4v~e been Which a emitted from car exhaust. gasoline state v~v~ill ~'have to develop plans to ~qV~o ~u~q'e~*Is~le~'~qtoraex.~m~'p~le~q'f~.~*~i~r~l~'~0qj~t~o erat~a~i~d i~n the greater ~ ~~o~r~s and solvents. N~i~Lrogen oxides ~8q2~2q1 Portland area. a eliminate the problems.. But ~1~he ~d ec ozone ~qfevels that ~2qQ~6q@ ~t~he ~@~q@ar~k~d~qi~i~t~ac~k~s in, are emitted from the burning of a~l~l deadlines forreduct~ion plans maybe federal limit, air regulators said.,,. ~@~s~o~s~i~o~n~i o~iN~e~w~: fuels. years away, said Gordon. Severance said, however, that the ~;~@~,~@Yo~rk~q, with hot Dedham ozone reaches high concentrations Maine and six other Northeastern widespread ozone problem this ~qa~0q=~q. ~q@~q7 - ~ when warm. cloudless weather sys- states are taking action to reduce mer may have reached Aroostook ~q, ~q'~04q" to-in ]owing polluting County. There no longer is a m~qoa~ql~q. .;them no* ~qto the Gardiner ~tems stagnate. al ozone levels without waiting to be h~6qZd~qr~qo~qc~q-~qarbons and nitrogen oxides to ~qc~qpa;~qi~q@ This U~qsbo~qn ~qrn- told to do so by ~qthe federal gove toring site in northern Mai~qn~qie ~qb~00qW theory explains ild up, ~qT~qhe rays of the ~qsun~,c~2q" a, ment~q. After s~qign~qtin~qg a pact in late ever. so he couldn~q't confir~16qW~qoz~qone ~q'~0q11~4q@~qp h~qi~8qg~qli~q.~qpzon 19~q8~q7, air regulators ~qi~qn t~q, series of chemical re~qactio~q'~qd, with the Northea~q:s - an problems there. Even if there port ~o~z~o~ql~q* one of the b~qypro~qdu~qp~qO~q_ ~qt~qh~qe meteorological c~qon~qd~qfi~qio~qi~qY with the exception of New Ha~2qi~8qnp weren't levels exceeding ~qt~qhe federal coast~q, ~qr~q@p~q@E~qf~qiz~qo~qn~qi~qh~q5~qi~q,~q"~q,~q%~q'~.~ that we've had this summer have shire, have pursued the enactment standard, Severance pointed out that K~qen~qn~qe ~qV~8qV so ~qM~qW - of ~qr~qWes to change the kind of gaso- the state considers ozone u~qnh~qi~qsilt~qhy been particularly conducive to the line that is sold during ~qt~qhe summer" at.08 parts per million, a level lower production arid transport of o~qz~qt~qme,~q'~q@ said Norma Gordon. a meteorologist months. Three states,' including than the federal standard. number of c~ql~qary~qi~qs with DEP~q's Bureau of Air Quality Maine. have a~qlre~76ql approved rules. . Air bureau officials ~qNvi~qll be watch- AITI~qO~qn~qfl~qorl~qing highest level violating f~qe~qc~qe~qr~qef Control. By requiring.: ~qsifferen~qt blend of Ing anxiously next summer to ~qa~qm If site measured ~qi~qn stan~qc~qlard of Because ozone is invisible, ~q1 1t I's ~6qgu~q- gasoline for t ummer months. the regional change in ~qthe ~qn~qumm~qe~qr pans par ~qrr~qi~qf~qti~qon .12 parts per million a~qte as easily. gasoline blend has any impact siv~qe. Although associated with one that d~qoe~qsn~q" =~qrfe~qwer On Cape Elizabeth .1~q8 10 ~ag~q, the gas frequently slips state officials ~qP It d ozone levels in Maine. But unless the f~2q= its hazy spawning g~48q"~qadw~qa~qy carbons %~qvi~qll be released. In ~q1~8q7.~qi~qr~qo~q- weather is a repeat of ~0qf~0qt sum~qiner'~qs We au Haut ne~q, .20 ~q6 clear areas downwind. As scientists the estimated reduction of hydrocar' heat and sunshine, it will be diff~qi~qct~qi~qf~qt Kenn~qebun~qk~qport .1~q5 8 bons released into the air is 3.750 to compare, Severance said.' Port Clyde and air pollution regulators hive .19 6 often more adept at identifying cor, tons, said Ron Severance of the Bu~q- "It Lakes about three years of mo~qn~q. Bar Harbor .1~q8 Gardiner .~q1~q6 ~q6 ~qg~it~ions under which ozone is formed reau ofA~qir Quality Control. As ~qr~qi~qiuch itoring to determine it you are mak- 3 they also have gotten better at r~ql~qg~8q@~8qj_~q' as ~q60~q.~q0~qD~q0 tons may be kept out of the ing any progress," Severance said. Lisbon .14 ~q1 out where it goes. air throughout the Northeast, he By then the other evaporation con. Dedham In~q' Maine. the DEP selected its said. Fewer hydrocarbons mean less trol requirements just enacted ~qW .13 ~q1 20 State looks to use commuters to revive rail line by Christine Kukka Staff Writer In many parts of the Northeast, commuting to work by train is common practice. If the state Department of Transportation is successful, commuter rail service may come to Maine. The DOT has been unable to find anyone to operate the 32-mile railroad line between Bruns- wick and Rockland, abandoned by Maine Central Railroad in 1988. Now the state transporta- tion agency is thinking it could be promoted to potential operators as a commuter line to trans- port some of the 10,000 people who work for the Bath Iron Works shipyard. The prospect of a commute line, along with potentioal freight customers, has caught the attention of railroad magnate John P. Ascher, a Maine native and president of the Great Western Railway Co. of Loveland, Colo. Ascher, 60, comes from a seafaring family that can trace its roots in Maine back to the 1700s. Ascher, prone to seasickness, focused his business acumen on railroads rather than ships. He currently operates 116 miles of track in Colorado, Oregon and California, manufacturers train parts, and would like to add the Rockland line to his portfolio, if the conditions are right. DOT officials also hope a tourist train, similar to one that operates successfully in Cap Cod, Mass., could be duplicated on the Bruns- wick-Rockland line. The line runs through beautiful salt marshes and across rivers, and could evolve into a major tourist attraction, officials have suggested. "In my experience, a tourist line is a neat sideshow, but you really need some freight to maintain it," Ascher said. "And the Rockland line has a lot of bridges with some railroad in between, and bridges are costly to maintain. And you have a two-month tourist season there." Ascher prefers to focus on the Rockland line's freight and commuter potential and the possibil- ity that one day oil prices will rise and make steel rails the cheapest method of transportation. Ascher depends on diversification for sur- vival in the rail business. He has used rail rights of way to install gas and oil pipelines. "Remember, anything that is stuck in the ground and you don't have to maintain goes to pay cost," he said. "And I have some side shows in Maine that look promis- ing." Ascher refuses to say what his potential "side shows" are. With or without Ascher, DOT officials think a commuter line con- necting BIW to a state-owned park- ing lot in Woolwich or Brunswick may be the key to getting the line back in service. Bath City Manger Peter A. Gar- land is ready and willing to convert the city's former railroad station, which is next to BIW and currently houses a dental clinic. to a com- muter station. Michael J. Murray, director of DOT's rail transportation division, said the state is "working diligently on a rail commuter system that would convey people outside Bath and perhaps free up the Carlton Bridge, as well as, move people eastward to the Wiscasset area. "We realize any operator of that line will have to diversify his revenue base," Murray said. "There is a question whether freight by itself would support the service, but a commuter line could be a real plus in attracting a short line opera- tor." The largest freight customers on the line are Dragon Products Co. in Thomaston and Central Maine Power's Mason Station and Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co., both in Wiscasset. All three firms have railroad spurs leading to their plants. Dragon Products, which manu- factures cement, was Maine Central Railroad's largest freight customer before the railroad abandoned the line in 1986. It now relies on ships or trucks for transport. "If the price was competitive, we might use rail service for incoming commodities," said Dragon Prod- ucts plant manager Mark A. Wal- ton. "We'd love to have the option, but it has to be economically feasi- ble." Maine Yankee officials also want the option of rail service to transport massive reactor equip- ment, and they are willing to con- tribute to modernization of the railway. STATUS OF 1987-88 GRANT TASKS (CZ063 Award) Completion of most of the grant tasks under this award was reported previously. Progress on the remainder during August/ September/October is reported below. Task 1 -- Improving Program Core Law Enforcement a Technical Assistance A. DEP - Core Law Administration & Enforcement The DEP's Quarterly Report for August through October, 1988 is reproduced as Exhibit E-1 provided under separate cover. See also the clippings on the next page reporting on changes at DEP and Exhibit E-2, Shoreland Zoning News. The 1987-88 Memorandum of Understanding between the SPO and the DEP was amended to run through October, 1988. B. TNC - Improving State Regulation of Areas of State Significance The Maine Historic Preservation Commission completed the addition of historical areas to the coastal endangered and rare features maps previously completed by The Nature Conservancy. Final printed maps will be distributed to federal, State and regional planning agencies. Computerization of the Register of Critical Areas by The Nature Conservancy is 90 percent complete and will be finished by the end of December. Task 2 -- Local Program A. Coastal Planning Grants Final products were received by the DECD for grant projects in Cape Elizabeth, Mount Desert, York, Saco, Gouldsboro and Jonesport, as summarized in the DECD report on the next page. An extension to the end of November was approved for the Hallowell/Chelsea Regional Code Enforcement Project. Stockton Springs was awarded an additional $4,000 to prepare a more detailed land use plan for Sandy Point Beach, to be completed during December. Completion of Cumberland, Monhegan, Stockton Springs and Stonington was reported previously. Publication titles include: Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Harbor Advisory Committee Final Report, Sept. 1, 1988; Comprehensive Harbor and Waterfront Strategy and Action Plan,.Town of Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor, Maine, Sept. 21, 1988; Report with Respect to Public Access Rights to the Shore in the Vicinity of Harris Island 23 ~0 DEP enforcement up nearly 50 percent Re~0qportfrom DEP Department collects more than $ 1 million from violators readiness Asa result of ~i~nc~r~e~as~odcn~i~p~h~a~si~s an enforcement, money ~qE~N~V~l~o~u~a~qh~ql~sw~s~, "The Times They Are A Changing?" active list credited to ~t~h~e General Fund of the state from Maine D~ep~ar~im~e~m ~i~r~g~0q" -Deb Richard, Director, Land ~& Bureau, ~qD~qE~P ~_~q8~0~1~S~. of ~a~~~~~m~en~t~a~l Protection ~r~i~n~e~s ~i~nc~r cased by nearly ~5~0 percent charts and in fiscal y~~u 19~88 over 198~7. Established in 1951 as the Water Improvement is ...... Yet According to Department figures, ~th~e ~D~E~P~'s ~enf~o~r~e~c~m~e~m Commission, re-org~an~ized in 1967 as ~th~e ~qEnvir~on- results are action will be credited with raising ~$5~8~1, ~725 to the General Fund mental Improvement Commission with added re- ~q_~_~q1~qI~qL~28qU That is~9 percent increase from the ~$390,465 raised in fiscal year 19~7~r~~ a 180 percent jump ever ~FY ~9~6. spo~nsibil~iti~es for air pollution studies and control, ~c~o~n~c~l~qu "This tells people that the DEP doesn't just protect ~th~e and, in 1972 designated as the Board of Environ- ~o~qr~r~q-~e~c~qo~qm~qm environment through permits and licenses. We protect through mental Protection, the Department of Environmental nine Mont enforcement and deterrence," Elizabeth Armstrong, Deputy ~Com~. Protection and ~i~ts predecessors have served as the monthly miss~~~~~ of the DEP~, said. ~rmstrong said she attributes much of the increase to state agency responsible for th~e protection of Maine's mend~qa~qt~qi~qon centralization of the ~D~F~P~'~s enforcement program. environment "for all time". Each ~r~e~-orga~niz~atio~n has ~qC~o~m ~q* I "This upward trend indicates ~th~e.~l~i~cn~e~f~us of managing t~h~e been marked by an expansion in jurisdiction for the ~_~q=~r~d~__~en~qf~qQ ~n~~r~~m~ni program from a departmental basis instead of from a Penalties credited to ~(~i~t~s General Fund for agency. The position of the State, with its environ. ~p~e~r~m~i~qt~2qt~qin bureau or divisional h~as~is. This c~o~ord~i~n~a~l~i~o~n has enabled us to gain violations of environmental laws mental concerns, has helped maintain Maine's repu- ~p~o icy, ~0qp~qr (in hundreds of thousands ~o~l ~d~o~la~r~s~) tation as a desirable place in which to live. maintain r. consistency in our enforcement action~,~" Armstrong said full-scale in. this fund. This money is used to aid the Yet in 1988, the Maine Department of Environ- ing ~of ~qapp~qi ~h~~aid. "Raising our enforcement pro- vcs~6~ga~tions like the one conducted this Department's programs that deal with mental Protection stirs tr~ong feelings, significantly ~I~0T~e~Z~n~q0~qv~qC gram t~~d~par~t~m~e~n~t~a~l ~l~c~v~c~la~l~sodemon~. spring a~t~i~Pwil~icontinu~e~. in (~ac~t,~s~h~e~sa~i~d haz~ar~d~ousw~a~st~e~. This fund raised nearly negative, among most bsusine~sspeop~ql~e, ~e~nvir~onm~e~n- ~tion ~qpr~qoc~qe~qs ~~ra~f~~ ~~ upgrading of its im~po~r~t~am~c~c,~" [tic Department would be conducting ~S~-2~0~0~1~0~0~0 last year, According to the ~DE~P, the trend a~n~o~t~hc~r~s~uc~h ~i~m~l~i~c~e~tion o~1a Maine indus- Money that entered the General ta~qlis~ts, and land use planners. Busi~t~i~qmp~e~op~l~e are -Waste M~qa toward mom enforcement will continue, try sometime this fall, frustrated with long reviews, inconsistent responses ~omme~qndat In fact, in ~h~e first two months of fiscal Fund along with various dedicated r~ev~e- "This ~q( the ~IP investigation) is ~nu~n funds and cost recovery actions for to inquiries, and the lack of clear regulations. ~qE~nvi- each burea y~~ ~~9~ fines and actions to recover just the first chapter in a long book of cleanup totaled more than S ~1. 1 million in ronment~a~li~s~t~s share frustration at the lack of pro- The n costs of various cleanups has totaled comprehensive investigations. This is ~f~i~sc~a~ly~ear 1988. This is believed to be the ~7 with Mem more than ~4~qW~,~000~. Also pending is a just a sign of our commitment to enforce- first time the D~EP has ever topped the active environmental protection and planning; and large suit against International Paper Co. m~en~t~:~'Arms~Lr~o~ng said. million dollar mark from enforcement land use planners are, well, just frustrated by an state age~qn in Jay for many different vi~l~o~a~t~i~ons. Not ail of ~t~h~e DEP~'s flies go actions. enforcement agency w~ho, by its charges, engages in mer~l~Ml age Armstrong said this investigation which into the General Fund. There are several Armstrong explained ~t~he D~E~P significant land use planning without access to all the to the Peat s~~ called "the largest and ~i~no~st compre- dedicated revenue funds that are fed by h~as four ways to pursue penalties against n~e~c~e~qw~ry tools required to do the job well. The above home" to' hensive investigation ever undertaken enforcement actions, The ~m~o~s~t~i~m~p~o~r~- vi~r~)~(~a~l~or~s~o~f~e~l~i~vir~o~nm~en~t~a~i~l laws. criticisms overlap among the entities and this by no inviting o by ~h~ Maine DEP" displays ~th~e ~tant of these is t~h~e Maine ~H~a~za BLUM~q- ~r~d~o~u~s and most ~of~i~c d is ~thr~o~u h a consent Department's attitude about enforcing Waste Fund. Pines that are collected as agreement. ~T~h~is is ~sim ~( an a ~em~e~n~t means propor~ts to be (he de~qfina~tiv~e list. issues. We environmental laws. a result of violations of the Maine ~Haz- ~i ~t~h~e alleged violator and ~0~h~e But there are ~l~5ru~strati~ons on the ~qD~qE~qP side as well, the protect ~ard~o~u~s Waste Rules arc deposited into ~q2~2~2 ~I~tm~e~n~t~i~l~l~a ~h~e~v~i~o~l~a~t~i~o ~i~s~qj~c~qi-~r~r~c~c~l~od (as many municipal planners will know). This list thing t~qo g~qa ~an~da~l'inancia~(~mr~a~h~vi~s~oa~t - woo or includes items such as incomplete applications, or In the way~s~i~h~e~D~epa~r~t~r~i~cn~, can~e~n~f~or~c~qo~. rules applications with missing plans-, numerous 30 min- mew of ~qt~0qhr requires more formal legal as nc~e ~qT~r~q-~0~M~i~h-~C~~A-i~~ n~er~a~l's~o ~ic ~u~t~e-~qp~qlus phone calls asking when a permit will be m~e~n~t ~qF~qOun~q' enforcement action is referred ~to (he issued because "hundreds of thousands of dollars" and Indust ~q_~q7 ~*~1 Maine, the AG~'s office i~f may ~i~a~k~e ~t~h~e ~v~qZo~-~l~a-~t~o~q-r~i~q-~3 and a "hundred jobs" are being lost; or two-hour Uri ~oi~l ~i~e~r to ~av~e a ~to~n~s~en~t ~g~e~q-~c~r~e~c meetings with the technical staff of one of the state's DER The largest developers and several D~qEP staff to ~L~c~I~qd ~qN~O~'~Im~qb~qe~qf in Sup~eri~<~)~r Court. 'Me final way ~1~0 pursue enforcement i through the application submission requirement, ~t~o and ~qF~or~qt~qla ~s ~I'~l~u~g~h ~- ~1~-~q1~qa~_~q_ ~8q,~0qt~4q@~)~8q=~n ~e ~0q@~qwa w ~, ~0q@~2qa~, confirm that, ~qYe~s, if ~j~I~.S~ay~s its required, it is required. ~f~e~l ~qt~Or moll men~, ~s ~P~,~.~q_u ~0qa~q_~m The point here is that neither side is absolutely participate. C~o.~, right or absolutely wrong. One problem may be the __~qT~qin~qally Dy~la~n and ~,,~0qm~,A~.P~. N~o~qw~g~i-~tr~r~r~p~. bring back the same changing. ~0 Islaxd sewage Now the price. tag The old days of straight piping raw sewage into =u~l~d damage the island's ~ound water supply. and, the ocean ~a~re disappearing. True to its word, the he ~h~as asked D~E~P controls~. Department of Environmental Protection sion~er Dew Marriott to explore (D~2qEP) is cracking down on violators of the law that issue before i~sl~a~irld~e~m in- prohibiting sewage pipes. The Cranberry Isles "' i~h ex~pe~e~r~isive se~p~d~c s~y~* ~te~ms. are the first targets, and Vinalhaven Island On Great Cranberry Island, BEP adopts regulations to red is next~. five residents, mos~t~'of ~t~hem After a visit by the D~F~qFs year-round. have straight pipes. August ~I~O~Lh the state Board of tion along with others will reduce these enforcement staff, Cranberry applications, and the agency more summer cottages am In~- Environmental Protection approved rive hydrocarbon emissions that produce Isles property owners with sew- was short-staffed, underfunded, ca~te~i~l in the interior of that Is- n~ew ~r~cgula~tions that will reduce the pro- ground level ozone pollution. age pipes to the sea were given and had other priorities. ~7be land than Is~lesford, and most of duciion of ground~-~lcv~c~l ozone. "Th~e adoption Of these regula- 60 days to replace them with Cranberry Isles drew the D~EP's the sh~orefront houses are sited Each of the five ~new regulations tions is a significant step toward the ~w~in~-polluting disposal systems. attention, he says, because of afarther back from the beach. On deal with cutting down on ~th~e vapors reduction of hydrocarbon emissions DE~P~'~s David Maxwell says a 'violator who was giving us Sutton Island, with only ~i~m~un~.~. released from gasoline. The mo~st~impor- throughout Maine. Ultimately, the real .ballpark figure for each new some problem there. When we mer residents, only one s~b~6q*ht ~tan~t of these regulations allows that only beneficiaries will be the people in Maine ~~~ system will be around $10~,000~, went out to check on [his sys- pipe wag found. Most of the 20 low-volatility gasoline enter th~e state who suffer every summer from the ef- ~~ but cost is not an issue for a tem], we o~8q* then realized the seasonal cottages have a septic from May ~I~st through September 15 fects of high oz~7one levels," Dennis ==her of the summer people magnitude of the ~qI~m~iraight pip- tank/leach bed or an alternative when meteorological conditions are K~esch~i, Director of the DE~P~'s Bureau of involved. ~i~r~w~q) problem.' non-polluti~n~g sys~te~rn. No pipes Legislation was enacted in Of the five Cranberry Isles~. were found on Bear or Bakee~s most conducive to the production of Air Quality Control, said. 198~7 prohibiting new overboard ~Is~le~s~ford has the most pipes. Islands, the two other Cra~o~- ozone. According to the rule, any gaso- The state is in the middle of one discharge sy~mem~% and the Senator Tom Perkins, (R-B~lue berry Isles. line entering ~th~e state during these i~ts worst years for ozone since new DE~P warned coastal residents ~H~i~M, says 14 people are affected ~T~he D~EP staff has v~is~qW months must have a vapor pressure of no measurement techniques were ~in~qtro- theywould be knocking ontheir and have been ordered to re- only a small portion of V~i~r~ial- more than 9 (pounds per square inch). doors to check to see if they place ~t~hei~r pipes within 60 days haven, says Maxwell. 'We Normally gasoline has a vapor pressure duc~ed in ~1979. According to Norma were complying with the law. or pay a daily fine running as haven't documented as many of between I I and 12. Vapor pressure is Gordon of the DEP's Air Bureau, there Over 25 percent of the state's high as $10~,000. `The comfort- problems* as on the Cranberry a measure of how easily a liquid evapo- ha~v been 125 hours of violations of the shellfish habitat is Polluted by, ing thing about this is ... a~l~l is~i~qm~'~1~7he DEP is preparing ~l~d- rates. The higher the vapor pressure, the the federal ozone ~s~iandard at the various domestic sewage and closed to these people are concerned ~ters to Vin~alhaven violators. and more easily it evaporates. This r~egu~la- monitoring sites throughout ~th~e state this the harvesting of mussels and about the er~iviro~mne~n~t~.~' says he expects~'fu~ssi~n~g and fu~m~2qW clams. In fact. straight pipes Perkins. who attended a recent over the prices they will have to h~avebe~en banned since 1973 by meeting with affected par~tieson pay for new d~is~p~o~s~s~1e~quipme~n~lL the federal ~qVater Pollution the island. 'We're working on Maxwell says more islands Con~tro~lA~ct.~1~le DEP~, however, [solutions].* will be checked next mummer. only warted enforcing the ~prohi~o Perkins says that residents Further work won't be at- b~ition this summer on islands. worry that installing more leach tempted now because 'the ~. Maxwell says the DEP was number of summer people slow to ad because it was T- ~q?~8q1~2~. ~9~'~q/~2qT~6qy dwindles down after ~I~b. swamped. with development Day.'. COASTAL PLANNING GPANTS Cape Elizabeth - A Harbor Advisory Committee Report was prepared, with assistance from a-consulting planner and an engineer. The Advisory Committee was asked by the Town Council to examine a number of key harbor and shorefront issues and propose recommendations for resolving existing problems. As part of the project, an assessment of commercial fishing and recreational boating facility needs was conducted and options for developing additional boat launching capabilities were evaluated. The final report contains: specific recommendations regarding the development of a new or expanded boat launching facility; a proposed harbor ordinance to improve management of boating activity in the Town's harbors; and proposed amendments to the Town's Land Use Ordinances, including changes to increase @rotection of natural resource areas. In addition, an interim proposal completed by the Committee last March, included recommendations to improve management of a congested boat launching/beach area within the community. The recommendations, including a new permitting and user fee system, were successfully implemented during the 1988 summer season. Mount Desert - Under this project, a local Harbor Committee, assisted by consulting engineers and planners, developed a plan to address the most critical issues facing the community's three harbors - Northeast Harbor, Otter Creek, and Seal Harbor. As part of this project, a survey of harbor users was conducted during the summer months. In addition, issues, policies and goals were identified for each harbor area. The final plan contains recommendations for: a revised two season mooring plan, improving enforcement of harbor regulations, expanding the fee schedule, improving parking, and expanding existing pier and floating dock facilities. Yor - Under this project, the Town contracted with an engineering/planning firm and a law firm to clarify existing municipal ownership and public access rights in two sections of the Town - Harris Island Road area and Fisherman's Walk. For Fisherman's Walk, deed research was conducted and survey maps were prepared; a summary report was prepared identifying the location and nature of public access rights. For the Harris Island Road area, public access rights from the Road to the York River were documented, analyzed, and summarized in a report to the Town. Saco - waiting for final report Gouldsboro waiting for final report Jonesport - In 1986, the Town completed a Waterfront Planning Project (funded by the Coastal Program), which resulted in the identification of 16 public access locations. Under this e project, grant funds were used to select 6 priority sites for further research and planning activities. For each of these 6 sites, deed and record research was conducted to clarify existing ownership and easement status, and the sites were surveyed and monumented. Options and recommended actions for improving each access location, including cost estimates, were also prepared. 26 Road (York, Maine), John C. Bannon, Oct. 4, 1988; "Re: Fisherman's Walk" (York, Maine) Bannon and Murray, Nov. 1, 1988; Record Research & Reports, Fisherman's Walk (York, Maine), Civil Consultants, Sept. 1988; Public Access Action Plan, Coastal Access Planning Project, Jonesport, Maine, Almer Huntley Jr. & Assoc., Oct. 28, 1988. B. Waterfront Action Grants Completion of all 1987-88 WAGS was reported in the previous Progress Report, with the exception of Southwest Harbor, Manset Dock Boat Pollution Abatement Facility. The remaining work, construction connecting the pumping station to the Town sewer, will be completed before the end of the year. Task 4 -- Local a State Program Administration A. Technical Assistance & Local Grant Administration The technical assistance publication Maine Planning & Land Use Laws, 1988 was received from the printer for distribution to all regional councils, local planning boards and boards of appeal. Task 5 -- Technical Assistance to Agencies & the Public B. DECD - Achieving Municipal Compliance with State Coastal Policies @PThe draft handbook by Land & Water Associates and Maine Tomorrow was revised and completed camera-ready for publication under the title Coastal Management Techniques: A Handbook for Local Officials. It will be available by early December and distributed to the regional councils and the 146 coastal communities. The Handbook will be featured in workshops on local implementation of the Coastal Policies. C. IF&W - Management & Regulation of Wildlife All significant habitat field maps are expected to be complete and ready for final mapping on mylars by mid-December; the project report will be prepared concurrently with the final mapping. Amendment #1 - Heritage Coastal Areas Nothing new to report this period. 27 1987-68 Waterfront Action Grant VINALHAVEN MAINE 7. GEARY'S BEACH. This beautiful area Parks And Reservations joins the Arey Neck Woods and includes 1/7. mile of shore front.. Thetrails meander across the beach and AND HOW TO GET THERE around the point of land with views of Isle Au Haut, Brimstone and Matinicus. The traili and stone wall were built by the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School students - spending many hours with Park Commission members clearing this beach bf long buried tree stumps. A picnic table is ready for use - please no camping or fires unless below the high water mark. This land was purchased by the townin 1988 with the help of a matching grant - ("This project was CD financially aided through a grant to the Maine Coastal Program with funds obtained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, appropriated for Section 306A of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended.") The combined efforts of town funds, Maine Coastal Program, and CDBG, made possible the pur- chase of this 24-acre parcel. Vinalhaven is situated in Penobscot Bay, and is the largest of the group known as the Fox Islands. With a year around population of 1211, it is one of the larg- est island communities and the'third largest island on the Maine coast. The island is about seven miles long and five miles wide, but so cut into by the ocean that no point is more than a mile from. salt.water. Trans- er 13 miles of bay from Rockland to portation ov Carver's Harbor is available through the Maine State Ferry Service, which has the capability of transport- ing passengers, autos and trucks on a one hour and I &- minute trip. 1988-89 GRANT TASKS (Cz( Task 1 -- Improving Program Core Law Enforcement implementation I A. DEP - Core Law Admi nistration & Enforcement A new Memorandum of Understanding between the SPO and the DEP was negotiated and signed, covering the period from November 1, 1988 through July 31, 1989. (See also report for Task 1A for 1987-88.) B. DEP - Im proving Marine Water Quality Through Better Shoreline Management A Memorandum of Understanding between the, DEP and the SPO for this task was negotiated and signed. A new Marine Biologist was hired, whose work to date includes a watershedby watershed compilation of pesticides used in Maine and their ranking based on half-life, leachability, affinity to soil partic'les and biological toxicity, and a similar compilation of contaminants related to discharge licenses. Heavy metal analyses of sediment and blue mussel tissues were begun. A draft report was prepared 0@ "Boothbay Harbor Metals Distribution." The marine non-point source tomponent-of- Maine's Non-Point Sou e Proq was defined, and a "paper on coastal contam_1-n`a`t`=on in@iifne was presented at the urfflversity of ew s fi -i -e ir C. DOC Improving Technical Reviews of Core Law Applications A Memorandum of Understanding between the Maine Geological survey in the Department of Conservation for this task was negotiated and signed. The MGS Quarterly Report for August through October is reproduced as Exhibit E-3 in the Appendix to this report. Task 2 -- Strengthening Technical Assistance to Towns A Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Economic and Community Development and the SPO for this task was negotiated and signed during the reporting period. A. Local Program Planning & Waterfront Grants 1. Local Planning Grants Contracts for the local planning grant projects described in Maine's federal funding application for 1988-89 29 were sent to the Towns by the end of October. These are: Bath - Comprehensive Downtown Waterfront & Shoreland Plan ($10,000 grant) Brunswick - Managing Development Impacts on Middle & Maquoit Bays ($10,000 grant) Machiasport - Comprehensive Shoreland Action Plan ($8,500 grant) Monhegan - Developing Appropriate LURC Zoning Standards for Coastal Islands ($7,000 grant) Portland - Berthing Management Plan for the Portland- South Portland Harbor ($20,000 grant) Rockport - Public Access Planning at Glen Cove ($2,000 grant) Swans Island - Waterfront Action Plan ($3,750 grant) Vinalhaven - Protecting Shoreland Resources & Public Access ($4,000 grant) The Town of Friendship declined its award for public access planning for Friendship Harbor. 2. Waterfront Action Grants The status of the eight WAGS described in Maine's federal funding application for 1988-89 is as follows: Monhegan - Monhegan Island Wharf Renovation. DECD is awaiting evidence of Title for the Monhegan Island Wharf for forwarding for OCRM approval. Old Orchard Beach - East Grande Beach Sand Dune Restoration. A contract will be executed'as soon as OCRM approval of title for the property is received. Pembroke - Reversing Falls Park Development. The contract was signed and work is underway. Portland - Maine State Pier Promenade Walkway. The City is reviewing a draft contract. Saco - Riverfront Park. The City is awaiting completion of FERC review of the project and receipt .of a long-term lease from the Central Maine Power Company. Scarborough - Town Landing Parking Lot Expansion & Park. The contract was signed and work is underway. 30 South Berwick - Salmon Falls Boat Launch/Park. The Town is awaiting a DEP permit for boat launch construction. South Portland - Greenbelt Walkway Construction. DECD is awaiting City Council approval of the contract. B. Local Assistance to Municipalities The DECD Local Technical Assistance Log is reproduced below. See also the clipping regarding the State's role in local comprehensive planning. C. Regional Council Coastal Coordinators Quarterly logs of assistance provided by regional coastal coordinators are reproduced as Exhibit E-4 in this report in fulfillment of the Significant Improvement Benchmark for this task. Task 3 -- increasing Public.Shoreline Access Opportunities A. Shoreline Right-of-Way Discovery Program The purpose of this project is to help communities discover and reclaim unused and/or forgotten public properties that could provide access to the coast. Letters soliciting interest were sent to selected communities and ten were chosen for participation from those responding. A project steering committee with SPO, DECD and regional planning agency representation was assembled tO finalize project design and help select a contractor for the right-of-way investigations. A request for proposals was sent out for the -contractor, who is to be selected in early November. 40t@@@,uj@ VV B. Acquiring Shoreline Access Sites Work during the reporting period focused on finding access sites for possible acquisition and assisting parties interested in submitting public access proposals to the Land for Maine's Future Board for funding out of the State's $35 million bond issue. Coastal Program funding decisions will attempt to maximize access opportunities, considering matching fund needs for LMFB proposals. Task 4 -- Promoting Working Waterfronts A. Maine Marine Alliance - Implementation The Maine Marine Alliance adopted bi-laws and an annual work plan in August. The work plan focuses on improving marine water quality, increasing shoreline access opportunities for marine interests, and working to promote water-dependent uses. The Alliance 31 Local Technical Assistance (Fran Rudoff, Lee Doggett, Josie Quintrell) Aug. 9 - Met with the Bath Waterfront Committee to discuss design and distribution of a public survey concerning the use and management of the Bath waterfront. Aug. 16 - Met with Chairman of Bath Waterfront Committee to discuss the City's coastal planning grant project. Aug. 16 - Met with local officals from Sagadahoc County and the County Commissioners to continue discussions on the formation of a Regional Council to serve the southern mid-coast area. Sept. 14 - Met with local officals in Stockton Springs to discuss the Sandy Point Beach Planning Grant Project and the Land for Maine's Future Program. Sept. 14 - Met with local officials in Rockport to discuss the Glen Cove Public Access Planning Grant Project. Sept. 28 - Met with local officials and a representative from the Maine Dept. of Conservation (Boating Facilities Program) in Friendship to discuss the proposed Planning Grant Project on improving commercial and recreational access to coastal waters. Sept. 28 - Met with local officials in Bristol to deliver the Public Access Sign for the Round Pond WAG project and.discuss harbor management and planning concerns. Oct. 3 - Met with local officials and Land Trust members on Vinalhaven to discuss their Coastal Planning Grant Project on public access. 32 Municipal officials told state's role in writing their comprehensive plans By Deborah Janes Staff Writer Agusta -- Maine communities are faced with a difficult task when they sit down to create the comprehensive plans now required by state law. That's the word from representa- tives of the state Office of Compre- hensive Planning who spoke at the Maine Municipal Association Conven- tion Wednesday. "The Legislature set some very broad goals and it's no easy task to implement them," said Josie Quin- trell, senior planner with the com- prehensive planning office, which is a division of the Department of Economic and Community Development. Quintrell and Kay Rand, a deputy commissioner with the comprehensive planning office, outlined to 40 municipal officials the comprehensive plan writing process and the state's involvement in it. The comprehensive plan is a blueprint for a town's future, outlining its present condition and what key issues need to be addressed. The 113th Legislature passed a massive growth management bill that provides state funds to help towns and cities write their comprehensive plans. "There will be some frustration at times while implementing this. But I think it is the opportunity to strengthen local government," Rand said. The comprehensive planning office will disburse $1 million to the 50 communities it determines are cur- rently under the most growth pressure, according to Rand. The state agency will choose within the next two weeks those 50 towns and cities based on population growth beyond 10 percent of the total in the past seven years. It also is looking at the seasonal population of the community, the commercial and industrial growth and the quality of an existing comprehensive plan, if it has one. Those communities then will have two years in which to complete their comprehensive plan. "We've spent a lot of time in our office seeing how much it takes to create a comprehensive plan," Rand said. The state plans to cover 75 percent of the cost of drafting the document and the local municipality will provide the remaining 25 percent. If the town submits its entire growth management package - including the comprehensive plan and land-use plan- ning ordinance to the state for review, Rand explained, it is eligible to receive funds for technical assistance, training the code enforcement offices and cover- ing court costs in the event the town is sued for its growth management regulations. The state will not get intimately involved in writing the comprehen- sive plan, but rather leave that to local officials, according to Quintrell. "We get asked a lot whether we will be developing a minimum ordinance --like fill in your town's name on the line," Quintrell said. As part of the convention work- shop, Frank O'Hara, of Market Deci- sions Inc., a planning agency out of South Portland, clued municipal officials in on the affordable housing issue. The municipality's role in provid- ing affordable housing stumps most officials, O'Hara said. "The local housing plan is a paradox: No issue gets more attention, but there is no issue that is more opposed in practice," he said. Many residents view lower income housing in their town as an invitation to more problems, according to O'Hara. Many people believe taxes will increase, schools will suffer overcrowded conditions, the environment will be further burdened and undesirable people will move into the community, he said. "The basic problem is the 'not in my backyard syndrome.' he said. "It's an attitude issue different than comprehen- sive planning and zoning. It's much more emotional." O'Hara believes homeowners actually may find their property values will increase. He suggested a community dip into local, state and federal coffers to support their housing projects. "The successful projects take a little from her and there," he said. raised $5,000 and, with grant support from the Coastal Program and the new England Marine Trades Association, will hire an Executive Director. The position was advertised in October and twenty-seven applicants submitted letters and resumes. The Alliance expects to have a director hired by the first of the year. B. Addressing the Impact of Aquaculture on the Marine Environment A request for proposals for a study of the environmental impacts of aquaculture was drafted. The project will be managed by the Dept.. of Marine Resources under an SPO/DMR memorandum of understanding. C. Strengthening Port and Harbor Management Nothing to report this period. Task 5 Program Oversight & Implementation A. Public Education Coastweek in Maine, held from October 1-9, 1988, was the primary focus of public education initiatives during the reporting period. . More than 75 events were featured (up from 25 in 1987), sponsored by more than 60 local groups. In addition, 75 shore cleanups were held during the week (up from 25 in 1987). The Coas tal Communications Coordinator served as the primary statewide coordinator for both Coastweek and the annual cleanup, organizing the involvement of local groups and publicizing the week, with assistance provided by two advertising agencies and.a statewide paper. A total of 14,000 Coastweek posters, brochures, and flyers were distributed throughout Maine's coastal counties, and more than 25 papers carried articles, event listings, and photo essays on Coastweek (see "Coastweek Media Coverage," clippings and other illustrations below, and Exhibit E-5). Numerous businesses donated services and materials to the Coastweek effort, saving the Coastal Program several thousand dollars in design, production and printing costs. The Coordinator arranged for a Coastweek newspaper supplement (circulation: 135,000) funded by advertising from marine-related businesses (see Exhibit E-6). The Coordinator also worked with an'advertising agency to produce and distribute public service advertisements on marine debris (reproduced below). 34 Marine Alliance Receives Grant The recently organized Maine tion, Maine Import-Export Lobster Marine Alliance (MMA) has been Dealers Association, Portland Pilots, awarded a $15,000 grant by the Maine Maine Harbormasters Association, State Planning Office to augment in- and Portland Propeller Club. itial contributions from its sponsor- "About a year ago, various ing organizations. The grant and organizations with interests in the other organization funds will be used waters and waterfronts of Maine's to hire an executive director. harbors began to realize what we bad The MMA is composed of organiza- in common," said Arthur Brendze, tions interested in working together president of Maine Marine Trades to protect and promote marine in- Association. "Alone, most of us were terests and Maine's marine too small to be effective in Augusta; yet we would keep seeing one another economy. Charter members include at committee hearings and other the Maine Marine Trades Associa- meetings, We also began to realize. tion, Maine Sardine Council, Maine Lobsterman's Association, Island In- that we share many concerns with stitute, Maine Aquaculture Associa- non-commercial groups, too--water quality, preservation of the integri- ty of working waterfronts, and so on. Ellsworth American It was clear to us that it was time"to get together." 10/20/88 Ed Blackmore of the Maine Lobsterman's Association added, "It seemed that we who are earning our livings along the shore ought to get together to preserve working water- fronts and that we combine forces with some environmental-type groups, also. It will give us more clout to be seen working side by side." Information about the MMA is available by writing the orgainization at P.O. Box 189, South Freeport, 35 LIBRARIES WHERE GULF OF MAINE TRAVELLING DISPLAY WAS GULF OF MAINE TRAVELLING DISPLAY APPEARANCES EXHIBITED (over a 7-month period) (May - October 1988) Event/Locad!m Attendance Librw)@ Time Period March Tufts Environmental Conference (Medford, MA) 1,200 people South Portland Public Library 2 weeks May Education Day at West Quoddy Biological Research 60 schoolchildren Porter Memorial Library, Machias 2 weeks Center (Lubec) 30 adults Maine Maritime Academy Library, Castine 2 weeks May Maine Maritime Museum Historical Symposium (Bath) not known Southwest Harbor Public Library 2 weeks May Stone Environmental School Educator's Conference (Ocean Park) 40 teachers Chebeague Island Library 2 weeks May Facing Conflict Conferenc (Augusta) 400- priofessionals Wiscasset Public Library 2 weeks June Maine Association of Planners meeting not known Governor Baxter School, Falmouth 1 1/2 weeks July Bigelow Laboratory Clambake (W. Boothbay Harbor) 200 marine Lithgow Public Library, Augusta 1 1/2 weeks researchers/families Vinalhaven Public Library 2 weeks July CoasW States Organization meeting (Portland) 50 people Edith Belle Libby Library, Old Orchard Beach 2 weeks September Common Ground Fair (Windsor) 40,OW people. M. E. Jackson Memorial Library, Tenants Harbor 1 112 weeks October Maine Municipal Association annual meeting (Augusta) 300 city officials/ Somcsville Library, Mt. Desert Island I I./2 weeks planners , October Gulf of Maine Marine Educators Association annual 75 teachers/ Skidompha Library, Damariscotta 2 weeks conference school admin. York Public Library 1 1/2 weeks October Maine Audubon Society Sea Fair (Bath) 1,200 people William Fogg Library, Eliot 1 1/2 weeks Orono Public Library 2 weeks Special Displays McArthur Public Library, Biddeford 4 weeks' 12= Site of Display Subject Qf Display Time Period Belfast Free Library 2 weeks June L.L. Bean marine debris I month Thomaston Public Library 2 weeks July Portland Public Library marine debris I month Mayhew Library, Addison 1 112 weeks August- Kittery Information marine debris 4 months Portland Public Library 4 weeks December Center October Common Ground Fair marine debris 3 days Unity College Library 2 weeks Marine Debris Slideshow 12= Site of Slideshow Audi@nce May 1989 Lyseth School - grades 415 40 students May 1988 Acadia National Park, Jr. Ranger Day 200 students October 1988 Whiterield School 80 students Coastweek Media Coverage Articles and Calendar Listings: Public Affairs Program Interviews on Radio: Portland Press Herald 9/28/88 article/events listing Maine Sunday Telegram 6/26/88 notice to event sponsors WMGX Portland 9/25/88 supplement with events list WIDE Biddeford 9/19/88 10/2/88 article/multiple photos WWMJ 9/27/88 Evening Express 9/28/88 article/events listing 92 Moose Augusta 9/27/88 York County Coast Star 9/14/88 Kittery cleanup posters WBLM Lewiston 9/28/88 9/21/88 events listing CBC; Radio Halifax, N.S. 9/28/88 artice/events listing WXGO Lewiston 10/5/88 article/multiple photos The Times Record (Brunswick) 9/23/88 article Other Radio Coverage: 9124/88 article and photo 9126/88 photo essay Ellsworth American mid Sept. cleanup plans WERU Blue Hill Program by Chene Mason 9/22/88 article MPBN Bangor Program by Dorcas Miller Maine Boats & Harbors Autumn 88 article and editorial MPBN Bangor segment on Me. Things Cons. The Maine Coast Reporter 9115/88 article/events listing Journal Tribune (Biddeford) 9.26.88 article/events listing Television Coverage: 9/28/88 article/events listing 9/30/88 article with logo WJME (Ch. 13/CBS) Portland 9/30; 10/1;10/2 10/3/88 article with photo Republican Journal (Belfast) 9/29/88 editorial (Arthur Layton) Rockland Couder Gazette 9/24/88 event listings 9/29/88 event listings American Joumalq(Westbrook) 10/5/88 article/photo Portsmouth Herald 9/13/88 Kittery postersicleanup Foste(s Daily Democrat 9/17/88 Kittery posters/cleanup York (Weekly 9/28/88 article/photo Ouoddy Tides 10/14/88 article/photo Morning Sentinel 10/11/88 article Habitat 8/88 article Lincoln County News early Oct. article NEEN News notice of Coastweek Me. Dev. Fdn.newsletter notice of Coastweek The Shopping Notes notice of Cleanup Casco Bay Weekly 9/30/88 events listing/graphics Maine Times 9/30/88 events listing/graphics Shaws ad circular 10/3/88 New York Times 10/9/88 article JOIN MAINE'S ANNUAL Coastal Cleanup Public Service Advertisements in the Press: on October 1, 1988 Call 1-289-3261 for more information. Casco Bay Weekly 9130/88 S.O.S Save Our Shore Habitat magazine 10/88 A public service message from The Maine Coastal program T_1E F_ S I 71E aine. EInq Exprew.Wdnesclay, SaPtOnd Greater Portland Clean-up and Celebrate Coastweelc deAnup events set I of Simington Cove and Willard Is ach 11 be 11:ID to 'I, Scha'fflcr cwi was" flem" M, ria almoth"' Back Go 9,.1 1and1 I. ;n 313. follwedbya c ... pp- .I, toaat? dclecli h ..11, 1, lie.k - be-an se _., orb to oon. Scarborou, C.-c. IB. ch lacl@aa t. IHarwood E.Ryan. 7.d ,.@@`ima ,n a as _n on Ifio do SI, rrk Y*1,1 Els mouth. Contact 78 2639. u d 1. I cd,b I.. he .1 Wand be ld 0 1 C- Ity lzdsc; clea up detail., ek.ill he in Ma ne president James]. Espy. "Standing at .'I comma . . I'L o' 8Co.- 3- Dyer Land For AH at 11 to beg TC.:@ ..... I. during the vorek of October 1.9. Part On the coas Brot Head today OntlSees the very at., of reeport 846,41411. tal conservation front, same landscape th. jump- g up uni ha. Ofs as i0ftsl event. COastweek is d,- m Samuel d, p.."le "a. the nraire Coast Heritage Trust WCHT) Champlain did when he se M., cently purchased three miles of Maire-i i I- plastic. b... ,, 11 ,by t, Main!, signedtlio highlight t he scenic beauty iled the 9th and rich heritage of our costs. it wild Washington County shoreline, - 604. di. -cis by Zt 1=11 Coditwealt a@= offers a chance for people of all ages Bought for $2 million. the purchase 10 kI,k. four including the dramatic headland repmsentr --- Partlicipany at elett tt, do .u.1 share is-l'ow aW to team more about Maine's lqo,* eek reglesull, cultural. historic, en. .. "cose locouragaa ftata'.@@ atoost-afrorts to tuassa I a40d va a. ar d schZoIL7 lim, ad IFOostaftle. h. d. IN vironmental and economic i f'h-MU& r 0r, i-.sch.,uINIdaoaupb,you, up linka to the sea. d U be ty "d you would lik. to a. c as raducal-n of --'I. debris and to C_,_ :oaordf@',_@iau the Maine or Picnic's over, it's thne to clean 'p g up argz During Couslu,"k 18, ever he zo ., Z,.t * * Schufno, P'sa- mae. win_ Va@ even the he";. so is -ill be held up and Local volunteers sou ht f6r.Qpastweek 88 1. -ra, 2119.32s down the Maine coast. High. d" "up. fights Of the week include the N IN, A., 9M Th group --- of Ih of -1 an' @d.'::- -do, he Comw Pratt By JONATHAN GOULD conserv dres,rPdcr I d, Ut .4-iidlif.a Aamsasl CDs$ al Cleanup and S -m-nall.cl . .1. Boo -'it area d is I all- Commission. Call John A F7 tall Writer '77". wZ. N P Sea Fait@ whk@ will be held Oc. Sur Pul. down your mks, be at., I. k ,aC eckW so clu,orobrs, and pick up Beach cleanup on to WKId.tg..' m' tit tober 2 at the Percy Stoat Organixed b=@:nty :@petrallve Extension s- 7- tio me trash. because the state's beaches .. becoming Office. Pool w Ik Iralatic a. ALM Uninhabited Shipyard Of the Main Man. polluted with more trash every year. -POloored me Museum in Bath. in [email protected] If rclunteers are being encouraged to participate In Blast.. A@ tia. 1,1 D-d-g last ye."s cleanup, .11, toe IP@flo,lathd@Stardylutp. tow ror battle. -year-ald, statewide pollution control p 'tot ":1'6@par " pa'P.".t.... p IKI a five b-h@lca. rogram iKea.Cal for c Incarnated ..lot up 'allYtOW101--tee, collected 0Conservation TI.I oastweek Contact- Dick Arulanon, 775!hi7l.. $of debris acr, tied Coastweek Its. T,,,,nl:,d==. met 7X0 pounds can York County cleanup, are being .,g..I:d hano 80 miles of coastline. This beaches In Old Orchard Beach. Sam, K_b::1!1rI. a Kennebunk -Colany, Ke @tmk, P- -awark'i year ever, me 130 K,n-b..k. Wells, York, Kittery other beaches at 9 a.T..9rivm n- targets plqsti M.- MBe. Wall u"T Pollationexperts blame hacrease4 M expected to he1','1`he c. @Zl@n, popul.. =.it" Con,- Ca--- Spo-- Ition growth and Incr-ed - a( pl= the jump M ... mr,t7-h' F-, Cal cleanups ate scheduled r, ,p In trash piling up along the state a A,.d.,,-. (mcal far the morning of Oc. lio! t-t year. 50t) vol.mece. combod so - ByCHRISTTIVEKLIX]FLA -o 1hf-o. 10be, 1) (Tom Eliot to Eastport. by slaW.-Allne.,xi f.uO- SLRUWriter , @_Milbs All @ub. 1- a gi, mile. In 1986. -1. VJ;k0 We D.Ithm Pa. The Maine Recreational Beat. Is sy, R.Id Star. part man .; =he Bro=, -rd kv L.J The third &,-al k,-Vn Rwh.Woodm final .1 -Matrin, Fair.n co C At Crescent El'@h SI-14 Park 1. idea and chfirice.-.%, boat cleanup effort of uninhabited 11 ez.1.11, ul islands. @:fpeh paigki monfalger T to 1. Asseci tion is coordinating figt"do. fivs-pli.. as In Batt, The day.- "4Hd - hrld,l@psl 6.1958 off fmckli, 0, th coas )00hvd,-.i-dSec-awi L-Jude, no "n it a. the Georgetown b-sclu""ed up Onstrathou. cousheel. Or. ad. Gulf of"r Is On the M,,h.',SPo-----'. All a,. a, Sea Fair, a family festival put on bv C Vasil. irkea fro. ., "y 'amiric . tail' - I-d In wn as Brot Head. Lma IXIC 0" rot I =r to hu..ns bwx= - tditorafthe @Lb4.13,; le7 Gibson. IwMameAudubonSociety,featuos I., te C led Co 't 21, ert "and C" m s In - .11 , and Quoddy, I. it Nia%U@l gge "basis. Lle.Far_ en ra. .. of Lubec, the acquisition 'a M% de, @; %t 'A ss=yatz Pop - I-le 11.1k murilimer I.h,bi:,, .it d, 11, U. olovl@l Pm. food booths, boe rides resIrve . key portion of it Quoddy region. which is noted for it. Oct. "'r8 0mPI&In about hi,taIc.1 societies. Or I'mact en re ,0JUo 1010@12,t T'V I ,,fI, 1@ Ik..h 1. Phipps. h let Wantac, ", r help p pies _,.c. Beach sta" P.". .9 Lwo"3:1lie ,Xe thmay otaJ. @c Other org*=:@ aIho.,, ermebec, children's activities Xobs 111 ork 13 ctt 'at ,@Plse Ithir Bran hare :pq..._.% =Ur our. .. -1,131. am 'm !IS, ,ewlk Naval Air fi`u@th, Bat Park. .., Grif. the list .11,11, 1;111 1,,wit , that wash r, C=BK it rform:nc,,, li@Oft Ca 2L BeaL pl= fly Practice lawl.n. aH P, ',.Ill, ;h Far . 1.1 od., of .[he, loc,lly 'The purchase of Boot Head is n. 'Pop Is TIC d State libeP "17gaturd.w. - - - tremely important since it represents laX13 1`0 5v, .g=ta to .1 `ith' ead ad oled - wx ar"I Ca . satL -1 park. 9 AN-itax ck@ ac", toA),,bX'%C Far'= led. Contact Dalton Mirk 31,.Z303. Ponscred Coas week ev nis, con 21, baje afti%o k110.11 I ct The M,ine'CoastT @1,11111IS3 1*1 _:b 11 1. tio. Mats S. Program, our best and perhaps only chance to coal f1cl, l,@a be ccv- -a on my area. Can taleH wSlation,18, Augusta, ME NeC'V' 'coasv, Beachcombers I.: prescle a large remnani of Maine's State 0 cd Coast 0VL I live Coast* SCJ Pf 04 Da (m` SIX X111 07) 299-3261. shoreland wilderness," said MCHT a. so M @ CiPa%@11% "I cc,, tic, .C..Lk bi Go P@Cylf` 6 to 11 d tbi, OW 11 orannual "no'caltaraill -w-V and ,117,C abOtha - a,, ows3 a gearupf. M Mew to P=-ups Cant LX 0 jpfc.. -1 @astqol' Mat CIE .9q b:d,*fky. I to ect t3 Coast e duty I VililecmatrIc atev,css 11 PTO rbag Wititute. studW the L.Ish, ;:d Group Plans - aIN Oxgo. 414. C, OtItic J10"I or Pvba?,c_ des 'r.cill, 5 ,pollsorsI.1 ii'll, it doesn't sound lil, Beach Cleanup cois, cbOat trudging across @:, m: Z, allf slri@liillr j:ggd 'Id;Bucks Harbor. 1 to ?I all di. i, bushels and heap. of old F of -I..- sl,,,p @ l-4.*n%gd ,ct= ST. GEORGE - The St. im, Illh rve. George Dragonflies will take ledge, _- I- d pl--=@Jlk. antl@ off _r Beach Clean-up Set al e oarbage to =away. But those wha've tri d it stay ishlatch part in the "Coastweek" -- it-and call lba'lo t an the Island Shorelands Clean-up project this eport ratl sandy Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. minn'ldoinebeging =gd:s! both " And er _ds through OcL 9. And wild, The group will meet at Mos. On Rockland Shore r lakes to 'h'%-UeJI`d"c Products' 10;d -'60n It the of shore. dated bac@" al@pmjlj quito Head Beach and any young person wishing to participate Y, Oct. 1, volunt ers will it dOn the morning of Satur. coule. Plastic bags, pencils, Oct. ILA may a end if accompanied by a I and data cards will be pro. v, 'it halp cle n up Be 10 16L rd V;1 ldiidRl 11. Ig.-k anad It. reft ,Us Ig .ekland vided. For more information, lssly wd ,@P- hThiu project is sponsored by e @rg Harborourpart of a national Call5!).187. he Mid-Coast Audubon, Knox- effort Ieduce marine do. an 11 C a' R;;tm S. b,i.. C()0,StNV a . &, Lincedn County Extension cW'yer ck pog Iscc C Service and the state planning 71 Rockland clean-up is S@ M of c'en 0 oneeof nearly So shore 3" 'Ats"hm" ".. '* loft, )St@ A ,cop r '@-P. ar"'. offic, "bll@oed "i ily on" 1. d ft of. clean-ups planned along 11", 3.1u, B. "', through tongl-o' &raaa,l,.h cloidT.1 W-YdZ 'a Poi,," the ittra. Maine's coast in early 010,d @cljia,c w-o m@tr-baat rides. -a" t.s d at e iCnic', I vol rLoca By JONATHAN to" We I, duc.two; ... cc October a,-ck "I ,p .11 Z`vr' i@- ever to Volu pick u iee. are asked to I,.1,cb,1 'e" a "k "o. .4 do' a ot-d, .,w to "I - Pay .""y If` A4"1 S1 I' 1h ,a, fa, cc @,p el, p debris, record what ing !1 21 was so, 11-1 Z.4 -ZC'7 1,a@. be., -1 cc c ., c.as,,, apoo,@ iieft d.... .`lU as I lb.! th. bee... 11."44.@.,., they find on data cards, and ah.ac-me .4 "" l",'b"ll" 'it li .cs el aftillis,,joh. And '4A" Of the if:@uow sac, ma n Af:bN ke sue thk the -,ate 'tmtV , @o 'clifff [email protected]... o an Ur no I. as "o"Alt - "I Z W. *4d*d 'up r c@tjtepl are I,, " tnste as pre ^vr @ --c-.-c"'.@c v"".,--- Pan at &Z U's )"n'- b"`4h X!apf"4 add g' to Our Z@rfp. ,94@laan I bass ,ml bitort on w 1*,.;7 "Jud;Z.0 ",,c 'alo 124 !-d Metal Bwvper sticker (3 x 11 , blue) Poster (11-, x 22-2,, 5-color) CO CO CR a 39 x TRY PUTTING THESE ON BEFORE YOU GO SWIMMING. CIO rt in I IN 11::x ............ (n .. . .......... 0 Cr `V F_ Fl- En PRE I 'Ngw@ K . .............. .................... Now you know what hap- won't go away. Certain kinds See bird die. pens to a sea bird trapped in a of plastic last hundreds of years. plastic 6-pack yoke. And it's not Here's what you can do 'Ib wildlife, the handy plastic water. Pick up any plastic you find just 6-pack yokes. Worldwide, an about the problem: Dont throw C-4 C:) 6-pack yoke that holds your soda is along the shore and dispose of it prop- estimated one million sea birds trash in the water. Pick up arty a death trap. And it's notjust6-pack erly. Dont discard fishing line in the -and 100,000 marine mammals plastic along the shore and dis- yokes. An estimated I million sea water or on the shore. Consider buying -die by drowning, strangulation pose of it properly. Consider birds and 100,000 marine mammals goods with less packaging. If you must died worldwide last year when they and starvation every year when buying goods with less packag- buy cans in 6-pack yokes, cut up the became entangled in plastic trash of yokes before you discard them. And they become entangled in plastic ing. If you must buy cans in all kinds. spread the word. trash of all sorts. The debris 6-pack yokes, cut up the 0 Plastic trash won't go fouls boat propellers and ill, .. - ..:.,\ away. Certain kinds of plastic yokes so they do less 0 washes up on Maine's damage. And spread lasthundreds fyears. Here's what you can do to shoreline, spreading ugli the word. The future @:@ isk 1,; 5 help: Dorft throw trash in the 1 .1 of Maine's shore is in ness and death. Plastic (D trash is a problem that f your hands. Y X,i J, V V." Cn SMQSM SSQS2 V Save Our Save Our Shore Shore Apbll, -1--ge A public service - %W .. . .......... .......... in, X, from The Maine C-stal program. (D 0 Join Maincis Annual Co"tal Cleanup on October 1, 1988. Call 1-289-3261 for more information. ~0 Gulf ~-~~ ~ to, be ana~ THE ~ ~~~d ~~~~ ~~ VALUE What happens in the offshore waters of th~ ~ of ~1pw~p8~pe is of major value to the people of Maine. But this value depends a~~la ~pA~~!~,~ on how persons use or enjoy the Gulf. How can w~ fish ~ OF ~2pj~pmated redo ~S~~~ ~ Of Main ~pr sure~ di latent valuations? The economic. social, and cultural value of ions ~ ~s~ early w e - these are S~ptJ~I~pa~ ar~ THE thfe~te and its citizens will be the focus of this one- ~ ~f Signals ~~~ day conference On October 28 in downtown Portland. ~~ ~ ~~pA~O~ GULF This Program will address ~ses of ~ t~e . Say. A ~ --an the human live areas: fisheries, waste disposal. shoreside development and ~! ~ferenc~ e ~f~1pu~~p&~ uses Of th ~ amenity value, mineral resources and energy development, and ~ ~ 0 F ~ a' the ~'~2pIriday, ~~3~ he Value~o ~ marine industries. n ly~ ~ invited experts in these various areas will present ~ ~~n by-the~ MAINE ~pl~The results ~sments will play t~ a ~ BON. rc Oc~pr a role in future Priori ~research by ARGO~ ~1ped ~ I There will b~ further input into these a0~ A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE valuations by the audience. Fishermen, coastal residents, go,. exam ~ eminent official researchers, business persons. and others ~1pinethee~ IN PORTLAND, MAINE cultural ~ ~ HOLIDAY INN B~ interested in the Gulf of Maine are invited to participate in the full e s~ OCTOBER 2~p8 morning o~luncheon. an afternoon panel discus- ~~ scien~zens, ~ s~session covering th~gs. e~ ve it of M . University of Maine la~2pc~ Center for Marine Stu Orato ~ [rice ~ d~w ~n ~p0~ 14 Coburn Hall "And ~~pi!en~1p.~p,~ ~ Orono, ME 04469 ~~p,e, and the Al Schedule of Events vey a~ erie~ll discuss fish-, 8:1~ ~~1~f 8:45 Coffee & Registration and a M' s ~ We~1pn~ DAVID TOWNSEND, Executive ~,A~1pn~ ~l resources eni~ Research Scientist. Bigelow Laboratory ~s ~~~ Opening Remarks: ARTHUR JOHNSON, Chairman, ARGO~ ~pnd de~. 9~iving Marine Resources: JAMES A. WILSON. Department of Economics, u~ registration ~- University of Maine "norm ~ ~p'~ 10~1phor~opment & Amenity Value: PHILIP CONKLING, 13 - L. ~ or ~ ~ptige~ ~ Waste Disposal; CHARLES S. COLGAN, State Economist~nning Office ~1pr~ooth ~i Director Of the Island Institute S ~a~ ~ ~ (207) 633~ 11:00 M~urces ~ent: WALTER ANDERSON, Mar n~PHEN ADAMS, Senior Economist. Maine State Planning office John R ~ Director, Maine Geological Survey ARG~ 12:00 p.m. Luncheon (lunch is included in your P~registration fee and is subsidi~ St. Croix R. ~Keynote Addr~EORGE MITCHELL. 1~ ne~thesis & Implications for the Future: DAVID TOWNSEND, a ~Q~ Chair. with panel of morning speake~ Penobscot R 3:30 Concluding Remarks; KENNETH CURTIS, President. Maine Maritime Academy ~ and former ~-Or Of Maine 4:00 Conference Adjourns NOVA Shee~ ~ SC~ Kennebec ~ ~ ~ Registration Form The Value Of ~ine ~ys October 28,198~ Bank JordanL Holiday inn by~8 Spring Street, Portland, Maine ~ ~s ~ NAME: ~ TITLE: ~ ADDRESS: _A CITY TATE ZIP Browns Non ~Og~ ~P~ ~ I_ ~ ~ TELEPHONE: Wilkinson Sciences and send ~Main~ Basin ~ My registration fee o~ includes luncheon, is enclosed. Registration at ~ which does not includ~ Conference. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences~~~5. For in~~ directions, telephone (207) ~ lunch, is $5. Make checks Payable to Bigelow Laboratory (or Ocean Georges BankI~ G"ufof ~e 9~pp~ ~.~i~~~, ~r~~pno~ MACC U.S. Postage P.O. Box 831 Yarmouth, ME. 04096 PAID Yarmouth, ME The "Our Town" 04096 Pcmiit No. 83 Maine Coast Heritage Trust & Nonprofit Org. Conference - 1988 Maine Association of Conservation'Commissions Present: The "Our Town" Come join us at the "Our Town" first time. Together we will spend the day the experts will join us in eight workshops Conference-1988 Conference. You will hear a seasoned at- exploring, from both the public and ranging from conservation easement ne- October 22, 1988 tomey and firebrand orator tell you why a private perspectives, the frontiers of land godation to developing ordinances that Chocolate Church, Bath land use law might not be a land use law conservation in the State of Maine. preserve Maine's rural character. until a judge says so. Sponsored By: Bring your war You will hear a f stories and sense o landscape architect humor to share with us Maine suggest that if the and to add the spice we Association of Pilgrims had come over need for a top-notch con- Maine Coast Maine Coastal Program Conservation entage rust State Planning Office with a zoning ordinance rence. ormuchofthe IF Commissions Plymouth Colony would " V year. land trusts, conscr- have looked like vation commissions and Newark. New Jersey. the professionals advising them work in relative You will also isolation across the state. hear a Downcast Now is the time to draw appraiser with thiny together to support each I other and to honor those years' experience and involvement in some ot who have done some rc the state's most impor- markablc diings. There uint land conservation will be time to make nc,- projects describe how acquaininnces and rcnc%%, the sLite will spend your old friendships oNcr lunch. moncy on Land For Ph- by R,@dl,y W. ll,- Maine's Future. Look over the program and send in your regisLra- The "Our Town" You'll hear all this and much more tion toclay to insure your spot at this Saturday, October 22nd in Bath at the The "Our Town" Conference - important educational event. "Our Town" Conference. This year, Maine 1988 will be celebrated at The Center for Coast Heritage Trust, Maine's local land the Arts in the historic Chocolate Church Conference - 1988 trusts and the Maine Association of Con- in Bath. The morning will be devoted to servation Commissions join forces for the hearing from the experts. In the afternoon, October 22, 1988 Chocolate Church, Bath Partial supporifor this conferertce isprovided by Me Alai@ C-unity L-ds P-gr- ofAfaire C-1 Heritage Trust furvIed by the Jessie B. Cox Charitable T,.,I. ~0 Program General Informatioi~80qn 8:30 Registration About The ~-~a~i~k A ~L~j <a" to 9:00 %Vale.., ~and Op~-i.~g Remark,. Speakers ~T~o~m Wood - Maine Coast Heritage Trust. ~L-~evvist~o~n Bill ~S~en~t~r~a - Maine Association ~o~f Commissions. Orlando D~el~ogu~. Esq. ~- r - ~qW~i~s~c~-~qz~qs 9:20 Ord[ ... ~s~c~s ~a~nd ~th~e C-~U. Professor of ~L~aw. University ~ofM~ai~n~c School of ~L~aw. Professor Orlando ~o~f Law, ~U~.i-~s~ny ~f~M~.~m~c D~cl~ogu has 25 years ~a~r-~i- in land us~e ~a~nd environments~] S~ch ~w~. l~a~w in th~e Suite of Maine. lie ~wri~i~c~s ~and lectures extensively on E~3~ath 10:15 Ordinances. Development and Rural Cl~i~n~tr~a~ct~er. ~M~.i~nc legal i..~,.c, both on ~a~nd ~o~ff c~i-~p- Terry D~eWan - Terrence D~eWan ~& Associates. Terrence e~NV~a~n - 9 ~5 11:00 Growth Management ~- M~Ar~v~e~', ~W~ay. Landscape A~q@hi~i~cc~t~, T~e~rn~e~r~ic~t, ~D~cW~,n & Associates. ~'~,~I~t. Representatives o~h Off-ice of Comprehensive Planning ~- D~eWan has ~b~e~cr~i a landscape architect ~v~erving~l~Mai~n~e ~co~rnm~i~nni- Department of ~E~con~o,~nic and Community Development ties since 1973. ~His practice, with offices in Yarmouth, i~nc~lud~c~s 11:30 Land F~arMai~ne's Future. ~a~l~l phases ~o~f~s~ervicc from single family dwellings, to full ~5~=~1 ~C~w Marl ~c~l B~o~b Su~o~ri-by - Knowles Real Estate. ~q-mcmial service, to community plans, to visual impact 12:00 Maine Coast Heritage Trust ~q:--n~t~s, ~an~d consulting work with towns and commissions. T~HE LAND HERITAGE AWARD Robert Surninsby ~- LOCATION: The Center for ~T~h~e Am -~at ~th~e Ch~o~o~ol~au, Church in Bath, Mai- Presented by James J. Espy Jr., President P~r~a~n~uncr. K~nm~l~u Real E~s~u~a~m Mr. Su~rn~in~sby comes front a Maine Association of Conservation Commissions family -with no members ~b~om west of the P~e~ro~b~s~c~o~a since ~I~S~qW DIRECTIONS: From ~a~l~l points follow Rouse I into Bath. If m~v~c~l~i~ng w~w=~qss ~6q@~qc T~HE TAD DO~W CO~I~NSERVATIO~NA~NVARD :.d h~a~s nor. ~L~b.. 30 years ~o~f ~it~a~t~e~wid~e ~c~ap~e~r~i... in seat .- from R~-~M I to Bath d~o~wn~town~/Fr~o~n~t S-~1~. by pass From Street ~a~nd ~p~r~o~~@ ~-~q'~q* ~qV ~Pr~es~c~r~it~e~d by lack D~i~rkm~an. President nd ~a~p~pr~ai~s ing. l~l~@ h~a~s ~..~t~en~tiv~e .~.~p~e~ri~en~c~e i~n ~t~ipprai~s~t~i~ls ~o~f. ~S~tr~e~a~s~. ~T~h~e Chocolate Church is located at ~9~04 W~,~sh~i~ng~i~c~e~t Street ~a~nd ~. visible from ~B~, natural areas and cons~erva~ti~o~r~t easements ~a~nd is a member of ~the ~M~v~elin~g~e~a~st~u~l~t~.~ih.B~ath ~~~ Land For Maine's Future B~o~i~a~rd. Special Note: A parking map will be returned with each reg~i~s~tr~a~f~lo~s~t c~or~inm~qat~qio 12:15 Catered lunch provided and interest group discussions. problems, park In the designated ~are~a~ts sho~v~v~i~n on that map. 1:15 Georges~ River Land Trust slide presentation. FEE: L~and'~r~-t~e~r~e~m~b~e~"' from Maine Group Member Trusts and MACC T~i~no O'Brien ~- Georges River Land Trust. Members ~$22.50 2:00 Workshops ~- Workshop A~l~i Others S25.~00 ~1~%~7~10 SHOULD ATTEND: Land trust members, conservation ~a~nd planning board ~qi~qn 1) ~Ho~w to Conduct Conservation Easement Leaders anyone with an interest in land conservation and quality of life issues. Negotiations -lay Espy INFORMATION: Wr~i~tc or call ~T~o~m Wood, ~Cornmuni~iy Lands Coordinator at Main 2) Stewardship ~a~nd Ea~s~e~rn~e., Monitoring ~- ~H~en~u~tg~e Trust, 167 Park Row. Brunswick, Maine 04011 (207) 729-7366. Sue V~a~n Hook Doug ~Ba~l~lk~irk- E~s~t~e~r~n~s~i~o~nA~g~e~m~.Cu~m~b~e~d-dC~o~u~r~vy 3) Fund Raising - Tom Wood Deborah Burwell - E~s~e~c~t~i~tiv~e Director~, Institute f~or r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - C~v-~- Leadership ~a~nd 4) How ~t~o Conduct a Natural Resources ~o_~e~, ~, I REGISTRATION FORM Inventory - Jim Conners j~im Conners - Director, Forest for ~th~e Future Program 5) ~l~l.- ~U~r~e ~. ~N~r~i~t.r.~] R~e~,-- inventory Holly Dominic Terry D~e~I~V~an - Landscape Archi~t~cc~t. T~er~r~in~oc D~cWan & REGISTRATION FEES: 6) ~E~s b~li~sh~ing Recycling Programs i~n You, Associates Land Trust Maine Group Members* N~q-~qc O~w~n uT~., ~. - George ~M~s~cD~on,~ld Holly Dominic, N~I~.L~.A. - Unit Us~e & Visual Resource and MACC members .......... $22.50 7) Leadership Skills ~f~o~r V.~].~m., Boards - Consultant Non-Members ..................... $25.00 Title Doug Ba~b~ki~k ~a~nd Deborah Burwell ~J~ay Espy ~- President, Maine C~oa~n ~l~l.~m.g. Trust 8) Ordinance ~c~q;~c~l~o ~en~t ~a~nd Rural ~OTg~qani~qza~qt ~T~@~,,~q!) George MacDonald - D~ir~ect~o of Waste Recycling PLEASE MAKE PAYMENT ~y ~c ~N~qr Character ~a~n R~c C~q@~d~i~qr~qc~,~qL- cc f~p~2q=~.~I~q-i~, ~a~nd in i~;~YDD~2qt~j. AND RETURN TO: AddT~qc~qs~q, 3:45 Plenary S~c~s~s~i~o~n ~f~or Maine Land T~ru~s~u MAINE COAST HERITAGE TRUST Annual Meeting of MACC Sue Ilan Hook - Field R~ep~r~e~scr~i-i~v~e. Maine Coast 167 PARK ROW ~ (Held C~onc~t~in~cr~u~dy) H~eri~u~g~eTrus~i BRUNSWICK, MAINE 04011 4:15 Closing R .... k~s~. Tom Wood - Community Lands Coordinator, Maine Coa~i~l One name p~cr registration form pl~e~r~v~e~. Photocopy this form T~c~l~ephon I ~l~e~ri~t~ag~e Trust as needed for additional ~n~g~l~l~Lr~a~m~a~. *Check with your ~tr~i~t~i~t to see if it is ~. Maine Group mcmh- N~q=~qc of L --------------------- Response to the Coastal Program's annual Coastweek shore cleanup campaign was enthusiastic. More than 1300 volunteers turned out (up from 700 in 1987) to clean 15,200 pounds of debris from 114 miles of shoreline. Local groups active in the 1988 cleanup included conservation commissions, land trusts, school classes, scout troops, Audubon Society chapters, and neighborhood organizations. The Coordinator continued to circulate travelling displays on the Gulf of Maine among Maine libraries, and to set up special exhibits-on marine debris. The list below documents circulation of the displays over the last six months. The Coordinator also took a lead role in writing, editing, and producing a 24-page publication, Maine Coastal Program: The First Decade and Beyond. This report documents Coastal Program achievements and goals, for distribution to legislators, town officials, and nonprofit organizations throughout Maine. The report was first released at a reception and awards ceremony at the Blaine House celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Coastal Program (Nov. 10, 1988), which the Coordinator helped organize. B. OCS Oversight OCS planning for the North Atlantic has been on hold until the new Administration takes office. A lease sale scheduled for February, 1989, was postponed indefinitely last spring after the draft EIS was published. Coastal Program staff continue to monitor OCS activities in'other parts of the country, participate on the OCS Policy Committee and review Interior's Environmental Studies Program. 44 OTHER FEDERALLY REQUIRED REPORTS 1. Monitoring & Enforcement Activities See 1988-89 Grant Tasks 1.A and l.C. 2. Wetland/Estuary Report See clipping below. 3. Fisheries Management Activities See clippings and reports on 1988-89 Tasks 1B,. 4A and 4B. 4. Hazard Management Activities Nothing new to report this period. 5. Urban Waterfront & Commercial Harbor Projects See clippings below regarding the Bangor Water Works Facility (subject.of a 1986-87 Coastal Planning Grant), Sears Island Cargo Port, and the rallying of support for the financially ailing Fish Exchange on the Portland Fish Pier. 6. Coastal Access Activities The shore access identification sign reproduced below for municipal sites acquired and/or developed with Coastal Program Waterfront Action Grants was published together with a Desi2n Manual: Maine's Shore Access Symbol (see Exhibit E-7). DECD local planning assistance staff visited the grant towns listed below to deliver signs, posters and manuals, and to photograph each site for future use in publications and at public access workshops. Also see the clipping below regarding the Moody Beach access case, and 1988-89 Grant Task 3 for other coastal access activities. 7. Permit Procedure Simplification See article by Deb Richard, DEP Land Bureau Director, reproduced at 1987-88 Task 1A. 8. Activities to Protect or Restore Historic, Cultural or Aesthetic Resources, or Redevelop Deteriorating Waterfronts & Ports Nothing new to report this period. 45 THE ELLSWORI I I AIMERICAN, ELLSWORTH, MAINE 04605 Thursday, @;eptenriber 22. 1988 Sunry Wetlands AssociatianA.ffiliatesu@thBlueHillHeiitage Trust Group Begins Struggle to Protect.Marsh and Wetlands in Surry By John R. Wiggins Fie said that a great majority of the there were prospects of further ;ill that you have to know and do to He said one builder in Ellsworth them, until a more formal organiza- worth? They know something. Thirty conservation-ininded resi- 150 people who responded to the ques- development. The manager, who was take effective action. complained that there is so much tion is established in tinie. Evervone in New Jersey wants to dents of Surrv gathered at the town tionnaire the Town sent out prior to about to be transferred. was very She advised them to get their construction going on that he wished Jean Nickerson of BHHT said there move to Ellsworth." office on Monday evening to launch developing a new comprehensive depressed. fie said it was supposed group's name into Coast Week, which he could clone himself, so he could are different memberships. The $25 Stanley Lane: -I don't know if the an effort to protect the marsh at the plan said they want open marshes, to contain 4,000 acres, but it had only for three years has sponsored a handle more of it. "We all see it," family membership, she said, is Planning Board has ever granted a head of IMorgan's Bay and other bogs, shore and forest areas main- 1,80G." coastal cleanup listing every said Shetterly. "There is more cheaper than two individual $15 variance. The Planrdng Board is here fragile areas and wildlife habitats. tained if not expanded. They want Mason said that there is something organization's effort on behalf of that development you don't see. We need memberships. "We are so happy that to help. Its objectives are the same Th. start-up committee seated at scenic and natural areas and wildlife called the federal Land and Water endeavor. to identify areas in need of protec- you are interested in joining us. It is as yours. We have enforced our or- the speakers' table included Rob and areas protected from development Conservation Fund, deriving mostly "Use the media! Take an editor to tion." a wonderful project." dinance since 1972, longer than most Sue Shetterly, Norman Mrazicki, and by a margin of about 14 to 120. from offshore oil leases, that is sup- lunch!" she advised, tosympathetic Mrozicki reported that Rob Shet- Susan Shetterly mentioned that towns. We don't let people walk all Hugh Curran. Guest speaker was "People value their very special posed to finance the purchase of applause from the press. "Get stories terly is on the new Sorry Conserva. this coast is uniquely Important to over us. We have not been granting Cherie Mason of Deer Isle. environment and feel these things public lands. The manager of the in the papers. Keep your name in the tion Commission. "The selectmen some marine species. It is the north- variances to let everybody build Mrozicki said that when he came are threatened, which is why people Carson Refuge told her he could use news. Use radio stations for public decided the environment is of such ern breeding limit of the horseshoe wherever they want to." to Sorry in 1972 no one was concerned are forming organizations like the $50,000 to purchase two acres pro- service announcements. Stay in the public concern that they established crab, for instance, and its young are Hugh Curran: "Our marsh has with the protection of wetlands and Sorry Wetlands Association." viding parking space. spotlight, so what you are doing has a committee to deal with that issue." susceptible to pollution. been listed as one of the 100 most wildlife habitat. "It was not an issue. Cherie Mason, who has a radio pro- "I told him we could ask Congress stature and support and permanence, Shetterly said that at first the select- Stanley Lane of the Surry Planning pristine marshes in Maine. It There were 270 houses, almost all of grain called "Environmental for a million dollars. He invited me and the public doesn't think you are men asked the Planning Board to be Board stated that the marsh is changes our outlook when we realize them on the main road. Housing Notebook" on station WERU, called to lunch." a fly-by-night organization." a conservation conurnission, but there already under resource zone protec- how important it is to others, too." developments and condominiums herself an old warrior in saving They did ask Congress for a Susan Shetterly announced that a was a conflict, so they established a tion, so there is really no threat of After the meeting, Jean Nickerson were not even thought of. Environ- things. "The best thing I can do is million, and they had no trouble mak- cleanup day on the marsh would be separate commission. It has held two building or development on it. said: "Surry is one of the six towns ment was not an issue." give you a sense of encouragement ing their case. By 1998 the Carson held Saturday, Oct. 1. People will meetings. "I assume we will be work- Rob Shettlerly said the watershed in the Blue Hill Heritage Trust. We . Now, he said, the population has and hope. Groups like this arespring- Refuge had 4,000 acres, and every gather at 9:00 a.m. by the bridge on ing with the Planning Board and the behind It isn't protected. think it's great that one of the towns risen by 50 percent, and there are 470 ing up all over our nation. There are year Congress has given it a little the crossroad between the Morgan selectmen to make sure that develop- Someone said that the area around is taking the lead in a project. We houses with 20 more expected each groups saving trees, rivers, and more money. Bay road and the Newberry Neck ment is ecologically sound." I the marsh, the interface between salt would be happy if every one of the year. "People are moving away from species. It works. Their success story "Hang in there," said Mason. road. The bridge crosses the marsh. Susan Shetterly said that the and fresh water, is the critiCal edge other five towns had a project like the main road and into the woods and is overwhelmdrig, but no battle is ever "Everyone stay in the fight, and you "Bring a thermos of coffee or BRET, in addition to providing tax where wildlife concentrate, and it is this one. We are delighted." the shorelands and marginal sites." won. You must always continue the will succeed." whatever you drink," she said. "And exempt status and a lawyer, oversees important to wildlife. ' He said that the trouble with sub- fight! " She mentioned Margery Stoneham bring binoculars and a big bag. easements to ensure that they are Rob Shetterly: "There must be 400 division ordinances and other such As an example, she cited the Douglas, a Miami reporter who. at Ironically, we will have to pick up honored after titles change hands. to 500 acres with streams draining laws is that if they are made general Rachel Carson National Wildlife age 78, decided to save the plastic on the shore in big plastic "We are very lucky. They put us five that area. Development would have enough to cover every situation, they Refuge between Kittery and Everglades. "She did it. Today at 98 bags." giant steps ahead." an effect on the marsh." are too vague to apply to specific Portland. she is still at it. Everybody does She said they will start lit the She said that mapping takes a Mrozicki said houses have been situations. "More effective protection "It was a hopeless situation. There make a difference." marsh and go around the head of the year. "Please help us tonight if you built up and down the coast on land will come when people living in this were nine divisions containing por- Mason urged everyone to get hold bay. know of a place that needs protec- not suited for septic waste and area develop an appreciation for the tions of saltwater marsh. I was ap- of the Sept. 9 issue of Maine Tirmes Mason, commenting on the prob- tion." leachfields. "I don't know how they unique and delicate nature of this en- palled when I saw it. Condos were which carries an article called "Get- lems caused by plastic, said that two She said some state money is get permission.... People with con- vironment." built right up to the marshes, and ting Involved." She said it tells you I loons were found dead this surruner available. "We will put a proposal siderable resources can do pretty because of plastic off six-packs. together this winter and submit it at much what they want. I am being re- Susan Shetterly said that leather- their second deadline. The rewards alistic. I was a carpenter for 14 years. back turtles are dying because they are marvelous: money and protec- I have seen it happen. There are fuz- eat silver mylar balloons thinking tion by the State." zy edges to all the laws. Specifica- they are jellyfish. Mason said they need governmen- tions can be adjusted. Boards of ap- Mark Baldwin said he has twice tal sponsorship by some agency. peal have ways of softening them seen a sick seal with plastic around Susan Shetterly: "We have it. Tom with variances. It happens." her neck on Seal Rock. "She is in a Wood of Maine Coast Heritage Trust It was said that the Sorry Shellfish bad way.'l can't find anyone who will is writing a letter for our files on the Committee is now deciding whether do anything about her. I called the unique value of the marsh. Al Hutch- to have commercial clarnming in coastal warden, the College of the inson, the head of the Endangered Surry Bay. "Now clarnmers from Atlantic... " I . and Non-game Project of the Depart- Searsport are getting recreational Lorado Carter mentioned that ment of inland Fisheries and licenses and taking one peck at a Leland Carter and the late Frank Wildlife, will walk the whole thing. time. Sorry resident clarnmers are Carter owned a triangle near the' His group has done a study up to asking the Town to open up to com- marsh that has no right-of-way. He Penobscot Bay, and they hope for mercial clamming. Hopefully the wondered if the group might wish to money to start a study on this side of price of a cornmercial license will be investigate acquiring title to that it. It will be a valuable document for prohibitive." piece, as a step toward preserving the comprehensive planning commit- t Woman in audience: "We are the the marsh. ee. The Town decides what areas next stop. Development is coming up Rob Shetterly said they haven't shouldn't be developed." the coast. It is in Belfast now. They'll decided how to best protect the She said others want to walk the jump over Bucksport because it's a marsh, whether by titles or marsh, as well, including Hank Tyler rrdll town. They'll hit us next. Why is easements or whatever. of the Critical Areas Program. there talk of Filene's becoming part "Slowly we are getting our people in of the new shopping center in Ells- "We were asked to be a part of the Blue Hill Heritage Trust," Shetterly place." announced. "By doing that, we get Moira Creaser suggested electing tax-exempt status and the ability to officers and collecting some dues to acquire land and the use of their pay for paperwork and mailing. lawyer.,-We won't make some "None of us want to be chiefs," mistakes, and we won't have to confessed Mrozicki. decide some questions." no organizers said they would like tic invited membership in the to continue as a steering committee, BHHT, residents designating that along with anyone who wished to join their money be for the use of the Stirry Wptlands Associntion. ~0 Downea~st ME flats to be seeded ME hatchery perseveres;. clam crop survives BE ~L~S is ~E~Th ~qm~r~4~l~u~qm~- ~2qr the ~6q0~,~0~" ~t~r~# ~I~r~&~4~9~5~1 ~I~8qv~e~qw~i~l~l~- ~2qZ~'~s ~k~f=~qi~4q= ~S~h~qc~"~1~1~5~f~ql~@~o~h~l~y "I was that ~ev~e~0q7 ~1~,~,~,~T~,~,e w~qe~,w~e~e ~l~e, ~1~4q/~6q9~q9 ~H ~C~h~, a, -I. d~ed this ~q@~e~ar was ~De~s~P~ite all the P~r~O~qb~qle~r~qn~s the larvae, ~@ ~e ~w ~'~. ~ki~l ~n~g~'h~"~q;~6q@~ing Despite the Plight Of the ~i~l~l~$~( four ~"(he recalled Brian Beal. s~p~awn~q@~qf~s~, ~1.5 million clams ~qZ~1~1~1~-~I~s~"~iy~. ~Bu~t~. wit ~Jen~ty ~0 Perseverance and d~e~d~ic~v~i~.,~q@ ~e ~f~teal~s Island h~a~tChery h~a~s a By the time ~T~he hatchery w~a~s man~ag to surv~ive~q@T~h~er~cf~o~re~, the mystery was solved and the s~t~o t~hh~a~s total Of 2~-5 million seed clams i~th Clorox and has a total of a ~a~pp~y ending, ~r~y thoroughly scoured w Beals Island h~a~tch~e four batches of t~o distribute ~to its 1~0 sterile techniques were incorporated 2~.5 million seed clams, which wn~ed ~s~o~f~f~she~l~l clams that part 10 culture ~the~,~q:~I~ga~@~, it was early included t~h~O~r from Mock, to offer n~2q4~"y~P~,~.ipt~`~qa losing iC~iP~a~ting ~Af~ain~e Aug., ~and ~, natural clam ~1~0 its ~1~0 Participating communities amounted to millions and millions of ~c~Ommun~qit~qi~e~s~, and a lot was spawning season was over. this spring. That ;~n 2~5~(~) ~qW~o larvae, hatchery Personnel never gave learned about raising shellfish. ~But Beal, who is also an clams for each town to be ed in UP- Ultimately, the source of the environmental resource coordinator November, when ~t~h~q@y will Pr~O~b~I~tm was discovered, corrected, ~q9~q@~- ~ql, a at the University Or Maine in Despite the V~ibri~o outbreak Beal. ~and 2-2 million baby clams will leave Machias, felt strongly that the new, Size of approximately I ~qX in length the hatchery this fall to be plant ~r~o~c~e~s~s three more times, Meanwhile, clean system needed to ~ad~m~;~t~,~, 'We learned a ~l~ot ~j~bo~q@t ed in 00~d levels for the larvae were be tested coastal flats within 10 different before next season raising shellfish.* And now, he adds, Communities. increased by ~3a~u~ln~g more algae to the sh~e~l~lfis ~- Consequently, ~e~v~e~r~yth The ~tw~o-yea~r-~o~l~d hatchery which tanks, larvae handling procedures h Specialist Dana Wallace or Ing is ready for next year. Brunswick supplied the hatchery with Hatchery personnel plan to. $its an the end ~o~f a ~- h were Chan ~I, the aeration system condition clam, at the Darling Marine renovated building ~qJ~'~qeT ~in a was ~a~l~ter~e~q9~6q7~3~n~d still, the larva ~50~-~60 quahogs, which were spawned Center again this winter and will start ~. ~'~a~,~q;~q@e Richard C~i~l by e died. successfully. The hatchery now has ~r~v~e~r~, successfully spawned With the help of Chapman it was 5~-~6 million ~qi~t~i~v~er~li~l~e quahogs the ~19~89 ~V~awnin~g cycle in April. and reared 8 discovered in mid-July that a' ~.2 million seed c~l~a M~eanwh~i~l as a result of the In addition to overcoming its during 1987. The seed were divn~i~'~ds~e~d Pathogenic bacteria of the genus ~sof~tshell ~c~l~a~q@~1~1~1~1I disease Problem, the hatchery between the ~, Vibri~o had infested the hatchery It ra~gedy, Bill Mock of took Partin sly, communities t~h~at Was everywhere- on the ~f~l~o~o Mo~ok Sea Farm ~Inc.~, ~W~h~o ~h~a~s~,~, This year, l~o to filters in the ~d he shellfish hatch ~9completed construction Of a ~5~0~'~x2~0~' the project. ~r~e~e~n~h~o~u~s~e this July. ~qn~t greenhouse, w~r~is kicked in ~t try on (he which will be used primarily to $~1,000 each to participate: ~a~l ~'~T~h an even in the D~amar~isco~t~t~a River, donated one Cutler, ~i~n &at- ~t ~a~l~ga~t Proved to be the Wh~it~in~qt~, M~ach~ia~spor ~Os~t dangerous source in fact., million seed clams of about one culture algae, was built with the help ue ~luffs~, j~o~nes~p~o~r~t~, Beals, ~-~q; happening ~t, Jonesboro, 'In reality, what wa millimeter in length to the Beals ~of~'a ~S39~,~o~qw_~*rant from the Maine ~qI~@~Od~qls~on , Steub~en and the Mt. Island hatchery. Science and I ~-h~n~O~I~O~8Y Board. Desert l~s~l~and~@Wid~q@ Shellfish Council. Janice M Plante ~qn~c 1988 spawning season Sot off ~q!~o ~a~0qg~q@d start. Clams had been con ~i~t~i~o~n~e o a, I ~e University of ~a~i~n~e~'s ar~li ~ari~ne Center in at ate ~r ~1~,~,b~ra~qZ~,~,o the first of ~h~e ~. ~q'~'~C a a~u~l~e~y~e Of aquae ~It~ur ~6 ~ia~l~i~s~t S~a~m a man. ~a~9~m~an raised the water ~t T~tra~ture within the clam tanks by ~k~wel~siu~s each week to induce the ,c~l~a~r's ~1~0 spawn early - in May rather hall June. According to Brian Beal, in who ~tig~at~ed ~th~e ha~tc~h~e pro 1986~, the fi b ~l~e~ct back in'; sP~awned May ~n~t ~a~t~c~-~q7 ~Of Clain, w~a~s 6 ~a~t Beals Island resulting ~i~n ~6~0-~8~0 million larva~q@ I~But three weeks later, just as ~q;~h~e ~a~"~3~e were getting ready to set, all but I ~% of them died. In frustration and anticipation ~r- hatchery Personnel repeated the ~qi~qs ~q114 n~s ~M m ~y under ~e ~P~ec: ~6qv~6qe~q, ~q@~qr~48qe ~2q14~q' 47 It's green and spiny and getting attention in the Gulf of Maine and Japanese markets Sea-urchid roe becoming. international delicacy By Susan P. Morrissey Midcoast Bureau WALPOLE - It's green and spiny on the ah - marine. Culsideaand its insides taste over, with sharp spines and found from the shallows to the depths of the Gulf of Maine, it is @s common as stony beaches along the coast. In ust two seasons, it has become the state's fas- teSt-growing contribution to the international seafood market, in Japan, where most of them are consumed, the roe of the spiny green sea urchin.is selling (Or $50 per pound.. Last year, Maine harvesters arid processors. sent most of the 6 million,',-@ pounds of urchins dragged up and picked off the bottom of the Gulf to Japanese markets. This; year, the harvest is expected to top 20 million pounds, To give the state's urchin business the boost hey think it deserves, the Department of Ma- rine Resources, the University of Maine's Coup- .erative Extension Service and the Darling Center for Marine Research at Walpole have U6 collaborated to produce a piece of cluipment llie@6@ adaptable for use on fishing vessels large and small. The latest in seafood harv.-.,,, V ent is low-tech, simple to operate and che@lp. It is a vacuum cleaner for so urchins. It was built with the small harvester in I mind," said co-design@e Ben Baxter of the Co- operative Extension Service. BEN BAXTER of the Universfty'of Maine the bottom of the Gulf of Maine. The roe. Cooperative Extension Service displays is a delicacy enjoyed by Japanese diners. Since fishermen began harvesting the state's wild population of urchins in earnest two years spiny green sea urchins vacuumed from (NEWS Photo by Susan P. Morrissey) aall of the spiny green delicacies brought to ny echino u ts, the sea urchin. By January, the spi one intrepid enough to try it, tMe here and abroad were dragged pinne derms are crammed with roe. They are har- "Different," said-wme. hand-picked on the bottom by divers or landed vested, processed, and shipped either in-shell "Yuck," said othms. Incidentally in lobster traps. Dragging is dan@, orin roe packs to the sushi -loving Japanese and "Not bad," seemed to be the consensus. aging to the sea bottom, hand-picking is labori- to a growing American gourmet market. If sea-urchm roe is an acquired taste, Cham- pusly slow, and trap pickups are at best incidental. The vacuum cleaner, designed by "You can eat them smoked, raw, or in pate," berlain and Baxter and the state agencies that agricultural engineering students at the Uri- said Bruce Chamberlain of the DMR. are backing their, research seem anxious to cultivate it. versity of Maine, seems the solution to a picky Frogman Chamberlain was dressed in a wet Studies are under way now to determine how problem.. suit Wednesday, doing duty on the bottom with best to "bulk up" the urchins with roe, thus "The vacuum has little impact on-the sea the vacuum cleaner, As sea urchins accumulat- increasing their marketability. bed," Baxter said. ed on board the Green Sea Urchin Project vrs- Next spring, the DMR will begin assessin The green sea urchin is harvested from Oc- sel at the Darling Center wharf on the the impact on the wild sea urchin population o@ I tober to March, a slack season for many fisher- Damariscotia River, Baxter broke them open its new primary predator - "humans," said men but the peak of the reproductive cycle for and distributed the yellow and pink roe to any- Chamberlain. 48 ~0 a review ~qp`~O~c~qe~d"~q7~s for ~_~,~I~r~i~n _~_~. 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It is testimony under Maine law - it cannot be a. d ~P~tue~h~F %stem,~*threat, lications for leases must- ~c ~(~8q6~p ~n~p~a~ny, Ocean Products, Inc. ~q;~qha~q@~gean e. to the unique resources of Ea ~1~@~, ~C~,~.~l uses of be ~r~l~q@~2q&~jp opened a new ~S~3 million b~qjectives for the We, inthe Maine. It ~qinak~es eminent good sense f they would d~isp~la e hatchery at Gardner Lake, ME in world's resources change. for Eastern Maine: traditional fisheries. And ~q. they ~lu~ly.~6qZ~P~l~ii~n~vriled ~qlo~4qZe~r Maine Maine, are proud of our traditions~- ~T~T~te reality, of course, is that i~qf has: have been. But this does not mean ~s ~e of M ~C~om~,Resources and of our history. But our. not come easily. It has come with that the displacement ~6f the string of Spencer ~p~o~"~Onio ~'~a g~i~"e 'he imagination can ~be~, circumscribed by su ta ~ja ~0 r~overy, based largely ~-~Ir.~p~4 necessitates th~e denial of an k~e~y~n~o ~te a dr~, ~' hatchery O~6qt~i~rnu~n~qde~qc~st~n~qh~i~ling and, ~q@~rh~aps~q, application, particularly when lobster ~' ~'h~' following remarks th eicatio~n he tire ~T ~T~, even a preference for e ~s~, traps on the coast of Maine are far in ~e~x~ce ted rom pollonio~s~ speech. But status quo is no blueprint for the excess of the numbers needed to Editor future. Salmon farming, proper~l~qi harvest th~e annual lobster de~N ~'eloped and ro ~'~y production: a ommda~6q7~c~l~0qM~ly ~an b~e aMaine heeds ~now a r~ea~l~h~@~qhc *re- cc Ocean Product s, Inc. has i~nv~i substa-nt~ial part of Eastern Maine~V :ppraisal of the Potential benefits of ~l~i~l~ic~i~n~,~q@-~qI~qi ~qp~l~qe~nd quacul~ture if Maine is t~o retai~n~.the~"~.~7~ ~Uto share today in something d~" ~@~'~~"rou~r~' future. ha~4qking ~q@e~d~n~ffits of its commerc~ia is ~ing Maine. We are invited ~tc .~,I~U~, ~0The coast of Maine is ~c ~s ~O~q@ I f~i ~E~.s~,~e~qmnew a~nd exciting and good fo~r h~qr. ~li~qnd n~qow~o~f~i share in he ~beginn~i~n~qp~,of a s~i~gni~f~,~icant imperatives and new c~i~qpport~q@~qhi~ti~e~s ~q!~q:~q@ha~q!Ts than n ~- t~' ~T~qhe legislature, he fi h~i ~@ ~y I times that wdrapidly ~-~b ~-~'to'- and coasta~l'r~esident~s ~n~9~.~8q2 t It seems aour we cane~-~c~liv~i~l~i~@ -~q;~nd.~q:t~yy n our uses~.he area's ~'~P~q:~n change i ~Pe ~e~so efforts on rese 'he a~st nd, p~q@rticu~larly fisheries - are ein ~q@~nder~itand that the world changes. ~nt~p urces, ~, ~s~v~gdisplaced. We do run substa~i jai risk.~,wvalue commercial sea - marine r p~erhap~,hpa e irt~v~t~ql~q@~qlne ~y or Someone r~e~@ently_o~b~@rved that inclination to plan for ~th ~i~n f ct, of losing them in the face of harvesting. on our coast ~w e future, -aas we mans uses of the-fisheries of the With its rich ~ind fascinating past, ore~'~q&ve~l~b~pment: should -- we should understand that - world p ~gre~is through~'~i co~-mmon with its s~I~m and attractive The on ~qy~5on nd~er there mu~a be room for both ~s~, ~d~0q7 e ~qo~, ours ourafi has to traditional and new technologies. rs eia~"~O~n _a'a tradition ~i~s coast of Main _ ~s~qo~q@ie~l ~,e_~c~o~mn~ierda~ql larly vulnerable to that risk. maintain its place ~1. the harbors of Only by combining these strengths,- .a~l is particu ~r~orlitin -_ ~ ~ ~~" ~ ~-I~ -_ - -- Our coast is economic strength.. Th~e ------ by.adapting to the future to insure ~Kea One of the new real~ith Ixp~'~q@rI ~'e~' ~is ~,~q,~iu ~qpatt~qe~8qm:ro I '~qa~lu~i~qp~qr~o~l~'h~a~qt~i ng rim ~s~o~u~r~c~@ ~0~- !a-t~4q@~qth~4qm f~i~s ~i~n~g~,i~to ~.~0 It an nal~l~'~.rn world's insatiable demand fo~r fish - a ~act ~qis that Maine coast fishing is not competitive econoi~qnic st~mn~gth, will ~r~i~@~.~r~h~p~f~i~, ~q've ~'ven a~.~@h~@t ~i~c demand the world's oceans cannot -a, economically strong as its potential we preserve a fishing industry for the pur~64qVses~4q, competitors., T is ~q0 meet. future. ~qservation is not as unreal as There are 20 million recreational The~-sh~qorefront developers and th~qie Legal means by themselves ~q- zoning- ar~q, There are fishermen in the country. No stocks cht marinas represent economic restrictions, for example ~q@ will not be ~qit ~qm~qa~qy first ap~60qg~q, ~qya sufficient. There is something static in examples i~ql~qlus ~q'ng 'he P~q-tt` of fish are untouched.. potential that is substantially greater For example ~qmmercial If these demands ar~qe to be met - as than the fishing industry. And they preservation by law. Only changing,- of ~qxt~q,~0q@ the co harvest ntic salmon ceased they should ~qbe - we cannot expect are all in competition for a few sites evolving- innovative, ~qa~8q0~qa~qp~qf~ql~qi~qm activi- -long ago in the United States, and is that traditional ocean harvests can do on the coast. Which will win and ties pe~4q;~4q@~4q;vere inacompetitive world. ~64qV~qidly ~8qd~qim~qsa~q0p~60qra~qnng in Canada. the job. Ocean resources are already- which wi~q]~8qL~qlose seems clear and fish We see that he We see ~q0any ~qsa ermen are largely hard-pressed. The technolog~0qK and the inevitable; if may ~q1~q5~qi ~0qi~qt~ql~qit~q- ~qi~-in~qal~qi~qf~qfe~q-~qFof i~qf~qi~-~qv~-e~qi~qf~-r~qi~qi~q-~6qC~qnt~q,-t~q6~qchrr~qcoe~ql~q'ogy~q,- innovation- n ~q@~q-consumers, frequently releasing opportunity to supplement I e sea's time. and response to world demand and t~q4 d ~qi~qn their ca ches in the interests of natural production offer a way The traditional fishing industry ~qwo~qr arke~qts. We see benign conservation for the future. The around very apparent limitations and needs some commercial kin - some utilizations of the natural advantages Atlantic Salmon Federation has called growing stress and discord in the seas allies - if it is to retain its place on the of Eastern Maine the strongest for a multitude of conservation This facility is the first substantial' coast' Commercial aquaculture is the possible, logical base f~qor an economy. re ~la efforts to indication that the coast of Maine o~88ql ~qisible ally on the horizon. We see these factors Integrating ~q,~60qx~56qTrve this magnificent v d, s~qp c~qo ng ca~qtch~q-and-release, takes this new challenge and new raditio~qnal fisheries have it Washington County with world a~0q:d~qat~60qZ en ~qgement of salmon ~qoppo~q"unity It is~q'a backward when they perceive investment and wor~qldmark~qe~qts. - ~0qu~qra~q, commitment ri~qous~0q7 re of Maine, aquaculture as ~qi threat. Legally Spencer~q'A~qp~qb~ql~qionio aquaculture~q. ~q-~qIo he ut~qu 49 a K % K Ok 9 o =8 0, M0, A. r :1 :M r r: .0 CE 0 ;'V 0 @A th.0 0 C, z -0 0 K ;Ei P.M to ly "'V T@ i V, Cr -t=El 5t 005C 4ro a 0 Maquoit Bay FROM PAGEONE C@u Id move on surface water via southwest so-called red tide and domoic acid organisms. State Planning Office Lrl winds in summer and settle to the bottom It would cost about $100,000 just to study and with people who ma. C) of Maquoit Bay. monitor Maquoit Bay for this new plankton, the Damariscotta are "They said if it had The floor of Maquolt Ba tta River, It woul appears to be very Marcotte estimates. And he says It's money the rich inorganic material an devoid of oxygen, a department doesn't have. sco bad condition. On a trip Monday into the bay, Plankton needs nutrients and sunlight to Johnson says. state marine scientist Richard Langton took gro 'ne genus that engulfed Maquoit Bay is Underlining the n w. five "grab" samples of bay sediments. Each one called Gymnodinium nagasakiense. It kills says: "We need some turned up a pile of black, oozy mud, coated with marine life either by consuming large amounts we can respond to ;omething with a -green scum. It smelled like rotten of oxygen and smothering bottom dwellers, an olive beyond what we saw.' eggs, the result of hydrogen sulfide gas from or by coating gill surfaces and interfering with It was destructio respiration. It has been found previously in the bacteria. business that made p Sorting through one pile with his hand, Gulf of Maine, but never in large enough Langton found a dead snail and crumbled concentrations to cause trouble. Denmark's North Sea have found a clear lin fragments of clam shells. There were no signs At the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sci- from the land and an oflife. ences in Boothbay Harbor, where the new plankton in late summ "Normally, in a good situatiA, you're going plankton was Identified, acting director Patrick "Mere Is no quest to see worms and other animals in there," he Holligan says the state needs to take more than of algae you have I P says. "What you've got here is a bay that one sample to confirm if the rg&nism actually amount of nutrient supports a good clam population. But it's not caused the shellfish kill . But0he says his lab, erine Richardson, dir surprising that if conditions change a little bit, although it is a national center for plankton cul- ogy department for t you're going to get a big die-off." tures doesn't have time or staff to do more with tute In Copenhagen. Lanim: also tooko gentsadmples from the Maq@oit. But nutrients can w e7 water. level e a r--- e ents, she says, suc tor. But water temperatures were high in the Maine's De artment of Environmental Pro- v bottom water to the s shallow bay this summer, due to unusually hot tection recentF started a marine monitorin y 3y; .. 9 ec: '"Me thing to do weather. Warm water holds less oxygen. Re. program. John Sowles, dir torofthetwo-per- nutrients are coming searchers speculate that warm water could son program, says the Issue of nutrient Input possible to reduce the have promoted the conditions that caused and oxygen depletion is "a sleeper" that will affect Maine as coastal development grows. But At the Bigelow Is the plankton to multiply rapidly and deplete men echoes a commo oxygen to the point where marine life dies. Sowles is committed to finishing a study of Langton's department also monitors for sew- toxins in Casco Bay and can't look at plankton. scientists: Maquoit B series of small event age bacteria in the bay. But except for runoff Researchers say the plankton has probably the ecology of the Gul from Bunganuc B been present on the Maine coast for some time, rook and some small streams, ish It's not going to records show no consistent Input of fecal and it may have been responsible for other I in material in Maquolt. The department doesn't kills. But it was the destruction of a major dustry tomorrow," e monitor for other nutrient sourc s. commercial shellfish area that finally focused ally, that's hard to de Marcotte says his agency's first p iority is to attention on the threat to other bays and other abig thing to create p An electron microscope photo shows the rare plankton test for plankton-related toxins thart can accu- industries. question of when ha believed to have decimated clam areas In Maquolt Bay. mulate in shellfish and kill humans. such as the Anne Johnson, a marine researcher at the we've got to do someth ~0 0 ,It ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~1~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ State treasurer ready ~ debated ~~ ~ to issue final bonds for Of in co Sears Island cargo port Lie W~f, ~W~ ~US ~ ~ ~~ ~, fly John ]late ~~ State House Bure~I~erns. ~ On Sept :,I US D ~~ ~~pZ ~~ for. ied a Lem ~rder ~ AUGUSTA - State Treasurer sought b~pe~p,~ led .. I ~ issue th~~ rin ~ bo~ ~ Ag~ Samuel Shapiro plans t Sears Island cargo port Tuesday. he ing on the the Sierra Club's com- u~,~1p@~ e wow Oct. 25, so that t~ ~ ~ last $2 million wo~ way for cot truction to ~ ul~ ~ ~pf~2p'~ ain~ ~ lion, approved almost five years Since Cyr's ruling, work has re- ~lapse ~n of a cause. sum~ rh~ion bond issue will way to Sears Island a~ complete the is nee of $17~~land. Bridge Construe- Sears Island' te~ m~~ lion worth of bo~uthor~ ~"C~on the causeway, a~e long-delayed cargo while Great Lakes Dredging Co. is BANGOR (AP) - A federal judge Fr~ can and authorized them to proceed.~ terminal. doing the dr~ env~ple~ On Nov. ~1~in The total cost o~and ~ He said that dredging would begin In about a week an o the ng Sears Island to the ~~ ~o~ ~ I referendum approved tin $11.~ port has been estimated between $24 and th~ lion bond issue package for a~ ~ mainland ~du~~~he end oft~ t million and $28 million, ~ and port improvements, of which Russell Spi~is- ~t ~~yr ruled that the The Sierra tub F~g or ask Maine Group of the Sierra Club had not shown that ~ I te his d~p2~~2pl~ $4.5 rn i I I ion was ~to com- sion~epartment of construction would cause "significant Irreparable u~ ~ rp~a~ plete development of the Sears Is- T ~aid Tuesday that at~ f~ ~orto the environment." h~ped the Clean W~ ~ ~ land terminal." u Ids that had been counted F~delays also would harm the Army Corps of. Environmental Policy Act by not evaluating the need Of those, $2.5 million worth ~ o~pli~be sought ~ ~pd~pl~ r~tation for the project. bond for Sears Island already have again because of the legal delays. Ile the other ~ C~he ~ alleges that the corps tidied to been issued~ said the ~the project public interest Is better served" by permitting the consider the effect of altering the wetlands and Maine law states that it bonds that could ~ yet. ~d. neglected to look at alternative locations before have been authorized have not been In 1981, Maine voters approved a r~ub spokeswoman Sarah Conl~ I~redging permit to the DOT. I ~ issued after five years, the bond ~ bond issue for Sears ruff It was the second suit filed by the group. ~ authorization becomes void. Then Island. ~e t the court has done to allow the state to begin one d~project four years, and the d approval must be sou~ In the same year, voters approved construction on Sears I~@ without ~ comm~p-~sport~ussell Sp~ time, from two-thirds ~1ps~ a ~ssue to p~ ~to finish It," she said. estimated Friday that dela~out $3 million lure and a majority of state voters, if gra in terminal that was seen is criti- ~~u~the fact that Cyr ha~ in contr~ee~$.A ~- the bonds are to be issued again. cal to the state's beleaguered on the Sierra ub~d- The Sierra Club contends that nearby Mack Point, In his effort to beat ~~ poultry-processing industry. which already Is industrialized, Is the only viable site deadline, Shapiro said ~1po~ But when three of the state's four for the project. But ~r~land site ~nd bonds in ~ poultry plants closed i~ said the ruling "allows us to move forward, and we are say Mack Point ~rnot be expanded to meet five bidding among four Maine succession, the grain terminal was doing just that. We have notified the contractors this projected demand after the y~ banks and a~ing viewed as coming t~po- firm, nan declared that ~illion bond The Sears Island cargo port is a issue could be put toward t~ ~under the ad- Sears Island. ~~~1pu of former Gov, J 'ph Spinney said if~o more ~ ~as stalled (or sev- ~ construction on the car- eral years because of lawsuits filed go terminal would continue through by the Sierra Club, which protested t~ with dredging to the project because of ~ be finished by January ~ 12 B-9.r D,idy Ne's. r-'- N--, '96. ? "613. 4 0*11. Rotten timbers and worn brickwork at the Perob- scot River =w decaying while it. city searches for someone with the= comb. nationof.-ney. ingenuity t.m.-te Z Bangor Watei, works. Lintil 1959. the F.1exwas cOm ed to pump water the aiiii river into the municipal water @@Iem. The -1ir- to generate electricity that powered Bargo 'a street. @i@ jithus and public buildings un- i the mid-1970s. The unused warren of build. ings - bousing idled, rusting machinery - is now, the forus of developers and dreamers. Over the I:= 7 they have prop, p,a.. Among the first prop-11 was a hotel arid MUturmt. Still in the bowels of the mu, micipal beireaucracy am EL to convert the site ove"I"T the Bangor Salmon Pool iol! an .The Most recent p,=-I@-%iclude . ,art. and tests nd a on. ple. that would houtse an at- tisus-in-residence program. In addition, the Maine Se, preme Judicial Court is b- =b atmrm r a",.i -tEZ 'R(, has an pti by ps P. splactorebuildthedam be=np,'= n, the dam and one building. "hile the court considers the the city pl.. to -it pro L rks .1, from People interestr. renovating ge Waterworks yelug ith the Univer. s", o f- B-a-n-g-o-r Maine, Museum 0 NEWS Photoa by Tom Hirilman j fit jUl 52 ~0 ~8qU e .yes ~4qBa~l~2qngor ~2qwa~* tetworks site Shore property~'c~qbn~q@id~q6red~'f~'~qora~q:~0qf~0qti~q@~qts-in-residence program ~O~f~B ~t ~3 residence program, which brings ar-~' m~aneuverin~,~,~,~.thie ~cC~ou~mn~ei~l~uref~erre~l Subject of a 1986-87 Ned Por ~er ~e NEWS Staff ~.~qI~X ~qr~qr lists from across the country to the the proposal ~m ity De- Coastal Planning Grant region for exhibitions, lectures, and , velopment Committee. A proposal for expanding the Uni- presentations. ~~ 1 During the short debate on the versity of Maine Museum of~,Art's , The proposal ~i~a~lso ~. states,, matter, Councilor Richard Stone facili~t~qg and pro ram by developing Further, the configuration of the- said that he hoped that the city would (beat Bangor ~8qX~terworks on State buildings ~on the site is~'~ebnducive to' solicit more proposals from develop- Street was unveiled at the Bangor using the art~ists-in-resid~ence pro- ers interested in renovating the 'City Council meeting Monday night'- gram as an anchor f~o~r ~A~*multi-us~e~' prime parcel of ~Jhe waterfront by a representative of the proposed .deve~l~6p~rr~ient that would blend both, property. dev=en~t. ~ come~rc~ial and n~qw~-profit~"~concerns."' After the meeting, councilors com- ~U he plan that Ivan Rasmus- Rasmussen, who~:~~ina~hages four- mented that it would be a ~@~b sen presented, the university would properties in downtown Bangor for see th~p ~nr- ask ~the~'city for tentative developer Char~I~6 status, to put the proper~tv pie)( while it sought "to ex ~4qr~8qo~6qm solve the complexities ~( in essence t prepa~r~% o~2qr~6ql~2q(~8qs ~- a well-reasoned ~Oproposal. ~4qN~6qf~6qi~6qa~2qte~6qrW In some of the buildin to contain power gene~n bids ment, and, before that, ~, ~2qC~6qt to ~-~qio~qpers, John funneling-water from the su ~4qle ~le of ~qt~qhe deve River into the c~ity~'s~syst, um director Char~les~'A.~,S ated~0qw~qit~qh~o~l ~- eer said) city en~qg~i~n u~qld not prop~oses.to house ~the.new ter Lord, r~q6bablY ~qf~o By Ned ~qP~qo~qf staff ~q1~b~q1~q% The university Pthe prime de- ()I the NEWS ~ ted in be~q!~0q4 it would be ~1~q@ b~ut ~qi~nteres ~qt another stab at ve~ql~o~qper, Shepard sal, Shepard ~,~V~q@l~o~qpers will ~qge the cooperate. that De ~qC~o~0qm~r~n~qi~qt~- proposal. ~q5~q5 per- ~qId waterworks complex as The rou~4q& . ~qf the ~0 unity Development ~q@ called for a MIX 0 Dram council re~c- presented _r- city erc~ial space and 45 pe tee ~o~qf the Bangor cent Comm I space. While the O~n~I~0qzended Thursday that the ~q@~qit~qy ~- ~L~qable, interested parties ~- cent ~c~ultura ace would be 'a' a, ,it plans from I ~. the wake o~qf a ~r Shepard, the Cu~qltur s~o~ql~qi~c~. came in _~0~0qm~0qmerc~qial sP~' ~qThe action t~qhe director of the ~qU n~qi- a~l~q@~-pro~qpose~qd by ~qt be area request ~qf~qrO~0qT A of A~rt, who area would ~q@~O cultural ~r~s~qity ~0qma~i~qne . useu~r~f~l status. ~qi~qnc~qI~x~qi~qded in space for t~qhe ar~" ~ve asked ~qfor tentative developer with would be ~qgalleriest d s~qite-s~qpec~qi~qf~qic $,I'd like to be able to devo~.te~, ~.res~qid~e~nce~l an ~ur~qity~lthet~g~neand tists-~i~n- ~qthe~~a~r~- ~se sense of ~sec ure that this sculptures. ~o~u~l, ~. ed to ens She- d he envisioned ~qgy req~Ar Shepard sa~, Ling ~- nationally ~ener I Charles A attrac~' The pro- is a solid ~qproP~o~' Sa t~qi~q5t~s pro~qgrar~q@ members Of the ~c~o~qm ~a~qized visual artists. a ~qp~a~qrd III told. ould provide rn~ittee~q;~qj~qh~ursday afternoon, ~)ted to re~c~O~qg~' l~qler~qies ~\~'~) be the committee "a that gram and ~qga ~3 developer Would . ~4qm~wever, the full cou~nc~i de- draw that ~qP" ~te he said. inter- recommend to. for bids from able ~qt~o ~qdup~ql~ica I ~Ittract~in~qg the city advertise ~)~qP~tert~qY T~qhe site has been ~'~qf~o~r many Years ted in the ~qprc rs ~qinteres b~sc~ot River develoeprs ve~ql~oPe ~qb ~n~qk~s ~o~qf the Peno . ~8qMed~qi~. est from there was a pro- on the a ~8qB~a~stern~qN~qia~ine p, dozen Years ago ~qta~ura~nt ~11 to build a hotel and res upstream from p~o~s~, ~qPer~qty~. That fell ~q~qEal Center- ,will vote o~r' the matter complex ~on~,the Pr~o was ~qg~qi~v~- meb~o~qdy else I t meeting, and the pro~qp~Os through and so , Lord The ~qc~oun~c~i later. It tentative developer status at its ne~x due go days den r~un~c~q@ bit, Swift als would be ~nse if She~qPar. ~q@~O~O~`Per- said. would Make ~se ~q)~qN~qhe~n t~qhe energy c which ted an option, River was ~qgran Although 1 ~q1 retains~- in t~qhe ~co~qmpar~l~qy~.~st~qil re~ntly engaged ~2qt~6qhe company is cur legal entanglement W~6qit~qh~qits ~qP~1 at a ~40qZo~q-ele~qctr~0qic dam ~qaI to.bu~6qild a hY . d that Swift River te Lord sa~qx the s~q' ~q, d the development Of the does ~qn~qot In~q"~q' the site. erate Power at t~2qhe site. To ~8qge~qn would need only One ~qO~8qf t~4qhe ~qco~2qm an~0qy he said. bu~6qi~0ql~6qN~ql~qn~2qVs~q' 53 ~0 ~ ~~q&M E~R~ C- I A~L~ F~iSH~~E~R~~ ~E~S~ N EW~ S~2p~p~~~p~2p~p~2p~~ ~qJ~, Sav~2qe~"the ~6qP~'o~'r~qtl~-a~*~"n~'~~2qd~'~4qFish~'E~q@~q@~4q@h~'~-a~"~8qn~@ge ~-~7~j~q'w~4qe~'::~qr~qi~0qeed ~qit~qs fair market.:,:, The Portland Fish Exchan ~t ~tay o ~pen, Focusing on fixing tl~q@~ie~q@ Exchange, s: money only statewide but ~thro~' uninterrupted. And it must ~4qre ~Tsa~qu~seds as a ~qEroblems alone has t~he uncomfortable rin~q@ of a beyond. Because of thi~s~u~qghout the East Coast and its problems are not just marketplace. ail-out and it is high time to put that thin ing the board of directors' responsibility, or the- The immediate crisis i~s money. Bu~t,the long-' ~3" behind us. Fear of those words has paralyzed Portland City Council's. The state and federal term crisis goes far beyond that. The Exchange. both.th~i board of directors and the Por~d~,~a~,nd City', governments must play a role- as well -They ~~.: must get the support, the financing ~ind the too long. provided most of the investment in es'tablishi~@~qk the Exchange and they should not have stood structure to allow it to adapt and change ~to~-~@ -I~t's time t~o~'dig out th~e hard facts; confront the ~- ~survive~,~ow and~i~n the future. ~:~' ;~, , ~-~"~-~, p.roblems~~c~ausedby having the city council so aside and let the situation get to this stage. The, people who~ in I d I ~f~olv~ed ~1~6 r~6~f~ining the Exchange, -and In the original feasibility study for the pier,, can't get off the- done in 1978, the auction was seen ~a~s~'a cata~l~y~s~i-~- I and operating for, investment on the pier. By consolidating fish ~~'~, I rg~i~es from~*~this supp~l~ies~1p~an o~4qrn market, it would create an- A~- iz~ition. ~, ~, opportunity for u yers who were ~not already-,! these points; established on the vvaterfron~t~@ stimulating ~q6~q6~,siness. It is a business all around. ~@~;~ ~r~i~, ~@~,~, ~~r lue extends not That h~as worked. The p~ie~t is making the~'~c~i~t~y~:~,~.~@~6 money, notwithstanding the Exchang~i~!'s lo~qm The~- Exchange is infrastructure. Like a t~o~[~[ Toad or an., airport, user fees should be charged but the -- - facility should not be expected to turn~,a profit m6nth-by-month in its first years,, ~- `~~,~! ~* Through no ~fau~l~tof its* ovv~r~i:~@the`Ex~'~c~"ha`nge-~' opened when fish stocks and landings vve~4`~; -Editorial headed down.~.A~l~l businesses on the ~waterf~iori~t~" are' hurting. Private landlords on other wharves-' are extending credit to private dealers, behind in their payments, This is part of the fish, business.-, Fish auction action ~qihe dealer p~qir~qo~qp~qosal to* close the Exch e ~a~n ~r~s ~"~-~q:us~qi the building should be discarded., Dea~qle Examine the problems which nearly led to private lenders, giving the private sector traditionally oppose public unloading facilities',: lit the Portland Fish Exchange to close down an incentive to invest. ~'a~l~dne open marketplaces that allow all clealers~,~@~@ ~~, this week. You'll quickly focus on-the role of *Forge ahead with a city/state effort to l~ar~2qteand small, equal access to the produ~t~t:~,Th~is~, govemment in the day-to-day operation of market unused lots on the mul~ti-m~i~f~lio~n-dol~- de goes on up and down ~th~i c~oas~t~'and an enterprise that belongs in private hands. lar pier (eliminating the state's major criti- sh~6u~ld not be allowed to je~6~pardize~~the That realization is now sinking in as city, cism of the project to date). Exchange. Support for creating an pen. ~@~iarke~@~t~,~, was the cornerstone of the Exchangoe concept. state and fishing industry officials team up ~9 Establish a working group to bring the Without public facilities~q@ dealers compete for; to plan a survival strategy for the fish best possible "request for proposal" to re- ~bc~i~@ts by offering more than price. Fir~st,~,th~ey~,,.~.~'~, exchange. structure the fish exchange before the coun- provide access to unloading facilities,- som~e~th~i~A~g'. A key element in any successful plan, C~H Oct. 17. a fisherman must have. Second,. dealers, ~vide, ~,~' the only access to services such as fu~6~qi~an. ~qJce~qZ, many now believe, will ~be the Portland City Maine fishermen as far up the coast as also essential. Competition among de~Ae~6~,for~~,~i~t~;~- Council loosening its grip on the fish ex- Bar Harbor give clear testimony to the con- boats involves a complex: mix~,inc~lucfin~q@~t ""_I change, an institution state Marine Re- ve~n~ience and importance of a having a fish the ~0q6aler offers, the fairn~qm~:of t~he ~1p~1p~p~ I ~.~ h ~e~, I e p~r~vmp~tness of payment t~o the sources Commissioner William Brennan auction available in Maine. Not only does describes as "a very important part of the the auction save the fishing fleets expensive her en, and whether the dealer offers credit to infrastructure" of the fishing industry in shipping of its product to Massachusetts for ~Jh~q6 fishermen. Al~l~:of these things m~i~ask~.~the~ direct Maine. sale, but ~t~he culling and weighing of the ~c~o~r~nparison.of tl~@~e price, the~'~:~1p~p~ea er actually pays; A public/private $100,000 financing plan catch at the auction allows fishermen to ~C~inc~,~@ a public~"u~'~q61oading facility, will now keep the exchange alive through deal with one buyer, and be paid for their such as the Ex h~' ~i exis~t~i~, vvitI~C~q:,~.. Dec. 31. But what then? catch the same day it is landed. equal access to fue a~nd ice, The fishing industry has taken the lead in There are other problems for Maine fish- standardized weights a~nd ~c~4qa~l- trying to keep the exchange alive. But until emen, of course, such as a declining ava~d~- day payme~ht io fishermen and.,, ~- now, many decisions from setting the rent ability of so-called groundfish species that standardized terms for dealer- ~'~"~" Ipayment, ~a~q@d,p~i~ic~qis that ~a~'re~qi~qp~U~;~qb~J~J~qc~, at lots on the fish pier and marketing the have been traditional fare at the fish ex- information,. the dealer ~i~s competing. development, to determining the fish spe- change. Hence the need to be able to expand fo~i product on ~one. d~i~rriensic~i~m- price. cies to be sold at the exchange, have been the types of seafood sold. If the dealers moved into the' ~~ ; ~. made by city government. It was govern- Clearly, relaxing political control of such a~y~tion building, they would h~qave~@ ~' ~ new ubsidized space and -could mental refusal to allow the exchange access operating decisions as the species to be per- b~a~qc~q@ ~ts~o the old way of doing ~g~-0 to a much-needed line of credit which near- mitted sold at the auction would give pri- business. Price would;once a~gai~qm~be~. ly led to the business closing down for good vate operators the ability to switch products obscured. Competition amon this week, shocking the parties into action. in response to market conditions - some- dealers would once again be ~qfi~r~n~qit~qed to those who h~ad facilities on the At press time it is unclear what the Plans are now~qbeing drawn up to present the thing the exchange cannot effectively waterfront. Clearly this is not in the future holds for the Exchange. What City Council with a final restructuring plan achieve under its current structure. interests of the indus~t~'ry as a whole. is clear is that the interests of the on Oct. 17. If there is a private operator out there ~- H~as~1p~ Exchange accomplished fishing industry and the city, state, State officials are urging that the follow- who would ~be willing to make a go of run- anything? Yes, and it can be ~- ~-and federal governments with ~' ~-~" ~. ing elements be considered (and the Port- ning the exchange, surely his or her list of measured by the scramble i~n the - investments in t~he pier all lie in ~- land board seems willing to listen): requirements would include precisely the market yesterday to find alternative finding a solution to the Excha nge, to buy and sell, and by the current, ~8qO~qroblems. Restructure the fish exchange as a non- restriction-free environment outlined by of- of support on the radios And it is also clear thaf a quick profit or private operation. ficials who gathered at a meeting this week yesterd~qiy from ~qf~qi~qsher~qinen.- financial fix isn't ~qa~q's6~qlution. The *Restructure financing, possibly with to save the auction. Exchange must be given the long. assistance from the Finance Authority of Encouragingly, the discussions now being term financing and the oper~0q@ti~4qdg~q7; Maine. conducted are exactly what is needed- to exibil~qity that will allow it o a nd survive. ~qe Set as a policy the reinvestment of rev- protect and advance a major investment by A fair, ~64q7~qen marketplace should enue from other enterprises at the city fish the state and the city, to focus attention on not be a ream. it should~q*~qbe basic~q'~qt~8qo~q, pier - of which the fish auction is supposed- improving the entire pier, and to guard the our free enterprise economy. Those ly the centerpiece - into the pier. interests of Maine fishermen who would in Portland who have s~qlrug~qgl~q@ed ~q@vi~qlh two hands tied behind their I *Remove control of the fish exchange ~72q= ih~qe~@ have to "go back to the old way" of selling make~q*this dr~qeam.come true n from the City Cou~qac~qil, giving administra- their catches if the auction fails. support and resources of the state_ T~pe e hke~q"e e erv e Inc V~'IS ic~s ~ ~v ~q@~v eade~,~, ba ed u ~he~'~o~p~' a~0mauhip ~,~c~' ~P~, aeonce a ~in Provided ~Yr _ .I~i~s ~'im h ~bhe nnehe~ygiving I~e_~_~-~@~@ m ~wg~. ~ek~s ~q@ ~c ne aheE hn e ea t~o ~1~11~'t ~-~c ~-~t~o~s~vw~s~qrs~i deed hee~c~'~. ~T~w~o k~s ~i~s sh~.in~.~1 ~@ I ~n7~.tion~.~1 Problem, ~and there ~-~'~I~t ~b~e no~. Issf~,I~,slat ~, city~,u~"~r ~s~q; ~-ne ede ae~and nd ~y i~o~n people participate fully. tors of the business the flexibility to make Properly handled, the fish exchange cri- 'and federal people to do the hard business decisions outside the political sis could well emerge as a greatly benefi- work ~q,face the hard facts, open their arena. cial chapter in the history. of a troubled minds to n d all neceks~qsat ~q,~4q@~8q,~qan th *Subordinate the city's capital position industry. changes aan ~qoge er, ma e ~6q@is marketplace a reality. Robin Alden 54 ge battered and Fish 1EXChall' storMs port, Wauction bl-a0se it cannot nets9 financ,,.the rmeul ,,C, c=.ra fish. by emPt supp ai, p!_!pj,.AU 1W _:&j_"Vdoay By C%RW no Ish "al- dl@e:d W eof how a mulu r was born.,fu dlVtuture consider aIV, is the cnewrai Winner The PO=T;:".` M PI.- was fish %led "as Wer is bro it.h t. lizita seem @'t`ee-'Flsh E-changethee oded uwe for" 's a 1_ I.;W fish T the IM aw -dion emplog The piees rSe IW a as As Da* Dkthe coj n Fienances upiustto 'C'POn S? P but It onu B Ce said U, SBun aft r blo 7 P9,r only Work g! Bun rnj I sa tNInself r 0 t1and p. sOnce, at no !Orh,.- Ish E 9- D"Idso,q knew th Xchan, thereactfe sink Fiesh dars ,to atshockand U fimI @o tha,o the @q.,@, O'Economists think dt., auction w asi_rnsfts@r@Pfise allno, 4d,eed. e Mo . I - AIU Id clos. PaPe,' -d @o _t., fis 'Fish Exchange 0 -Lb, h. boa, -nq,';;,Who it,, -Rrfi@r'@-4V posto,"ares ExchanSU Z wi 'Oud have to now e krrowled@e ,"Mt d- pla F.-H W#A08, tbat Wed. IS y. needs freedom La .st sale set for toda V;@ent ByCHRISTINEKUKKA yStaff Writer Analysis Kalf economists James Wilson, By EDWARD D. @YRTHY ;nd the debt eventually proved too M ren B. Lazareth and Michael 1). 'es Oser controlled the Portland Fish staff Wrl Exchange Exchange, 9@ Exchange contacted the cityrthey would give it a `Tbe whole waterfront The Portland Fish Exchanged e_'Y 'as' _eak.,rLndra'm1,e=i.i Inancial she, in the arm and set it which opened 30 months go am sion to drawa0 [email protected],a.t@wo,@ld regluive edLt htCa oNorth"BShutdo'" Ha I I@ development Issue is very .r"f cre wit I- from C'@"fessor Who spe. troversial, and this citys is0tc hd%tt@ al that h.c ity guaan COD in" 0, C111. i. a.i @erles econom. commitment to a working closing'ts' 00's edned but the administration denied the ics at the Univer'sity of Maine. waterfwnt Is in question., F , Pr:y FIart Echr@ a si dent request, said Waterfront Director Laze jr, 1@0,n.@hOcked nine Thomas F. Valleau. stuns fish ret is natural resources direc- Michael D. Moser I u;1 I Davc11 nclo. v th tor it the Finance Authority 'r or or,,.d dldn@t a. y III gh' at th Maine. and Moser is director of p=en, of a t. :e n1, it ed like industry services at the Depart. tire ntotun et n'day eto a dthedk es ric.m' tc si tOf in b in the'de he net effee ment of Marine Resources. room . t.10"t row handlers continued deterioration. of the ould bpcsl@= the 10w operation's already poor financi The three say the Exch e:-,5 ble." lalleagaed I to ,ang coidit! n. rd e ri@ ofthe week,the By FRANK SLEEPER fish auction is vita laine I tI1:k k TowsIfishing industry and must @ave at 'Un er he curr Iructre, E hange it might staff writer future . hxc to 0"1Ywasn't autonomy or Private ownership to the entire Portland Pier the cttrterttirnethoftenthe't riv ebul dZ-c!@-t liZe Of th Eire the Exchange isn't i@be a, threat, it was afinancial fact," shendhe- time," Davidsor vh e,,,r,I- '*is pod' survie PI&IL I would bate to see the to Valleau said. L-cal' irr@a Id e crise e::ed heck arn D mOcracv, I ey Point out, is no He said the last auction will be held But he ld Davidson's surp, Monday at the decFi@ltin way run a business. whole thing fail apen just to ah I? c ose the Portlaw @the beCauseofa short-term thl announcaasthefirsto ici I proble One Piece of the a oniifficult all alon& and of ing.Ian . wordaaExch Fe in "efternen "Even wi h"I, in I a e Im Fish Pier., we @j'nalbly came to the decision that! the fore 0ge I @@d of it, w itwould be betler toiclose.@owzi, still a littie.@,-A Karen IL LRzsreth Finance Authority of Maine he said, speakin- ILL 1A stay afloat to on hard tirne'- If You let the Exchange molley that '0@1, ", 6depends d bolster it do _h--ge 90, YOU might see theentire ,lets C."I'Oftbee itsauctl - The 11 'to s cars, Industry leave Wrie. it's a n s r cn ave =Ylust pickup and leave F fishing O,ey on the elow r Vc after it for markets In @s are xell It which sell' ice Oh. ffairly mobile Industry, and It grid fuel of fish sold a Services, Ish Pierj OF@, s 1.1, cav far b Sh . boats at 1 che follow' volume auction. didn't think these ot"stions Vessel in h Portland In c ,ut ofa -\vc @Usl dand to and cslll@cd unt!ndr(-Ocd.0,,c s , its sa in Massachusetts., old C)","Fil '@' s to bol 0would be, j, cod,,,Os. must rcmai@ P@ - James Wilson h &1"@ust 1, Scrvi closing, uctionec' ,The tV@.,,na "Ol""a 'c white Guy Gann"' said ' -Tuesday I'n ad fc@lla the dustry dug 1"") its pocket niter, nl@fish and led-c@, City, 11 it cha,,jo, -w . ne Tcp fmo agree t o kell he 0 1O,,0eP@r,,,"h`an9@- d to Vessel -Fish 1111c The fih'o,'Off,,,d $30,OW 1 crattled Off P"e's 0 was sitting at ih day an- 'Ish F,chang. "As lOng as the city future for LV 11111" ,,,,,,d Portland , r cks while 3 ith The month Tne .0 mo c -Vbok '-One was SoIng y be businesses that be ca, l'blewith a ch d an4 C Cange and to the 0uction t forwa _nl 'thw lcrlvlcc@s _", T.adal if the i3LC INA Un .10n k 0W %, et A u cC'ty seeks til Dec, 3 1.: Fish auction ro'%,sow; BYCIIRIS,', Prlillv/ia;!/eo@@"er IN WrltEc,@UXKA @,0,000 t(,f0rE.Xh"ge cials h- tiorl through , sidize the fish auc. 'Ov:ve_@',n,',s-d industry ri sub Industry buys two weeks 7-he -We just didn't think these questions wo, $8 oouc,ion hahebend I y CHRISTINE KUKKA Id P' 0aOf the Deri'and Fi 8 ed 01'h Osing Owner. while th devised tIhe bailout Staff Writer be resolved until we stood up and said we're sh E@,eh n t- keep a Week een The fishing industry dug Into its pocket closing," Davidson told reporters Tuesday while 8e afloat ,t,,e aft officials esday an 000 to keep he belea- an@. City - Tu d offered $30. auctioneer rattled offprices formonkfishand ey seek a netv beer Fish E guered Port and Fish Excharig P rat g for Prefer toff1cialstio clra,""Iftn@'e'dhitge board me," ee in at a prl"W',-,Y@Pe, WO-ld e beesa two more wo!eks while a permanent solution Is "Me announcement may shake everyone Over the fish sue .'siness tak Probleins. Use OWeek it Would- sought. into action," said Portland City Manager Robert concede0tio 'e it financial The dire( tors of the quasi-public Portland athe form of'Tership O,',jd buto tthkeY bers, e, the B. Ganley. "But the nnouncement of the .19 closing was not manufactured. If the Exchange men' Of the ff@hnPup@elnen,, Lot Fish Fxchan e voted unanimously to accept the .,,O,-g..can del"e-cle., O@ern- de '.'u offer after rl 9 -is tocontinue, Itneeds a different structure, and ,Y. y, @nr,, to d oil 'he , ng hermen. wholesalers and proces bo:@enad @,Ilndusty sorsurged them to keep the auction open. the current proposal before the City Council a transit Poraryr lh@' ,Zarket rishon to Unload 0 FIC!tys' state and On Mond:y, Exchange President Samuel G. wasn't an adequate, long-term solution." PI fishin- cia) suppo offered tern Idson h d unexpectedly announced the IP arid With th rt. Da "As long as the city was sitting at the tabletO@red out the ,ystry for the E.,,ceh industry v City Court. ", come etin . our, clos ",0"t t1phey 11, 11 0" Exchange w)uld close today. 7 th a checkbook. no one was going to a ae ... a ge t,g 9 to bat ng t@ cffic ell had recet tly been working (@,n a 4hoict@te_ forward zurid come up with something different $S he fi30n.0lereorWcsid@, .Is say '=if( n plan for the suet on in make the Exchange work," said Thomas )00 ust Nex Vzation PIZ,, - dras. Valleau, Portland transportation director. B. antledged t been losing a )out $8,000 a week. eleyIdo gre Fish Industry officials, led by attorney a er Rob Y, Gani; "at ro s:rt Y win Fish Exchange operators said the closing mi announceme it was made In hopes that It would Edward Bradley Jr. of Vessel Services Co., came dSee F7Sjj E.YCHA Rlickpag,G spur govertur ient and Industry officials to coop- forward Tuesday with an offer to finance the this lecNtionE erate on red nitigning the Exchange, which un- loads boats a rid sells the fish at an open-display See FISH Paul Dewey auctions fish at what was t AP auction. Back page this section I>e the Exchange's last auction Mondayo 55 Mal. Shore Acce' 88 Sample Poster (12 x 24, blue) ,Symbol 'Ile FWW" =Wiig ftftn,,;= , =1 56 WATERFRONT ACHON GRMT PRP.JECTS IGNS, POSTERS AND GUIDEBOOKS DISTRIBUTED: 1. Scarborough Town Landing Acquisition Project Scarborough Town Landing Parking Lot Expansion & Park Project 2. Yarmouth Riverside Park Development Pictures taken 3. Augusta Segal Lot Waterfront Improvements Pictures taken 4. Augusta Riverfront Greenway Footpath Pictures taken S. Boothbey Harbor Revitalization of Boothbay Harbor Fish Pier Pictures taken 6. Bristol Round Pond Parking improvements Pfctures taken 7. Rockport Goose River Park/ Parking Area 8. Rockport Floats and Ramps at Rockport Marine Park 9. Bangor Penobscot River Park Expansion Pictures taken 10. Sucksport Town Dock Rehabilitation and Waterfront Redevelop- ment-Pletures taken 11. Castine Acadia Wharf Reconstruction 12. Southwest Harbor Honest Boat Launch Ramp Pictures taken 13. Bar Harbor Harbor Park Development Pictures taken 57 ~0 Justices to referee tug of war ~@J n b ach o e ~qP~1~1~6qH ~q7~q1~q@~2qV~qf~q? By DONNA HALVO~RS~O~V StaffWr~lter Justices of the Maine Supreme' Court asked probing questions ab t ~qEubl~ic access to Moody ~ou Beach, tit no one was predicting Wednesday the outcome of a case that carries Implications for ~qMchael T~. Healey states the case for public a~c e~s~s.~' Staff photos by John Ewing Maine's entire shoreline. ~C ~4,~1 the"Regardle~ss of the outcome of case, history is being made," Attorney General James E. ~'~nerney In ~0qN said on the steps of the Cumberland County Courthouse. ~"~Ibe court Is ~qU~, ~k W~-estl~ing with an issue that goes back even before our state was formed." Tierney ~was a spectator in a packed courtroom as attorneys for the state, the town of Wells and 31 beachfr~ont property owners did verba~l~battl~e over a one-mile stretch of sandy oce~l~m beach. Sidney St. Felix ~7~1~m~xter, attor~. ney for the pr~operty~wner~s~, argued ~7~. that the beach ~I~s~'~privately owned and ~ma~y be ~y~sed~'by the~qFubl~ic only le for thos~e-~0ur~poses ape led out in the 1648 Colonial Ordinance: -fish. -~7~- ~T~hat fag, fowling and navigation. was e~sse~nt~ial~l~j~r~, the decision -ached ~b~y Justice W~i~l~l~iar~n S. B~qm J~st~l drick following a mo~n~qtl~q@lo ~~ng trial ce Caroline Glassman listens to last year. both sides of the case presented to the Supreme Court Wednesday., ~-~ope ~-DNESDAY, SEPT Sidney St. Felix ~qM~i~t~ax~ter ~qs~r~0q"~qF~q@~q!~qq~r the p~i ~ir~q@y~~'~0q@e~qr~` YORK COUNTY COAST STAR~, WE. Court he~8qn-~0qrS appeals in Moody Beach case 'Mere were numerous questions the proceedings went very well. By Laurie L~edg~ard from Justice Caroline Glassman, "We have never had any ob~- who ~aske~(~K all the attorneys for j~e tions to people walking on the are that the their opinions on how the High beach," he said. "What we. object PORTLAND - It was a "well- The basic arguments in t~qhe appeal to is nfo~rmed~" state supreme Judicial* ~. did not grant the fight to Court should judge the case, ~o~u people crawling up around -ou~rt that fired questions from the Colonial Ordinance whether they should apply r~.~. steps and crowding us ~,en~ch to lawyers Wednesday dur- prevent the public from using the inte~rtidal zone common law or state statute. out. ~r~ig final argument'. in th~e appeal at Maine's common law has "Are we just talking about Plaintiff attorney ~'Master said he ~)f he Moody Beach public access for recreation, th at recreation, that the public moody Beach or arc we talking thought a decision could be forth- ~c~3m~ing in as little at 2~-~h months. igh~ts case. evolved to allow th bout 3,OCK) miles of beach in the '!I don~*t think the legal issues Many of the 50 remaining Moody Beach a ~r~an asked. linv~o~lvcd~ql are any mom complex. has established a custom of using state of M~ain~e~'~l- Class, ~'~W~i~nfi~ff~s i~n ~th~e 19~94 Bell ~v~. Wells ..well, ~Y~es and n~o~,~" Stem said. ~'s just more voluminous filled the seats in the C~u~m- and that the ~q1986 Intertidal Lands Act does not ~" Tiler ~. courtroom The public tru~,~t doctrine applies materials." he said. ~vr~ia~nd County sup~c~hor 'take" the plaintiffs property. to the entire coast of Maine. But When asked about a higher n order to hear lawyers for the times have changed and different PC rid of ~-~o~. -~.~- a~t if he lost this ~to~o late and the town of ~\~V ~REN~NE~REC~IO~U~RNAL uses have ~ari~s~cn.~" case, ~qn~ax~ter said it was possible, heir appeal of ~I~,~-~' ourt decision ,each is priva~l, ------MAINE ~-u~h~l~i~c i, only ~i~shing~, ~f~o~q@lin~l Maine ~t~t~o~l also Court reviews d -Be - ~4qkh case hat with S ~6qoo y~, a Vent~w~or~t~h of By EVA PARZ~IALE~ Superior Court ruling. because custom ~h~is been set by people length of deliberations on ~;~cn~eral Paul ~c ~c~a ~C~, ~1~q: ~:w words t~o Associated Press writer ~q1~q/~2 ~2~q/~qF~qg "I'd hate to have word go o~ut who have been allowed to ~use the ~t~wo months - but s ~ic appeal o~i PORTLAND - A dispute ~,~,~, closed off to th~e and their attorneys arc confident th~e across this c~ou~l~l(ry that ~th~e coast is in~tertidal zone for years. That cus~l~om, ~i~l~l homeown I ~qast year We who has the right to use a mile-long added. People," Tierney they said, is a precedent that ~shou~ld~,no~t court will uphold ~th~e Superior Court ~8q@~qJli pass be easily dismissed. ruling. ~q. ~qcd by beach inysou~qll~qi~qern~q,Mai~qn,~qswill~qub, At issue is Superior Court Justice B~qu~qt Sidney St. F. Thax~qt~qer, an "I think it's fairly clear cut, said d n~qg ~qS3~q0~q.0 decided b the states highc I c~qc r~qi, William S. Brodrick's September 1987 attorney for tile residents -told ~qt~qh~qe Jones, who has owned his beach. p~ql~qical. ~qw ~qa ruling limiting th~qe Public's right to us~qe tile ~qscv~qcn~q-mcmb~qer court that For the ~q'~qu hich was asked Wednesday ~qto rcvic~q%v ~q, 'tile public front house for 20 years. "We all ~qSlower court's ruling restricting public sand between the high and low tide marks did not begin to regularly ~qus~qe ~qth~qe feel his (Brodrick's) decision last year ~qwas a~qsic ~qar~qgurn~qe access to the private beach in accordance o~qi~ql Moody Bc~qac~qh ~q1~q0 ~qfis~qhi~qrg, bird hunting beach until ~qth~qe 1970s, and ~qtha~qi cannot be proper and right concerning ownership tat the C~qol~qo~qt with 17~q-c~qen~qtury Puritan law. and boating based on a 1648 colonial considered "custom.- rant the rig] A decision by ~qt~qh~qe Maine Suprc~qi~qo~qc ordinance. I~qn questioning Tha~qx~qt~qer, Justice Daniel ~qand ~qw~qe feel th~qe court will do the right Judicial Court up~qho ~qc from u~qsi~ql u ~qIding tile Superior A group of 31 honi~qco~qwn~qers - E~q. Wa~qi~ql~qicr~qi said it appealed there ,as "a thing and uphold ~qth~qe judge's decision." ~qi~qt r~qecr~qe~qa~ql Court r ling could have much broader about onc~q-~qq~quar~qtcr of ~qth~qe people ~qwho Pretty effective argument that they've If the high court does uphold the implications, ~qh~qo~qw~qc,~qcr, extending r~qe~qstric- own frontage along Moody Beach - ~q0 tic public) been walk i~qn~qg a~qn~qd s~qt rolling on lo~q,~q,cr court, it could increase "the ~qimm~qon law tion~qs beyond Moody Beach in Wells ~qto brought suit 1984 to stop ~qs~qu~qn~q- I ~qt~qat r~qe~qcr~qe~qa~ql~qk in ~qhis beach forever.- Prospect of litigation, beach by beach, other Private beaches i~qn the state. "Now the extent around t~qh~qe state" or even extend "up and ~qi~qi~qa~qb~qb,~ql~qic~qi~ql ~q, bathers who were noisy a~qnd left trash of tile right ~q[~qh~qa~qt ~q. State a~qnd town officials across Maine behind. ~qThci, property ~qt I down the coast" restrictions outlined in ~qI-~qlv Beat hope that will not happen, noting that tile lilies extend "~qa~qt cr~qe3~qtcs ~qma~qy ~qo lot include sun- 13 odrick's decision, said Chief Deputy ~q-~q1c~qmss tile ~q(~qtry sand portion ~qor ~qt~qic bathing and ~qsla~qt~ql~qi~qcr~qi ~qg their body ~qw~qi~qt~qi~ql r state - a Popular vacation destination - beach ~qand into the i~qn~qicrtidal zone. ~q0i~qt,~q" lie added. "But it includes Attorney General James K~qilbr~qeth. has only 35 miles ~qof~qsandy beach along i~qts "This is tile United S ~qa~qlcs of America walking along and recrca~qti~qn~qg them- "The effect of this court's d~qeci- 3,5~q00~q-milc rocky coast. a~qnd tile owner of land ~0q2~qs ~qc~qe~qr~qt~8qa~2qinc~qrci~2qg~qIn~qi~qts~qt ~q@~qIv~qes by enjoying ~qth~qe seashore." ion ... will have an effect on the "If w~qe lose it's a %ad day for tile o~qi~ql the land that lie owns Thaxtcr also asked tile court to entire coast of Maine," Assistant State People of Maine - [lie governor, the ~.~q*- strike down as unconstitutional ~qt~qh~qe Attorney Paul Stem told the court. just give it away." Warren Jones. a ~qI~qn~qtcr~qtidal Lands Act, which ~qwas enacted "There's no doubt about that." Legislature, ~qth~qe tourism i~ql~qi~qt~qhis~qtry. All of participant in the lawsuit, said ~q.~qis t~qh~qe case by the Legislature in 1985 to rcaffi~qn~0qo tile If t~qh~qe state and town lose their us are trying to keep 'no trespassing' came before ~qth~qe supreme court. signs from being pounded up on the In oral arguments before the court public's right to use file i~qntcr~qtidal zone. case~q. they could take the property by beaches of Maine." said state Attorney Wednesday, Attorneys for the state and town said ~qt~qh~qe eminent domain, paying homeowners the General James 'Tierney, attorneys for ~qt~qh~qe late statute should be upheld. fair market value for the land. whose office a~qnd town of Wells said th~qe lower be overturned known ~qto~q, some time - the average several months.. joined the town of Wells in appealing t~qh~qe court decision should How ~qth~qe court will rule will ~qno~qt be A decision is expected to take 9. New Memoranda of Understanding Refer to individual work task reports. 10. Report on the Federal Consistency Review Process & Coordination Activities Federal consistency coordination during the reporting period involved numerous phone calls, meetings and letters on a variety of matters recorded in a daily log of activities. Significant items and dates from the log are given in the Federal Consistency Log below. See also the clipping below regarding Wells Harbor dredging, a difficult consistency issue being handled by the DEP, and the DEP Quarterly Report, Exhibit E-1. 11. Public Awareness Activities See 1988-89 Task 5A. 12. New Publications Report Refer to individual work task reports. 13. Changes to Coastal Zone Boundaries & Management Authority Work was begun during the reporting period on a new Routine Program Implementation package covering changes in core law authorities for the two-year period from 1986 ehrough the spring, 1988 legislative session. Changes are numerous, so preliminary OCRM review and comment on draft components of the package are expected to be requested this fall and early winter. We would like to submit the formal RPI package by February, 1989 for OCRM approval. 14. Changes in Strengthening the Management of Coastal Resources See clippings below regarding DEP's new Bureau of Solid Waste and solid waste rules revisions, and reports and clippings regarding DEP and DECD (1987-88 task 1A and 1988-89 task 2B). 15. Major Coastal Issues & State Role See "Issues and Accomplishments" sections of this report and Exhibits E-8, "Troubled Maine Gulf Reaches a Crossroad," and E-9, "Needed: A bold plan to save Acadia." 16. Sub-awards to Minority or Female-owned Businesses (information not available) 17. SPO Organization Chart (reproduced on next page) 59 FEDERAL CONSISTENCY LOG August through October, 1968 Date Received Project 9/l/68 Maine Maritime Academy, early coordination re Corps permit for dredging & pier modification consistency will be presumed upon issuance of State & local permits, letter of 9/7/88. 9/15/88 Kennebec River dredging at Bath Iron Works, Corps permit -- consistency will be presumed upon issuance of State & local permits, letter of 9/19/88. 9/23/88 Construction Marine.& Equipment Co., ICC licensing -- consistency review not required, letter of 9/26/88. 9/27/88 Fort Fairfield, Aroostook River flood protection (dike) -- outside Coastal Zone, consiletency review not required. 10/11/88 Maine Historic Preservation Commission, restoration of light houses -- consistency will be presumed upon issuance of State & local permits, letter of 10/13/88. 10/11/88 New England Fishery Management Council, Amendment #2 to Fisheries Management Plan -- not a listed activity, deferred to Dept. of Marine Resources, letter of 10/13/88. 10/26/88 PZTOPZ manufacturing building in Cherryfield, CDBG, Eastern Maine Development Corp. -- consistency will be presumed upon issuance of State & local permits, letter of 10/27/88. 10/31/88 U.S. Coast Guard, three duplex housing units in Southwest Harbor -- found consistent, letter of 11/8/88. ~0 nning aground in Wells Har or ~2qM~qA~t~k~r Toner George Bush did it, so maybe it's time to dredge By DONALD M. KRE~IS Wells Harbor dredging war Photography ~@~y Scott Perry may be facing final batt~q,1~q1~q/e ~R~y~BRENT MACEY movement. ~qh~-~qJ I .In Gay Gannett Service At that time, Tr~afton was battling ATURE GAVE the salt o years of concerns of b~e~ach~fron~t pr perty marshes and rich estuarine WELLS - Fourteen owners who feared the Pro~ject~owou~ld waters at the mouth of the wrangling over the r~e-dr~ed~ging of cause t~h~e~0qLprop~erty to erode. Iro~ni~. Web~hannet River ~the black- Wells ~Ha~sbor could end next week ~c~a~l~l~y~, ~th property owner now bellied plover, the black- when suite officials decide wh her favor the dredging work, largely ~1~1 to approve the ~rs~ial been the Corps would pump the N~s~potted stickleback, t~he L A ~N ~o project. controv~e e~t d~,~e~d~qg~e~'~e~d sand onto their beaches. Hudsonian godwit, the mumm~ichog, and ~the ~qV ~L ~V~- William Laflamme, project a~na~- Th~e sand study never reached any bright green spart~ina a~l~terniflora that wave 'a or e ',ate Department of specific conclusions, Tr~afto~n said. gently in ~the breeze from nearby Wel~ls~s ~'E~r~ni~qr~qon~,~0q1~1a~l Protection, said he is Trafton and Jack Lyons, chair. Beach. near a decision on whether the man of the Wells Harbor Advisory But "nature did not intend to have deep I dredging will affect surrounding Committee, argue that the harbor ~o~v~d~-cls~. If he decides it will, the should be treated no differently than water in thatarea,~" in t~hewords ofone expert, ~T ~"~2 ~2qn~i~i~q@~q! can't proceed. any other harbor along the Maine a factwellknownto loc~Afish~ermen, pleasure a pretty controversial situa- Coast. They say other harbors are boaters, developers, environmentalists, tion down there," Laflamme said dredged p~cTiodica~J~ly without dis- Ian week, adding, ::I really haven't pute. dredging experts, selectmen, bureaucrats, made up my mind. Wells Harbor has. been dredged and a summer resident from a few miles up ~.~C L L ~S Besides affecting the future of the periodically since it was recognized ~4 or a ~0 ~R harbor, critics say the outcome could by Congress as a working harbor in the coast named George Herbert Walker s~a a precedent for the state and the 1870s. Despite this, Lyons said Bush. nation if approved. that no major environmental 'Me problem is that the maps and charts In so many words, if they (the damage has occurred. But t~he eyes see a sand say "Wells Harbor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) are He thinks project opponents tend bar, especially at low tide, when it is possible I allowed to do this work on the edge to be "newcomers" to Wells ~who of~ana~tional wildlifer~efug~e ... then don't understand the history of the to hold a volleyball game in the midst ofall ~t~he there is no harbor, no barrier harbor's use as ~a working harbor. moorings. ~T~'h~e residents of Wells, their s~,- ~"~t~., ~b~q@h ~are~a~t in th~e state or nation. that That history, however, i~s ~dis- ~lectm~en, the town manager, the local harbor is We," said William Sillik~er Jr., a put~ed, especially regarding the advisory committee, and ~the prospective Saco resident and president of Corps' attempt to conduct ~the first ~i~i ~a~l developers ofa nearby marina want ~the Army Friends of, Rachel Carson National mecha~i ~c dredging of the harbor in Wildlife Refuge. The refuge borders the early 196~0s. Corps of Engineers to bring in the dredges the harbor. "As you know, the dredging of and turn their ~sandbar into a harbor again. ~i ~T~h~e harbor first ~@~v~as mechanically Wells Harbor entrance channel and 'Me guardians of~t~h~e Rachel Carson Na~ti~o na~t dredged in ~1~%~4, and last was mooring basin has been plagued with Wildlife Refuge, which ~c~nvelops the harbor partially dredged in 1974. Since misfortune from the start," E.J. silt led much f R~ibbs, an acting division engineer on three sides, think ~t~hat would be an envi- then -- ronmental disaster. And in the struggle that r, and at low ti ~e~. for the Corps, wrote to town has ensued, the name George Bush keeps is u~n~n~a~v~i ble. f~ric~ia~l~s in Much 1~%5. Town officials have dramatized R~ibbs blamed the problem on co~rn~ing up. the problem by holding an annual "new, untried" dredging equipment Buteven Georg~eB~ush ~isno match fort~ime volleyball game at low tide on the sed by dredging contractors Alton i~th such re- ~e~tpo~s~ed harbor's bottom. And i~n a rock and Sons of Rockland. and tide, As the federal agency charged w year, reports Carl Bou~til~b~er, ~the chief o ~ic~i in har ~t~ich-pub~liciz~ed incident, Vice ~Pr~es~.~- urther complications were caused eers has already ~0 ~'r 'on o ce m spon~s~ibili~t~ies, ~LheAr~my Corps of~Engin f such projects at the Army Corps' r id~ent George Bush's boat ran ~en Pr~ock was killed in an airplane dredged Wells Harbor, first showing up in 1961. "What Waltham, Mass. But such harbors provide aground there in 1986. ash and his estate tried to continue was in~tcres~f~ing," said University ofMa~inecoast~al geolo- gist Kenn~e ~F~-~in~k I-It active commercial ports. Wells is overwhelming 0~@~7 the years since the. lag e project. to do the dr~- because he could not k~e into that arc ~"Hedr~ed agreed Roy meeting ~c~o~l ~the Saco Ri~- ex W~8q2~1~1seH ~b ~q"~qm~q.~qu ~qU~q.~q, ~qo~qf ~qofth~qewors~qt said one off should n~qev~qi official con futility. Demand Wrong, agent who tee. -Tbis ~qt~qj ~qP~qu~qt in," he that off ~qloa was~qo~qlesig~qn ~qit'snotan~qe, need main Ru b ~'~q0~q' ~-al ~"n ~,h~e s~@ i~n ~2q7d A~nd a a h~r I ~, ~. ~P~,~q_ ~na~' ~0ice ~b a~t ~'e h ~e g [email protected]~n because ou Some h; ~qt~q, ~32qV~q@ L~qaw tide at Wells Harbor reveals th~qe sand bar with which George Bush had a close encounter in his cigarette boat._ ~6q61 ~0 Solid waste rules being revised An update of the ant ~h~ has worked clos~l~ ~with t~e mental Protection which, in turn, will set Departments's solid waste regulations D~EP staff to come up with a draft o~l the public hearing dates. shoo ~Id be ready for public hearings by rules. T~his draft "as then presented at "These regulations affect a October, according to the Solid Waste five workshops ~L~hrou~i~!~1~1~0~1~1~1. tile state wide cross-s~ec~tio~n of p~eopl~e-munic~i- Management Bureau's Mark Hyland. Accordi~m~, to HvI~and, all ~t~h~e workshops pal government. industry, business and Hyland, Director of the (held in Presque Isle, Machias~, Bangor, all taxpayers, Next to schools, solid Bureau's Division of Technical Serv- Au~gus~w~ a~n~d Por~tl~an~c~0 were ~w~e~l~l~a~t- waste is often a ~(o~An~'s ~l~ar~g~g~e~s~i ~e~xp~encli- ices, said ~th~e regulations which mete tended ~and niany useful suggestions lure," Hyland said- originally instituted in 1975 and updated were offered. The Solid Waste Bureau i~s I~f~th~en~ewdr~aft is~approv~edby j in 1983, will include two completely ~!~2~0 aft to include ~c~u~rr~e~m~l~y working Oil a (IF, ~v~e to be the Board, it mould then h~a ~t~:0 ~6qW ~"~i~s ~r~. new chapters. The first will deal with man), of the concerns of the people who reviewed by the Legislature's Energy recycling and utilization of~was~tc. This attended tile workshops. This draft will and Natural Resources committee, he ~.~. ~.~.~.~;~5~E includes requirements for facilities that Ia be presented to the Box~(~] of Environ- said. ~F~-N~V~l~l~t~&~-~V~1~t~qW~f~' ~O~F~-P .~5~i~2~E~0~U ~@ ~@~;~-~-~, recycle or process recycled goods. The 0 second new chapter deals with the cat~e- ~5~1~2~C ~q@~1~q9mE gory E~0 designated "special waste." Hy ~E land said "special waste" ~wa~s recently 0 defined by the Maine State Legislature and the DEP~'s proposed changes include ~7~1 p ~HE~'~0 guidelines for sampling, testing and ~R~S disposal of this waste. ~U ~f Also included, according to ~qM Hyland, are specifications and require- ~W ~U~; ~Z- ~@~r. ~c ~-6 ~@~O~8q@ ~-~5 c~i ~1~5 ~0 ~@~r ~e~ ~4~4~~v~t ~W~:~a0 men~s~ for secure landfills ~and regula~- ~;~C~t ~-o~m ~E0~:~3 ~- ~ions on transportation of solid wastes 0 A0~!~2~0 "The current regulations are ~1,~_ ~ ~0 ~-~0 _-Apr- w rules give ~qa,-~0~Z~I not very specific. These ne ~-~1~qA ~1~1~: ~0 ~@ ~:~. ~:~2- much moresp~ecifi~city ford~esigning~and ~n~<~0~,~qb~0 ~0 building landfills and other solid was~ie ~4~;~*~-~=~0'a facilities," Hyland said, ~0~0 ~-~6 Changes in ~the Department's ~0 ~-~E ~E~, ~0 solid waste regu~l~a~d~dr~is were required by Mani municipal landfills like thisone ~areclosing because they are causing the Legislature in June of 1987. Since environmental problems or thevarefilled tocapacity. 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Natural Resource Policy Div. Manaq.?ment Tnformation Div. State Economis -t4 Director5 Director3 senior Economist7 Coastal P@o 6 b gra Financial Manager Senior Planner8 Program 1rct r14 Wetlands Pro 4-ct u Senior Planner9 SCOAP/DOC Pr ject Pos.26 B siness Manager 132 Senior Planner (OCS/Special Projects)15 Acelt. Clerk 1133 Senior PlannerlO Planner II (Admin./Special Projects/ Groundwater Progra Clerk Typist 11134 Senior Plannerll Consistency)16 9taLe Groundwater Coord.27 Clerk Typist 1135 Systems Analyst12 Planner II (Heritage Coastal Prog.)17 Clerk/Stenc,13 Planner II (Access Initiative)18 am Commission on Maine's Future Hydropower Pr ogr Planner II (Coastal Communications)19 State Hydropower Coord.28 Planner 1136 Clerk/Steno 11120 Administrative Assistant37 Clerk/Steno 11121 Land for Maine's Future Board Senior Planner29 Critical Ar:,as P ),ram ir :to _I Program D r;, Nuclear alet@ Advisor t.rT Sp:,_ Research Assistant23 :@,.J, Temp. Clerk24 istju Intern25 ;pe iyal,):,ro ol@ @c @ects opment Specialist3l lRichard H. Silkman Qther Nat. Res. Staff 2Nancy Valley "Hank Tyler 3Denise Lord Economic Policy Staff CQastal Program Staff 23Trish DeHond 4Charles Colgan FSteve 40-ams "David Keeley 24Betty Cummings 5James Bernard .Galen Rose isKatrina VanDusen 25Linda Gregory 19'Richard Sherwood 16R. G. Blakesley 26Vacant 6Sam Jones OHarold Payson 17Richard Kelly 27Paul Dutram 32John Ault ilJoyce Benson 18Mark Dawson 28Betsy Elder 33Sally Gagnon 12Bob Mayer "Flis Schauffler 29Lissa Widoff 34Ethelyn Christenson 13judy Brown 20Aline LaChance 30Uldis Vanags 35Priscilla Redman 2lLorraine Lessard 39Anne Johnson 36Joseph McGonigle 37Betty Cummings ~0 EXHIBIT E- 2 Department of Environmental Protection State Law Amended protection district generally is one of three ordinance will clarify that picnic tables, la ~ Bureau of Land Quality Control, Station 17, Augusta, ME districts that subdivides the ~ ~ airs, and similar tems which can be removed other two are commercial and residential. Areas relatively easily by one or two persons are not zoned resource protection include wetlands, ~ structures and do not need to meet the setback ~, unstable soils and other significant requirement. However, a patio or deck designed to be SHORELAND ZONING NEW habitat areas. removed in sections, is still a structure and does need to meet the setback requirement. ~ar~ t ion only applies to Volume 2 Number 3 Andrea M. Lapointe, Editor 289~ resource prot~ext to great ponds. Another provision in the state shoreland zoning law Such areas next to rivers, wetlands and tidal areas requires local shor~nances to be at ~ September/October 1988 are not affected by the new prohibition against all least as stringent as the state model ordinance. In uttin~ those situations where a local ordinance deviates STATE LAW AMENDED The statute does not define safety hazards. Again, from the state model, ~ument th~ ~cal conditions which necessitate the the new model ordinance will have to address this by deviation ~m, together with the proposed delineating specific criteria such as "a diseased deviation, to the Board of Environmental Protection Foreword by Richard Baker, Shoreland Zoning Coordinator tree subject to windfall and located in proximity to for review ~ a residential dwelling unit." ~ . . ... . ~ In light of this change, the State ~&in~ .~2p,~- mont~,~ Another change to the State law pertains to timber Unit in the Department of Environmental Protection ~1p6nt~pI~pi~d-~ ~pbo~ ~1pi zon~~er~ harve~ The change makes it. clear that timber will need to develop criteria for approving or r~p.~ I bli~p,~pj~~ nmen~ harvesting pertains to trees 4 inches or more in denying deviations from the minimum standard '~p,~- diameter. It also prohibits timber harvesting within conditions. The criteria will be developed from the ~ o p ~ h e~p&~2p,~2p1~ ~p@~~~2p@~p'~~p6 75 feet of t~ areas zoned resource legislative purposes within the Mandatory Shoreland ~ or . ~pl Shor at~ ~ ~ next to ponds, except to remove safety Zoning Act. protection ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~p"~ ~p-~!~ ~zards' Before, timber harvesting was prohibited ~ ~2pla~ ~ ~ ~ __ ~ ~ ~ ~p. athe~1pd~@~pn~ exception in the entire 250 foot zone, if Under the new law, local ~ng amendments ~ ~~- ~~1pg~ without ~~ 0 ~be~~~ill located within a resource protection a-rea and next to and new ordinances will not become effective until ~ ~ ~p:de. he ~ ~~.~ ~i~ 0 ~;a~F~. ~p@~p* a pond. approved by the Board of Environmental Protection. ~ e ~ ~g~p@ ~1pi`~ ~1pt For approval, the Board will consider the legislative All towns will have to adopt these new provisions for purposes of the Mandatory ~Act, the ~i~g~o~mun~~~~ timber harvesting and clearing within their o~tate model ordinance and any special local an ~ optin~ ~ ~ - -~ ~`~ end~ ~ ~ anuar~ ~2p- ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~p_~ ~an conditions ~udgement of the board, ~ ~ ~ re e Continued on back page .go" y ~ -'we wit ~sta~ es~p@t~1pV ~ ~ ~ ~pY~ ~ The amendments also include a new definition for o -effect, ~p,~~ ~~. ~ ~1po~1pt ose~2pi~u~a ~@~ -I,,- a~ normal high-water line, which replaces the ld ~ ~`~~~n`i~. njunc~th.~ g~ s~ESTIONS & ANSWERS definitions for normal high water mark of coa Br~y~~ requires:, m~~~.~ a~~~ n requ~, ~,.~@~ waters and inland waters, contained within the state ~ ~ r~~ ~1plan~ -water line will be ~ model ordinance. The normal high ~1p@~ and ~1pi~ ~ ~ ~p-~ ~ For a building permit in the shoreland zone. what cr ~ ~ ~ That. _~e~1p3`~ "that line which is apparent from visible markings, do planning boards use In making their decision? What changes in the character of soils due to prolonged types of information will the planning board accept from of structur presented ..to* y~ action of the water or changes in vegetation, and an applicant to support these decision criteria? ~ ~1p-~1pr~~2p- ~ which distinguishes between predominantly aquatic and I~ ~ predominantly terrestrial land." to ~pa_ e~1p@~ The answer is similar for most planning boards, since ~wh~ For coastal waters, the new definition no longer many boards refer to similar criteria in deciding ~~ ne~to medium tide levels, but places greater whether to deny or grant a planning board permit. ~he _Bo~ ~ emphasis o~. 'he location of the These criteria are generally 'Known as the a to ~~, -~ ~ ~ normal high-water line is that point where the effect criteria and are listed as follows within a shoreland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of water is visible due to prolonged, saturated zoning ordinance: conditions. It is best located during normal or low Recent amendments to the ~1ptory ~ setback cannot total more than 30 percent. Towns conditions, rather than during an unusual storm, a. Will not result in unsafe or unhealthful Act will prohibit, starting next year, the will have to adopt similar language in their local since during an unusual storm the water may be high, conditions; substantial expansion of a structure that does not ordinances. but it may not be there long enough to leave an meet the minimum, water-setback requirement specified effect. This is not the normal high-water line. b~esult in erosion or sedimentation; wi thin the state model ordinance. A substantial Another change to the state shoreland zonin~ law expansion of a building is an expansion which prohibits clearings within 75 feet of a shoreline, The new statutory definition for normal high-water ~result in water pollution; increases either the volume or floor area by 30 except for approved construction. The result of the lire will hopefully clear up some of the confusion percent or more. However, this provision does not change is to allow only thinning and pruning within about where to start measuring for the setback d. Will not result in damage to spawning aP~ which require direct access to 75 feet. of the water, so long as a well~pted distance. grounds, fish, aquatic life, bird and other the water as an operational necessity, such as piers, stand of vegetation is retained. Thinning and wildlife habitat; docks and retaining walls. pruning will apply to the smaller shrubs and plants The definition for structure was also changed to the as well as trees. following, "anything built for the support, shelter e. Will conserve shoreland vegetation; T~ent about whether a property owner or enclosures of persons, animals, goods or property could apply for several less than substantial ~mendment also prohibits all cutting, of any kind, together with anything constructed or f. Will conserve visual points of access to expansions over a period of years. The new model even thinning, within 75 feet of the water in those erected with a fixed location on or in the ground, waters as viewed from public facilities; rd~ompleted by ~ear, resource protection districts that abut great ponds, exclusive of fences." however, will clarify that beginning January 1, 1989 except to remove safety hazards. The resource g. Will conserve actual points of public access a series of expansions that do not meet the water Continued on next page This new definition with support from the new model to waters; ~ 2 h . Will conserve natural beauty; Some of the examples provided above may be well beyond what is necessary. 11ot all of the criteria State Law Amended i. Will avoid problems associated with flood may require such an in depth analysis or include plain development and use; and evidence in the exact format suggested above. It is up to the planning board to decide what the real justify a departure from the requirements of the 5. to conserve open space; and j. Is in conformance with the provisions of issues are and the type of information that they need state model ordinance in a manner which ' is not Section 11, Land Use Standards. to base their decision on. inconsistent with the legislative purposes of the 6. to anticipate and respond to the impacts of Act. development in shorelarid areas. The planning board uses these criteria in deciding After all of the above criteria are reviewed, the If' the board fails to a wr)ether to deny or grant a permit for an activity planning board checks to make sure the project. ct within 30 days of the specified within the ordinance as requiring a permit conforms with all the applicable -land use standards board's receipt of the proposed shoreland zoning The major result, of adding these new purposes will be from the planning board. For example, many described in the ordinance. For example, does he ordinance or amendment, the ordinance or amendment is to ad d new land use standards within the model ordinances require a planning board permit for plan to till within 50 feet of the lake? The answer automatically approved. Given this stipulat ion, the ordinance that addresses flood protection, agriculture in a resource protection district, one of should be no, because the standards for agriculture town clerk should send their notarized copies of archeological and historical resources, commercial generally three districts that subdivides the do not allow tillage within 50 feet of the water. ordinances or amendments by certified mail. fishing and maritime industries, freshwater and coastal wetlands, open space and developmental shoreland zone. (The type of district for a ir local particular site can be determined from the town's At the end of their analysis, which may include The new amendments to the Act also stipulate that a impacts. Towns will have to update the shoreland zoning map.) The planning board then needs public input, the planning board votes on the permit application submitted during the 30 day review ordinances to include those standards. to decide whether agriculture should be allowed on application, and if the permit is approved, the period, shall be governed by the new ordinance or er change was to increase the area Of the particular site given the criteria. planning board may wish to attach conditions. The amendment. assuming that it is approved by the board. Anoth applicability to the land within 250 feet Of conditions and findings are provided in writing to Another change to the statute enables the State to freshwater wetlands over 10 acres in size that are The burden of proof rests with the applicant. He or the applicant. the she must prove to the plannig board that agriculture seek penalties from a town for failing to adopt, not associated with a pond or river. Before, in this area will meet all of the criteria. enforce or administer their shoreland zoning land area around such isolated wetlands was not. ordinance. For civil actions, a maximum Penalty of regulated by a shoreland zoning ordinance. Now this area have to update their could be is included. Towns will In regard to the first criteria the applicant may $10,000 for each day of such violation imposed. Hopefully, implementing this section of the shoreland zoning maps to include the additional land state in writing that his plans will not result in area. Towns will also have to divide this area into unsafe or unhealthful conditions, because he plans to new law will be necessary only infrequently. the various districts, which vary in terms of what is abide by al of the pesticide and other safety regulations. Town officials ' under the new law, also must mail permitted and other requirements. 'Shoreland Zoning Process copies of applications for variances from a shoreland added. It Next the applicant may show that no erosion or zoning ordinance, plus supporting material, to the A definition for coastal wetlands was also sedimentation will Occur based upon a letter from a for a New Deck Commissioner of the Department of Environmental replaces the definition contained within the model soil scientist of the Soil and Water Conservation Protection at least 20 days prior to action by the ordinance, and reads as follows: District, the Soil Conservation Service or sane other Property owner calls town office about adding a local Board of Appeals. The C@missioner then has an agency. 1 deck to a camp 25 feet from the water. opportunity to comment, if granting the variance "All tidal and subtidal lands; all lands below wou@d be in conflict with state laws for zoning any identifiable debris line left by tidal U1 The applicant then shows that his farming will not C--O@,checks non-conforming uses section of variances, or if the variance would undermine the action; all lands with vegetation present that is result in water pollution, because he Plans to 2 sh-oreland zoning ordinance. legislative purposes in the Act. The commissioner's tolerant of salt water and occurs primarily in a maintain a buffer of natural vegetation in accordance comments then become part of the record. salt water or estuarine habitat; and any swamp, marsh, bog, beach, flat or other contiguous low with the recommendations provided by the regional CZO confirms that camp is a non-conforming use, tidal action or normal @se it does not meet the Another change to the Shoreland Zoning Act wa3 a land which is subject to biologist within maine Fisheries and Wildlife or some as defined. (In this ca other water quality specialist. 3 setback requirement, which in that area is 75 change in the definition for pond to make it more storm flowage at any time except during periods feet.) consistent with the state definition for great pond. of maximum storm activity. Coastal wetlands may Next the applicant shows his project will not cause The new definition reads, "any inland body of water include portions of coastal sand dunes." damage to spawning grounds, fish, aquatic life, bird C-0 determines from the non-conforming ses which in a natural state has a surface area in excess and other wildlife habitat, bemuse the applicant has section that expansion is permitted witu a of 10 acres, and any inland body of water letters saying so from the regional fisheries 4 Planning Board permit, provided the expansion artificially formed or increased which has a surface Since this new statutory definition includes portions biologist and the wildlife biologist both within is not toward the water. area in excess of 30 acres, except for the purposes of sand dunes, it may be broader than the definition Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. I of this article, where the artificially formed or contained within local ordinances. Consequently, Property owner applies to Planning Board for increased inland body Of water is completely more of the land area around a coastal wetiand may be The applicant maintains that he will conserve 5 permit and pays all fees. surrounded by land held by a single owner and except regulated under shoreland zoning. shoreland vegetation by providing a map and sketch those privately owned inland bodies of water which that shows he will limit farming to particular areas Planning 3oard determines whether application are held primarily as waterfowl and fish breeding A statutory definition for freshwater wetland Was away from the buffer strip. 6 is complete. areas or for hunting and fishing." also included in the Act. The new definition reads, "Freshwater wetlands means freshwater swamps, Futhermore, the applicant proves that he will Planning Board confirms that proposal meets all The first part of the definition is the same as the marshes, bogs and similar areas which are of 10 or conserve visual points of access to the water because 7 of their review criteria. definition for great pond, but it tags on two more contiguous acres and characterized predominantly his farming Plans include all low profile elements. exemptions ar. the end which makes it different. by wetland vegetation. Freshwater wetlands may And he will conserve actual points of public access Planning Board confirms that the proposal meets contain small inclusions of land that do not conform to waters by granting an easement to the town for an all of the applicable land use standards except Several new purposes were added to the Act, which to the criteria of this subsection." old jeep trail down to the water that has been u z ed 8 those conditions responsible for the use's will result in changes to the state model ordinance, by fishermen for many years. non-cOnformity. The purpo@es added are listed as follows: In updating their shoreland zoning maps, towns need to review very carefully the criteria used in The applicant shows that he will conserve natural Planning Board is@ues a permit with the i. to protect buildings and lands from flooding and designating a certain portion of the shoreland zoned beauty as revealed by his artist sketch Of the 9 condition that there will be no expansion accelerated erosion; resource protection, residential or commercial. The towns should document, given the criteria, why a project when it is completed. towards the water, plus any other conditions. 2. to protect archeological and historic resources; particular piece of land was zoned one of these three And he proves that he will avoid problems associated CEO checks site several times during districts. with floodplain development and use, because all of construction to make sure all of the applicable 3. to protect commercial fishing and maritime his activities conform with the town's flood 10 land use standards and any permit conditions industries; One final very important point. All of the changes described above do not become effective until January ordinance. we met. 4. to protect freshwater and coastal wetlands; 1, 1989. 3 4 EXHIBIT E-3 Introduction Activities this quarter consisted of responding to 90 requests for technical lat QUARTERLY REPORT assistance related to coastal core laws and marine geology. In addition two days of field investigations and a presentation at a national meeting were August - October 1988 conducted. The primary source of requests for technical assistance from state agencies came from the Department of Environmental Protection (63%) and the State Planning Office (20%). Thirty-six projects in coastal wetlands, sand dunes or state subm-,rged lands were reviewed during the quarter. The Improving Technical Reviews of Core Law Applications following sections describe the program activities in more detail. Core Law Technical Assistance Technical reviews of projects, federal consistency determinations, and Submitted to: preliminary evaluations of projects with respect to coastal core laws continued in this quarter. Several of the projects required ongoing review. Maine Coastal Program The continued work on the same project is not counted in the tabulation below. As in 1987, a log of activities has been kept and the following is a summary State Planning Office from the log: (a) project reviews 36 wetlands & sand dunes (b) state agency requests 40 core law applications Stephen M. Dickson (c) municipal agency advice 2 Town of Brunswick -1 Maine Geological Survey (d) federal agency actions 3 consistency reviews DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION (a) public and private sector 9 dunds & shoreland zoning (f) field investigations 2 days (g) conferences 1 GIS & Geosciences October 31, 1988 (h) workshops State Agency Fair (i.) meetings 3 MMS, Comm. Marine Res. (j) lecture I Bowdoin College Core Law Technical Assistance (continued) to the fisheries conservation line along the Ctahnaedianileborlderit. toThethecaelciulatitnion w C aamade on the GIS with the addition of the omputer databases. Software programs calculated the area of submerged lands A breakdown of state agency requests by department is as follows: (excluding large islands) to be 2800 soua-re miles- Th; has not beem =1e =91- ,:;7 awara- aL' az@ z@he presienr ---=e. Z5 State Planning Office CIS Conference Marine Resources 3 During this quarter a presentation was made on the sand dune maps and the technical computer methods employed in their making at an international Conservation, Public Lands 3 conference. The conference: Integrating Technology an Geoscience Applications was sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, U.S. Emergency Management Agency I Geological Survey, and Association of American State Geologists and held in Denver, Colorado from September 26 through,30, 1988. A thirty minute talk was Economic & Com@unity Development 0 given in a session on natural hazards and represented the most large scale (detailed) GIS mapping -presented. The work was well-recieved and there were no technical critisms of the project. An abstract of the talk is included in The Marine Geology Division's requests during these three months are the Appendix. illustrated in relation to the Geological Survey as a whole in the Appendix. Commission on Marine Research Sand Dune Rule-Amendments A field trip with the legislative Commission on Marine Research was held on Ammendments to the Sand Dune Rules were proposed to DEP this quarter and a August 15, 1988. The trip introduced the committee to the 80-foot Research request was made to the Maine Geological Survey to evaluate their merits. The Vessel ARGO-Maine and focused attention on the scientific methods and proposed changes were made by the Town of Old Orchard Beach and intended to capabilities of the state for conducting oceanographic research and increase the back dune areas that could be developed based on the distance environmental monitoring along the coast. The educational trip included from the shoreline. In addition, a section was proposed that would allow an members of the marine research community as well as congressional increase in back dune development beyond the 20%/40% restrictions.. This representatives and Sea Grant program personnel. proposal would allow an increase in back dune development if the frontal dune were returned to a natural state. Thus the plan is one with an incentive to "undevelop" the frontal dune. Copies of MGS comments are included in the ARGO Maine Appendix. The Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine (ARGO 11aine) held a conference in Portland, Maine on October 2a, 1988. The 8onference focused on Sand Dune Maps and Coastal Marine Maps the value of the Gulf of Maine and included a talk by the State Geologist on the energy and mineral resources of the Gulf of Maine. An outline of the In the period from August through October, 18 sand dune maps were sold. Since conference is included in the Appendix. During this quarter activities were July 1987 when they first became available, 288 draft maps have been sold. devoted to the organization of and preparation for this conference. Also during this period 83 Coastal Marine Geologic Envrionments maps were sold. Work continued slowly during this quarter on the sand dune maps._Fie@ld work for the Kennebunkport area was conducted but further field work was Writing and Editing earch cruise, and a week -o-n g c o n !r`e-n c 4 Review of an Atlas of Resources of Maine was provided for the University of (described below). When permit applications and reviews using sand dune maps occur, the revised sand dune map database is checked so that decisions are Maine this fall. In addition, three scientific papers about the Maine coast consistent with the final maps. and its geological history were reveiwed for the MCS Jackson Volume reports, a treatise on Maine geology in honor of the 150th anniversary of the MCS. In addition a press release *(included in the Appendix) and short notes for both State Submerged Lands the Annual Report (Maine State Government) and the Association of American State Geologist's Newsletter summarized the Marine Geology Divisions The Geographic Information System was used to calculate an estimate of the activities. An interview was held with the Maine Times newspaper on the topic number of square miles that underlie Maine's Territoral Sea. The state of sea level rise. The August 19, 1988 issue (vol. 20, no. 46) featured a submerged lands extend from the coast out to the three mile limit offshore and 2 3 cover story on sea level rise and recognition of the work at the Maine Geological Survey. Program Budget The following table summarizes the reciepts and expenditures of the project for each of the three months in this quarter. Month Receipts Expenditures Balance August $ 0.00 $ 4358-81 ($4358.81) September $ 0.00 $ 3139.26 ($7498-07) August $12408-00 $ 4236.61 $ 673-32 Technical Issues The most pressing technical issues are related to federal consistency review of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredging projects in Wells Harbor and the Saco River. Both of these sites have secondary dredging projects that would expand the extent of maintained waterways and environmetal impacts. Correspondence and review of these and other dredging projects continually requires technical advice and comment. During this quarter the state DEP postponed making a decision on Wells Harbor. A second issue (that was settled) during the quarter was based on the definition of frontal dune under the old sand dune rules. An application for development in a portion.of a beach that has been accreeting was allowed under loopholes in the definitian of frontal dune. A small accretionary beach ridge on the seaward side of the frontal dune was considered the "frontal dune" by the Board of Environmental Protection despite MGS comments that the small and ephemeral feature was not a true frontal dune. Fortunately the new definition of frontal dune (now in effect) has eliminated the loophole and only a few permits are still pending under the old dune rules. Finally, the issue of engineering the shoreline with artifical seaweed was considered for the Camp Ellis erosion-prone beach. False advertising had persuaded some that the appropriate solution was to install a seaweed substitute seaward of the beach in order to build an offshore sand bar. In theory the bar would break large storm waves and reduce wave heights along the shore. In practice this product only provides a short-term solution and was not recommended for application in Maine. 4 EXHIBIT E-4 QUARTERLY LOGS OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY REGIONAL COASTAL COORDINATORS in compliance with the OCRM's Significant Improvement Benchmark for Task 2.C., Technical Assistanc-e by Regional Planning Agencies 69 HEM Penobscot Valley Council of Governments 10 Franklin Street Bangor, Maine 04401 (207) 942-6389 3. Eddington: Assisted with information for comprehensive plan development and emphasized the incorpation of the coastal policies into their plan. COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT FY B9 4. Frankfort: Assisted the Planning board chair with resource material for Progress Report devel ,oping their comprehensive plan utilizing past Coastal Program funded August 1988 to October 1988 projects. Encouraged the incorporation of the coastal policies into their plan. 5. Hampden: Public Access (Coastweeks) and assistance on creating a SHORELINE ACCESS waterfront activity district within their zoning ordinance. (Potential planning grant application.) As shoreline manalement and acces- 1. , I - I.- coastal pro M, e national ce e ra ion of Coastweeks 86 was used as hicle 6. Orrington: Informed via Coastweeks' talk and formal memorandum that to assist the towns in raising public awareness on the problems of and solutions assistance is available for incorporation of the coastal Policies into to maintaining and increasing public access. Five of the eleven communities are comprehensive plans. working on their waterfronts with much work left to do. The others are interested in protecting and increasing access. The five communities invited to 7. Prospect: informed via Coastweeks' talk and formal memorandum that speak were Bangor, Brewer, Hampden, Stockton Springs, and Searsport. Searsport assistance is available for incorporation of the coastal policies into was unable to attend. The event was publicized through radio and newspapers. comprehensive plans. Coverage of the event itself was by three television stations and presented on both the 6pm and lipm news as well as by newspaper. The Bangor Daily News 8. Searsport: Informed via Coastweeks' talk and formal memorandum that article is attached, as is the flyer for the event and a copy of the assistance is available for incorporation of the coastal Policies into introductory comments emphasizing the regional council, Maine's,'Coastal Program, comprehensive plans. the nine coastal policies and how they should be incorporated into comprehensive plans and ordinances, and how the residents can help improve public access. 9. Stockton Springs: Public Access (Coastweeks) and informed via formal memorandum that assistance is available for incorporation of the coastal policies into comprehensive plans. 0 All towns were enthusiastic about the event and the opportunity to reach so many residents. In addition, the Riverfront Plan Committee of Brewer used the opportunity to tour the other waterfronts to consider ideas for Brewer, and, 10. Veazie: Informed via Coastweeks' talk and formal memorandum that assistance Brewer and Bangor were able to explain ideas of a joint harbor management is available for incorporation of the coastal policies into comprehensive plans. project to the public. Provided information and assistance on subdivision regulations under C. the General Assistance section. X All 11 communities have received copies of their shoreline access inventory conducted by Betsy Bass of the Penobscot valley Council of GovernElfints summer 11. Winterport: Informed via Coastweeks' talk and formal memorandum that 1987. assistance is available for incorporation of the coastal policies into comprehensive plans. The Comprehensive plan committee has been Provided COASTAL POLICIES AND GENERAL ASSISTANCE technical assistance under the coastal policy and general assistance sections. The list of technical assistance Provided to the eleven coastal communities follow. Examples of the correspondence are attached. A memorandum was mailed to each community describing the coastal Policies and offering technical assistance in incorporating these policies into their comprehensive Plans. 1. Bangor: Public Access (Coastweeks) and assistance on the joint harbor management project with Brewer. (Potential Planning grant application.) 2. Brewer: Public Access (Coastweeks) and assistance on the joint harbor management project with Brewer. (Potential planning grant application.) Assisted Brewer's Riverfront Plan Committee and wrote proposal for additional work on their waterfront plan. SOUTHERN KENNEBEC technical assistance on clustering issue. PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL PITTSTON 125 STATE STREET AUGUSTA, MAINE 04330 TEL. (207) 622-7146 - 622-3972 Working on drafting of new subdivision ordinance with planning board. Responded to reque.st5 for technical assistance in reviewing several 5horeland zoning, subdivision, and site plan review applications. RANDOLPH 1988-89 MAINE COASTAL PROGRAM Met with developers in applying for permits in shoreland TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UPADATE & SUMMARY zone/floodplain to go over requirements of ordiances. Provided SOUTHERN KENNEBEC PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL information on moratioria and clarification language for revision NOVEMBER 22, 1988 of definitions in ordinances. AUGUSTA Providing assistance in coordination of workshop on community character and preserving natural resources for Augusta residents involving well-known quest speaker. This workshop is part of public participation strategy developed for implemention of Augusta's new comprehensive plan. Discussed and formulated strategies for reenergizing and continuing the Augusta Greenway program. CHELSEA Met with Town Manager and CEO to develop training for planning board on subdivision review. Drafted memo on changes to state __3 subdivision law and provided additional subdivision review materials. Aided in interpretation on subdivision ordinance for development proposals, as well as review of some aspects of two different subdivision proposals. Working with Town Manager, CEO and neighboring towns to sustain the regional CEO program. DRESDEN Provided assistance in drafting of new timber harvesting ordinance and in sboreland zoning permit review. Responded to request for information on land trusts. Reviewed natural resources inventory for subcommittee of the comprehensive plan committee and made needed recommendations. FARMINGDALE Completed sub-regional lot size survey in response to request by planning board for use in evaluating existing ordinances. Provided clarification language for definitions in ordinances. GARDINER Continuing work on implementation of comprehensive plan provisions relating to subdivision review including City code revisions and drafting of administrative forms. HALLOWELL Responded to resident request for parking standard information and to CEO's questions regarding proposed zoning ordinance. Provided C, COASTAL COORDINATOR GOULDSBORO: Provided information on current and proposed CATALOGUE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (CONTINUED) Shoreland Zoning Mod 1 0rdinance - explained 8/88 to 11/88 changes to take effect 1/1/89 - currently reviewing existing town ordinance GENERAL: Subdivision Workshop - attended by coastal towns Defined Code Enforcement Officers responsibilities in Shoreland Zone Participation in MDI Tomorrow - RE: coastal resource management (on-going) Provided potential changes to the Subdivision Ordinance which would include standards and clearer Participation in MDI League of Towns (on-going) Administrative Procedures Newsletters - articles covering changes to SULLIVAN: Met with Planning Board in question and answer subdivision law, shoreland zoning law, waterfront session (Selectmen also present) on Shoreland action grants, flood plain management and other Zoning, Subdivision Review, Comprehensive Planning, coastal issues (on-going) Solid Waste, Recycling, Flood Plain Management, Public Access and the possibility of identifying Review work programs established for towns during publicly-owned land for a Waterfront Action Grant 87/88 Coastal Coordinators efforts, update as planning grant/public access - followed up with needed, and develop work programs for towns not written material completed last year (on-going) Requested DECD to meet with Planning Board and Currently putting together Workshop on Selectmen - RE: Waterfront Action Grant Comprehensive Planninq for the Protection of Coastal Resources scheduled for December 1988 ELLSWORTH: Currently working with Planning Board on a complete overhaul of Shoreland Zoning Ordinance and Attend Coastal Coordinators training sessions each Shoreland Map. Present Ordinance is inadequate and months contradictory. Map is inaccurate. Provide on- going case by case interpretation of the Shoreland CRANBERRY ISLES: Attend regular Planning Board meetings to assist Ordinance to the Planning Board which meets twice them in the proper review procedures for Shoreland per month - attend all Planning Board meetings. Zoning applications Re-drafting flood plain maps onto City Base Map Met with Board of Appeals members to explain along with Shareland Zones. variance procedures SEDGWICK: Provide on-going interpretation of State Shoreland Revised Shoreland Zoning Application Forms to requirements as opposed to the Town's ordinance provide Planning Board with more complete which has not been updated since 1983. information Working with Planning Board to revise Shoreland Proposed building permit and site plan review Ordinance to include all changes thru January 1989. procedures (still under review by Selectmen) Provide information to P.B.A. on procedures for Working with Planning Board to completely overhaul variance review in Shoreland. Shoreland Zoning Ordinance to create more refined districts, eliminate contradictory language and STONINGTON: Currently working with Stonington on overhaul of spell-out permitted uses Shoreland Zoning Ordinance in order to create more discreet zones, protect public and prescriptive GOULDSBORO: Met with Planning Board to provide guidance with access, define environmentally sensitive areas, and review procedures for Shoreland Zoning applications address the issues of conflicting use and demand for water access. STONINGTON: Held public workshop to review Towns efforts to (CONTINUED) date in the harbor area and suggest future focus of activity in terms of ordinances etc. SWANS ISLAND: Working with citizen committee on developing a strategy to manage conflicting demands on water- dependent uses - most notably, traditional water access, commercial fishing needs, recreational boater use and tourism. In addition to collecting data and identifying specific issues, the working groups are mapping all water dependent uses and are reviewing the Shoreland and Harbor Ordinances for updating at the next town meeting in March, 1989. SOUTHWEST HARBOR: working with Town Manager and part-time planner to update the Shoreland Ordinance and eliminate current conflicts with the Land use Regulations Ordinance. BROOKSVILLE: Provide on-going case by case interpretation of the Shoreland Ordinance. BLUE HILL: Provide on-going case by case interpretation of the Shoreland Ordinance. Currently reviewing shoreland Ordinance for compliance with State requirements thru January 1989. THE SUNRISE COUNTY WASHINGTON COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION 63 MAIN STREET MACHIAS, MAIN 04654 TEL. (207)255-8686 November 14, 1988 Marvin Rosenblum DECD State House Station #59 Augusta, Maine 04333 Dear Marvin: As you requested this morning I am enclosing the TA Assistance Log sheets (August 19th thru November 10th 1988) covering the bulk of my TA to coastal towns in Washington County. I do not include numberable telephone calls (incoming or outgoing) which represent non-detail matters such as progress discussions relative to items already mentioned. I've tried to keep up with the Beals TA with the planning board there, however, since Beals represents a true resurrection of sorts. Your set of letters and newpaper articles will be submitted when TA report is handed in in February 1989 as our contract states. Cordially, Glenn Avery Coastal Coordinator cc file Page 1 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOG Date: Aug. 19, 1988 Town: Milbridge Person: George West XX Called Meeting In House Meeting Total time used provided this TA: 1 hour Subject: Milbridge realator requested information on State Land Use Laws. TA Provided: Letter written outlining landuse laws relevant to Milbridge local ordinances, etc. Follow-up: August 23rd: 2nd request for information on dates of effectiveness Date: Aug. 22, 1988 Town: Beals Person: Terry Feeney XX Called Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 2hours Subject: Request to assist planning board in subdivision reviews. TA Provided: Produced sambple subdivision regulations in multiple copies; Buildintg Permit ORd. draft with explanantion why such is important to subdiv- reviews, tax assess, etc. CEO Handbook excerpts, and guide for reviews. Follow-up: Will pursue meetings and TA workshops now that Beals has requested TA (Island purchase recently has placed pressure on PB members) East Wachias, Lubec, Date: August 22, 1988 Town: Pembroke & Roque Bluffs Called Meeting Notice Mailout In House Meeting Totoal time used providing this TA: 5 hours Subject: Final mailout of material and cover letter notice to initial "test" energetically to subdivision regulations adoption. Follow-up: Notice for Comprehensive Planning TA to follow. Page 2 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOG Date: Aug. 23-24, 1988 Town: All Towns Person: Selectmen Called Meeting Notice (draft) XX In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 3 hours Subject: Comprehensive Plans Assistance notice... TA Provided: Draft to concise but brief explanation of the Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Regulation Act and how it impacts towns in Washington County. Follow-up: Staff meetings (in house) before mail out of final notice copy. Date: August 24, 1988 Town: ----------- Person: E. Cole, Legal Serv. MMA XX Called Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: Subject: Lengthy discussion on follow-up info. on compilation of Maine TA Provided: statutues for towns in Miane. Follow-up: Date: August 25, 1988 Town: Beals & Cherryfield Person: E. Beal & Cherryfield TM Called XX Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 4 hours Subject: Meeting with Beals on subdiv, reg, & meeting TM (Ch. field) on TA Provided: delivery of Comp. Plans. Follow-up: Further assistance on request. Page 3 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOG Date: Aug. 29, 1988 Town: Beals Person: Steve Kent XX Called Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 1/2 hr. Subject: Islands under Beals authority; subdivision. TA Provided: Lengthy discussion on abuttor's rights to fair hearing with planning board considering a subdivision; islands off Beals being developed. Information available from Wastewater & Plumbing Control and controls of the town. Follow-up: Will meet with authorized planning board anytime or with citizen group concerned with growth management in Beals. Date: Aug, 29, 1988 Town: Roque Bluffs Person: Unknown Called Meeting XX In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 1 hour Subject: Shoreland zoning for R. Bluffs and blueprint making. TA Provided: Discussed zoning in general and particular for Roque Bluffs with a recent land buyer. Gave list of names for local contacts and basic information needed by planning board for consideration of new structur Follow-up: None Date: August 29, 1988 Town: WCRPC Person: Debbie Dowling Called Meeting XX In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 1 hour Subject: COLAs TA Provided: Discussed the establishment of lake associations. Follow-up: Future in-house meetings. Page 4 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOG Date: Aug. 30, 1988 Town: Pembroke Person: James Brown Called Town Selectman Meeting XX In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 2 hours Subject: Land Use Laws and purpose of mandated Comprehensive Plans TA Provided: Discussed various laws and history of legislation including significance of Home Rule; provided copies of new laws (summaries) and review shoreland zoning map for Pembroke. Follow-up: Will attend first meeting of PB and Selection invited to in order to encourage adoption of Subdivision Regulations (sample provided) Date: August 30, 1988 Town: Jonesport Person: Mrs. Gendley Called Meeting XX In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 1 hour Subject: Subdivision approvals prior to 1972 and the implications now. TA Provided: Abuttor problems concerning lot size smaller than 20,000 sq. ft. applying to town for building permits. Follow-up: None Date: Sept. 1, 1988 Town: Whitting Person: Bernie Vinzani X Called Planning Board Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 1 hour Subject: Gravel Pit Sites and proper permits. TA Provided: Discussed process for establishing proper permits to set culverts to access borrow pits and/or establish gravel pit. Follow-up: Much time must be spent researching permitting process and finding out who owns western side of Indian Lake in Whiting where activity is taking place. (i.e. Waycott/Land Investment) Page 5 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOG Date: Sept. 1, 1988 Town: Lubec Person: Charles Lookabaugh X Called TM Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 1 hour Subject: Census and housing data for Tescott TA Provided: Data needed to complete cause and effect policy development for Lubec dump usage by surrounding populace incluse of Trescott and unorganized territory. Follow-up: None. Date: Sept. 2, 1988 Town: Whiting Person: Glenn Greenhaugl Called QUODDY TIDES reporter X Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 5 hours Subject: Site inspection of clearing/roads at Indian Lake TA Provided: Data compilation for future meeting with Whiting planning board, reps of DEP; and others on improper land use at Indian Lake site owned by Land Investment, Inc., of Bangor(Doug Schmidt) Follow-up: Date: Sept. 8, 1988 Town: Trescott Person: John Domont Called X Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 2 hours Subject: Critical Areas project and Maine Land Purchase TA Provided: Invited Calvin Preston, Unorganized Territories manager, to review the process for application to Land Purchase committee. Area involves 700 acres in southern Trescott, all shoreland. Follow-up: Aid in application process. Page 6 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOG Date: Sept. 9, 1988 Town: Roque Bluffs Person: Carol Shutt Called from Cherryfield X Meeting In House Meeting Total time used provide this TA: 1/2 hour Subject: Subdivisin req. for Duck Cove, Roque Bluffs TA Provided: Described State Laws around subdivision and land use as well as local sentiment concerning Duck Cove and shoreland zoning. Referred Ms Shutt to 1st Selectman Norman Nelson who was involved in the approval of Duck Cove subdivision in 1969. Follow-up: None. Date: Sept. 9, 1988 Town: Whiting Person: Bernie Vinzani Called PB member X Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 3 hours Subject: &35 Acres on westerly side of Indian Lake TA Provided: Discussed in detail land use laws, DEP site location, nad applicable local subdivisionr egulations regarding activity in the are above described. Earland Waycott (Land Investment, Inc.) a.k.a. Whiting Trust, and the timbering, backfilling of streams, etc. ongoing. Follow-up: Attend meeting of PB in Whiting Monday night, Sept. 12, 1988 Date: Sept. 12, 1988 Town: Jonesport Person: Paul Iossa X Called PB Chairman Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 1/2 hour Subject: Establishing Harbor Districts TA Provided: Reviewed components of Jonesport Water Action Plan relative to protecting maritime activity in the Jonesport harbor areas. Discussed mapping of the area's usage in detail. Follow-up: Attend meeting night of Sept. 14th 1988 Page 7 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOG Date: Sept. 12, 1988 Town: Whiting Person: Planning Board Called XX Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 3 hours Subject: 735 acres usage westerly side of Indian Lake TA Provided: General discussion of potential violations of land use by Land Investment, Inc., of Bangor, owners of the property. Map reviews and discussions about various environmental impact; DEP on-site inspection to be requested by town. Follow-up: To continue contacts with town and daily review of tax trans. for Whiting in the Reg. of Deeds, Machias. (Earland Waycott/Whiting Trust Ass.) Date: Sept. 13, 1988 Town: Jonesport Person: Charles Alley XX Called PB member Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 1/2 hour Subject: Resource Protection TA Provided: Discussion over increasing RP districts in Jonesport along with proposed changes in harbor district creation. Follow-up Meeting to be set soon to go over mapping of porposed changes. Date: Sept. 14, 1988 Town: Beals Person: Harleigh Alley XX Called 1st Selectman Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 1/2 hour Subject: Variances to sub-surface waste systems and subdivision review. TA Provided: Discussion on the Landis subdivision as proposed; public hearing suggested since so many abuttors have required information. Follow-up: Await notification on public hearing and attend. Page 8 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOG Date: Sept. 14, 1988 Town: Jonesport Person: Planning Board Called X Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 4 hours Subject: Harbor Districts TA Provided: Review and discussion on need for maritime and harbor districts and what would be allowed disallowed in such districts. Review of subdivision regulations relative to harbor area in light of multi-unit proposals. Follow-up: Attend future meetings on dev. of harbor/maritime map. Date: Sept. 15, 16th Town: Washington County Person: Jerry Molitor Called X Meeting In House Meeting Total time used provided this TA: 6 hrs. overall Subject: Drawing up list of county towns' usage of solid waste transports. TA Provided: Reviewed and researched town reprots for the entire county in order to draw up list of expenses for the Western Washington County Solid Wast Management Planning Committee. (Harrington) Follow-up: Will attend meeting Oct. 6th 1988 Date: Sept. 20, 1988 Town: Eastport Person: J.D'Angelo, TM Called Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: One hour Subject: Zoning Regulations for PB & Building Permit ORd. TA Provided: Samples of the above with a letter describing use and process for adoption. Follow-up: none Page 9 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOG Date: Sept. 22-24th 1988 Town: --- Person --- Called Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: Subject: Meeting in Durham, N.H. COASTAL RESOURCES ISSUES FORUM TA Provided: Follow-up: Date: Sept. 27, 1988 Town: ---- Person: ---- Called Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: Subject: Coastal Cordinators Meeting, Augusta TA Provided: Follow-up: Date: Sept. 29, 1988 Town: Lubec Person: Hayward RV Camp Called X Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 3 hours Subject: Reviewed plat for RV camp and discussed access and use. TA Provided: Helped redraw use on RV plat in Lubec and discussed various State laws covering land use and access to the shore. Follow-up: Will be available to town's PB for review of proposed RV camp. Page 10 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOG Date: Sept. 29, 1988 Town: Jonesport Person: Shirley Pope Called X Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 1 hour Subject: Grandfathering subdivision plat and small lot review TA Provided: Advice and information to the abuttor, S. Pope. Follow-up: none Date: Sept. 30, 1988 Town: Cutler Person: Sunrise Reality XX Called Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 1 hour Subject: Mobile Home restrictions in Cutler TA Provided: Follow-up: none Date: Oct. 4, 1988 Town: Four towns Person: PB Charis or TMs Called Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 4 Hours Subject: Letters requesting review of grants updating for WAGs TA Provided: Follow-up: Follow-up letters in 3 weeks. Page 11 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOG Date: Oct. 5, 1988 Town: Eastport Person: Jim Doyle Called XX Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 2hours Subject: Harbor Mgt. infromation TA Provided: Sent information including 1986 changes on Harbor Mgt. to Eastport's Harbor Comm. Chairman. Follow-up: On request. Date: Oct. 5, 1988 Town: Beals Person: Nancy Beal X Called Meeting In House Meeting Total time used provided this TA: 1/2 hour Subject: Conducting a Public Hearing on a Subdivision Proposal TA Provided: Discussed the process for informing the public concerning a subdivision proposed on Beals Island and the necessity for documenting comments for future decision making by the PB. Follow-up: Will attend. Date Oct. 6, 1988 Town: Jonesport Person: Mrs. Peabody, Town Clerk XX Called Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 2 hours Subject: Harbor Commission: Getting Started TA Provided: Discussed and then put together material which described Harbor Comm. Responsibilities and typeds of Ordinances which might be adopted. Follow-up: Future meetings attend Page 12 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOG Date: Oct. 6, 1988 Town:Harrington Person: Jerry Molitur Called X Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 3 hours Subject: Solid Waste Mgt. for Washington County TA Provided: Attended meeting and provided cross county waste expenses alloted by each town in their town reports; discussed methods for solid waste inventorying, etc. Follow-up: Future meetings. Date: Oct. 13, 1988 Town: Milbridge Person: Bill Treworgy, TM X Called Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 2 hours Subject: Discussion and letter/material on changes/uses in RP zone TA Provided: Material sent covering existing laws, uses, and the changes for 1988/89 which would reflect on set-backs, clearing, timbering, etc. in the RP zones especially; discussion on the Town's increasing RP zones. Follow-up: Attend any future meetings of the PB to discuss further. Date: Oct. 18. 1988 Town: Milbridge Person: Bill Treworgy, Tm XX Called Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 1 hour Subject: L.D. 2684 An Act to Enhance Land Use Regulation TA Provided: News article on Milbridge planning board indicated conversion of a former business property into 3 apartments: called TM to discuss and sent letter as well as ACT to give guidance on the review process for such coversions Follow-up: Page 13 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOG Date: Oct. 19-20th 1988 Town: BEALS Person: Terry Feeney, PB Treas. X Called X Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 8 hours Subject: Subdivision Review/ PB By-Laws / Shoreland / Etc. Workshop TA Provided: Town of Beals planning board requesting TA for restructuring the planning board and giving training and guidance on the existing and soon to be effective laws. Two new members to the PB; meet with PB night of the 20th and then give guidance on call basis. Follow-up: Continue over the weeks to tailor PB to fit local needs. Date: Oct. 24/25th 1988 Town: Perry Person: Shirl Trott, CEO X Called X Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 4 hours Subject: Discussion and preparation of Town's Land Use materials. TA Provided: Went over changes in the shoreland zoning laws and discussed numerous cases whereby a decision would be required from the CEO. Made changes to and copies of the forms relative to the Town's ordinances and land uses...as well as public access. Follow-up: Be available to work with the PB on a request basis. Date: Oct. 25, 1988 Town: All towns Person: Called Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providng this TA: 3 hours Subject: Attended Shoreland Zoning Workshop at Univ. of ME. at Machias TA Provided: conducted by the DEP's Andrea LaPoint. Follow-up: Page 14 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOG Date: Oct. 25, 1988 Town: Perry Person: Mona Loring X Called X Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 1 hour Subject: Grey water restrictions at non-conforming use site on lake TA Provided: Call and then meeting to discuss relative laws surrounding grey water disposal at seasonal cabin; Shoreland Zoning changes discussed. Follow-up: None Date: Oct. 26, 1988 Town: Beals Person: Nancy Beal, PB Sec. Called Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA 3 hours Subject: Planning Board By-Laws TA Provided: Adapted SAMPLE bylaws to Beals need. Worked out details to wording responsibilities of membership and duties to Town and made work copies for the PB to review for adoption. Follow-up: Continue on a TA on call basis until PB is confident. Date: Oct. 31, 1988 Town: Beals Person: Nancy Beal Called X Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 1 hour Subject: CIP information TA Provided: Provided material and discussion on CIP resonsibilities of the planning board to the selectmane. Follow-up: Continued support. Page 15 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOG Date: Nov. 1st 1988 Town: Augusta Person: Called X Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: Subject: Attended Coastal Coordintors meeting in Augusta (2nd on present contract) TA Provided: Follow-up: Date: Nov. 2-4th 1988 Town: All Towns Person: Called Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 16 hours Subject: Researching, studing Access Maps for coastal towns and the TA Provided: setting aside of those to be sent out to PB for follow up. Follow-up: Date: Nov. 8, 1988 Town: steuden Person: Tom Goettal, USF Called X Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 2 hours Subject: Flood Plains/ Shoreland Zoning / Public Access TA Provided: Discussion and copies of appropriate maps for lands owned by US Fish and Wildlife in Steuben area. Follow-up: None Page 16 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOG Date: Nov. 8-10, 1988 Town: Beals Person: Nancy Beal (PB) Called XX Meeting In House Meeting Total time used providing this TA: 6 hours Subject: Further TA on Planning Board's Reconstitution TA Provided: Met various times in furtherance of rewriting bylaws, general responsibilities of the PB, and discussion about need to request Town Meeting for consideration of moratorium while PB drafts ordinances relative to grownth management. Follow-up: Workshop planned for latter part of November. 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SANFORD, MAINE 04073 TEL. 324-2952 (3, <Y\U Ln uA@ AV, Z_- r\ar"@ 00 cc ACTIVITY LOG Date Activity Expinnation Q '6AV, c" @'O C,@@ Ccvl@@ e-tcv (L tgo, (D,)C-(- WJSAr \-(n X) <- SI sct -e-v@cc @,D -Scrv@ oz@;v --D ,,vN oc 6 c IQ (n, C\\ 0- c- Cc(-C@ 00 dun @V@m --2@ c-b Subject: Coastal Public Acce-ss Issues Date: September 12, 1988 To: Conservation Commissions, Planning Board Chairman, Selectmen, Town managers and Town Planners TO: Conservation Commission Members Subj: Verifying Public Access Sites Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission has been awarded funding to Date: October 4, 1988 From: Mark Behuniak, Coastal Coordinator Work with communities on coastal access issues. I would be very interested to know your communities needs and what public access issues we could provide information on, strategies for and the type oftechnical En C@Iosed you wil I find a list for the known public access sites in your planning assistance that could be provided in order to address your municipality along with a very generalized map showing the approximate community's goals. location for each site. At your earliest convenience, I would like to set up In addition, I am available to help write any type of coastal project grants a meeting date in order to review these sites, the types and conditions of that your town may be thinking of applying for, in conjuncture with the any facilities on the sites ( ie. maintenance of piers, walk paths, etc.) and prep3ration of developing a comprehensive plan, called for by the growth the possibility of establishing worthwhile projects to enhance the conditions management legislation. Lastly, I am available to review coastal policies at the site and usage by the general public. in your comprehensive plan and provide some guidelines on how they might be strenthened, if you are interested. Such projects could include strategies for acquiring lands to expand the site or developing new access points within the community, securing state funds I will be contacting your communities within the next few weeks to set up a 00 (WAG-Water Front Action/ Planning Grants) In order to help in the time frame convenient to discuss the possibilities of this planning maintenance of the facilities at a site or developing additional access assistance. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please do capabilities at an already established site, such as a boat launch. not hesitate to call. Please call If you have any questions. I look roward to our meeting and working with you. Respectfully, Respectfully, Mark Behuni3k Coastal Coordinator Mark Behunlak Coastal Coordinator EASTERN 1 -COAST' Z) 6 NING COMMISSION 9 wat@T street-. Rockland ME Te 5M.7i99 P 71 1Z 47; 7, J; -70i @Office of'Coastal Zone'M@nagement From: amas Ford - Coast,61'Coordinator, EMCPC'--'@: W. November. 23, 15,88, R tus Report August 1, 1@88 Novenber 15, 1988 n. @.,reviewing my wo@k as ;a Coastal Coordinator I- fee uy 'bilities can be divided into two broad r categori '':,In the first inst ;7 4f-- - - anod I.i4ll butline.',those special projects Ci, which 'I am worki .ng that ar .e of-val6e to all, coamunities. 03 -Thepe..@"'projects sult in benefit to Coastal Towns elth re er. directly or.,indirectl y. n..t tance-l-wi give he second 'ins On':, hl; --Vol ....eighteen --@eorr=nities in my jurisdiction which ' wi 1 ity@ . cormain - e.: highlight the projects being worked on in each r ------ 7-7 -L C 4-1@ 411!e@ _,o"- Applelm B,11- W-1 Blook, C-d- C.,h,q Fnendship Hope W@b- WWI K- Li@ny Lincol-dic Ma-;cus Monroe MonrAle Mo,,ill Nonh Haym @@,P,. 0@1, Hud R.ckl@M Rdp- Sk G-V 51-- S-Qk- T,,omast@ U-n V,naiha,en WbIOD W-en Wash;ngion m OPENTOTHEPUBUC MONDAY THRU THURSDAY 8:30-4:30 4 Am ----Azr 2@1 @e__: ec 12 . ... .... ;l t-k^ 17 00 Ple ------------- - - - ---------- 1;7 e57 67 r-ze -- --------- 01 -/ef !774- . . . . . . . --- E@l 17 -2@--- -OKI- ell - - ----------- cr f, Z , 7'1 @c ZI 70 Celebrating Maine's Links to the Sea Coastweek is a time to appreciate the scenic beauty and rich heritage of our coast with educational and recreational events. The listing of events in this brochure are divided by region: Southern (Kittery to Freeport); Mid- coast (Brunswick to Belfast); and Downcast (Searsport to Calais). While the official dates for Coastweek in Maine are October 1-9, coastal events scheduled close to the week have been included in this calendar. The Maine Coastal Program, which coordinates Coastweek, has made every effort to ensure that the information listed is accurate, but we recommend that you contact event sponsors to confirm details. If there is no mention of a fee on the calendar listing, you can assume there is no charge for the event. Please contact local event sponsors for more information on particular events. If you cannot reach them or would like more general information on the week, please contact the Coastweek Coordinator at the Maine Coastal Program. 289-3261. Throughout Coastweek Crescent Beach State Park (Cape Elizabeth), Free admission. Guided nature programs for interested groups. Call 799-5871 to arrange. Ferry Beach State Park (Saco), Free admission. Guided nature programs Monday- Friday for interested groups. Call 283-0067 to arrange. Two Lights State Park (Cape Elizabeth), Free admission. Guided nature programs for groups on October 5. Call 799-5871 to arrange. Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park (Freeport). Free admission. Guided nature walk, "Secrets of the Shore," on October 2 at 2 pm (call Pat Bailey at 289-3821 for details). Good Day Market on Brackett Street in Portland is offering a sea vegetable special highlighting seawoods for soups, entrees, and other dishes. Contact: Charlotte Henderson, 871-8646. September 23 and 24 8 am - 4:30 pm Coastal Resources Issue Forum: Making Choices for New England's Future University of New Hampshire's New England Center. Two one-day sessions: the first for town managers/planners, and state agency staff: the second for New Hampshire/Maine conservation commissions, planning boards, town and state officials and concerned citizens. Discussion topics include coastal protection, harbor management, and pollution. Fee: $15 - 1 day/$25 - 2 days. Contact: Becky Quinlan, 603/862-1900. September 24 9:30 - noon Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve. Celebration of National Estuary Day with canoe trips on the tidal river, a river and beach cleanup, and guided tours of the Reserve (at 9 and 10:30 am). Wear sturdy footwear and layered clothing. Bring binoculars, camera, and a field guide. Call for more details. Contact: Brian or Mary Doyle, 646-4521. October Wednesdays Brick Store Museum in Kennebunkport. Lunchtime film series on "Coastal Connections: our Seafaring Heritage." Each Wednesday; at 12:10. Bring your own lunch, enjoy a film, and admission to the ongoing exhits on the '47 fire and "A Little Something to Remember the Trip." Fee: $1 per person. Contact: Dirk Hogue or Wilma Leinonen at 985-4349. October Saturdays & Sundays Kennebunk River Canoe Picnics. Meet 2 hours before high tide at Dock Square parking lot. Bring your canoe, lunch, ukelele, or whatever! Contact: Dirk Hogue or Wilma Leinonen at 985-4349. October 1 11 am - 2 pm Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve. Family Day at Wells Reserve with horse-drawn hay rides, children's activities, speakers on shorebirds and geology of the Reserve, guided tours, and special field trips. Fees: Please call for fees of specific events. Contact: Brian or Mary Doyle, 646-4521. 9 am - 1130 am York County Cooperative Extension Service Office. Family Outing on Vaughns Island with a tidepool walk, nature games, and a beach cleanup. Contact: Leanna Preston at 324-2814 or Anne Strek at 967-4376. 9 am - 3 pm Gulf of Maine Marine Education Association Annual Conference/ Workshop. "Tidepool Tactics for the Classroom"; tidepool activities and field trips for teachers, high school students, and other interested people. To be held at the SMVTI campus in South Portland. Contact: Sharna Meeker, at 603/862-3460. EXHIBIT E-5 October 1 10 am - 11 am Children's Museum of Maine/Gulf of Maine Aquarium. "Seaweeds and Sea Creatures"; a hands-on opportunity for children to learn about life in the intertidal zone. A study of animal adaptation and the creation of seaweed prints will be included in this indoor exploration. Fee: Free with admission to the Museum ($3/person). Contact: The Children's Museum, 797-5483. all morning Maine's Annual Shore Cleanup, coordinated by the Maine Coastal Program: Cleanups have already been organized in Ebine, Kittery, York, Kennebunkport, Ocean Park, Saco, Scarborough, South Portland, Portland, and on uninhabited coastal islands. You can join on of these, or organize your own. Contact: Flo Schauffler, 289-3261 Greater Portland Council of Governments. A day-long mobile work-ship for planners and town officials. The group will travel along a river, stopping at several sites and exploring planning issues in the context of one watershed. Call for details. Contact: Shirley Hager, 774-9897. 1 - 3 pm Kittery Historical and Naval Museum. Open House with refreshments for all who participate in the Kittery Coastal Cleanup that morning (sponsored by the Kittery Conservation Commission). Contact: Kimberly Cook, 439-3080. 4 pm Spring Point Community Television Center. TV special, "The Story of Sunnington Cove," live on Willard Beach, followed at 4:30 by a beach cleanup and picnic. Raiddate: Sunday October 2, same time. Fee: Picnic will be a potluck. Call for more information. Contact: Randy Visser, 879-4232. October 3 3:30 PM Maine Aquarium (Saco). Maine Aquarium "Walk about". Take a guided tank-by-tank tour of the Maine Aquarium with a member of their Education staff. Fee: $5 adults/$3.50 for kids 5-12/$1 for kids 2-4. Contact: Maine Aquarium, 284-4512. 7:30 pm Yarmouth Historical Society. Nathan Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Archaeology at USM, will present an illustrated lecture on "Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology of Northeast Casco Bay," in the Merrill Memorial Library Meeting Room. The audience is encouraged to bring any archaeological items they may have found in this area. Contact: Marilyn J. Hinkley, Curator, 846-6259. October 5 1:30 pm Maine Aquarium (Saco). "You Are What You East"; Curator Keith Matassa will discuss what the animals at the Maine Aquarium eat in captivity and in the wild, and what it requires to keep Aquarium animals healthy. Watch the feeding of penguins, seals, sharks, octopus, and individudal exhibits. Fee: $5 adults/$3.50 for kids 5-12/$1 for kids 2-4 Contact: Maine Aquarium, 284-4512. October 5 & 7 12:30 pm Portland Museum of Art. "The Sea Around Us" gallery talk on Maine's maritime history and art. Fee: $3.50 adults/$2.50 seniors and students/$1 for children 6-18. October 7 4-5:30 pm Nature Walks Unlimited. "Tidal Pool Exploration"; a guided walk for adults and children. Meet at the Spring Point public parking lot (South Portland). Contact: Cindy Krum, 774-2441 3:30 pm Maine Aquarium (Saco). "Starting and Maintaining a Home Aquarium", get step-by-step guidance for setting up a home aquarium, and ask experts questions about tank maintenance. For adults and children. Fee: $5 adults/$3.50 for kids 5-12/$1 for kids 2-4. Contact: Maine Aquarium, 284-4512. October 8 10 am to 4 pm U.S. Coast Guard. A Lighthouse Open House will be held at the Portland Head Light Station, at Fort Williams Park, in Cape Elizabeth. The public is welcome to attend. Contact: Karen McLean at 767-6303. October 9 2:30 pm Maine Aquarium (Saco). Seals' Skills; Marine Mammal Training. Get a glimpse of how curator Keith Matassa trains the Aquarium's three harbor seals. The Aquarium is on Route One in Saco. Fee: $5 adults/$3.50 for kids 5-12/$1 for kids 2-4. Contacts: Maine Aquarium, 284-4512. ~0 October ~ '1~ October 2 ~4p~ October 14 ~ evening October 2 ~ ~v~~(1~i~-~~pa~~ ~r~1pt~i~1pe~p- FAIRS A ~1ptl~i~~ad~~, ~pl~i~pAl~s~~ A ~ Via~ Old S~1pe ~~S~~(~2p)~, ~~.~1pn~a~a ~ - d~~~kip ~ ~.~~ ~e~ey~n~j~1~~~pi~~~ line r~ ~~2p.~l~F~1p;~ Onset ~~p1 I. ~~p1~.~~pl ~ ~1p.~pil~1pi~1pi~.C~ ~ ~2p,~a~~~ ~pP~ir ~ ~~pw~p1~paf~~1p@ wind m ~i~i~int tin ~p.~pk~~p2~ A,.-.. Ike G~l~pf M~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~1p3.~ _~W h~pnd~1pki-~pa. 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October I ~l~ 9 am to noon ~2pi~ n~1p1~I. ~ I=-.' T~i~pt~~2pj ~n~a~pW A ~~p,9~ T~n~C~r~%~i~ur~n~pn~1p. ~, ~S~~P. ~~,~;~tar ~ an ~d_~ .~1pi~n~~i~p'~i~N~. P-~ ~p~ir~~u~~i~e~C~ ~~~ ~W -~~~ F- 1~n~~po~ Consent~ar ~p"~~p7~~ ~~IO ~2p1. ~. ~2p1~p9~ ~. ~ ~2p1~-~p.~ oil m~pi; Maine~um (~pw~a~2pt~pi~st~ 11~n ~1par~~~pq- 11~-~-~ph ~ P -~ ~~pi~1pa~pd~e~~pn~pB~pu~1pp~ MUSS~1- ~t~~. ~ A ~~pJ~ ~~~ ~~ -~ ~l~~l~ ~-~ ..I. IN~ all morning ~e~~1pa~i~ ~pe ~i~ 10~ P~a~l~-~~2pp-~pr ~i~pn~~~ U.S. ~t G-~pS~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~w 1~1pa~rk p~ i~ed than Gain Cw~pn ~ Ian. ~~ ~~n Mcl~pk L~l~1p.~ ~~ ~ COASTAL CLEANUPS FLYER On Saturday, October 1, hundreds of volunteers all along Maine's coast will spend a couple hours picking up trash; inventorying the kind of debris found; and then properly disposing of it. Data from Maine's annual cleanup are used as part of state and national efforts to monitor and reduce marine debris. The cleanup not only helps keep our coast attractive, it reduces the chance that plastic debris will entangle wildlife or get caught in boat propellers. Listed below are some of the cleanups that will be held this October during Coastweek. Additional cleanup organizers and shore- pickers are needed. If you would like to join one of these scheduled cleanups, call the organizers to find out where to meet and what to bring. If you would like to organize a cleanup of your own, please contact Elis Schauffler at the Marine Coastal Program, 289-3261. Southern Coast September 24 10 am Freeport/Harrasecket River. (sponsored by the Mast Landing Sanctuary Stewardship Committee). Contact: Jody Jones at 781-2330 (w) or Dave Asherman at 775-5418 (w). October 1 9 am Cape Neddick/Short Sands/Long Sands Beaches. (sponsored by the York Conservation Commission. Contact: Ruth Littlefield, 363-5861. 9am Crescent Beach State Park. (sponsored by the park). Contact: Ralph Wilkinson, 749-5871. 9 am - noon Eastern Prom Beach Cleanup, (sponsored by the Munjoy Hall Neighborhood Organization and Community Employment Project). Contact: Joe Cowie, 775-3050. 10 am Eliot/Piscataqua River Cleanup. (sponsored by Troop 340 of the Boy Scouts of America). Contact: Greg St. Lawrence, 439-4674. 9 am Freeport/Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park. (sponsored by the park). Contact: John Cooke, 865-4465. 9 am Kennebunkport/Colony, Kennebunk, Parson's and other beaches. (sponsored by the Kennebunk Conservation Commission). Contact: Dick Hogue, 985-4349. 9 am - 11:30 am Kennebunkport/Vaughn's Island. (sponsored by the York County Cooperative Extension Offices. A family outing on Vaughn's Island with a tidepool walk, nature games, and a beach cleanup. Contact: Leanna Preston at 324-2814 or Anne Steele at 967-4376 (eves.). 10 am Kittery Beach. (sponsored by the Kittery Conservation Commission). Contact: Mara S. Barth, 439-4285. 9 am Portland/Back Cove. Contact: Annie Kiel, 761-1813 or Elis Schauffler, 871-9341. 9 am Saco Beach Cleanup. (sponsored by the Saco Conservation Commission). Contact: John Andres or Peter Morelli, 282-3487. 10 am - noon South Portland/Ferry Beach. (sponsored by the Ferry Village Neighborhood Conservation Association). Contact: Janice Doctor, 749-6947. 4 pm South Portland/Willard Beach. (sponsored by the Spring Point Community Television Center and the Willard Beach Neighborhood Organization). A live TV special on the lusters of Simington Cove and Willard Beach followed, at 4:30, by a beach cleanup and picnic. Run date Sunday, October 2, some more. Fee: Call for picnic information. Contact: Randy Visser, 879-4232. Uninhabited Coastal Islands. (sponsored by Me. Recreational Boaters Assn.) Boaters interested in cleaning up shores along uninhabited coastal islands can contact the Maine Recreational Boaters Association to find out which islands to go to s to get data cards for reporting the types and amount of debris found. Contact: Dick Anderson, 775-1671. October 3 noon Scarborough Beach/Prout's Neck. Rain date: October 4. Contact: Sherry Christy/Duane Bond 934-4064. October 5 2 pm - 4 pm Ocean Park/Saco Bay Cleanup. (sponsored by Stone Environmental School). Contact: Sherry Christy/Duane Bond, 934-4064. October 8 8 am - 10 am Kennebunkport/Goose Rocks Bearch, (sponsored by Girl Scouts Troup #218). Contact: Karen Detterman, 967-5444. Date Undetermined. Cusco Bay Islands. Call for details. Contact: Jean Dyer. 846-4188. October 1 9 am Bath/Wiscosset area. Chewonki Neck and Monstweay Bay region (sponsored by Chewonki Foundation and Merrymeeting Aububon Society). Contact: Dan Henderson, 882-7323. Brunswick area. (sponsored by the Brunswick Conservation Commission. Bowdoin College Environmental Studies Department and the Brunswick Topsham Land Trust). Contact: Marty Bennet, 723-2378. Cushing/Maple Juice Cove. (sponsored by the Midcoast Audubon Society) Contact: Joanna Willimetz, 354-8966. Pemaquid Region. (sponsored by Midcoast Audubon Society, Knox-Lincoln Cooperative Extension Service and Colonial Pemaquid Historical Site). Contact: Brian Murray 677-2423. 9 am Popham Beach State Park. (sponsored by the park). Contact: Ben Keenan, 389-2423. 9 am Reid State Park. (sponsored by the Island Institute). Contact: Richard Padolsky, 594-9209. Uninhabited Coastal Islands. (sponsored by Me. Recreational Boaters Assoc.) Boaters interested in cleaning up shores along uninhabited coastal islands can contact the Maine Recreational Boaters Association to find out which islands to go to and to get data cards for reporting the types and amount of debris found. Contact: Dick Anderson, 775-1671. 9 am West Boothbay Harbor. (sponsored by the Dept. of Marine Resources). Contact: Jean Chenoweth, 633-5572. October 8 10 am Waldoboro. (sponsored by the Waldoboro Conservation Commission). Contact: Kendall Harris, 563-5791. Date undetermined. Boothbay Shore area. Sometime during Coastweek, hopefully morning of Saturday, October 1. Contact: Stephen Kaloyanides, Jr. at 617/729-9206 or 207/633-2326. October 4 Rangor/Cape Jellison. Call for details. Contact: Liane Giambalvo, 863-3356. 10 am Eastport - Moose Island, (sponsored by the Eastport Land Trust). Contact: Carol Bryan, 853-4862. 9 am Holbrook Island Sanctuary. (Brooksville) (sponsored by the sanctuary). Contact: Phil Farr, 326-7142. 9 am Penobscot River. (sponsored by the Hampden Conservation Committee) Contact: Michael Robbins at 862-3932 or 354-2031. Searsport. (sponsored by the Penobscot Marine Museum. Call for details. Contact: Ann Moffitt. 548-2529. Uninhabited Coastal Islands. (sponsored by Me. Recreational Boaters Assn.) Boaters interested in cleaning up shores along uninhabited coastal islands can contact the Maine Recreational Boaters Association to find out which islands to go to and to get data cards for reporting the types and amount of debris found. Contact: Dick Anderson, 775-1671. October 2 9 am Cape Rosier and Nearby Islands. Contact: Brett Brubaker, 326-4671. Seal Harbor Underwater Cleanup. (sponsored by the Mount Desert Island Sub Aqua Club). Call for details. Contact: Norm Hawes, 276-3224. October 4 Southwest Harbor. (sponsored by the Southwest Harbor Library). Call for details. Contact: Lorraine Saunders, 244-7063. Date undetermined. Eastport Beach. (sponsored by the Eastport Coast Watchers. Call for details. Contact: Bobbie Lehigh and Mandy Penny, 833-2848. ~0 Glossy handout (8~~ x 11) coast~-week as October 5 ~4~:~3~0 ~P~m 0 e ~2qv e n ~qt ~qS M~q. C~l~bro~lr~M~~lne ~Inks~loth~eS~o~o h ~q'~qh~qi C ~~~-~k i~ ~ ~d~o~m~q:~1~. ~q@~P~pr~.~c~i.~m h~e ~s~c~s~o~m b~e...~)~, ~a~nd rich heritage of ~qP~qc ~~r Last ~i~~ ~duc" t~ion~al and ~r~e-~d~onal ~c,cn~t~s~.~'rh~e listing o~f~e~%~cnt~s in F~c.~: $~3 kid, 3~-121~1~1 ~f~@r ~W, this brochure are d~i~v~i'~d~ed ~l~r~@ region: Southern (Kittery ~to Freeport); ~N ~W~. 4512. coast (B~~n~~~ick to Belfast); and D~o~n-c~a~u ~(S~c~a~mp~or~t to Calais). While t~~ official date& for Co~a~s~o~,~eck in Maine are October 1-9 ~.coastal ~e~,~-en~u ~qOc, scheduled close to the "~rc~k h~s,~v been ~m~c~l~ud~ed in this ~c~a~J~end~a~r, October 5 & 7 ~12:30 pm M. ~~~~~~~~ine Coastal Program, ~@~h~ich coordinates Co~n~s-k~. his made ~Pr~,~l~.~.d ~N~lu-~n~t ~of A -~d ~n-~a~;- h~i ~-~~ ~ or~ to ~ ~~~ur~e that ~t~h~e information listed ~is accurate, but - -1 ~"~. T~qh~qt -.=~d that ~- contact -n~t por~u~m. to c~e~mfi- details. ~lf~,h~e~,~. ~i~s ~F~c~c~; ~I~j. ~5~@~ ~5~1~ -~~,- ~@~M -J-~0 ~I~r), ~M~d- 6. ~~1. ~q.~q1~q1~q. no mention oft fee on the calendar listing, ~)~@ can assume there is ~no ~qC~q@ charge fo~ the event~. Please contact local - ~spon~s~o~n f~o~r more ~qO~qc information on particular -n~n~s. ~lf~),~ou cannot reach them or %-~ld lil~,~e October 7 4-5:30 pm more ~~~~r~~n~~r~tm~a~r~i~on on ~th~e -~c~ck~, please ~c-- ~th~e C~..-~c~e~l~s ~qN~qI~q. Coordinator at ~h~~Main~e, Coastal Program~, 2S9~-326~L N-~c Walk, U~nli~m~i~ed. -Tim ~n-~I ~r`,~i~,-~,~-~,~~ ~f~i-~d.~~k-d ~qI~q'~l~qb ~U~d~,- ~M- ~@~I ~d~,~@ ~5~,~,~i~r~,~N~m ~V~@~W~~c,~A~r, ~qC~q" C-~1- Ci~nJ, ~X-~, ~7~7~@ ~2~1~@1~ ~3~:~30 ~P~m Oc M~,~ir~mA~q ... i~,m p. ~h~o- ~@~q--, ~@~d .~,k ~4--nk -~w-- ~P~.~, southern coast ~I-~: d.~! (I ~C~., ~W, ~3~.1~11~11 fr Lid, 2-~1. C.--~%~I~@~n, A~q~t~=~;- ~Z~f-~f~l2. ~qC. Throughout ~o~stw~eek October 1 ~11 am 2~'~P~m October 8 '1~0 am to 4 pm U.S. Con~~,~, G ... d.~.~A L~gh~,h- ~0 C W~.11, Nations] E~s-in~. Research He~'s~q- ~F-i~ly D.~y~u ~U~i~l~h R-- ~@~;~@h n I I.- ill ~k h,~ld~,~. ~1h~, P-~d ~S~u~,i- ~@~, ~F- Willi~q- ~N~,k~ in C~r~@ ~qr~r-~~h,~@h. T~,, b~l~, ~4 -~1-- ,~7~- ~~ ~-~~~ g~@p~,~. C.1~1 -~,99~.~3~6~-~, ~1 1~, ~1-~~d-n ~S~, ~i~&~,~, ~W~d-~.~, -~M~n~i- ~,.k- - ~l-~r~l~h~i~nd~, -~d g~M~.~V ~(~,~h~@ R-~1 C~o.~,~.~.: ~X.- ~M~ll-~, ~' 7~0-~1~1~3~~~3. d Ferry Beach Star- Park IS-~). Fr. d~n,~i~,~,~i- ~C.~~&d ~P=~@ ~~~~~y for i-md ~,wp~,. CA~) 2~23~-0067 ~t. ..... ~S. C-~e~u Bran ~, ~N1.ry D~o~@k~. 646~-4521. Fort ~~~~l~w State Historical Sim (Kittery Point). F- d,~n~m~i- 9 am ~- ~i~l~-~30 am ~Ir~b~irl~s, County C~-p~c~-~,~i~,~, E~v~e~m~i.. S~e~nice Office. F-~~l~) 0~,~,~~,g m ~1~@~,~S~h~n~, October 9 ~- Lights St~~ Park (Cape E~li-I~mt~h). ~F-~d.~~u~i~o~n. ~C.i~&d -- p~,~.~g-, ~fr ~N.~nd i~h~,~,~;~&~-,~d -~1k~, ~n~u- g~r-~, -~d~, ~h-l~i~'~l-~P~ 2:30 pm ~-p~ - O~b~~ ~~ C~~11 799~-~5~0~1 ..-~V. C.-- ~L~-~n. P~n-- ~3~2~1~-281~@ .~, A- ~S-~k~.~l 9~67~1~j7~6. Maine Aquarium (Saco). M~,-~l T~,~;n~ng. G,~I~t ~g 9 am - 3 pm ~qz~qz- ~Y~,~41~,.~11-- -~;-~@A~,-r~i..'. ~@~h- ~h~.~,~b- -I.. T~I~. A,-; ~O~@ ~i~. ~~~~~~,~~ Neck Woods State Park (~Fr~e~e~p-~t. ~F~- dm~i~ui- ~C.~i~&d -- -~1k. ~o~. ~~~-~m ~0-b~e~, 2 .12 ~p, (,I] P~.~1 B.i~k~y~v ~39~-~3~82~1 ~f~i.~, G~,~IfofN~t~ain~e Marine Education Association Annual Con~f~e-e/ ~F- I,~d.~)~, ~4~3.~50 ~f., ~W~, ~3~-~1~2/~s~I ~6 ~l~k~;d~@ 2~-~@~. Workshop. ~"T~i~dp~" ~T~,~,~;~,~, ~f-~h~@ C~l .... ~w,~": ~t~s~"p.~) ~q@~,i~wi~m-~d f~cId~,ri, ~f., -~h~-~, Co--~M~@~~m Aq ... 284~-4312. Good ~~~ ~~~~~~ . B-k~,~. ~S~Ir- ~i~n P-~I.~M - ~@~g~n~u~b~l~t -~4~1 high .~@-~l ~ql .~.d hr~;-~n,-d .p~l~,~. ~T~. ~bc 1~,~1d~o ~I~. ~S~N~I~NT~I -p- i~n S-h ~l~, -~, ,I ~,~,~, ~1~4~1- 71~-~86~~6~, C~o-c~u ~Sl~u-~.~N~l~e~rk~@,, ~, 603/~662~-3460~ to ~am ~- 111 am C~hi~ld~r~en~'~sMu~s~cum o~fM~a~in~e/~Gulfo~l'M~a~i~n~e A~q~,~a~rium.~'~S~r~,-d-d~5~,~, I September 23 and 24 8 am - 4:30 pm C-~!-" , h-~d- p~@~,.n~i~:~,~- ~f., ch~~d- 1, ~1- .~1- ~f~i~l~, ~in~,h~, im~,~6~6~1 - A -d~y Coastal Resources Issue Fom-~M~akin~g Choices for N~c,~v England's o~f-m~l -p~u-n- ---n ~(~,~,.~,~,d p,~i- ~@ ill b~, in,~ludd -his ~i~jw~, -p~-i... ~@~~~mL~~i~t~i~~~ofi~N~q@limpshim~'s.~N~e England Center. T--~6~, ~F~e~e~; ~F- -h ~W~I~N-~4 H.~ ... fin, ~ - -~d .-~"~qs- --d ~f~.~@ ~1- ~C..- T~h, Ch~jl~J,~rn~'~,~N~l-- ~79~7~~5~1~M ~~h~~~~~~~~1p~~f~l- p~h-~;~@~g ~"~,~d~,~ - -~d ~r- ~f~i~,~W-nd all morning ~~-., ~i-~t-.pi~. ~w~l~@~d-~n~u~.~l ~~p-~n- -~d ~M,~i~,~c~'~s Annual Shore Cleanup, coordinated ~b~) ~t~h~e M~,~ir~c, ~C-~ml Program: C~k-, h- .1-~J~, ~@- ~m Eli.. K~@~@-~; ~)~@~,~k, O~z- I d~~~~~~~2 d-. P~@~A~.~S- ~@-~b-gh, ~.~,~h P-~-~d~, P~,.r~f~l-~d, nd ~h~@d, ~Y-- Co.- B~~k~ Q-~~~~, ~6~03~46~.~2~~0~6~0~ ~o~~@ .-j`~I~c- -~r~qk ---, - C~o.-~:~F~~h~,~&~b~@~f ~2~@~4~-3~2~11 September 24 9:30 - noon ~0q1 ~~11~ N~~-~~ Estuarine R . ea . It ~R-~c- ~&~1~6~,~u- ~@~f N~@~z~-l ~E ~D~@~, Greater Portland Council ~o~fGov~er~n~m~en~t-~A ~6~, ~1~,.~,~g ~m~b~q;~k ~r~@~' pl-n- ~40q@ -~i~, T~l~@~,~q@~n~,-~P -.,~"n,r-~ .~1-~qs ~@ r~i-~. -~P~p~m ~h ~~~7~ ~~~ ~.~i ~6- .~@~d ~ql -~d F.~o~,d R~,~,~e... ~w 9 ~r ~~~ ~c~nr~u- ~y~i~'~g~" ~7~7,~-~qM~l~. ~g~qt~ B~~- ~,~~"~"~i~'~D~'~mk~ 6~46-4~5~11. 1~-~3 ~P~m Kittery Historical and October Wednesdays -~j~'~g I, I ~C-~;~"~i~on), Brick S~~Mu~urn in ~K~e~r~me~bun~kp~ort. Lu~o,h- fil~,, ~"~C~.~"~f~l ~r C~~~~@~~:~;~ 0~~ S~~~~~~r~p H~@~,~i~u,~;~C ~E~.~,~h 12 ~M. Bring ~I-h~. ~K-1-~1~, C-k~ ~1~19~~3~1~~M. ~~- ~n~,~,~n~, ~@~,~N~u.~n ~1. ~1~, fir, - "A ~L R--~@~, 4 pm ~~~@ ~~i,~ Spring Print Commun~i~t~y~'f~cl~c~@~i~s~ion Center. "I h~@ ~@~(S-~i~n~v- ~C-~:~'~- - \V~d~h~,~d ~P-h, ~U~l-~d ~@~@ ~@~J~D ~b~@ ~@ ~t-h~,~-p-~d,~i~,ni~,. F-P-~c -~H I, ~@ ~ml~,~,~L. UK ~fr -- ~W.-~6- October Saturdays & Sundays C~,~,~,.~,~: R-~d~) V~i- ~8~7~9.~4~13~7, ~cnn~~unk ~~~~r Canoe Picnics. ~2 -~1~1 ~b~lf- high ~W-1 Dk ~5~i~q.... -~ki.g ~- -~ ~-~1h~, k~c~k~l~,~. r ~- -- I I I ~. ~. ~. ~@ - ~~~ Hg~ ~~ W~d~r~u, L~6- ~e 9~95~-43~49. October 3 3:30 pm Maine Aquarium (S~ac~o)~.~M.i~m ~p~i~&d~u~rk~-~I~'~-~'.n~k- Ed--~,~uf~f. ~F~e~e~: ~$~f ~6k~id~,~2~~4~. Con- ~N~t.~~. A~q ... ~;.., ~2~9-~5~12. 7:30 pm ~1~'~.--~,h Historical S.~6~.~1~)~@ N~,~,l~u. ~l~i-~l~k~-, A~,~,~i~,-~, ~dA~r~@~h-~A~.~,~.. ~Pr~6~4-~k -d ~H~~4-~k A~@h~'~,~!~J.~, ~b,~m~n~,~.~, -~h-k, I h f , this EXHIBIT E-6 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM, SEPT. 25, 1988 @a 44 M.- CELEBRATING OUR LINKS TO THE SEA OCTOBER 1 - 9,1988 "w' j .... ...... .. sq@ Ch-dt- C -E Vu m 4 :@R Ira CO STW A Calendar for Coastweek Events and articles on Working Waterfronts, INSIDE: Seafood, Marine Research and more ... 97 2H Maine Sunday Telegram, September 25, 1988 Coastweek celebrates our llinks to sea An invitation to join the celebration From October 1-9, Maine will hold it fifth annual celebration of Coastweek. Just what, you may ask, is Coastweek? It is a grassroots, national celebration of special events highlighting our cultural, environmental and economic links to the sea. Last year during Coastweek, over 1,000 events were held in 27 coastal states. This year in Main, groups from Kittery to Calais will sponsor marine slides shows, films, lectures, concerts and special exhibits. Next weekwend Coastweek will open with a coastwide shore cleanup, a marine educator's conference and a day-long family fair with maritime performances and demonstrations. The Coastweek Calendar on page 4 will give a tast of what the week has to offer. For more detailed infor- mation, contact the Maine Coastal Program at 289-3261. Beyond all the specific events, Coastweek gives us a chance to reflect on how important the sea is to Maine's quality of life. The articles in this supplement discuss some of the activities and places that make our coast special; some of the exciting changes along our shores; and some of the unsettling ones. The pieces were written by professionals from a diverse range of marine-related fields. With the help of Maine Sunday Telegram staff, this supplement was coordinated by the Maine Coastal Program, a division of the State Planning Office that works in marine planning, policy development and public education. When you're through reading the supplement, tear out the Coastweek calendar and keep it on hand for next week so you'll know what's happening where. If you have ques- tions, call the event organizers directly or contact the Coastal Program Office at the address listed below. We look forward to celebrating Coastweek with you. David Keeley Flis Schauffler Director Communications Coordinator Maine Coastal Program Main Coastal Program Maine Coastal Program State Planning Office State House Station 38 Augusta, ME 04333 207/289-3261 Coastal cleanups 1988 On Saturday hundreds of volunteers all along Maine's coast will spend a couple hours picking up trash, inventorying the kinds of debris found and then properly disposing of it. Data from Maine's annual cleanup are used as part of state and national efforts to monitor and reduce marine debris. The cleanup not only helps keep our coast attractive, it reduces the chance that plast debris will entangle wildlife or get caught in boat propellers. Listed below are some of the cleanups that will be held this October during Coastweek. Additional cleanup organizers and shore-pickers are needed. If you would like to join one of these scheduled cleanups, call the organizers to find out where to meet and what to bring. If you would like to organize a cleanup of your own, pleas contact Flis Schauffler at the Maine Coastal Program, 289-3261. Southern Coastal Back Cove Cleanup-Saturday, Oct. 1, 9 a.m. Contact: Annie kiel, 761-1813 or Flis Schuaffler, 871.9341. Cape Neddick/Short Sands, Long Sands Beaches (sponsored by the York Conservation Commission)- Saturday, Oct. 1, 9 a.m. COntact: Ruth Littlefield, 363.5863. Casco Bay Islands (sponsored by Casco Bay Island Dev. Assn.)-Date to be determined Contact: Jean Dyer, 846-4188. Crescent Beach State Park (sponsored by the park)-Saturday, Oct. 1, 9 a.m. Contact: Ralph Wilkinson. 799-5871. Eastern Prom Beach Cleanup (sponsored by Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization and the Community employment Project)-Saturday Oct. 1, 9 a.m. to noon. Contact: JOe Cowie, 775-3050. Eliot/Piscataqua River Cleanup (sponsored by Troop 340 of the Boys Scouts of America)- Saturday, Oct.1, 10 a.m. Contact: Greg St. Lawrence, 439-4674. Freeport/Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park (sponsored by the park)-Saturday, Oct. 1, 9 a.m. Contact: John Cooke, 865-4465. Kennebunkport/Colony, Kennebunk, Parson's and other beaches (sponsored by the Kenne- bunk Conservation Commission)-Contact: Dick Hogue, 985-4349. Kennebunkport/Goose Rocks Beach (sponsored by Girl Scout Troop #238)- Saturday, Oct. 8, 8-10 a.m. contact; Karen Detterman, 967-5444. Kennebunkport/Vaughn's Island (sponsored by the York County Coopertative Extension Office)-Saturday, Oct. 1, 9-11:30 a.m. A Family outing on Vaughn's Island with a tidepool walk, nature games and a beach cleanup. Contact: leanna Preston at 324-2814 or Anne Steele at 967-4367. (eves.) Kittery Beach (sponsored by the Kittery Conservation Commission)-Saturday, Oct 1, 10 a.m. Contact: Maria S. Barth, 439-4285. Ocean Park/Saco Bay Cleanup (sponsored by Stone Environmental School)-Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2-4 p.m. Contact: Sherry Christy/Duane Bond, 934-4064. Saco Beach Cleanup (sponsored by the Saco Conservation COmmission)-Saturday, Oct. 1, 9 a.m. Contact: John Andres or Peter Morelli, 282-4787. Scarborough Beach/Prout's Neck - Monday, Oct. 3, 12 noon. Rain date; Tuesday, Oct. 4, Contact: Mrs Harwood E. Ryan, 781-2639. South Portland/Ferry Beach (sponsored by the Ferry Village Neighborhood Conservation Assn.) - Saturday, Oct. 1, 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Contact: Janice Docotr, 799-6947. South Portland/Willard Beach (sponsored by the Spring Point Community Television Center and the Willard Beach Neighborhood Organization.)- Saturday, Oct. 1-4 p.m. A live TV special on the history of SImington Cove and Willard Beach followed, at 4:30 p.m., by a beach cleanup and picnic. Rain date: Sunday, Oct. 2, same time. Fee: Call for picnic information. Contact: Randy Visser, 879-4237. Uninhabited Coastal Islands (sponsored by Maine Recreational Boaters Assn.)- Saturday, Oct. 1. Boaters interested in cleaning up shores along unihabited coastl islands can contact the Main Recreational Boaters Assn. to find out which islands to go to and to get data cards for reporting the types and amount of debris found. Contact: Dick Anderson, 775-1671. Midcoast Bath/Wiscasset area. Chewonki Neck and Montsweag Bay region (sponsored by Chewonki Foundation and Merrymeeting Audubon Society). - Saturday, Oct. 1, 9 a.m. Contact: Don Hudson, 882-7323. Boothbay Shore area - Sometime during Coastweek, hopefully morning of Saturday, Oct. 1. Contact: Stephen Kaloyanides Jr. at 617/729-9206 or 633-2326. Brunswick area (sponsored by the Brunswick Conservation Commission, Bowdoin College Environmental Studies Department and the Brunswick Topsham Land Trust)-Saturday, Oct. 1, 9 a.m. Contact: Macky Bennet, 725-2318 Cushing/Maple Juice Cove (sponsored by the Midcoast Audubon Society) - Saturday, Oct. 1, 8:30 a.m. Contact: Joanna Willimetz, 354-8966. Pemaquid Region (sponsored by Mid-coast Audubon Society, Knox-Lincoln Cooperative Extension Service and Colonial pemaquid Historical Site)-Saturday, Oct. 1, 10 a.m. Contact: Brian Murray, 677-2423. Popham Beach State Park (sponsored by the park) - Saturday, Oct. 1, 9 a.m. Contact: Ben KReiton, 389-1335. Reid State Park (sponsored by the park) - Saturday, Oct. 1, 9 a.m. Contact: Dalton Kirk, 371-2303. Rockland (sponsored by the Island Institute) - Saturday, Oct. 1, 8:30 a.m. Contact: Richard Podolsky, 594-9209. Uninhabited Coastal Islands (sponsored by Maine Recreational Boaters Assn.) - Saturday, Oct. 1. Boaters interested in cleaning up shores along uninhabited coastal islands can contact the Maine Recreational Boaters Assn. to find out which islands to go to and to get data cards for reporting the types and amount of debris found. Contact: Dick Anderson, 775-1671. Waldoboro (sponsored by the Waldoboro Conservation Commission)- Saturday, Oct. 8, 10 a.m. Contact: Kendall Harris, 563-5791. West Boothbay Harbor (sponsored by the Dept. of Marine Resources)-Saturday, Oct 1, 9 a.m. Contact: Jean Chenoweth, 633-5572. Downeast Hangor/Cape Jellison-Saturday, Oct. 1, call for details. Contact: Liane Giambaivo, 862-33563. Cape Rosier and Nearby Islands - Sunday, Oct. 2, 9 a.m., Contact: Brett Brubaker, 326-4671. Eastport Beach (sponsored by the Easport Coast Watchers)-Call for details, Contact: Bobbie Lehigh and Mandy Penny, 853-2898. Eastport-Moose Island (sponsored by the Easport Land Trust)- Saturday, Oc.t 1, 10 a.m. Contact: Carol Bryan, 853-4887. Holbrook Island Sanctuary (Brooksville) (sponsored by the sancturay)-Saturday, Oct. 1, 9 a.m. Contact: Phil Farr, 326-4012. Penobscot River (sponsored by the Hampden Conservation Committee)-Saturday, Oct. 1, 9 a.m. Contact: Michael robiins at 862-3932 or 581-2051. Seal Harbor Underwater Cleanup (sponsored by the Mount Desert Island Sub Aqua Club)- Sunday, Oct. 2, Contact: Norm Hawes, 276-3224. Searsport (sponsored by the Penobscot Marine Museum)-Saturday, Oct. 1. Call for details. Contact: Ann Moffitt, 548--2529. Southwest Harbor (sponsored by the Southwest Harbor Library)-Tuesday, Oct. 4. Call for details. Contact: Lorraine Saunders, 244-7065. Uninhabited Coastal Islands (sponsored by Maine Recreational Boaters Assn.)-Saturday, Oct. 1. Boaters interested in cleaning up shores along uninhabited coastal islands can contact the Maine Recreational Boaters Assn. to find out which islands to go to and to get data cards for reporting the types and maount of debris found. Contact: Dick Anderson, 775-1671 ~0 ~.~qM~p~ll~q@~@~qS~y~qda~yT~e~[~O~gr~@~m~, S~epte~m~b~w25,19~88 3H ~0qS~2qtOnington stu- d~6qtnts~i~0qba~'ve a, dream ~B~YINGR~IDBENGIS While many students had never while they did not call it "cultural the results contributed greatly to overwhelmingly. a~l= a mor. traveled far from hom~0qwthey ~Ide~qnt~ity ~" amounted to exactly the community's planning Pr~O~c- atorium on ~subd~iv~i on the gn~ized the value of ~Y~A hey th. ~: ~q@~Mfound~~sen~se~ that- their e~ss~. The contest stimulated dis- conversion of commercial fishing ~-~qW n the spring of 1987 ~the town rheacdo and were concerned about existing way of l~ifen~i~s u~qZ~q~ue~st~i~qnd cussion locally, both in and out of uses to activities not related to ~q0 of Stonington ~was in the losing it to pollution, to "outsiders has value. The ~0 ~ly n~s~l t t~he~rla~s~s~ir~oom. Students Involved commercial fishing. id~st of drawing up a new ~a~nd summer people" with differ- complaint expressed in the essays their parents and vice versa. Sup- comprehensive plan. The ent values ~a~nd different ways of was over a lack of recreational port for the comprehensive plan. Ingrid ~Ben~gris is chairman of the ][Comprehensive Plan Com- life, to ov~erf~ish~ing and to overde~. facilities for young people. n~f~n~g process grew, Ston~ington Planning Board and mittee wanted to involve the com- velopment. 'Me winning essays were pub- ~Un August 1, 19~88, the new was co~ch~a~irman of the Compre. munity in its planning process so Their essays demonstrated an~ lished in the local newspaper, ~a~nd Plan was voted on and passed hensive Plan Committee. they decided to launch ar~% a~rt ~a~nd extremely strong t~iont~8qgnse of place, essay contest for students, with ~a~nd a rec~ogn~i t their unique the theme "Sto~nington~'s Future: way of life might be threatened. dre~a~Lms and nightmares." Local Over and over, they expressed the businesses donated cash awards t~o feeling that they didn't want the be given to the winner in each age Island (Deer Isle) to become a group (elementary school. junior "tourist trap like B~a~r Harbor." high school and high school). ~- ~T~hey wanted to s~e~e Ston~ington remain a fishing town where peo~- ~~R ~T~he competition proved to be a pie care about each other and "No fertile source of discussion in Trespassing" signs a~iren~'t posted ~4 ~sch Is and In the larger commu- to prevent people who have lived ~o~a n~ity. It quickly became evident there for generations from walking from the thoughtful essays and In the woods or along the share. serious an ~subm~i~a ions that most The children's essays of the students are~ske~en~ly attuned expressed a great attachment to the to their environment ~a~nd, at times. community, as well as a love of ~a~lmo~st~,fierce In their desire to natural world. T~lhey wrote about a keep it 'like it is." fear of losing something which~, Celebrate Coastweek Stop by and look through our many books of Marine related interest. REGULAR HOURS: WED., THUR., FRI. 11-5~, SAT. 12~-4. - -- ------- OTHER TIMES BY CHANCE- USED AND OUT~-OF~'PR~INT BOOKS. WE BUY B~O~OK~S,TOO. ~qI~-~0qA~,~qV~4qa~- MUD= Tel. 799-SAVE 146 Ocean St., So. Portland In ~that~)~;~qiar~, co~lo~r~tis~ts built their first ocean-going vessel. Christened the Virginia of Sagadah~o~ck, it sailed from a little s~hpyard ~qj~C~i~s~l twelve miles down river from the ~pes~c~ir~i~t site of the Bath ~.~1~q= W~9~q4 its ~f~our~drg in 1~8~M~, Bath Iron Works has added mar~ry~lir~s~ts~7t~oMa~i~n~ds ca~t~a~fogu~e of maritime a~ch~i~e~v~e~r~ne~r~qf~qt~'And thr~o~ug~q@ ~d~-~;~o ~q@~ears, ~@~w~e~\~em~ad~ethoha~l~lmark Route 302, North Windham 892~-4086 in the yea~@s t~o come~, we will Wild shipsin Bath and ~mpa~ir others ~6q16~0qo~2q7~.~'~- `~,`~@~~i~n P~or~d~a~n~d. ~A~q@~i~d each s~h~ipwill carry ~ I ~- -apart of M~a~i~n~e~l~s p~ax~i maritime heritage to~qf~qt oceansofthe world. Thank-, Mane~q, for a great shipbuilding tradition~q. -Ahis~qt~qoryo~qf~qBa~qt~qh~qlr~qo~qr~qi~6qf~6qt~q4s~qis Southern Maine's Cure on exhibit ~qatth~qe Maine Maritime for the executive blues. ~qMu~qseum~qin~qf~qlat~qh. Business Tuesday V~0qortl~0qa~44qO ~88qP~0qr~0qe~4qs~4qs~96qy~8qcra~2ql~2qb For home delivery call 775-~q5811~q. ... ....... 99 4H Maine Sunday telegram, September 25, 1988 Coastweek Events Southern Coast Throughout Coastweek Crescent Beach State Park, Free admission, Guided nature programs for schools and other groups on Oct. 3. Call to arrange. Contact: Ralph Wilkinson, 799-5871. Throughout Coastweek Ferry Beach State Park (Saco). Free admission. Guided nature programs for schools and other groups Monday through Friday. Call to arrange. Contact: Gordeen Noble, 283-0067. Throughout Coastweek Fort McClary State Historical Site (Kittery Point). Free admission. Contact: Tom Collins, 439-2845. Throughout Coastweedk Good Day market on Brackett Street in Portland is offering a sea vegetable special highlighting seaweeds. Contact: Charlotte Henderson. 871-8646 Throughout Coastweek Two Lights State Park, Free admission. Guided nature programs for schools and other groups on Oct. 5. Contact Ralph wilkinson, 799-5871. Throughtout Coastweek Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park (Freeport). Free admission. On Oct. 2 at 2 p.m., there will be aguided walk on "Secrets of the Shore." Contact: Pat Bailey, 289-3821. Throughout Coastweek Portland Yacht Services. Open House of boatyard/brokerage in Portland and wooden boatbuilding plant on Ram Island Farm. Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact: Jane Wellehan, 774-1067. Wednesdays in October Brick Store Museum in Kennebunkport. Lunctime film series on "Coastal Connections Our Seafaring Heritage. "Each Wednesday at 12:10 p.m. Bring your lunch. Fee: $1 per person. Contact: Dick Hogue or Wilma Leinonen at 985-45349. Saturdays and Sundays in October Kennebunk River Canoe Picnics. Meet 2 hours before high tide at Dock Square parking lot. Bring your canoe. Contact: Dick Hogue or Wilma Leinonen at 985-4349. Saturday Oct. 1, 9-11:30 a.m. York County Cooperative Extension Service Office. Family outing on Vaughns Island with a tidepool walk, nature games, and a beach cleanup. Contact: Leanna Preston at 324-2814 or Anne Steele at 967-4376. Saturday Oct. 1, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Gulf of Maine Marine Education Association Annual Conference/Workshop (at SMVTI, South Portland). "Tidepool Tactics for the Classroom" (or teachers, high school students and other interested people. Contact: Sharon Meeker, at 603/862-3460 or write GOMMEA, PO Box 2652, South Portland, ME 04106. Saturday Oct. 1, 10-11 a.m. Children's Museum of Maine/Gulf of Maine Aquarium. "Seaweeds and Sea Creatures": a hands-on opportunity for children to learn about life in the intertidal zone to be held at the Children's Museum on Stevens Avenue in Portland. Fee $2/person Contact: The Children's Museum, 797-5483. Saturday OCt.1, all morning Maine's Annual Shore Cleanup, coordianted by the Maine Coastal Program; Cleanups have already been organized in Eliot, Kittery, York, Kennebunkport, Ocean Park, Saco, Scar- borough, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Portland and on uninhabited coastal islands, You can join one of these, or organize your own. For more details, please contact Fils Schauffler at 289-3261 (or write Maine Coastal Program, State House Station 38, Augusta, ME 04333). Saturday Oct. 1, all day Greater Portland Council of Governments. A day-long mobile workshop for planners and town officials to explore planning issues in the context of one watershed. Call for details, including fee. Contact: Shirley Hager, 774-9891. Saturday OCt. 1, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve Family Day at Wells Reserve with special events for adults and kids. Bring a bag lunch. Call for details. Contact: Brian or Mary DOyle, 646-4521. Saturday Oct. 1, 1-3 p.m. Kittery Historical and Naval Museum. Open House with refreshments for all who prarticipate in the Kittery Coastal Cleanup that morning. Contact: Kimberly Cook, 439-3080. Saturday Oct. 1, 4 p.m. Spring Point Community Television Center, TV special, "The Story of Simington Cove," lvie on Willard Beach, followed at 4:30 p.m. by a beach cleanup and picnic. Rain date: Sunday, Oct. 2, sam etime. Fee: Picnic may be a potluck. Call for more information. Contact: Randy Visser, 879-4237. Monday Oct. 3, 3:30 p.m. Maine Aquarium (Saco). Maine Aquarium "Walk-about." Take a guided tank-by tank tour with a member of the Aquarium's Education staff Fee: $5 adults/$3.50 for kids 5-12/$1 for kids 2-4. Contact: Maine Aquarium, 284-4512. Monday Oct.3, 7:30 p.m. Yarmouth Historical Society. "Prehistoric and Historic Archaeology of Northeast Casco Bay," an illustrated lecture by Prof. Nathan Hamilton in the Merrill Memorial Library Meeting Room. Contact: Marilyn J. Hinkley, curator, 846-6259. Wednesday Oct 5, 12:30 p.m. Portland Museum of Art. "The Sea Around Us." A gallery talk on Maine's maritime history and art. Fee: $3.50 adults/$2.50 seniors and students/$1 kids 6-18. Contact: Sarah Cecil, 775-6148. Wednesday Oct. 5, 1:30 p.m. Maine aquarium (Saco). "You Are What You Eat" talk by curator Keith matassa on what captive animals eat. watch the feeding of exhibit animals. Fee $5 adults/$3.50 for kids 5-12/$1 for kids 2-4. Contact: Main Aquarium, 284-4512. Friday Oct. 7, 12:30 p.m. Portland Museum of Art. "The Sea Around Us" gallery talk. Please see listing for Oct 5. Friday Oct. 7, 4-5:30 p.m. Portland Museum of Art. "The Sea Around Us" gallery talk. Please see listing for Oct. 5. Friday Oct.. 7, 4-5:30 p.m. Nature walks Unlimited. "Tidal Pool explorations: a free walk for adults and children. Meet at the Spring Point public parking lot (South Portland). Contact: Cindy Krum, 774-2441. Friday Oct. 7, 3:30 p.m. Maine Aquarium (Saco), "Starting and Maintaing a Home Aquarium": a step-by-step guide to setting up a home aquarium for adults and children. Fee: $5 adult/$3.50 for kids 5-12/$4 for kids 2-4. Contact: Maine Aquarium, 284-4512. Saturday Oct. 8, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. U.S. Coast Guard. A Lighthouse Open House will be held at the Portland Head Light Station in Cape Elizabeth. Contact: karen McLean, 767-0303. Sunday Oct. 9, 2:30 p.m. Maine Aquarium (Saco), Seals' Skills; Marine Mammal Training. Fee: $5 adults/$3.50 for kids 5-12/$1 for kids 2-4. Contact: Maine Aquarium, 284-4512. Monday Oct. 10, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Maine Aquarium (Saco). "Creating Treasures from the Sea." Using marine materials, children create their own crafts. For children and their parents. Fee: $5 adults/$3.50 for kids 5-12/$1 for kids 2-4. Contact: Maine Aquarium, 284-4512. Wedenesday Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m. Maine Coastal Program and the USM Geosciences Department Photographer Rand Raabe will present a slides show of the caost in four seasons, with accompanying soundtrack. To be held in the Luther Bonney auditorium at USM's Portland campus. Contact: Flis Schauffler at 289-3261 or Rand Raabe at 883-3003. Sunday OCt. 23, afternoon Maine Chapter-Appalachian Mountain Club. A 4-mile Family Hike on Peaks Island on Sunday afternoon (call for times). Open to club members and the publci. Fee: $3 round trip ferry fee. Contact: David Hall, 443-9446. Friday Oct. 28, all day Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine (Argo-Maine). A conference on "The Gulf of Maine: its value to oru state "will be held in Portland. Fee: Call for more information. Contact: David Townsend, 633-2838. Mid-coast Throughout Coastweek Camden Hills State Park Free admission for picnicking. Contact: Gordon Bell, 236-3109. Throughout Coastweek Colonial Pemsquid State Historical Site. Free admission and on weekends, the museum will be open with free admission. On Wednesday Oct. 5, guided programs will be offered for any interested groups (call to arrange). Contact: Brian Murray, 677-2423. Throughout Coastweek. Maine State Museum. The vistor services staff will rpesent half-hour gallery programs from Oct. 3 to 7. A presentation on sailmaking will be held daily at 11 a.m. and the one on lobstering at 2 p.m. Contact: Jon Bailey, 289-2301. Throughout Coastweek. Nantucket Lightship. The lightship will be at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath. Fee: Call for information on fee and hours. Contact: Paul Carter, 775-1008. Throughout Coastweek Pejopscot Historical Society. An Exhibit on "Pejopscot's Little Canadas: Franco-American Communities in the Adndroscoggin River Region." Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact: Kathy Hudson, 729-6606. Throughout Coastweek Popham Beach State Park, Free admission. Contact: Ben Kreiston, 389-1335. Throughout Coastweek Reid State Park, Free admission. Guided nature programs for schools and other groups on Oct. 4. There will be a beach run on Oct. 8. Call for details. Contact: Dalton Kirk, 371-2303. Sept 27 and 29, 2 p.m. University of Maine Darling Marine Center. One-hour tours of lab. Contact: Carol Jaeger, 563-3143 Continued on next page 100 Maine Sunday Telegram, September 25, 1988 5H Coastweek events, cont. Saturday Oct, 1, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. The Nature Conservancy. "Mud Plants of Merrymeeting Bay:" a field a trip to explore the brackish mudflais around Merrymeeting Bay. Fee: $5 Nature Conservancy members; $7 non-members. Contact: Barbara Vickery, 729-5181. Saturday Oct. 1, all morning Maine's Annual Shore Cleanup coordinated by the Maine Coastal Program, Local Cleanups have already been organized in Bath/Wiscasset, Boothbay, Brunswick, Cushing, Freeport, Pemaquid, Popham Beach, Reid State Park, Rockland, Waldoboro, West Boothbay Harbor and on uninhabited coatal islands. You can join one of these or schedule your own. For more details on the cleanup, please call Flis Schauffler at 289-3261 (or write Maine Coastal Program, State House Station 38, Augusta, ME 04333). Sunday Oct. 2, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Marine Audubon Society SEA FAIR: A Family Celebration held at the Maine Maritime Museum (Percy/Small Shipyard) in Bath. There will be exhibits, demonstrations boat rides, maritime crafts and films. participants include the Coast Guard Bigelow Laboratory, Maine Aquarium, Sea Grant, Department of Marine Resources, Maine Fishermen's Wives Association, Nantucket lightship, New England Aquarium, Wells Estuarine Reserve, Maine Agricultural Experiment Station and Maine Coastal Program. Mr./Mrs. Fish, Jackson Gilman, Edie Doughty and others will perform. Fee: $4.50 for nonmembers/$4 for members of Maine AUdubon or the Maine Maritime Museum, $2 for children 5-13; children under 5, free. Contact: Stirling Kendall at the Maine Audubon Society, 781-2330. Sunday Oct. 2, 1 p.m. Pemaquid Watershed Association. A canoe trip through Biscay Pond and down the Pemaquid River to Bristol Mills. Rain date: Oct. 9. Call for more information. Fee: Donations for PWA's water-testing program would be appreciated. Contact: Mac Rogers at 529-5395 or 563-1216. Sunday Oct. 2, 1:30 p.m. Maine State Museum. "Investigationg the Defense: a slide talk on the recovery and preservation from a ship sunk at 1779 in the Stockton Harbor." Contact: Jon Bailey, 289-2301. Monday Oct. 3, 7 p.m. Sportsman's Alliance of Maine. Presentation by Barry Gibson, editor of Saltwater Sportfishing, on the "The Future of the Resources: what's in store for striped bass, bluefish, and mackeral fisheries in the Gulf of Maine. "To be held at the Holiday Inn on Western Avenue in Augusta. Contact: Sportman's Alliance of Maine, 622-5503. Tuesday, Oct 4, 7 p.m. William A. Farnsworth Library & Art Museum. "The Days of Sail - Captured on Film." Several short films will be shown on the romantic and mundane aspects of life aboard commercial sailing vessels. To be held at the Farnsworth Museum at 19 Elm St. in Rockland. Sponsored by W.C. Ladd & Sons, Inc. and the Penobscot Marine Museum. Contact: mary McPherson or Carol Holman at 595-6457. Wednesday Oct. 5, 3 p.m. Maine State Museum, "Investigating the DEFENSE." Please see listing for Oct. 2. Wednesday Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m. William A. Farnsworth Library & Art Museum. "Women Who Went to Sea":a presentation on Maine women who accompanied their sea-faring husbands on ocean-going voyages in the late 1800s with Dr. John Battick and Elizabeth balano. Sponsored by W.C. Ladd & Sons, Inc. To be held at the Famsworth Museum at 19 Elm St. in Rockland. Contact: Mary McPherson or Carol hofman at 596-6457. Wednesday Oct 6, 7:30-9 p.m. L.L. Bean Public Clinic Program. "Lighthouse-hopping by Sea Kayak": a colorful slides show capturing the beauty and mystique of Maine lighthouses and a talk on sea kayaking, trip planning an dsafety. To be held at the L.L. Bean Casco Street Conference Center, on Route 1 in Freeprot. Contact: Michael Perry, 865-4761, ext. 2090 Thursday Oct. 6, 2 p.m. William A. Farnsworth Library & Art Museum. "The Days of Sail" film showing. Please see the Oct. 4 lsiting. Thursday Oct. 6, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Maine Department of Marine Resources. Open House at Marine Laboratory with guided tours of the lab, aquarium and library; question/answer sessions; movies and videos. Contact: Jean Chenowith, 633-5572. Thursday Oct. 6 and Friday Oct. 7, 2-6 p.m. Shaw's Supermarkets/Maine Department of Marine Resources. Seafoood cooking demonstra- tion at the Shaw's store in Rockland. Contact: Bob Beaudoin, 289-2291. Saturday October 8, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Prejepscot Historical Society - Field Trip with historical lectures and boat tours to explore Harpswell, Orr's island and Bailey Island. Fee: Call for information. Contact: Kathy Hudson, 729-6606. Saturday Oct. 8, 9 a.m.-noon Thomaston Center of UMA Walking Tour of Thomaston Landmarks (adults only, please) with slides and discussion by historian/educator Renny A. Stackpole. Fee: $15, Pre-registration required. Contact: Chris LeGore at 354-6906 or 576-6979. Saturday Oct 8, 10:30 a.m. to noon william A. Farnsworth Library & Art Museum. "Why Knot?" Seafaring skills for children in grades 5 to 8. Sponsored by W.C. Ladd & Sons, Inc. and the Rockport Apprenticepshop. To be held at the Farnsworth Museum at 19 Elm St. in Rockland. Contact: Mary Mcpherson or Carol Holman at 596-6457. Saturday Oct. 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. U.S. Coast Guard A Lighthouse Open House will be held at the Kennebec River Light Station on Route 127 in Arrowsic. Contact: Karen McLean at the USCG office, 767-0303. Saturday Oct. 8 (10 a.m.-4 p.m.)-Sunday Oct. 9 (11 a.m. - 4 p.m.) National Audubon Society/Council of Maine Chapters. Maine Wildlife Festival (outdoors) with programs, films and exhibits celebrating Maine's wildlife heritage (including coastal species). Held at Camp Runola in Belgrade Lakes. Fee: $3 adults/$1 children/$5 per carload. Contact : Wendy Howes at 645-3778 or Joe Gray at 563-3578. Friday Oct. 14, evening, and Saturday Oct. 15. Maine Maritime Museum and Island Institute. A joint conference entitled "Fishermen, Farmers and Developers - A History of Maine's Coastal Landscapes" to be held at the Maritime Museum in Bath. Fee: $35 for museum members/$45 for nonmembers. Contact: Patricia Conn, 442-1316. Saturday Oct. 22, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Maine Coast Heritage Trust and the Maine Association of Conservation Commissions. "Our Town Conference 1988; public/private perpectives on land conservation." Fee: $25 (member/early registration discounted). Contact: Tom Wood, 729-7366. Saturday Nov. 5, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service-Androscoggin/Sagadaboc Counties. "We All Live Downstream: A Conference on Nonpoint Source Pollution," to be held at Bowdoin College In Brunswick. Oen to interested citizens and lcoal officials. Fee: $20 (includes lunch and materials). Contact: Nancy Coverstone, 786-0376 Downeast Throughout Coastweek Cobscook Bay State Park (Dennysville) Free admission for day use. Contact: Stuart Wagner, 726-4412. Throughout Coastweek Fort Knox Sate Historical Site (Stockton Springs) Free admission. Guided tours on weekends of Oct. 1/2 and 8/9 at 1 p.m. Contact: Mike Leighton, 469-7719. Throughout Coastweek Holbrook Island Sanctuary (Brooksville). Free admission. Guided nature programs on Oct. 5 for schools (call to arrange). Contact: Phil Farr, 326-4012. Throughout Coastweek Lamoine State Park (Lamoine). Free admission for day use. Contact: Lee Griffen, 667-4778. Throughout Coastweek Moose Point State Park (Searsport). Free admission. Contact: Shirley Clark, 548-2882. Throughout Coastweek OCeanarfum (Southwest Harbor). Hands-on programs about local marine life, particularly the lobster. The Oceanarium is opent 9-5, Monday through Saturday. fee: $3.50 adults/$2 kids 4-12. Contact: david or Audrey mills, 244-7330. Throughout Coastweek Quoddy Head State Park (Lubec). Free admission. Contact: Raymond Thompson, 733-2249. Throughout Coastweek Roque Bluffs State Park (Roque Bluffs). Free admission. On Thursday OCt. 6, there will be guided nature programs for schools and other groups (call to arrange). Contact: Larry Hunter, 255-3475. Throughout Coastweek University of Maine/Orono Dining Services. Spotlight on Maine Seafood: the dinner menu, Monday through Friday of Coastweek, will feature Maine seafood entries. Fee: $4.50 (for transients). Contact: Anne S. Johnson, 581-4706 Throughout Coastweek, mornings University of Main at Machias/Beals Island Regional Shellfish Hatchery. Tour of the Beals Island Hatchry. Call to arrange. Contact: Brian Beal, 255-3313. Saturday Oct. 1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. West Quoddy, Biological Research Station (Lubec). Celebration of the Coast Festival with exhibits; song; salmon cooked by SAD 19 classes; dance and aquaculture displays. Rain date: Oct 8. Fee: A donation is request for a local coastal cleanup/inter survey to be organized on Oct. 1, 1988 and run through Sept 30, 1989. Contact: Debbie Olson or Robin Moloff-Gautier at 733-8895. Saturday Oct. 1 Maine Maritime Academy (Castline). "Open House: Interviews and tours of campus for high school students and their parents." Contact: Dan Jones, 326-4311, ext 204/205. Saturday Oct. 1, all morning Maine's Annual Shore Cleanup, coordinated by the Maine Coastal Program. Local cleanups have already been organized at Cape Rosier, Eastport Beach, Holbrook Island Sanctuary, Seal Harbor(underwater), Searsport, Cape Jellison and uninhabited coastal islands. You can join these, or organize your own. Pleas contact Flis Schauffler at 289-3261 (or write the Maine Coastal Program, State House Station 38, Augusta, ME 04333). Sunday Oct. 2, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Acadia National Park, Islesford Historical Cruise among the Cranberry Isles. Land on Little Cranberry Isle to visit its museum. Meet at the town pier in Northeast Harbor. Fee: $8 adults/$5 for children 6012/free for childeren under 5. Contact: Acadia staff at 276-5352. Sunday Oct. 2, 1-5 p.m. Old Sardine Village Museum (Lubec). "Dollar Day": tours of the museum and special demonstrations in cooperation with the Lubec Historic Society. Fee $1/person Contact: Barney Reyer, 773-2822. Monday Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m. Southwest Harbor Pulic Library. "History of Mount Desert Island": a talk by local historian and boatbuilder Ralph Stanley. Contact: Lorraine Saunders, 244-7065. Continued on next page 101 ~0 ~SH Maine Sunday Telegram, September 25,1988 0~1 Exploring New Job Options? Looking For A Career Change? High School Graduate Seeking Job- Events, ~4qc~q!~4qDnt~,~,~,~.~ ori~4q6~qte~qd College Education? A Displaced Homemaker In Search of a Tuesday Oct. 4~. ~9 &~m. - I I ~am Acadia National Park. Cruise with a park naturalist among Frenchman Bay Wands. Meet at the New Career? town p~i r in Bar Harbor. F~e~e: ~S~8~6adul~ts/$5 for ~ch~i~ld~m ~1fre~e forch~i~ldren under ~S. Contact. W~ade,~2~88~-33~2~2. ~8qx h ~.~U~i~s Winter or Deb ~0 E plore t e Educational[ ~Tu~q"y Oct. 4~,1:30 pm. - 3:30 ~P.- Acadia National ~Parj~t. Life Between the Tides: a r~a~nger~-led walk in the intertid~a~l ~z~on Opportunities Contact Acadia staff at 288-~62~6~2. W~*d~,~2q=~O~, III in the '''MARINE-RELATED ~e~d~q. ~4qL~n~d ~l~o~q@~6qV=tie open House: Visitors will ~t~o~u~t~ir~t~h~; m~a~H~t~ne r~i~i~q@~- facility here In S~a~I~s~hury C I r ~qMec~tur~e~. ~a~nd ~a~" a video pre~s~en~t~at~io~m ~C~@ou~p~s of ten or more amid call for re~s~e~i~n~at~ion~s~. Contact: Lucy Rocking. 2~88~~6339. SCIENCES Wednesday Oct. ~5, 9,~30 ~a~-~. I~Z:~30 ~p~q@ Acadia N~at~io~t~n~ell Park. ~I~sle~ford Historical Cruise. Please ~se~s, I~qW ng ~f~o~r Oct 2. at~~~6qO~6qU~2qTHERN MAINE TECH ~0q=~0~1~.~t~2qi~f~tr~k. Frenchmen Bay Cruise. Please see listing for Oct. 4. ~1 :Associate Degree (AAS) or Diploma Programs in ~T~bur~.d~ay~O~ct.~8~.7p.~m. N~at~mal ~k~i~f~ft~o~ry Mus~t~i~a~m at College of the Atlantic. Wh~ale~q"n~-Whe~e~l~s: Assembling ~qm~d~ot ~J~. ~M~l.~ke ~W~r~i~n~a~le Skeleton. All are welcome to attend at the COA ~Mu~s~e~un~n~; ~F~q@te 3~, in B~a~r Harbor. F~e~e: $1 per ~~Z ~Pe~r,~so~. 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Some Evening Courses ~$~qMS- ~(~N~q-~R~e~w~e~nt~) ~S~A~hu~d~A~y~O~c~L~I~6~,~9~,~.~2~0~s~.~= Penobscot Valley Chapter of the Maine Audubon Society. Field Trip to S~c~h~o~odic Point ~(A~c~edi~a FOR FURTHER ~"~Ir~F~OR~KAT~ION AND APPLICATIONS CONTACT; National Park) concentrating on life In the intert~ida~l xone ~a~nd fall m~i~g~a~n~t~s. Call for det~a~l~l~s. Mary Stanley C~o~nt~&~M Bob M~i~l~u~do, ~581~-312~8 or 2~34~-2~5~32 Sout~h~em Maine Vocational Technical ~ins~dtute Fort Road South Portland, Maine 0~4 1 ~D~6 ~(~Z~07~) 7~qW7303 (extem~l~on ~2~0~9~) C0~q1~q4WED SORBENT PRODUCTS INSTANT RESPONSE TO OIL SPILLS AND EVERYDAY PROTECTION Co~nw~e~d offers a ~corn~e~i~at~e line of ~s~o~rb~e~nt ~p~ro~clu~c~t~s ~W law efficient and ~s~c~o~,~nom~ica~i at clean up of ~W~~s~i~t~e~ ~P~e~r~0~io~urn spins. Men~- k~ei~% pac~l~e~. ~s,~m~o~ps. strips. ~bo~or~e~a~. pillows and ~fu~l~t~s am ~a~f~t ~d~q"~n~ad ~W ~q" handling~. d~i~sp~o~s~abil~i~ty ~a~nd -p~l~o~r~i~. ~6qd~-~q% ~C~-~w~-~d ~s~o~'~b~e~r~t~s ~q- ~r~e~a~n~f~dr~e~d ~f~f~q- ~. u~n~i~q~- b o~9~m ab~4~e ~v~weta~w~e ~n~b~er. These ~f~l~o~e~m .. ~tr to ~r~q" water and ~a~b~a~o~@~b ~h _ ~a ~-~6qX~8q= ~9 r~a~od ~-~4 ~t~i, ~.~1~qt~t~i~.~1 ~4qr ~_~11~q@ I -~q@ water ~P~@~,~A~.~P. A special ~p~t~f~t ~M ~m~i~n~t~c~e~r~n~e~t is ~~n~b~odd~e~d in the h~bm to ~r-~l~d~e ~i~n~a ~,~.~q ~W h~.~@d~nng ~@~f~fe~n sor~. ~b~e~g~i~s am ~h~A~y ~"~W~m~A~n~d. M A'R~8qINA (207) 775~-5608~1 Oce~an~'Avenue, K~ennebunk~port, Maine 510 COUNTY ROAD, WEST~qBRook 0~. Mt.. 0409~.2~q-~.~.~.~_,~:~. The Maine Sardine Council Salutes BO~8qST~2q0~1~q1~1~,~q4~1 WHALER COAST WEEK ~qP~8qKAKO ~80qv~80q7~52qT~q-~q_~0q7~2q;~64q9 ~84qR ~8qT~q-~68q5 PO~88qW~80qE~80qREO BY I O~4qUTSOARDS Many makes & MOM& Call for ar~qnaz~qi~qng end-o~qf-s~qe~qason pr~qicer~q, MAINE SARDIN The protection of ~qou~qr coastal resources is Vital~q. to. Ch~4qirk~q's ~qu~8qiff not be under~qso~8qld~0qi Maine's ability to remain a leader in supplying the world with high quality seafood NJ ~16qT ES 102 Main. Sundq Telgrarn, S-Olemb.,2 "' 111, 1H ic e ris a plaguelo Maine coast ByKATRINAVANDUSEN feed.,the entangled animals often'die- f Wcoasta.1 states that require these U.S. ships in International waters, and all and rr0m xhaustion, exposure or starvatin.":' @aononoectors'to be'photodegradable: (Pho. ships in U.S. territorial waters, to dump FIJS SCHAUFFLER Marine debris poses a threat to more todegradability means that the connector Plastics overboard. than wildlife. It Is a navigational hazard - If exposed to sunlight and vvam Even with International efforts to miti- n economist once quipped that for both recreational boaters and com. temperatures - will break down within g=d m we'd all be rich if we had only Inerciall vessels. Plastic nets, ropes, line seven months. But, of course. not all the .u ping, the plastics problem main In full daylight, Pt to be a serious one for followed the iiage advice that and bags Can foul props and clogwater In. discarded Yokes re decades, and aprobably even centuries, to I'Mr facingsouth.) Rr@dlk takes on ships, disabling vessels and d= gave Benjamin come. A ( stin Hoffman) In causing engine damage. An encouraging step has been taken It is estimated that the average plastic the 1967 film, "The Graduate" - plastics. aThere is also growing concern that the by Maine's two leading supermarket bag lasts 20 years, and the average bes tic hill lit posed by beach litter will, chains, ShaWs =QiSave ey are u=te$, 11ke Q try to six-pack Yoke lasts 400 years, so plastics The plastics industry is doing well Maine, whose economies the first store would pose a continuing threat to wildlife because it he created a durable, adapt- relyon the scenic appeal of their coasts, begin using biodegradable plastic shop- even if we completely stopped dumping able product sthat is put to myriad uses, Maine need only look to New Jersey ping bags, a decision - they say - was especially in packaging. The prevalence and New York to gauge the extent of this, due entire y to cu them. stonier requests for By one estimate, each of us uses of plastics, though, is causing an assort- risIL According to a recent"Blue Ribbon more ecological bags. almost 200 pounds of plastic annually, ment of problems on land and in the Panel Report on New Jersey's Ocean- Another move needed at the state and roughly 60 pounds of It in packaging. ocean: Long-lived plastic products are Incidents," 70 percent of visitors to New national level is construction of adequate Given that cl Ion overloading landfills, littering beaches Jerseys shore described the water as dockside disposal facilities that will - osetoonemill people live and endangering marine wildlife. "sometimes or generally not clean.,, encourage large merchant; research and in Maines coastal counties, it is inevita- According to the National Academy of A similar ciosing occurred along 25 fishing vessels, as well as recreational ble that some of these myriad plastics will Sciences, nearly I million pounds of plas. miles of Long Island beaches this July boaters and nearshore fishermen, to find theirwaytosea. tic debris is dumped into the ocean when several dozen syringes washed bring their trash to shore for disposal. A first step toward reducing marine daily, ashore. Even after the beaches reopened, Plastic debris may involve reducing our The fishing industry is also exploring reliance on that modern miracle, plastic. Where does all this plastic come the number of visitors hovered around ways to regulate itself to minimize the As we learn more ofits hidden costs we from? ne plastics are discarded along 30,000, down from a normal level of loss ofgear. Possibilities include Identifi- maydecide that its bener a our @ies shore and at sea by commercial and 200.000. its t spe cation, tracking and bounty systems for do not outweigh the threat that it holds recreatio at boaters, beachgoers, mer- What can be done to lessen the .prob- lost fishing gear. . I . I .. I . for life in the sea. chant Xps, naval vessels and plastic- lems posed by plastics in the ocean? At the international level, progress on manufacturing industries. Efforts to address the issue range from *the ocean dumping issue was made last Historically. merchant and passenger local cleanup efforts to international December. After nine years ofdiscussion, Katrina Van Duysen, a senior plan- ships and naval vessels have disposed of agreements. Congress ratified Annex V., a provision ne"t the State Planning Office, coordin. trash at sea because of inadequate on- Every October since 1985, local com- of the 1973 International Convention for ated Maine's Coastal Cleanup in 1986 board storage space and limited facilities munities along Maine's coast have partI4 the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and 1987. for shore3ide disposal. Fishing and cipated in a shore cleanup. During this (MARPOL) that prohibits ocean disposal Fits Schauffler, communications coordi. recreational boaters also contribute to annual event, hundred of volunteers col- ofplastics, limits other garbage disposal,* nator for the Maine Coastal Program, is the problem, both through intentional ILct thousands of pounds of trash from and requires parts to provide facilities for coordinating the 1988 Cleanup in Maine. dumping and through loss olgear. sandy beeches, salt marshes, rocky receiving ship's trash. The United States Adaptedfrom an article that appeared in Plastic debris in the ocean also accu- shores and islands. was the last signatory nation needed to the August issue of Habitat, Journal of mulates from land-based sources, such as While the Maine Coastal Program (at enact the provision Into law, so - effec- the Maine Audubon Society. Reprinted plastic-manufacturing operations, sew- the State Planning Office) coordinates the tive Dec. 31, 1988 - it will be illegal for with permission. age @r@3 tment plants. ocean dumping of cleanup, the event is largely a grassroots Municipal solid waste (a historical Pat- effort, organized by enterprising individ- tern with some Maine islands) and litter- uals and community groups such as' ing by people along shore. Audubon chapters, conservation com- 'Me threat posed by this plastic de missions, land trusts, and scout troops. bris In 1987, nearly 800 volunteers col- t. Marine is becoming increasingly evidpn lected approximately 7,000 pounds of ientists now consider plastic to be the debris along 80 miles of the state's shore. most widespread human threat to marine line, an average of 88 pounds per mfle. Proud to be a species.'rbe National Wildlife Federation esctimates that, worldwide, over I million This year's cleanup will be held Satur- sponsorof birds and 100,000 marine mammals die day morning. More than two dozen local each year as a result of Ingesting plastic, cleanups have been organized from Eliot Coa@tweek or becoming entangled in It. to Eastport. Anyone who would like more Birds can die after consuming various information on this year's cleanup can small plastic particles, mistaking them contact the Maine Coastal Program. for crustaceans or fish eggs, their normal W prey. The indigestible plastic then blocks B@eyond local cleanup efforts, what can- their intestines. causing ulcers and, ulti- be done to reduce the amount of marine FROST MARINE COMPANY mately, starvation. plastics debris' Efforts will need to be Turtles. such as the endangered Log- undertaken at the state, national and gerhead, ingest plastic bags - mistaking international level. them for jellyfish, one of their favorite Maine could enact regulations man. foods. dating that certain plastic Items be Marine mammals and fish also become degradable and requiring all nondegrad.' - U.S. Route. 1, Box 2409. South Portland, ME. 04106 entangled in plastics, such as discarded able plastic containers to be returnable. fishing gear and six-pack connectors While a bill to ban six-pack yokes (207) 883-4341 (yokes). Unable to move normally, or failed in last year's legislature, Maine is CASCO BAY YACHT EXHANGE. "Full Brokerage Service@' We are proud to be a Coastweek sponsor. Specializing in Buying and Selling,-.:I Quality Pre-Owned Boats 231 Front Street EL South Portland, ME. Celebrating Coas .tweek, Oct. 1-9, 1988 (gP7) 767-4729 George "DO 00" Brockman o Debra Brockma 'A Route 1, Freeport, Maine (207)865-4016 103 ~0 A sea ~4qbf m~4qgr-~8ql~0qi`~0q4~@ ~q!~4q9~, n~'cies Who does what in state government By FLIS SCHAUFFLER ~c~les working on a diverse col- Migratory Bird Act and Maine~'s ment of Conservation and lection of coastal issues. boat laws.~Th~ey also se~ach for coastal towns. This article briefly outlines ~Z~r~A~qv lostand~/or drowned persons. Coastal Program staff, who I ~ike an unlikely hub n, is- work at the State Planning ugu~s~ta may seem the key players on mar~i 0. Maine~'s Department I Office, help coordinate marine for marine-related ~s~u~e~s~,a~ndwhat~itistha~t~th yd Environmental Protecti~oon regulation efforts and work on activities, but a lot of It ~wo (DEP~) is the fourth primary coastal planning and policy n't answer all your ques- tions, but it ~may give you a agency. It oversee ~s M~?~st development. The Program g~a~stal work is done better sense o~fwh~ich agency to marine regulations, ranging b~qr~osnta~te a0enc~ie scattered s~Kennebec call next time you're looking for seeks public Involvement and a g the upper marine information. fromshorel~and zoning and River. In fact, Augusta is tech- Most of the state's work on overboard discharge to oil and nically considered part of marine Issues is done within be zardou~s waste control. Its Maine's co~q@~stal ~w~a~s, since it Ive~qTr~imary = The first Bureau of Water Quality Con- borders on 'tidal waters," But ~f I helps monitor the level of finding out who handles which (an most Is the Bureau of Public Lands, man- ~tt~- Department of Marine ~Be~. ages the Coastal Island axles and effluents In coastal R waters while the~'Bureau Of sources (I)~MR), which works ege~stry ~( hich keeps track of Land Q ality Control oversees public ~s~l~l~n~d~s~)~q@~nd de~. primarily on marine fisheries t~er~m~i ly zed ~1 Maine ~9 sub. enforce~qnent of Maine's Share- development and resource ne~s how land Zoning Act. management, marine science merged lands will be used. research and enforcement of A third division, the Maine The Department of ~Eco~- marine resource laws. Geological Survey, has marine nom~ic and Community Devel~- DMR has a division that geol~ogists~who are examining ~opment (DECD), formed in works with schools on marine shoreline erosion and the possi- 1987, has an Office of Compre. education, a division that helps ble effects of sea-level rise. ~T~he hensive Land Use Planning fishermen test and implement Land Use Regulation Commis- which assists coastal towns new technologies. and a mar- sion, housed at DOC, is respon. with comprehensive planning. k~e~t~ing division that helps pro- sible for land use in unorga- This office, in cooperation with encourages Maine citizens to mote the consumption of sea- nized territories (including 300 .the -federal government and learn about coastal issues. food. It Coordinates frequent islands along the coast).' regional planning councils, pro- If you would like to learn marine issues in Augusta is not public hearings that allow the The Department of Inland vides grants to coastal towns more about the Maine Coastal alway~seasy~. public to have input in agency Fisheries and Wildlife (~IF~&~qM for waterfront parks, boat Program, or other marine~-r~e. If you've ever tried go to get decisions. ~ is another agency that does access ramps and fish piers. lat~ed state work, contact the some marine or coastal infor- The second agency active in some marine-related work. As ~ Typing all these agencies Program at: State Planning mation from a state office, you ~m~arine work is ~the Department its name indicates, most of and diverse projects together is Office. State House Station 3~8, may have found yourself of Conservation (DOC). The IF&W~'s marine responsibilities the Maine Coastal Program. Augusta, ME 04333 (289~-326 1). bounced around to one or more Bureau of Parks and Recreation are in wildlife management The Coastal Program is different agencies. Ibis round- at ~D~O~C acquires ~a~nd maintains (e.g., t~he restoration of Atlantic grounded in 13 environmental File Schauff~l~er, communic~a- about routine is not meant to state p~a~r ~a~nd supports public salmon) and in protection of laws, which are implemented ~t~ions coordinator for the Maine ~t f~a~c~' ~'~1~8q@ fru strat~e people: It is simply a b~e. I. ~as along our coast. endangered and search species. by the Department of Env~iro~n. Coastal Program, is coordinat. result of many different age~n~- Another DOC division, the IF~&W wardens enforce I he mental Protection, the Depart- ing C~oas~twe~ek~'~8~8 in Maine. ~I~4qM~IARB~0qORF~qIS~0qR MK~2qT~. ~6qD~.~qI~.TR~0qO~8qDUCES~. PORTLAND'S FURST SEAFOOD DEU MOM ~0qM ~4qR~. ~4q"~qT~qT~, Offering eat-in or take-out prep~qa~1p~~,d~s~8q&af66d~.-~- Stop by for lunch, snack, or let us help you plan dinner or a ~'~qg~qi - -hc~qimemade clam cake or s~'~qip a hot cup of ch~qowda while you ~0qU~qt ~eS 1~1~T~Ti~qsh Fried Specialties Cold S~qi~qlad~: From, the Dell Soups & Chowders Fried Calamari howder Crabr~l~q@ ~'~,~'~qS~qa~ql~qddl ~qs~q6~qf~qi~qd ~Quiche-~0qY Fish C Clam Cakes (our own) a ~1~4q7~1~qd~_~L~f~l~q@h~ettes Clam Chowder ~qT a ~8qZ~q' Crab Cakes ~a~d ~0qN~l,~@~1p~p~ ~0qt~ql~qod Lasagna Cioppino Fried Clams n~, Seafood Stew m~eatPu~f~f~s ~q9~f~1fed Crabs Mussel & Cream Fish Cakes Fish Sandwich Si Stuffed Clams Fish Fillet tu ushrooms ffed M Fried Oysters Desserts & Bev. sta & Shrimp Salad ~0qPo~6qt~8q@~12qf~12qi~qb~qp~8q! Fried Scallops ~2qW ~ql~2qa~qi~qi un~. Shrimp Daily Offerings Fri ~qd~q;~q, Scallops And Luncheon 0 llini & Shrimp Sp~qecialsl 0 '~q'~4qi~8qf~4qirs' Fresh, Fillets, S e kf~0qish, Shellfish. Plus a-Fine Selectl n of eafoods~0qt Lo t a HARBOR FISH M~88qUS~q, 321 ALLEN AVE., 797~q-5721 PHONE ORDERS WELCOME 797- 0155 FISH DEPT. DELI DEPT. 104 EXHIBIT E-7 'ad/ Ar- AN 7V Design Manual: a 41WQEP-P-P-pr@ Maine's Shore Access Symbol 105 CD The Maine Coastal Program is administered by the Maine State Planning M Office. Local grants, which fund the. acquisition and development of coastal Introduction access sites are made available through the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD). Communities interested in learning more about the Coastal Program are encouraged to contact the DECD, State House The Maine Coastal Program provides matching funds each year to coastal Station 130, Augusta, Maine 04330 (289-3154). municipalities for acquiring and developing shoreline sites that provide public access. These sites are open to residents and visitors alike and offer a variety In 1988, the State Planning Office, in cooperation with the Department of of recreational and commercial facilities such as shoreline parks, commercial Transportation. the Department of Economic and Community Development, and piers, boat launches, scenic vistas, walkways, and beaches.,The C )astal the Maine Arts Commission, entered into a contract with the Portland School of Pro r si n be laced at each site and rovides these signs at Ail to design a shore access symbol for coastal access signs along Maine's no cost to each municipality. coast. The design was developed by Jan Fairbairn, under the direction of Richard Mehl at the Portland School of Art. This design manual describes how municipalities can design a sign, in the event that they want to develop their own. Financial and technical support for the shore access design project and the publication of this manual was provided by the Maine Coastal Program, with funding . provided by the Federal Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, under Section 306 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. @@@@n be @Iaced at @each site @and r@ovides th igns @at ese s Pro r s' n each mun cpal' Y. Cost to t T "r nw m, r dr hi, d s, n n, n He he In n n in n inth On-premise Sign Specifications for On-premise Signs Municipalities that receive funding from the Maine Coastal Program to acquire or improve coastal access sites are required to place a sign on the property. 12" These signs are available from the Department of Economic and Community Development at no charge. Municipalities that choose to prepare their own signs for shore access sites should abide by the following specifications: 112" materials and Fabrication it Ore The sign should be made of a medium density, 0 grade, 314" plywood. Materials and fabrications methods may be changed to include the following materials: steel lexan (plexiglass) wood stone Alternative fabrication methods include the following: adhesive reflective/non-reflective sheathing 24' sandblasting engraving 10 1/2' Size Requirements Signs may change size according to specific applications. However, the vertical 2:1 ratio(as shown on the back of this page) must remain consistent. Installation Instructions 718" The sign shall be held by a pressure-treated, 4"x4", clear. varnished post or a "u" channeled post. Base of sign 1 3/4" The base of the sign should be 3'6" off the ground. Posts should be installed to a depth of 4'lo 6% depending on frost conditions in the area. Signs should be fastened to posts with galvanized bolls. Type/Color/Graphics Instructions Graphics should be painted or silkscreened. All typography must be set in Helvelica black and Helvelica medium as shown (see final page). 3*6" The color for signs should be Process blue. Credits A credit statement shall be included on the sign and should read as tollovvs@ Financial assistance for this project was provided by this municipality and the Maine Coastal Program through the Coastal Zone Management Act administered by the United States Department of Commerce. This site is available to the public. Ground 4@6'deep Reproductions of the Symbol This page shows how the graphic symbol may appear in different sizes, while Typography the vertical 2:1 ratio is still maintained. Helvetica black ABCDEFGHOJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz pm 1234567890 Helvetica medium ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 C) 00 Color Process blue Mp EXHIBIT E-8 EXCERPS from A Special Report Maine Sunday Telegram, August 28,1988 Gulf of Maine Resources St. John )New River Brunswick Maine Penobscot River Kennebec Rivet Recreation Fish St. John Androscoggin Nova River Scotia Bar Harbor Yarmouth V . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minerals Wildlife Threats Portsmouth . . . . ...... N.H. an Boston . . ....... . . A ass: - overfishing Development Bank 0 15 45 90 180 1. Scale 4. Great South Channel Approximate miles Source: University of Maine Residential Industrial pollution A pollution A SPECIAL REPORT 0 If Troubled Maine Gulf reaches a crossroad Portland Harbor, although clean By Tux Turkel and Joanne Lannin enough for swimming, has an unexplained Staff Writers TODAYThis installment presence of petroleum compounds and provides an overview of the problems cancer-causing agents. Maine is inseparable from its ocean. For facing the Gulf of Maine; th Beaches were closed and shellfishing e wildlife it banned in Massachusetts Bay, on the Gulf centuries, the cool, clean waters of the Gulf supports and the people who live of Maine's southern rim, after heavy rains ofMaine have nurtured the state's economy along its shores. caused 400 million gallons of waste-laden and shaped Maine's identity. storm water to be released Into Boston But decades of dumping sewage and Harbor. toxic chemicals Into the gulf, and years of WEEK 2We look at a Massachusetts officials warned chil- overfishing and poor management, n management of fisheries and other dren and pregnant mothers not to eat threaten the sea and, ultimately, the ani- mals and people who depend on it. resources in the Gulf. We'll visit Nova certain seafood from Quincy Bay, citIng A six-week investigation by the Tele. Scotia and explore the issues of high levels ofcancer-causing substances. gram has found that the waters of the Gulf 0 Many species of commercially valu. of Maine. while a long way from ecological overfishing and conflicts between the able fish, such as cod, haddock. redfish, disaster, are troubled by the taint of pollu- United States and Canada. herring and dabs. have been fished tion and the mismanagement ofresources Redfish and herring populations have been decimated. A review of studies. discussions with WEEK 3This installment a Some Maine fishermen, tired of dozens of experts and a first-hand look at conditions from Boston to Nova Scotia details the Gulf's contamination and declining catches and of earning as little as show that, despite its clean appearance, the explains the implications of these $100 for a six-day trip, have abandoned the gulf and signed on with fishing boats in Gulf of Maine has been invaded by some of findings. Also, a look at Boston Alaska. the same kinds of contamination that closed beaches and infected fish in New The New England seafood industry Harbor, often called the nation's Most now relies on Canada and Norway for much Jersey, New York and Rhode Island this polluted harbor. summer. At the same time, there is mount. ofits supplyoffresh fish. ing evidence that the gull's valuable fishing These and other events are the early WEEK 4ThiS final installment warning signs of problems in gulf resource is at the brink of collapse because of overfishing and poor management. takes us to Europe's North Sea and :xperts say. But they say they don't know nough about howthe gulfworks to put the Among the growing indicators: to the New York-New Jersey Shore to threat in perspective. Hundreds of acres of Maine mudflats wereclosedtoclamming this summer due explore the damage uncontrolled to bacteria Pollution, probably caused by pollution has done to Other coasts. See GULF inadequate sewage treatment. Please Turn to Page 14A 109 Gulf -Continued from first page this section David Townsend. a scientist and spokesman for Gulf of Maine research groups, made that point bluntly.last month to a legislative study committee. - It embarrassing to admit," Townsend testified, that :o much of what we believe about our living 4' marin resources remains virtually unchanged from the earlier half of the century, and is in fact pure conjecture." The gulf took millions ofye&m to evolve. Butinjust the past century, mankind has brought the gulf to the brink of peril, say oceanographers, biologists and fisheries managers. They say mankind has a decade or so to solve the mysteries of the gulf and figure out how to protect its most fragile features, or the sea will succumb to the eastern march of coastal development and other pressures on its resources. "We're in a dangerous spot," says Charles Yentsch, found Ing director of the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. "These changes aren't linear, they are exponential. We can't predict the rate of change very accurately." Gulf is like an enclosed tub The GulfofMalne is a semi-enclosed sea measuring 260-by-150 miles. Surrounded by mainland Cape Cod on the south, the Maine-New Hampshire coast on the west and the Nova Scotia coast on the northeast, it Is cradled in an underwater embrace by Georges Bank and Browns Bank, sunken ridges that force the Atlantic Ocean through the narrow Northeast Chan- nel. The gulf is part of the Northeast continental shelf ecosystem, the offshore waters stretching from Can- -x, ada to North Carolina that share similar geological and biological properties.The gulf is also the cleanest z of th ose wate rs. "I would say the Gulf of Maine Is In the healthiest condition, in regard to water qual. 11 Ken i%,e says Sherman, who studies the relationship tween ecol- land marine life for the National Ma-rine*Fi- o9yer a es Service in Narragansett, R.I. The gulf benefits from.relatively low population a ng its snores. It also avoids most seaborne pollution lo from the south, because Gulf Stream currents gen- erally veer away. But as a shallow, enclosed tub, it accumulates any pollution that streams in from rivers P, or the mainland. As coastal population and its pressures increase, so does pollution. G Mainers have long fed off of gulf Population pressures weren't a factor 3,600 years ago when the gulf attracted its first coastal residents. While the Egyptians were building their pyrarnids, Red Paint People were living on the Maine coast. These Indians, named for the powdery red ochre they used to line their hillside graves, were Maine's first fishennen. They caught codfish right offthe shore and crafted the first fishing vessels for their forays Into gulf waters in search of swordfish and whales. Buried mounds of discarded shells piled on beaches thmugh. z_!,@ out New England attest to the Indiaris'depend enc,! on the sea. in the days of the earliest European settlers, the GulfofMai 3e was still an important source offood and ameansof mmeme and transportation. In the 1600s, co Captain John Smith hunted whales in the bays off the MaiRe coast. The Isles of Shoals boasted a thriving saftworks used to cure fish forexport to Europe.. Around the time of the Revolutionary War, fi sherles brought in $50,000 annuaLly to the Maine economy. Although shrimp, crabs and scallops were '1Z hardly fished at all, the lobster has been a staple of the Maine fishing Industry since the earliest days. Lobstermen in Cutler weigh their catch at the end of a productive day Staff photo by John Evdng Two hundred years ago lobsters were so plentiful of trapping In the Gulf of Maine. they were used for fish balt. Ironically. the fishing industry now threatens to transformed from a workplace to a playground. yet do, I don't know how we turn it around." destroy itself. they are crowded with workers who want to play by Marine ecologist Ken Sherman and other re- Technological advances have made it possible for a the water. searchers say Gu If of Maine residents should take note fisherman to catch in one trip what he used to catch in Fishermen and their time-wom support services of other similirr bodies of water, such as Europe's onhe season. No longer do fog, wind or rain slow the re being shooed off the waterfront from Kittery !0 North Sea and Baltic Sea. Massive doses of nutrients fis erman down. He has radar and sounders to guide a: I him through the peaks and valleys of the Ocean floor, Camden. The state's last fish rendering plant, in from sewage and fertilizers have created runaway Rockland,%vill closethis fall. blooms of microscopic plants that choke off oxygen tothe same prime fishing spot everytime. Meanwhile, the coast has evolved into Maine's near the shore, killing marine life. Some of these The technological advances, coupled with an pulation and job center. Covering 12 per. conditions have already been observed off New York Increase in the number of fishermen using them and leading poi the lack of clear management policies, have decimated cent ofthe state, the coast is hometo 58 percent ofthe and New Jersey, Sherman says, and In the long some species of groundfish beyond their ability to population and 65 percent of the jobs. Most of the Job run these algae explosions may be changing the entire growth is in the service and retail trades. Land-use food web. replenish themselves. patterns reflect a desire to live near the water, not a Already, aquaculture sites along the Maine coast, need born ofcommerce. which produce farm-raised salmon, hadibut and mack- accom- What do'warnlng flags'signal? erel, are beginning to take the place of traditionally- Once a working port, Portland Harbor now caught fish in the marketplace. 'Me future Gulf of modates twice as many pleasure boats as commercial The Gulf of Maine is far from ecological catastr@l vessels. 'About 600 new marina slips are on the phe, But afterderades of swallowing sewage and toxic Maine fisherman may well be a farmer instead of a drawingboard. chemicals, after years ofoverfishing and poor manage- hunter. "I think we'll be driven in that direction," says And recreational pressures continue to mount. In ment warning flags are going up. The challenge Brian Marcotte, a biologist with the Maine Depart- the past 10 years, the state of Maine has used about $7 now i's to figure out what they mean. mentofMarine Resources. "Maine is at a turning point in illion In federal funds to provide public access to the & What are the sources of pollution in the gulf? in Its fishing industry and ecology." coast. it will spend millions more in the years * What effect Is pollution having on marine life? ahead. a What are the preci se physics of the gulf? The danger Is In loving the gulf to death. a How do the fisheries work and how can they be As humans crowd the fragile edge, the byprOducts Of managed? Coast: Less work, more pleasure civilization - sewage, toxic chemicals, airborne Maine gleans Its Identity and economy from Its While the fishing Industry struggles to adapt, the deposits - find their way into the sea. Until recently, forest and ocean. The Gulf of Maine is, in a sense, Gulf of Maine coast is struggling with its own says scientist Townsend, that didn't seem so threat- Maine's own sea. It has been a cornerstone of the pressures is It becomes more valuable as an aesthetic ening. 'state's past, and will be a critical part in the future. resource. '"Me solution to pollution Is dilution," he says. Hard decisions made now, experts say, wrill dictate Today, the gulf Is being asked to accommodate a "Mat has guided everyone's thinking about the ocean. whether the gulf endures as a productive source of life, social and economic dichotomy. Its shores am being But it looks like we're reaching the limit, and when we wealth and pleasure in the 21st century_ 110 "This whole region, Massachusetts Bay, the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, are Quotes part of the same system. It Is apparent that any of these deep "I think we have been lulled basins are traps for pollutants." Into a false sense of security Paul Boehm because we don't have major Battelle Research Laboratory Industrial discharges Into the Duxbury, Mass. Gulf of Maine. But we do have evidence of degradation. So "The people who did the where Is It coming from?" basic research can't get f unding to continue the -AnneJohnson Maine State Planning Office project." -Patrick Holligan _We have a little more time acting director Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences to learn a few lessons from what has been happening (to "Wo"re In a the south) and see If this Is the "When you Increase the dangerous spot. way we want to go or not." effort beyond the f Ish's ability to These changes aren't replenish Itself, obviously the linear, they are - Jim Bernard stocks are going to decline. exponential. We can't natural resources policy director Maine State Planning Office Years ago they talked about the predict the rate of endless ocean forest. Believe me the f Ish stocks are finite." changevery 'American fishermen have accurately." Iremendous catchability. Guys Ron Schultz CharlesYentsch, foun,64 today can tow along the bottom biologist director. Bigelow Laboratory.' National Marine Fisheries Service very precisely and come back Woods Hole, Mass. next month and go right over It "Maine Is at a turning'-- again. The only ones who could point In its fishing do that years ago were the Quotes oldtimers." Industry and -66 ecology." Vaughn C. Anthony You put people Brian Marecttel- National Marine Fisheries Service biologist, Maine Department Woods Hole, Mass. there, and they want of Marine Resources, green lawns so they "in the summertime, the use fertilizers and , Z 1. pesticides. Then they "The stocks are in - money's not there for the effort pretty bad shape. we put In. I've never seen It so want to go bad. Everyone's In a panic." shellfishing, It's a fun Biomass (the total weight of all f ish) is iit -TomJordan thing to do, and they an all-time low." Portland fisherman realize the beds are John Neilson, biologist, closed." Fisheries and Oceans Dept., Rich Delaney, diredor,., St. "We cannot expect tha@t Massach seft Coastal Zone.- Andrews, New Brunswick: traditional ocean harvests can Management Program. meet the rising demand for fish. "it looks like a city out Our ocean resources are "Where you have therewith all the already hard pressed. lights and buoys. You r Aquaculture provides the more condos, don't have room to technology and the opportunity marinas (and to supplement the sea's natural move. In my opinion development), you're production." going to have some It's way overf Ished. I Increased pollution don't know how long. Spencer Appollonio It can take this kind of former commissioner load. It's just the Maine Department of marine Resources nature of the beast." pressure." I - Jim Bernard, @k, natural resources policy director,.@: Nova S.21N in_@ "If consumers won't Maine State Planning Office substitute one species for "I don't see anything another, there's a deleterious "No one has done the'; In the future effect on the resource. If happening to Improve.: consumers will switch, lab work to say how fishermen will." high pollution levels the situation. I think have to be before you more fishermen will -Jame.Wilson kill or gower be going out of professor of economics business In the next University of Maine reproductive levels. few years." It's an open question. Vaughn C. Anthorly, And I don't see It National Marine Fisheries Servic%, being resolved Woods Hole. M&S.S. soon.' - Los Watfing,,. direLlor, Darting Center', University of mair4' VOL. 101 NO. 9 September 11, 1968 A SPECIAL REPORT . . . . . . . . . . Maine's offshore waters are relatively clean, but heavy coastal development, like this at York Harbor, photo by Jay must be monitered closely, researchers say. Pollution muddies Gulf of Maine waters I By Tux Turkel Yet, contamination Is creeping into the Staff Writer GulfofMaine. Increasing levels of polychlorinated WEEK1 Th. first installment biphenyls or PCBS, a now-banned com- gave an overview of the problems BOOTHBAY HARBOR - At the bottom pound used In electrical components, have facing the Gulf of Maine, and of a freezer at the Bigelow Laboratory for turned up in Casco Bay. Ocean Sciences lie 10 plexiglass tubes filled explained the rich variety of life. with d from the bottom of Casco and Byproducts of burning oil, known as u polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or PAH. Penobscot bays. For lack of money to are present in Casco and Penobscot bays. analyze it the mud has been frozen since WEEK 2The series focused on 1983. waiting for tests that might show High concentrations of toxic lead have the problems of managing fisheries whether pollution from cars and power been found in Boothbay Harbor crabs. plants is drifting into the Gulf of Maine on and other resources in the gulf. Pollution from Boston Harbor, one of the dirtiest harbors in the country, has Stories explored the issues of the wind and rain. moved from Massachusetts Bay into other overfishing and U.S.- Canadian The Gulf of Maine is relatively clean, parts of the gulf. conflicts. scientists agree. It Is not ringed wit Indus- These discoveries may be earl trial outfalls, as Is Europe's North Sea. y warnings UnI ke Chesapeake Bay, It generally Is not of trouble for the gulf, some researchers loaded with sewage from major cities and say,., 'TODAY This installment farms. I think we have been lulled Into a false details findings of pollution In the gulf sense of security because we don't have -and explains the implications of these major industrial discharges into the Gulf of -findings. Also, we lake a look at Maine." says Anne Johnson. a former Bige- low Laboratory researcher wh now works Boston Harbor...,.. for the State Planning Office. But we do have evidence of degradation. So where is it WEEK 4The final installment coming from?" takes us to Europe's North Sea and to arch the Now York-Now Jersey shore to No one knows for sure. So little research has been done that, In most cases, scientists can not say it the contamination poses a explore the damage uncontrolled long-term threat to fisheries or public pollution had done to other coasts. health. One exception was highlighted in July the cumulative Impact of new development when Maine officials closed hundreds of acres ofcIam flats due to bacterial pollution. will keep many flats off limits. The suspected cause Is the thousands of Bigelows acting director, Patrick HoIli- Private sewage systems that dump lightly gan, says development along the East Coast makes it inevitable that Maine's coastal Staff photo by John C. Patriquin treated waste into the ocean. Dr. Peter Larsen, a researcher at the These so-called overboard discharge sys. resource$ will degrade further In the years tems were licensed by the state over the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Past 15 years. While that form of sewage See GULF Sciences, studies a core sample. treatment is now banned. existing pipes and Please Turn to Page 12A 112 ahead. A "The next question is one of predic- tion," he says. "How fast Is it going to ...... .. happen needs to be done to prepare for it?" The apparent health of Maine's coastal and offshore waters Is offset by nagging questions. A In 1980, a federal project was carried t in Casco Bay and Portland Harbor by Peter Larsen, a scientist who studies oceanfloor.The aim was to see if low-level pollution in fisheries habitat indicated larguer pot ntial problems. As part of the project. Larsen took sediment samples and had them analyzed for metals. PCBs and hydrocarbons. In 1981 and 1982, working with Anne John- con, he followed up with similar samples. The studies revealed high levels of metals In Portland Harbor. Metal, ire naturally present In he environment, but can be toxic to fish and humans in large concentrations. Larsen now says the findings are not suprising, considering the urban setting and historic industrial input. Of greater concern was an apparent rise In the concentration of PCBs. PCBs are thought to cause cancer and are known to cause reproductive defects. They accumulate in body fat, which is why the federal government advises children and pregnant women not to eat fish with significant concentrations of PCBs. In Casco Bay, Larsen found no PCBs in 1980, but subsequent samples turned up increasing amounts. Larsen wondered whether the increase represented recent or current discharges of the chemical com- pound. He still does not know, since he was unable to get money for follow-up studies. The most surprisinq finding was the high PAH concentrations. These com- nds, associated with Incomplete oil burning from cars, factories and power plants were evident In ocean mud and sand. PAH compounds are considered can- cer-causing, but there am dozens of com- =s, and some are more toxic than Staff photo by John Patriquin Researchers have not determined Chandler's Wharf condominiums, left, and DIMIlo's Marina, rIght are two of ode levels for human consumption. the more visible signs of growth on the Portland waterfront. Additional studies by Larsen also drew several preliminary - and controversial -conclusions: a PAH compounds are settling and con- Pollution areas in the gulf Unsafe lead In Boothbay trating in deep basins of the Gulf of Maine. It has been five years since a National St. John River New Brunswick Marine Fisheries Service lab in Maryland The compounds seem to travel in the air before being deposited In the ocean inadvertently discovered unsafe levels of during storms. lead In rock crabs taken from Boothbay Particles settling onshore also collect Maine Porobscot Harbor. a In stormwater runoff, where they am tran- Today, state officials still don't know ported by rivers into the ocean. why crabs contain the toxic metal; or Kennabe whether the discovery has implications for other Maine harbors. And there is little How pollution builds being done to find out. In 1983, Larsen and Johnson dropped Androscoggin "Nothing has happened since 1986," plastic tubes into the mud below Casco and Nova says Sowles, an aquatic biologist at the River Penobscot bays to extract three-foot-deep Scotia Maine Department of Environmental Pro, cores of the bottom. Their goal was to Portland tection. "We haven't come any closer to develop time samples, a way learn the answering the question of where the lead is rate at which compounds were accumulat- Saco coming from." ing. Lead is extremely toxic In low concen- ... ... trations, attacking the nervous system and High concentrations closest to the sur- free of the ocean would suggest the rate bone marrow. Children are especially sea- had increased in recent years. If verified, Gulf of Legend I Legend sitive to lead poisoning. the next step would be to trace the sources Maine Follow-up samples in 1985 and 1986 of contamination. taken by Sowles and other state re. . a Money ran out, however, and It is these N.H. Untreated sewage searchers confirmed high lead levels in discharge: Boston. samples that sit in the freezer at Bigelow crabs and blue mussels. Gloucester, Mass.: Eastport, Laboratory. On one hand, those findings are not "Right now," Larsen "all we have Boston Lubec. Jonesport Stonington, cause for alarm. Lead concentrates in a a couple of snapshots in the dark." 0w1s Head, Peak. Island, crab's gills, which people generally don't Larsen and Johnson have been critic. ass. Biddeford eat. And sewage has already closed Booth. ized by some colleagues for overdramatiz. bay Harbor to shellfish harvesting. Ing their findings before more conclusive Byproducts of "The point is, we don't know the signiff- is studies could be done. burning oil: Portland cance of it," says Sowles. '"Me levels may "Their stuff was viewed as alarmist in Georges Harbor - Penobscot Say be there, but so what? Is it affecting the the way it was presented," says Les Great South Channel Bank fisheries? Human health? We just don't Watling, director of the University of know, and I think we've got to start 0 15 45 90 160 Lead contamination looking. Maine's Darling Center. "The message we (crabs): Boothbay heard is that the Gulf ofMaine had all these Approximate miles The contamination came to light when pollutants throughout it. And while they Maine officials shipped 30 rock crabs to PC Harbor did measure some pollutants, the values Maryland in 1983, to help federal re- were so low, compared to other places on Telegram map by Patrick Davis searchers who were looking into pollution the East Coast, that we felt this type oftone in New York and Philadelphia. was unnecessary." researcher for the state's new Marine At Bigelow Lab, research scientist Environmental Monitoring Program, col- David Townsend says he disagrees with lected mussels in Casco Bay and is having the way the experiments were designed them analyzed for trace metals, pesticides, and the conclusions drawn by Larsen and PCBs and PAH compounds. Johnson. But he agrees contaminants are Sowles is especially Interested In metal present and that their potential impact content, to see it urban runoff from Port. demands comprehensive study. land Is concentrating in marine life. "If this thing is going to have such "So what if there are high levels In the far-reaching implications," he says, let's sediments?" Sowles asks. "What does it do it right." do? What does it mean?" Anne Johnson's response: "We can't nose answers will have to well at least wait until we have all the answers before until spring. It will take that long for the we, try to do something. It's an imperfect state to analyze the samples. world. We need to act on imperfect knowl- edge. In late July the Maine Department of Environmental Protection took a small follow up on the questions posed by and Johnson. John Sowles, the Ions 113 Reprints available This four-part sodas will be collected into a single document and made available to readers In billion, 11-year cleamp projecl@ officials early October. Orders for up to 10 y It will be just the rot step in making c ,opies will be filled at no cost. harbor safe for swimming and marine Beyond that number there will be a life. postage charge. On a broader wale, pollution Is seeping To request copies, phone the from the harbor into the Gulf of Maine. Telegram Promotion Department 19M study by Battelle Research Labom. at 775-5811, or 1-800-442-6036. tory In Duxbury, Mass., shows that PAH oom do and PCBS' bothcatnoer-cousing mat= al., are moving offshore and settling In deep basins. "This whole region, Massachusetts Bay, the Gulf of Maine and Georlies Bank. are t of the same system, ' says Paul E@:hm, the study's principal investigator. "It is apparent that any of these eep basins are traps for pollutants." 'Contamination Is moving via sewage-la. den water, Boehm says. But it also travels In the air, from particles generated by cars and factories In the Northeas% and by urban runoff following storms. "When you look at the Gulf of Maine In Its entirely, you could have pollution from any or all sources, because it's an accumu- lator," he says. Boehm says researchers now need to study the sources that pollute the &uIf and try to figure out the rate of contamination. Some of that work Is due to begin this fall. The next step would be to see whether low levels of pollution in deep basins are affecting marine life, he says. '"Men you could take some appropriate emen' 9" h T4 ,etaVf I=cin ;@Toes problems were underscored in June, when govern- ment officials advised all consumers not to eat lobster livers, and warned pregnant women and children tinder 12 to avoid lobsters, flounder and softshell cla.ms caught around Boston Harbor. They also said similar problems could be expected in Crabs are scavengers that eat orga- northern parts of Massachusetts Bay. nisms on the harbor floor. The idea was The warningcame after a study found that the Maine crabs would be free t high levels of liver tumors, viruses and contaminants and could serve as control other diseases in fish and shellfish from specimens. Officials were surprised when Quincy Say. Researchers found 83 percent of flounder had liver disease; 23 percent one of the crabs contained 21 parts per showed liver tumors. million of lead, one of the highest levels Lobsters were also found to have a high found at the lab. . level of PCBs in their livers, the green Since crabs are not a major commercial resource in Maine, no on ed p on substance near the tall. Clams had high the mystery until 1985, eh"en'twhe suate's levels of viruses, and stocks were lower Public Health Laboratory tested crabs and than predicted. t similar results. Sowles then found lead Maine's offshore waters are by compari- blue mussels he sampled in 1986. He son much cleaner, with the exception of chose mussels because they filter their seu a e,, which continues to keep many w food through water. in 2a off limits for shellfish consump- '"Me metals the mussels are picking up tion. suggest it's a present-day p blem,notjust But studies by the Department of metal buried in the sedimro M. ents," Sowles . anne Resources indicate that small con- says. entrations ofother contaminants found In To find out, Sowles says core samples of some species do not pose human health harbor sediments must be extracted to concerns, according to marine biologist date contamination levels. BriariMarcotte. "if you get a peak in 1940, that might A recent study of diseased clams also ge activity in 1940 is rausin the ruled out metals and pesticides, pegging 9 biological factors as the most Ii gug s' Ph s 9. "But if it's just the very kely cause, Problem ay And no evidence has linked contamination top of the core, it's probably a present-day problem. Then I would start lookin with reduced productivity, Marcotte says. ti At the university's Darling Center, closely at activities in the watershed o Watling says it is premature to assume BoothbayHarbor." that small concentrations of PCBs or PAH Sowles says the DEP air bureau esti- compounds are hurt' thi ,,in lSan, in I mates that automobile exhausts will emit "No one knows parts pegi billion of r about 900 pounds of lead a year in Booth- PAH in the bottom sediments is going to bay Harbor alone. So lead deposited on th make any difference at all," Watling says. ground, in parking lots and roads, eveo tually gets washed Into the harbor Watling, an oceano by Vapher, is an authority on animals that live on the ocean storms. "Thiti would be true for every harbor In floor. Their health is critical to commercial Maine," Sowles says, adding that re- fishing, because 65 percent of the ground- searchers need to study other harbors. fish landed in Maine feed on bottom %-;N dwellers. 2:1@ Watling says his observations of vari- -;76- 41 Clear and unclear threats ous parts of the Gulf of Maine suggest the The most vexing question posed by ocean floor Is in excellent shape. He sa s low-level contamination in the Gulf of trawlers dragging their nets across 9. Maine is whether it is reducing the produc- bottom are doing more damage to the tivity of fisheries or threatening human habitat than any contamination he is aware health. In Massachusetts Bay, the answer of. Is clearer - and more disturbing - than it At the same time, Watling says few Is on the Maine coasL samples have been taken, but at current Boston Harbor is one of the most pol- funding levels, he doesn't expect them to staff photo by Jay Reiter luted bodies of water in the country. It be. gains that distinction after decades of "No one has done the lab work to say Development onWells swallowing poor, treated municipal waste how high Pollution levels havi to be before Beach renectsincre In y i's water, sewage sludge discharges and you kill or lower reproductive levels," he pressure along the edge dredpl spoils. says. It's an open question. And I don't see the Gulf of.Maine. 114 ~0 ~0qV~-~q1~1 ~4q(~4q)~8q7~q7~@~0q@~4qe ~0qm~0qa ~8q'g ~-~8q2~0qo ~8qth~6q6 ~0qc~0qo~0qa~2qm ~q(~4q@~6qu~qi~6qz~6qa~-~2qL-~0q:~q) ~0 0 more p~0qo~6qH~6qu~2ql~6ql~4qo~0qn ~0qG~2qh~0qa ~6qm~0qa~6qr~q3~6qm~0qe life tur~in~a ~t~m and ~qg ~ce~i~s most systems. generally serving homes de~nt~q@C~o~l~2q@ ~wn e~6qV a ~qf~qt T~ux Turkel ~- in the ~9~8~0s ~g the built on rocky areas lacking enough Staff Writer ~4~- tr~ad~qe~2qt~i~l serv- soil for septic systems. These ~sy~s- ~2q@~b~a ~l~qiyrnor~e than tems - recently banned by state Fish take notice: Humans like v~a ~6q= ~'~a~cturi~ng law - tend to malfunction and 23 ~q@~qot ~8qJh~l the Gulf of Maine too. ~a~nd they are has declined by more than 10 send poorly treated sewage Into the ~c~x~owd~in~qp AD .~1 Madge as never before. percenL Ocean. Get set ore pollution as they While pollution from heavy Citing high levels of bacterial send the Industry ~may pose a more c~onren- t~ion marine resources o~f~f~l- ~Ir wastes seaward. ~4~_~_~0 Here Is the problem, at least for tr~ated threat, scattered, small- ~0qr~i~'~l~ql~qu eariler this summer closed the gulf. scale development taxes coastal hundreds of acres of Maine mud- "no's coast which covers 12 in different ways. Serv~- flats to clam harvesting. Overboard ~@~N ~-~y~, resources ~p~e ice and trade growth takes up more discharge systems are suspected as pe. and because customers must be a coal o r cau ~se. people and 65 perc nt of the jobs. ~b~q7u~2q2t to the place of business, In Massachusetts. Gloucester That C ~1~, write still discharges ~r~aw sewage. And concentration~2q% expected to continue. In an interview, Colgan adds Boston's primary system fro- In Massachusetts, 40 percent of that New England's labor shortage quently sends untreated waste into the Kate's 7 million people !~ive in may draw new residents to the the harbor. ~s~L~.~f~f ph~w ppens. I region In the 19909. If that h~a coastal communities and 75 per- In Canada, untreated sewage Is I cent live within an hour's drive. Old drainage pipes flow into increased demand for housing and probably the leading cause of con- Worse, the shift from a ma~nu~. the Island End River in Boston, related developmentw~i~l~l follow. tam~inat~ion in the gulf, according to f~a~c~tur~ing~; economy to retail and whose harbor ~is one of the More coastal residents mean Don Gordon, a federal researcher at ~4qI~2qR~- trade requires more land per new nation's d~l~irt~lest. more sewage and toxic chemicals Bedford Institute of Oceanography ~qJ a~in beds job. That means more highways. going into the Gulf of Maine. Even in Dartmouth, N.S~. Many ~c~l ~p~ar~2q"~q lots and buildings lining diffuse discharge affects the overall at current population levels, ~w~a~s~- in the Bay of Fundy are closed, he the gulf. health of the gulf. A regional ~tewater treatment systems in many ~Vhere you have more condo~a~@ attempt to monitor the gulf's communities contribute to pol~iu~. ~$~A~y~q@~0qh~sr~e is very little In th~ow~ayof mar~in~s~ia (and development), you're environmental quality ~I~s getting ~U~o~n In the gulf. sewage treatment," Gordon ~says~.~,~"I going to have some Increased p~ol- underway. About ~90 percent of the state's think a lot of people just don't lut~i~o~n load," says Jim Bernard, "We have a little more time to municipalities have modem ~s~e~v~i~- realize there's a problem." ~i~r natural resources policy director at learn a few lessons from what has age treatment. according to Ste. The growing realization of a the Maine State Planning Office. been happening (to the south) and p~hen Groves. director of the state's problem has bro u ght ~t = "It's just the nature of the beast." see If this is the way we want to go water quality control bureau. But Maine, Now Hampshire and ~D~U~g~h~-r~i~s~o condominiums along But trying to determine the e~f~- or not" says Bernard. several coastal communities still ~chus~ett~a and the Canadian p~r~o~v~- Orchard Beach have come to ~fect~s of development-spawned pol~- The underlying trends of coastal discharge untreated waste Into the ~Inces of Nova Scotia and Now (growth on the ~qM~a~h~m ~coa~s~L lut~io~n and how to control it is an development are made clear In an ocean. They include Eastport, ~Brunswick~in a rare attempt at h~elm~ing task. Exc article by state economist Charles Lubec, Jonesport~, S ~ington, ept for ,ton re~6qqa~l~r is ~q@~0qzper~at~k~in in the gulf. Massachusetts. ~O~B~qv~qe~tr~ow~n Harbor, no one can point to Colgan In a planning office report Owls Head, Portland's Peaks Wand governments hope to A nonbinding referendum Is on one big pipe, one big man~ufactur~- called Coastal Choices: Deciding and B~idd ford Pool. make a joint assessment of the the ballot *this November to ban i~ng plant. Our Future. A han~2qZ~I of summer communi. gulfs health a~nd resources, and new construction for one year. Pub Instead, storm sewers. parking The forest and the coast are the ties, such as Squirrel Wand off ultimately set up an environmental lic concern focuses On traffic and lots and obsolete treatment ~f~fy~s~- foundations of Maine's economy, Boothbay, also have no treatment monitoring program. threats to drinking water, bu tome from Cape Cod to Canada Colgan points out, but the coast is Two large towns. Brunswick The env~ironme~ptal effects of marine Pollution is also a growing trickle varying amounts of sewage, now the population and employ- and Bangor, only provide primary population growth tan be seen In problem. chemicals and compounds into ment center and the f~a~R~t~e~K ~Q~W~1W~. treatment Roth clan ~i~n --~i~@ ~n~n r- ~r~qM t~h~. ~.-~t~v ~R~a~t~p~ri~a~l ~qm~l~l~ut~l~n~n ~)- ~A-~qA ~0 ~2qAI A SPECIAL REPORT Money woes limit study and protection '-The need to update old knowledge ~qi~ql~qi~q@~6q@ ~. ~4qi ranked last among 17 states ~I~n follow-up support for a National Science Foundation of ~qspa~qN~0qms support for research in Maine ~2q=~6q9~q0 to stimulate competitive ~qL~_~~ ~ ~0q9. e~qf~.~0q% ~0q* Tu~x Turkel t~io~n and safeguard marine resources. Bigelow ~L~ab employs about ~50 ~sc~len- state will need to compete nationally f~o~r ~q:St~a~f~fW~riter ~0 ~T~he formation ~ofARGO~-Maine. a con- t~i~st~s working o~n ba~qa~l~co~ce~qa gk~6qsh~I~c r~e~0q=~-one~y bl~e~. ~y ~P ~q@o ~sort~ium of research. educational and ic ~O~W. ~qW~n~qZ Is made up the Bigelow government Institutions seeking to con- re~a~e~6qV~c~1~2q2g~b~0q=r o~l~'theh~6q%ge~l~6qZ ~. ~-~6qf~6qft~,~-~,e Marine Re~SD~qU~c~e~s~. ~P~o ~t~i~,~6qM~q@ ~0qW;~i~.~q@ It took oceanographic ~lonee~q@~AHe~n~q@ duct G ~. ~qLtS~O~f ~p ~f~t th long-term, collaborative studies In the ~6qM most are paid th~n~ou urvey, Maine Maritime :Bigelow more than a decade to c t e Gulf. tr~actu~al grants and ~hag~Ve no financial Academy and the University of Maine. ~T~he ~f~t ~.~0qed er~. ~S~0qX~q- currents that drive the Gulf of Maine and Establishment of the Marine Env~i~r~on~. ~V~ac~u~r~ity. veN ~S =~-t~bt~'e e~q7t~o~l ~q@~qf~qf~6qV~qF ~0qV~d o~n underlie i~ts productivity. He published his mental Monitoring Program. This new "You have to ~r~u~n two or three contracts ~d~indin~gs in 1927. state effort, within the Department of to keep up a full salary," Ho~l~lig~an says. gave ARGO-Maine an ~8~0-~foot research ~q@~6q@or almost half~,a century, researchers Environmental Protection, is starting up Scientists can also find themselves out vessel. it is the only deep-sea research ship ~.~1~y relied on B~gel~ow~'~s rough outline. with $33,~SDO to hire a biologist to monitor of work when their grants expire. Mat is based north of Cape Cod. -Only recently have the~qr u~s~-d modern coastal pollution. trace contamination what happened to Peter Larsen, an ~ecolo~- E~a~ql~1~rh~oe~nm~DeEr~qPa~'~a~l ~aMeorw~it~oo~f~r~f~iong~rt.P~rto~hgera~L~U~m~arrfenpe can ~col ect more data in source and study Impacts. gist studying contaminants in ocean mud. ~.~0== e tthan Bigelow could in ~0 Ass~o~-~calle~d G if of Maine Initiative His samples have been shelved for five resents Its first direct attempt to protect nt~l et~Irne within the State 'Planning Office. 'Me years because no money is available to test offshore waters. ~qMe agency has about I~DD ~"~"s~q!W. ~q7~v~e~qi~i~qd ~?~.~. ~q@.~, little to improve on agency Is ~i~n tin~qg= officials from Mas- them go ~%~0q= protecting freshwater ~o~f sa ~p ~dp~0q= dthe circulation," ~a~s chu~se~tt~s, "New ~psh~ire, New Bruns. A~noth~ir reason projects can stop d~a, but only one ~"~2qL~-~r~i~p~t~qI~f~.~. ~a Scotia -~Ume -on marine pollution. ~4qK~, ~.~q.~.doe~xecutive director of ~2qY~e working part ~o~r wick and Nova trying to foster abruptly at Bigelow Is that the lab focuses Research on the Gulf of regional cooperation to protect and mo~rd- on basic research~. A government agency Maine's planning office, meanwhile, ~I~s ~qi~q!a~t~ne, mor -Maine. "And that b~as~l- -long effort to assess the a ~6~2q9G~O tor the gulf. may fund start-up work and sampling to of our inability to go o~'But and ~6q=~.~Oo~8qrt~3~hre gulf by working with the test a theory, for example. But when that three states and ~t~w~o Canadian provinces ~qi~q1~se the that ~qe~qx~I ~0qT~d~2qMa~qZ~.~- Information lacking phase ends, Holliga~r~i says, the agen 'Me Tow ~ise them~. that abut tL A key task to to design a ~y ~0 not continue with survey work ~mo~6qy~w~6q= .~1~t~or~i~ng program using fish and other n~co~nsi~stent system of The state research commission was or ~,ent support for research. That formed at the urging of Rep. Reed Coles, arch resources that are Indicators of the sea's ~s ~i~r~t~o t~o~o I D~-Harpswell~, a member of the Marine can~-t get funding to continue the project," ~b~qWt~J~L ~8qT~-~-~0qM~'~I~'e ittle money to rind out ~qt~2q=p~le w~ho did the basic r~e~se ~4q2w the ~l~fo~f Maine works and how to Resources Committee. Coles says h Holl~ig~a~n says. mu~0q=~p~0qVe~ct also seeks to ~Imp~r~o~y co~n~t- a,% thinks the state should play a stronger rol~q: ~ma~me gives 3100,000 a year to Bigelow, and management strategies n~ad~. that point In Ju~q@~o at ~I~n supporting marine research. ~9 percent of Us annual research budg~e~L~" between states ~a~n~d provinces. It finally ~qT~q-~.~0~, the Legislature's ~i~n- He adds that reliable Information Is The private, non-profit lab gets 90 percent envisions a high-level conference where ~6qEm 'a ~4qt~qW~ql~6qo~n ~n~,~, ~u~p~ne Research. Me comm~i~s- lacking about how much Maine ~actua~ll of its $~2.2 million budget from federal ~s~e t~o look at research pr~ob~- spends today and the value of various gu~q6 funds, but H~oll~ig~a~n told the commission Tom and premier ~.a will tackle the key ~q@ems~6q4~,~ntd~,~q@tpp~2qgtun~itles~, develop resources. that continued support Is threatened by At Bigelow, Holl~i~g~a~n says -state lead~e~qm n~a~ieicy and increase state At the first hearing, members of the cutbacks and competition from other labs should be concerned about what eff~e~a the ~i~t. It will issue portthiswinter~. slate's marine research community turned Holligan says the lab needs at least 2~qb d~egradat~i~o~nofthe gu~lfw~ill have o~n fishing, ~8qR~o~o~.~mat~i~on of the are arch commission outto give the~irv~iew~s ofthe problems. percent of its income as assured funding, recreation and other enterprises Maine real a tangible example of how Maine is "It Is embarrassing to admit that so solid money that would provide continuity considers ~Ir~nportan~L ~kak~ing a closer look at the gulf and Its much of what we believe about our living and retain key scientists. But he says public and political aw~a~qm importance. Other signs include: marine resources remains virtually State government agencies have similar ~ne~n of the threats Is so low that If I ~OA federal bill sponsored by Maine unchanged from the earlier half of the concerns. scientists expect to s~e~e more research ~I~Ser~i. George Mitchell and IS other senators century, and Is in fact pure conjecture," Brian Mar~ootte, marine science ~d~qoe~c~t~or ~0qZ~ne~6qV Y will have to embark on a basic 'called the Marine Research Act of 1988. Townsend told the group. ~f~or t~h~e Department of Marine Resources, ~q. ~. highlight the ~l~as~t~ies. ~1~q! The bill, if passed, would earmark $29.5 Townsend, a research scientist at the ~a~n~q" he wants to offer fishermen more A... ~6qRr~o a former Bigelow million to set up 10 regional programs, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences economic secu~6q% res~s better pred~ict~in fish ~%r~c~her now working with the State ~q!~@~n~qc~qi~qu~ql~qd~l~q%g one In the Gulf of Maine. Iney said Maine does a poorjob In competing for stock trends. But notes that one-= of Planning Office. had a mom urgent view ~w~, d ~o~ord~inate work ~%~y~lth existing re~se~&~r~ch~h~mdi~ng. T~e~sea~r~c~h fa t the department's scientific staff Is sup. for the ~n~3w marine research comm~iss~f~a~m c~ill ~ies on how to prevent pollu~- As ~an example, he noted that Maine ported with federal money, and ~1~2~1~qm~e "We shouldn't get to what I call the positions were lost last year to budget d~e~qW fish stage before we decide to do cuts. something," she a" ~4~q#~1~-~qA ~T~he University of Maine's Darling Can~. ter receives a ~qM~,0~0~0 annual operating budget- But ~If Its staff, made up of u~n~iver~. ally faculty~, w~anu to pursue research, it is ~, ~0q4~q1 e~nt~2qie~q@ de~qt~q:~nde~nt on grants. A re the same boat as Bigelow," says director Les Watling. ~7~4 ~J Watling recalls a federally ~h~m~ded stud ~y In the early 1~980~s of trace metals in Maine In~q, Various compounds were found in rh ~k~i ~N~.~9 t ~e d ~co an S~t Croix. Then the project ended. Later, a student examined animal 4 life in the Saco estuary and measured some metal content. Nothing further was done to determine the significance. ~_~t~q5 "A follow-up study a decade later would ~!~A~qr ~4qV be WPM to see if this area Is purging itself (of metals) or not," Watling says. I i~-~1 Hopes rest on bill Advocates of more spending for pin their highest hopes on the co~56qW~qs~qp~qio~qnal effort championed by I Mitchell says he hopes It can be ~qa~qc~qL~qed o~qn before the end of the year. 'Me chief Opposition, he says~q, comes from the Rea. g~qa~qn administration. which am the pro. grams as unnecessary. Mitchell ~qsa~2q?~qm he hopes Congress can ~q@~qZ~qN ~0qV debate the ~qb ~q1~q1 soon, while images of and medical waste washing up on t ~q0. beaches are still fresh. He says the ~q$30 million price tag should be viewed Research assistant Jeff Br~qow~qo works with a Coulter "A. prote~qc~qUve ~qinve~qstmen~qL~q" counter, which measures cells In algae specimens, at the "As we've seen In Chesapeake Bay, Bigelow ~ql~qA~qbor~qatory. Boston Harbor a~qnd the Great Lakes, the cost of clea~qni~qn~qi~qi up after major environ. mental dama~q&e has occurred Is many times greater than the cost of preventing damage ~qI~qn the ~qM~qat place." Mitchell says. In Maine, the formation four years ago at ARGO~q-Ma~qi~qn~qe in significant b~qecau~qt~qe ~qit represents the kind of coordination the 118 mills deposits of wind aV C=- Potential energy & mineral resources tists are just no to Forces block exploiting explore them as a first step to SL t nizing up their oommercial'and: hfaine RZ JBNZ-k@ envi runental value, a process that has caused some coutroverisy of gulf enerorv sources Ponob@t in New Hampshire. RVV Maine's major sand and gravel RN., Proposed deposits seem to be off the south. ern coast, according to Maine nuclear power plants. Today. the Anck@ggin tidal dam Geological Survey director By Tux Turkel proliect is hung up, for economic, site Walter Anderson. Scientists are - riter itical and environ mental using sonar and sampling energy crunch comes, reawns. Portland methods to determine the disixi. The Gulf of Maine can light "We don't see a practical way bution and depths. staff W 'When another R- po loa, bousm run cars and build cities. and surely it will, or Existing _g In New Hampshire, a member: to going ahead right now." says J. 'Q But its powerful tides. potential everyone will turn George Baker. executive vice of the state's Executive Council petroleum reserves and gravel president of Tidal Power Corp. in t Roy de Posits remain vir ually us to start producing a @1,y objected this summer to mapping: Halifax. Nova Scotia. sand and gravel deposits near the untapped, waiting for economic offshore. It will Sa & A handful of tidal dams operate Isles of Shoals, sayin it waS a and political forces to drive their 11 in other parts of the world. To test gra development and bring them into probably be too late. 8,ownt prelude to offshore mug. New the technology In the Gulf of conflict with fishing and other ift a 0 Hampshire's state geologist den. - Milton H antington, Maine, Bakees company bu led that and said the work was; interests. . .... Maine Petroleum Association small, experimental dam in 1984 Boston puts research. Skyrocketing oil prices in the at Annapolis Royal, N.S. Ma= ti@he Anderson says some southern 1970s focused attention on the until at least next October. An immediate problem sur. r "I states have mined gravel to nn I gulf's energy resources. In 1988, For now, the closest petroleum. faced. Large numbers of migrat. with oil plentiful and prices production to theGuIfofMaine Is Ing shad died as they were pulled Oil & gas restore eroded beaches. But be depressed, exploitation attempts a long the Gultof Maine states are set for a tract off Newfoundland. through the dam's turbine. Frigi. exploration way from offshore gravel have all but stopped. Except for minor testing off Nova neers have been working on a pass mining. It seemed. 10 years ago, that Scotia's eastern shore, It seems system that lets more fish go It is an expensive process. Scl- Gr-t South Ch.nn.1 t_n the rich fishing grounds of unlikely that New England or the safely around the turbine, but entists also know that certain Georges Bank would be pocked Maritimes will exploit oil and gas mortality remains a probleaL iportant to marine - with test holes in a desperate resources any time soon. project also has drawn fire Talow- -p by ftmit 0-8 deposits are in life, a% that offshore sand and search for oil and gas. Today. That concerns Milton Hunting- from local clarnmers, who claim gravel Is a finite resource because - political action in th,@ United ton, executive director of the the dam Is generating silt and land Basin, on the New Bruns. how much, "is anyone's guess." dams on New England's major, States has banned drilling, and Maine Petroleum Association. destroying clam beds. The clam vdck-Nova Scotia border. That U there is one force working rivers prevent further sediment interest has ebbed. ans, on Huntington notes it taken a harvest has been declining in the dam, which would generate today on the side of tidal energy, It runoff to the gulf. Only the Canaill their decade from the time oil Is discov. Annapolis Basin, but researchers almost as much power as Main is the mounting concern over the "Whether it's (eventually) side of the bank. continue to ered to when It can be produced. have yet to link the drop to the Yankee. wouldriLt have a notf= greenhouse effect and the burning used for development. beech ero. research the potential impact of "When another energy crunch dam. able affect on tides, Baker says. offossilluels. sion, or not used because It's: energy development comes, and surely It will, Even if fish kills are solved, the But that dam. too. be In Maine. Larsen says issues he critical for marine organisum It's p maKova No one expects Georges Bank everyone will turn to us to start Minas Basin project a pears delayed by politics. While raised four years ago on the still got to be evalua;ed." Ander-, to provide vast quantities of oil offsh @she sa 'a' "It doomed for now, based on project- Scotia Is a strong advocate of tidal environmental impact of tidal c_g . ' is ions that a five-mlle-long dam development. New Brunswick has dams must now be weighed son and gas, but commercial deposits -bably b A I=diti.n . send and gravel' . to 'a f may be tapped at the edge of the [email protected] B Fundy across the top of the Bay of Fundy a stake in building more nuclear agunst potentially greater effects exploration, researchers are look- J gulf. range 40 feet, the highest In the would increasetides in theGulfof reactors at its Point Lepreau site. o global warming. ing for concentrations of valuable Sound waves bounced off the world. For decades, engineers Maine up to a foot. A 1984 sfudy It also has hydroelectric and coal "I personally think we should metals Including copper, gold and: ocean floor indicate the geological have schemed about how to bar- by Peter Larsen of the Bigelow resources to market, so provincial look very hard at tidal power," he silver that may occur in a volcanic, po ential for petroleum. but test ness the ri se and fall as a source of Laboratory for Ocean Sciences politicians aren't enthusiastic says. "It the greenhouse effect is belt running from Penobscot Bay. dr !Iling has been held up by cheap. pollution-free power. predicted widespread environ. about a joint tidal venture with going to raise sea level anyhow, to EastporL That process-is in a - =ng opposition from fisherinen Two years ago, Canadian Inter. mental changes for coastal Maine. Nova Scotia. we may be able to slow it down veryearlystage. and, more recently, by declining ests seemed well all the way to Technology aside, political come. "They've got a lot on their with tidal power." "We're still in an exploration, oil rices. building the world ,s largest tidal quences have put the project on plate," Baker saXs. '"My don't When the glaciers began melt. mode, whether it's sand and - F. June, the U.S. Interior dam across Minas Basin in Nova the back burner. need tidal power.' ing 12.000 years ago, vast quanti- gravel or oil and gas," Anderson Department@ bowing to congres- Scotia. The project would have As a second choice, Tidal Dimming prospects fttrther are ties of sediment-filled water says. "A lot more work has to be sional pressure, postponed a generated the electrical equiva. Power Corp. has been working to oil prices. Baker says projecting flowed into what Is now the Gulf done offshore to make an, planned auction on drillingrights lent of three Maine Yankee develop a smallerdarn at Cumber- when prices will rebound, and by of Maine. Our legacy is offshore evaluation." ~0 Researchers in the depths probe erosion ~Fe~s~ear~c~her~s ~Imow the ocean ~is rising ~I~g~y T~ux T~t~i~qf~qtel Staff Writer find land is being washed to sea. Exactly what happens then ba~s To find ~ou~t~@ Be~E SEGUIN ISLAND - Bathers ~m~a I ~e~6qZ~q. OFF ~q:~6q:`~qd~0qW~0qr~.~,ty been setting special traps zoo feet below ~at Popham Beach did not know ~tt~@ but the the=. T~q:~q%~8qt ~q- in ~1~q!~1~6q* t~wo~-pe~r~0q=~,~sub~-~a~r~l a bobbing In the pip ~,~q.t d~i Is last June was trying to are determine ~e~a~s~qm share. how fast the popular swim- send ~6q% d ~8q!~4q=~d~q_~q.~q_f~d~.~1~.~* ming area was being *ate away by t~h~e The -=led last ~s~u~rn~iner In ~q7 ~sea. ~e~e ~Y~, "Every beach in Mal Is ~e~x ~A~s ~j~m~qd~i~t~a~l~: ~oc~k rid traverse the bottom of n ~0 ~S~0q=~Y~. ~c~r~e~a~6qg~, marine Rem= ~"~' a mud. and sand. filled basin that Is the former valley of the Saco ~im~ate~l~y~.san ~i~smov~i~ngo shore. and Scarborough rivers. Kelley and ~his colleague, University "We think sediment ~is being ~c~m~T~le~d ~01 ~Ma~L~i~le ~1~0 ~L~M~Me~t ~De~L~kMap, AY~S ~2q=th~&t~ghe Va~l~i an ~o~u~i,~o~a~e~a~@~. if- e~y d to ~2qre~ar~n ~0q= sand movement and says. Me, ~f the seashore ~A~n~g Sh~ee~p~s~o~o~t Bay, at the mouth Of the ~.~0 Kennebec River, contains a large ~f~i~L~n~- Their Initial assessment Is bad news ~f~o~r shaped deposit of ~san~dl. The sediment bathers and boaters: Beaches are laced to we how material Is d to the sea while - ~lro~n~l d mud are washing w clog some ur ~n~2q= ~l~o~s~qt~qu~id ~i~m ~Pd rivers and harbors. In June, th e~q@ ~u~6qT~v~se~'~r~s~fty stu. dents boarded a 160~-~f~oot government Belknap and Kelley's research Into research ship to revisit the traps. Re- sediment d ~c~s in the Gulf of Maine searchers relied on sophisticated elec~. Staff Photos ~bY Go~rd~= C~h~b~q=~u has broad =t~Ions for recreational tr~a~nk~s to relocate the traps. ~T~hen they 'Me tw~o~-~m~a n su~bc~oe~rs ~lble sub Delta pulls away ~b~om the and commercial develop ~i~t~. ~pa~rt~l~@~u- climbed Into a IS-foot submarine named 1~q0~400t government research ve~qnel ~an route to the ocean larly the controversial p~6q= . Delta to retrieve the ~s~e-P~I~qM using a floor 1~2~0 feet down. ~Ing harbors and depositing the sp~o~i robot arm to grab the plastic pipes and offshore. haul them to the surface. "I don't think we'll have the answers Kelley says ~1hey expected to find a Instead, they found almost nine contam~inat~io~l~L f~or another five years," Kelley says. "At couple of Inches of sand or mud In each Inches of sediment, six ~l~a~c ~9 of which -We have to consider where we put least In ways r~suas~ive enough to pub~l~i~c~p~o~l~k~y~.~qR~e affect trap. Prior theories suggested sand loss were sand and gravel. ~T~h~e sediments these things," Kelley says. 'There may was a gradual but constant pro~ce~s~& were In three layers - mud, sand and be no shallow spots in t~he Gulf ~of Maine mud. ~T~h~e Band apparently was grabbed to dispose of o~u~t contaminated dredge by ~v~i~a~]~.. waves during winter ~q. spoils.* and transported to deep water. These theories am already beginning D~qi~*~0qv~0qm~*g to the gulf's bottom ~'~a how~s It came ~&~am Old to affect harbor development. Popham beaches, moving Scarborough wants P~tne Point Harbor ~Orc~ha`~qrd ends out avers period ofyeam dredged and a new anchorage created. man ~1~,~u~qm times, so I don't feet too '"We thought these deep areas were ~T~h~e job would create about 4~3~,~000 cubic ~B~y~Tt~a~i~Tur~i~te~i scared when the batch Is secured and quiet ~0q= a time," Belknap says. = dredge "Us, enough to cover a St~affWr~iter Delta Is dumped into 120 feet of water. ~@But was not significantly field 18 feet deep. But tests show ~2q=~m y~q:~,t~.~q@~neo~fthetr~aP~ewasf~1lIedup traces of PC~Es In harbor sediments, and OFF DAMARISCOVE ISLAND - My first sensation Is coolness. Pr~Iv~itt e i~n~q@h local, state and federal agencies am at My first impression of the Inside of cuts the motor. It Is quiet. As the sub t~h~4qZ~4qV~qX~I ~a~nd Kelley ~n~aw wonder if odds over the best place to deposit the Delta, the 15-foot submersible used to descends, everything gets dark. Cool. ment traps represent the spoil ~. retrieve dark and quiet Very serene. ave~2qwte of sand loss. A similar fight is tinder way In Wells, ~l~k the ~aed~l- t~we~we~nt through last year, was where the harbor [a so clogged It has in e n t "Okay. We're at 60 feet with 60 to go, that representative of the last 100 years, become haze ou~s at low tide. State traps, Is It looks like," Privit~t says Into the radio. or more Importantly. the next 10 ~yea~r~3~r officials say dredging In futile, because ~4 t It at it As Delta nears bottom, Pr~Ivitt ~Kelleyw~ander~s. the harbor will refill quickly. resembled switches an floodlights. ~T~he silty sea ~T~he second observation to come out of "They are not really harbors," Kelley a lau~ndro~- floor appears outside the portholes. sediment studies is that mud flowing says of Scarborough and Wells, ~'Th mat wash- V~isibil~i~tyls poor. from major rivers Is moving offshore, but are tidal deltas of rivers, so they sand from adjacent be~ac Is flowing rapidly with mud." Cr~i~t~l~a~i~ng ~at less than . Ile an ~ho~u~r~@ back and collecting where people want to In addition, researchers believe that we come across occasional starfish, maintain harbors. dumping sediment offshore removes It remember plants and hundreds of tiny fish. But Rese~a~cher~s are still unsure how fast from the complex system that builds mostly. we s~e~e only mud In this section this Is happening because It is part of beaches, despite the trend to long-term climbing in one as a of the Gulf of Maine. complex. interro~anect~ed cycles of sedi- erosion~. kid and ment distribution~. But they have some 'The most Important thing Is not to havIn g a At one point I manipulate the robot clues. lose It to the transport system" ~Bel~lma ~f r ~I ~. n d arm in an attempt to grab a starfish. No Belknap and Kelley studied sand says. ~I~lf you are go way. I am generally content to sit In this Ing to dredge, put ~qF~, shut the movement in the Kennebec River last back on the beach, if it's not cont~am~i~n~. Down the hatch for glass door. coal u~let cocoon and experience the summer for the state and Bath Iran ated. If you dump offshore, it's lost." reporter Turke~L Th~i~st~imel oce~q;~0qXttom. Works. They examined a~n area where the Belknap and Kelley will learn more am look- I am startled when, after about 1~5 U.S. Army Carps of Engineers had depo- about dump sites and sand movement ing o~t~rt 10 tiny portholes, and at the feet minutes, a voice comes over the radio. sited spoils from dredging a channel in over the next year when the government and torso of Doug Privitt. That Is Time to come up. I am not ready. ~Pr~iv~itt the river. ~T~he material, they found. was dredges part of Biddeford Pool this f~a~l~L because with a bull diameter of acknowledges, releases ballast and moving right back upriver toward Bath. Sediment traps have been set at the feet, the ~6q=~n~6qC must huddle on ~6qM Delta rises as light streams In~q. Depositing dredge spoils is becoming offshore deposit site. Next summer, the bow floo ~qa pilot sits astern on a controversial, especially beca ~qse ~qm~qe ~qt~qr~qa III be pulled to see whether sand stool. ~qi~qn a moment. waves are breaking contain metals or ~qP~qC~qBs (po~qlychulo~qri~qn~ql~q3~qa~qoted ~56q=~2qd stay In the deposit area or move Pr~qiv~qitt designed the sub. He and over the portholes and the Maine coast b~qipheny~ql~qs). Early research suggests inshore. another pilot have taken It down more bobs in the distance. these materials won't stay put Instead, "Well know whether It's a good dump they are dispersing ~qa~qnd possibly --~qI~qng site," Kelley say~q1~qL 1~q.16 EXHIBIT E-) f A .A Af 1A *A The surninit of 1,530-foot Cadillac Mountain avwfow, voith tourists and cars on peak visitor days In "ann-r- Neede%d, A bold pla'n zs;ave Acadia., 7he national Park on Mount @Desett Island is being oven-un by toun@ts and some. limits are likely STORY CONTINUED FROM PAGE I its number two spot in the Est of the nation's 10 top Jersey beaches washing up hypodermics, and all the national parks. (Great Smoky Mountains National Park smog and ozone, more and more people will want to in North Carolina and Tennessee is number one) To come to Maine and Acadia,* he says. 'Me Harvard put that in a Maine perspective, the peoplecrush isfour University Graduate Design School study projects that times the population of the state and 1,000 times the traffic will increase to 20,000 cars daily in the next 12 U`rI`HEVISrI`OR IMPACThas the poten- year-round population of Bar Harbor, the island's larg- years, exceeding the design capacity of many of the !ial to turn Acadia and its surroundings est town. On any given July or August day, 4,000 care island's main roads. 'Only through bold action will the into a showplace of degradation. Mount travel Ocean Drive that winds along A"dia's widely problems of rapid growth be resolved,* it says. Desert Island is a hot spot for development touted shoreline@ Destry Jarvis, vice presitnt of conservation policy of all the paraphernaU that supports an -Mere are so many people and cars that if Acadia for the National Parks and Conservation Association -0-1s, restaurants, condo- were not a rock. it would sink.- says land use consultant (NPCA), agrees that AcadWs situation calls for tough shops, and second homes. Elmer Beal, a Jim Haskell. former director of the Hancock County decisions. The park!s approach so far, however. is to member of tl@e park's advisory conumittee, says, 'No to Planning Commission. 'take one step at a time and with great tunidity,* he says. ew, scenic vista, open space, or public access point can Haskell thinks the estimate of 6.2 million tourists by On visitor numbem for instance, ft might be 'bold to go be taken for granted anymore; things are changing too low, given the worsening envirow from unlimited accese to a limit. 'but maybe something fast., is =rditi.=1sewhere. 'With New York and New as bold as that is desirable.* In 1997. 4.3 million tourists visited Acadia, s=ring 'Me pressures aftfin Amilia are not new to the 3 MAINE TIMES SEMWAR 2. 190 6 island; crowds, autos, and development worried local W commercialism, high real estate costs, and in. nWonal standard, and 3ijintain them I never forget people 100 years ago when Mount Desert first became creased noise and public drinicing. Local budgets are thi&- a summer playground for the East's wealthy and power. being overwhelined and increased taxes will likely be Hauptman also promises to take effective steps to ful. But today, the Problems are magnified and evident needed to meet the demand far increased Police and fire cope with traffic: problems in partictilar. He virtually even before a tourist reaches the island. about halfway protection, solid waste disposal, and water supply - all assures a future car reservation system for besieged down the Maine coast and five hours from Boston. undercutting the advantages of expanding toun'sm. Cadillac Mountain during prime months and a volun- Route 3 from Ellsworth to the island is an 11-mile Acadia is part ofthe National Park ServiM and manY tary mass transit system to ease theauto/RVcrunch. He 'tourist imp of Last food, souvenirs, and Wak Disney. of its problems originate in Washington. The NPCA a favors no new campgrounds, no new restrooms, no new type recreation,* says Jim Haskell. Seafood takeout% Private watchdog over national park.% says the Service parking lots, and no new roads. fauory outlets, cheap antiques, and homemade fudge 1% "an institution strained nearly to the breaking point* Those "no growth' measures, he feels, ivould have are hawked to the hordes on their way to Acadia. as the result of cuts by the Reagan administration. the effect of keeping the Ed on the number of people to 7'raffic jams are predictable as visitors slow down or Acadia hasn% received a real dollars;ncrease in its base about what it is now - a"-ough that's not guaranteed. turn off the road just to take in the carnival-like scene - budget since 1977. 'We were given a resource and Neither Hauptman norpark planner Isabelle Mancinelli on Route 3, in downtown Bar Harbor, and on the summit Physical plant in better shape than ies in now," says is ready to take the"bold stepoflimiting visitors. While of Cadillac, the park's highest peak On Cadillac, cars superintendent Hauptman. they believe there are too may people using certain and RVs (recreational vehicles) crowd every inch ofthe . Without changes for the bettm National Park Serv- places in Acadia, they don't think that 4.3 million people blacktop and spill over onto the grassy shoulders. At Ice M) chief planner Jim Stewart says *the Acadian is too many forthe park overall.11ey point out that most another prime park attraction. Sand Beach, vehicles "perience [may not) be worth going for.* But Acadia's tourists use the eastern side where the spectacular spill over from the parking lot for two miles along one- former resource management diredor Carroll Schell. scenery is, while the western side is less disturbed and way Ocean Drive that runs above the beach. who transferred to Washington, D.C., questions -more natural.- It doesn't Utke the first-time visitor long to see the whether many tourists would be turned off by mobs and Overu sed areas, such as the Sh oreTrail along Ocean exasperating conflict between recreation and protec- unchecked developmem 'Most of them come from Drive, can be 'hardened,* says MancirwA to prevent tion of the natural resources. Congress, in passing the urban areas and are accustomed to gregarious shop- erosion and take the heavy foot traffic. Organic Act of 1916 that mandated use and preserva- Ping.Tbey are happy as pigs in the mud (among Wge "It's almost un-American to talk about limits," tion. didn't say how the balance was to be drawn. it numbers of people).Mey don't know any better." Hauptman says. Ultimalely, the people number prob- simply said: 71he... fundamental purpose of [nationail Superintendent Hauptinan has been atAcadia's helm lem bods down to available overnight accommodations parks ... is to conserve the scenery and the natural and for 18 months, having overseen the Fwe Island (N.YJ outside the park. he believes. When the island's motels, historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide National Seashore for five years. 'My job is to run this hotels, and bed and breakfast houses are filled up, park for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by Park in a condition oftension,* he says. 'My primaryjob visitation flattens out. The towns - not Acadia - such means as will leave them unimpaired for the Is Protection of natural and cultural resources and to get should be the ones to cope with the visitor overrun by enjoyment of future generations.' the park's budget and visitor services to a state of limiting the number of sleeping units on the island, But Acadia's $1.9 million budget doesn't even cover Hauptman concludes. the cost ofmaintaining and repairing its facifitim much The Harvard study, published L--q year, recom, less protecting the park's natural resources. In fam D-P mends just what Hauptinan suggests: that the towns Acadia is so underfunded that it doesn't even have a 66THEIIE so limit visitor numbers by restricting overnight accom- complete inventory of its flora and fauna to know fully many people and cars . modations and parking during the summer months. what there is to preserve@ 'Each ofthe four townswill also need to adopt stringent Behind the budgetary eight-ball at almost every turn. that i(Acadia were not zoning and conservation regulations to ensure that the small staff spends most of its time accommodating residential and commercial growth does not impair the the iiii1lions of people and trying to see that they obey a rock, it would sink.' island's ecology or scenic beauty," the study says. park regulations. In the meantime. other major prob- However, Ken Smith, a Bar Harbor motel manager lems are begging for attention: trail degradation, illegal Land use consultant who's active in several community groups dealing with camping, poaching of deer, vegetation and marine life tourism issues, isn't about to jump on a bandwagon damage, exotic plants threatening wetlands, antiquated Jim Haskell, former director promoting limits. 'ralk about a financial and political facilities, vandalism and crime@ huff and human waste, of the Hancock County time lyomb!' and air pollution. While business interests "aren't looking to make the Ile island's four towns are facing related headaches: Hanning Commission. island like Coney Island... (we I wan I to pay our b ills and housing shortages for year-round residents and sea- take a vacation,* Smith says. 'Mat means 'more and sonal workers, neighborhood deterioration from creep- Continued ox the xert page @Q 6 1 40, T 4@ TA7 @111V X ix 4 -i T f. 10 Labstw soap, T-shkh, mW krom orno md amarm"dossouverdirshwusleatCaMir a ftln- -Ift, 120 MAINE TIMES SEPTEMBER 2,1988 9 1.. 0 qff fw@'] it at rvi@ 4_ Tha 4.3 million people visiting Acadia annually aro causing avorcrawdedness and d*v*lopnwW pressures in Bar Harbor, outa& the park's entraftco. such a problem that Bar Harbor is considering running cant document" because it will guide the park's direc- Needed: a free shuttle bus system from the international ferry tion over the next 15 to 20 years. But he is concerned A bold plan to save Acadia terminal along 'motel alley" and into town center. that all of the proposed options focus on 'visitor use - COMMED FROM PAGE 9 As the summer winds down and fall foliage enthusio how to deal with the 6 million people in the future. asts pack their bags for Acadia, the park planning staff 'Mere's mention of conservation and protection of . . sed in the first general management pLin. there. s,' he says. more people' - to offset "lad years," he adds. 's 'mmer As evidence that Bar Harbor is ta Public meetings have been going on islandwide to Batchelder notes that the park is legally required to king advantage of solicit citizen responses to various alternatives - from identify Acadia's carrying capacity and implement Urnits Acadia-bound tourists, the number of overnight units do nothing" to a costly mandatory mass transit system if necessary. -Me park is grappling with it by address- jumped from 1,500 to 2,256 between 1983 and 1986. Last on the east side during the surnmer months. ing the auto impact on the theory that if people can't year. the town issued 334 building permits. Although Jim Batchelder, director of the privately-funded drive, they won't visit."To the contrary, he says. A bus fast food franchises are outlawed, there is no shortage Friends of Acadia, calls the nascent plan 'a very signifi- shuttle system could introduce many more people into of pizza, burgers, and ice cream. Downtown parking is the park with dramatic impact on natural resources. The NPCA's Jarvis says the carrying capacity More than half of the 1988 Acadia budget is allocated at its Northeast Harbor office, is optimistic. *Some date has largely gone unmet by the different parks for 'visitor protection.' buildings, road and trail mainte- th ings are moving ahead,' she says, 'a nd the park staff because 'there's not an agreed upon methodology. nance, and garbage collection. But trail maintenance, is dedicated. It's important that we give them credit.' Anytime you get into the subject of aquality experience, for instance, is allocated only $50,000, compared to Resource manager Hazen sees a brighter future for it is thin ice, unexplored territory,* he says. Some parks $302,000 for road maintenance. Upkeep of half of the Acadia if "people take pride in it. Ile long-range solu- have 'tried softly, but too softly" to be effective, Jarvis 200 n-Wes of hiking trails has ceased. tion to our problems is more public support" to protect adds. What happens to actual natural resource manage- Acadia. Hauptrnan has a pivotal role in determining which ment? Not much, compared to the need. Natural re- Consultant Jim Haskell sees the pressures creating proposals to recommend to his superiors for a final sources is allowed a paltry $66,000 in the current 'a ripe opportunity' for islandwide planning. 'Four decision in 1990 at the earliest. Some park observers budgeL compared to $126,3W for vehicle repair and separate communities shouldn't have four separate characterize Hauptman as extremely cautious and pre- fuel. Acting resource management chief Judy Hazen comprehensive plans and zoning regulations. Thatway, dict hewill soft-pedal potentially divisive issues to avoid says, -Me whole park is underfunded, so everyone is they're ineffective," he says. aggravating local leaders. stuck in the same boat we are. We'rejust doing the best But like the towns'suspicion of the park, they also To some degree, all national parks are fixed with we can with what we have! have a long history of distrust of each other. Haskell questions of constraining people and vehicles and bor- Money alone wouldn't solve the resource manage- says the towns' lack of cooperation is rooted in class der threats. But Acadia is on an island, and like any ment problems because Acadia doesn't contain cOm- differences. -Mere's the high side and the low side on island it can only absorb so many people and develop. plete ecosystems. Watersheds and some wildlife habir Mount DeseM'he says, referring towell-off Bar Harbor ment without being ruined. Too, Acadia does not have tat are half in and half out of the park - a situation and the village of Northeast Harbor and the working neat boundaries with few entrances. Its jigsaw puzzle reflecting political decisions over land acquisition. class communities of Southwest Harbor an&Trenton. It borders cut into one community or another, causing In a step toward greater resource protection, the took years to get a regional school, he notes. tourists to often wonder whether they're in or out of the park has proposed acquisition or conservation ease- Municipal officers are resistant to growth manage- park. Boundary disputes are legend between the park ments on lands within 2W feet of Acadia's borders.Me ment, Haskell says. Although the Legislature has and the towns. 11ey have had a raucous, sometimes Maine Natural Resources Council criticizes such a passed comprehensive growth legislation, 'the law bitter, relationship. Longtime residents fear the park buffer zone as much too narrow. It should be at least hasn't come home to roost in Hancock or Washingtom. wants to take over the entire island in time - the recent one-half mile wide, the councirs Jerry Bley says. Park counties yeL' He thinks the Down East communities permanent boundary law notwithstanding. But federal planner Mancinefli says a decision on the width of the will wait 'to the end" to implement it. funds for expansion are limited. buffer strip remains up in the air. . Acadia clearly is at a crossroads, but Caroline Pryor, vic"residentof Maine Coast HeritageTrust and based Acadia"s life story The Hudson River School of American landscape 'The wealthy had come there for peace and the *Sieur de Monts National Monument.* named painters introduced Mount Desert Island to the quiet, and they intended to have it.' said Louise for the captain of Champlain's ship. world in the mid-1800s. Thomas Cole, Frederick Dickinson Rich in 7he Coast OfMaine, published in Dorr didn't stop there. Three years later, the Church, and FitzHugh Line celebrated the island's 1956. 'Like children ... they were adverse to any trustees had acquired another 10,000 acres, and beauty on canvas, jttst as artist Rockwell Kent change on the island, and they went to great the national monument was given park status. It popularized Monhegan Island in the 192Ds. lengths to insure there would be none. [They) was named Lafayette National Park. the first Cole. a founder of the school, went to Mount went on long walks and collected flowers and federal park east of the Mississippi River. John D. Desert to sketch in the 1840s and boarded with a shells, and even the emptiest-headed debutante Rockefeller Jr. then became the park's major fanner. His admiring eye feasted on much of the knew the proper Latin names. They espoused benefactor, donating 11,000 acres worth several same untamed scenery that was 'discovered' by Nature and observed the stars and kept record of million dollars at the time. French explorer Samuel de Champlain, who, in the flight of birds.' In 1929, Schoodic Peninsula across 1604. named the place 'UIsle des Monts-deserts,* To help preserve island ways, the wealthy had Frenchman's Bay was donated, and the park's or island of bare mountains. automobiles banned from the island in the early name was changed to Acadia, a corruption of the Prominent lawyer Charles T)racey was among part of die 20th-century. But the death of a man French term LaCadie, or LAcadie (Indian for the firg of New York's high society drawn by that the horse-drawn doctor couldn't reach in time 'The Place"), used during the 1600s and 170Ds to Church's paintings to take his family to the island caused the ban to be revoked in 013. describe the coast from Cape Cod to Newfound- for a rustic vacation. They walked; explored the It opened the door to abrupt change. Cars came land. island by buckboard and horse; ate lobsters, fresh by the thousands. 'Many were the surnmer Because the park's chm-ter allowed only for berTies, and hot biscuits; and reveled in the visiturs, and permanent residents too, who cried land donations - not acquisitions - the result kindnesses islanders showed them. The Traceys 'Mount Desert is ruined," wrote Samuel Eliot was a piecemeal, crazy-quilt ownership with returned to the city agog about Mount Desert. Morison in his Story ofAfount Desert Island. "And inholdings and detached parcels. Concerned with Soon, the 'rusticator' rush was on, as it became there are very disquieting things in the present private property being given to the park and taken fashionable for the wealthy to spend their surn- situation - rowdy motor tourists who throw trash off the tax rolls, town officials asked for a bound- mers enjoying the simple life corrimuning with about, and the ruthless ambition of the Maine ary beyond which Acadia wouldn't grow. nature. Hotels replaced taverns to serve the influx. Highway Commission to make speedways out of It was a battle royale over the next 20 years. In August, 1&55, Tracey estimated that he could beautiful winding roads.' Finally in September, 1986, the official park see 200 yachts under sail from 1,373-foot Sargent Fortunately for the island, the powerful new- boundaries were set by Congress. Mountain. Among the notable yachtsmen was comers *frorn away' regarded land protection as The legislation gave the park@ for the first time, Charles Eliot, the 37th pre:sident of Harvard 1.16 an expression of patriotism, stewardship, and a authority to purchase land threatened by develop- versity, who loved the island so much he became a duty to future generations. George Dorr, heir to a ment and to take it by eminent domain if neces- regular summer visitor. Boston textile fortune, devoted his life to amassing sary; In compensation for lost property taxes, the Travel to Mount Desert was eased by steamship thousands of acres of the island for protection. town will receive about $1 million over 12 years. service from New York, Newport, and Boston in In 1901. Dorr and Charles Eliot formed the park has a $3.5 million appropriation for 1870. A sightseeing cog raihvay was built from Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations acquinng new lands. AnoLher$3.5 million is - Eagle Lake to the summit of 1.530-foot Cadillac to accept title to land donations. Primarily through requested in a bill before Congress. But $7 million Mountain, the island's tallest peak. in 1883. During Dorr's efforts, over 5,000 acres, including the 'is no where near the amount' needed to pur- that period, the island became the East's foremost summit of Cadillac, was acquired during the next chase all the land to be acquired, says park summer resort, as the Rockefellers, the Morgans, dozen years or so. In 1916, Dorr convinced administrative officer Bob Miller. Additional the Fords, the Vanderbilts, the Carnegies, and the President Woodrow Wilson to accept the tract as funding proposals will be made to Congress "for a Astors built large 'cottages* at the ocean's edge@ long time to come,' he adds. (PA) Bar Harborcouncil chairwomanjill Goldthwait says person between the age of 20 and 30 who has bought a Beard feels that islandwide planning may be spurred the relatively new League ofTowns (composed oftown, house on Mount Desert Island in the past two years.* on by communities' need to find new taxing mecha- -round apartments, and a small nisms to pay for moun managen; and the park superintendent) and MIX There are almost no year ting infrastructure costs. Park Tomorrow (a citizen's group) will encourage island- two-bedroom house with no view costs in the range of land is tax-exempt, and the lossofmjor blocksofixime wide cooperation. Preliminary results from an issues $160,000, with Main Street/Bar Harbor stores a minim taxable real estate has been significant over time. Al- survey by MDI Tomorrow shows that islanders feel the mu in of $200,000. The ritzy 'cottages" sell for close to a thougia the federal government pays a 75 cents reim. towns 'could and should definit* cooperate on solid million dollars or more, depending on location. bursement in lieu of taxes, the towns have always felt waste and possibly on traffic and transportation,* says MDI spokesman Ron Beard says the towns are in the that amount was an unreasonable pittance. MDI Tomorrow researcher Barbara Myers. With Ac- *infancy stage of how to change Thithfully, a town has 'We need a new [island] partnership arrangement to adia working on long-term planning, she thinks it will got to be burned before it takes up an issue." cope with all these things." says Beard. 'If we avoid be a strong influence on the towns puffing together, Be-fore the tourism-kindled problems, he says, the cooperation, the short-run decisions that businesses Island population will increase from 8,400 to 12,400 towns wanted nothing to do with planning and zoning, are forced to make will destroy our enviroranenL* by the year 2000, the Harvard study predicts, exacer- period. Now they're screaming. Councilor Jill Goldth- Resource specialist Car-roll Shell, after seven years of bating housing shortages. Property values 'may pro- wait adds that people don't converse now without talk- coping with Acadia's particular problems, isn't about to hibit current residents from being able to afford hous- ing about traffic. bet on how the park management and the islanders will ing on the island,* the study sap. Already, Bar Harbor deal with the difficult choices. "Who knows if they have town manager Dana Reed says. 'I don't know one the intestinal fortitude to make the hard decisions?' 77 A 5 Jill V. Acadia's superintenclon t, Jack Hauptman, prorrils" to knp--- ni-aso that will limit cang"lion in the 3S,057-acm national park. 122 Acadia'in detail Paregrine falcon is eroded by runoff. The park doesn't have a trail crew, Ile park began a falcon reintroduction program in leaving maintenance to volunteers. 1984 with the release of 23 fledglings. A number of the birds, now adult% are returning, but no matings have Carriage ths yet produced young. The 43 = of carriage traiL% stone bridges, and gatehouses are on the National Register as cultural ftld eagle resources. ButLhey're ins serious state oftleterioration Eagles live year-round in Acadia and are success- or erosion. John D. Rockefeller Jr. employed a crew of fully raising young. Winter feeding was initiated in about 50 men in the summer to maintain them in the 1983 to enhance the survival of juveniles. 1920sand 30s. Only recently has restorationofthe paths become a priority. A portion of the park entrance fee 0 S money is helping fund vital projects. ; 7eosprey is staging a comeback from a ' s"Nor population decline caused by pesticide poisoning. Backcountry 'Mere has been no count of the parles osprey popuW Ile park interior is rarely patrolled. illegal camping tion and no management plan. Active nests are being is common, and the more popular "ts are heavily monitored. desecrated by fitter, garbage, crude latrines, and human waste. Illegal fires are a severe threat. Dacr Hunting has been banned in the park and on Mount P0008 Desert Island for decades, leading to 'more deer per In 1987,4.2 million people visited Acadia. The num.. square mile of forest than anywhere else I have wen," ber in the first seven months of 19M was 2 percent says chiefranger Norman Dodge. Deer/car accidents higher than for the same time last year. A Harvard are a danger, and poaching by local residents is a University study estimates there will be 6.2 million chronic problern. visitors by the year 2DOO. C to Autos 0100y.te were first documented on Mount Desert Cars and recreational vehicles create more conges- Island in 1982. "Being an important predator, the cop don in Acadia than do people. On peak summer days. ote may present a political problem for the park if the several parking facilities are filled beyond capacity. At coyote begins preying on domestic livestock and times, traffic comes to a standstill at the park's most pd%* according to Acadia's resource management popular areas. In 1987, an average of 4,000 vehicles per plan. day used the Loop Road along the park's eastern shore By the year 2000, the average number of cars traveling Gacivor to Mount Desert Island daily is projected to rise from Beavers were introduced in 1921, and their nurn- 15,000 (in 1986) to over 20,000, exceeding road design bers took off after the 1947 fire because the aspen capacities. supply (abeaverfood favorite) increased.'Ib'epopula- don is estimated at over 200, and breaking up their Carryinp capacity darns is the usual control method. Live trapping is a There is no existing determination ofearrying capac- last resort.There is some illegal trapping by local resi@ ity, the maximum number of people who can comforta- dents, who dust cover their tracks. bly use an area before damaging the natural resources. But the number of vehicles exceeds the carrying Fish capacity of parking facilities at Cadillac Mountain and Acadia lacks an inventory of fish in park streams Sand Beach at peak use periods.There are limits on the and ponds. It's 'one of the endless projects that need number of people who can stay overnight based on to be done,* says acting resource management direc. available campsite& 'Me kwo park campgrounds at tor Judy Hazen. Marshall BrooWs population of trout Blackwoods and Seawall have a total of 525 campsites. has been depleted due to leachate from a nearby and Isle au Haut has six shelters.There's also a day use landfill now closed. firnit on Isle au Haut of 50 visitors during July and Vant life August and a 25-person limit during the off-season. Vegetation is being damaged by cars u sing road Crime shoulders for parking. Non-native plants, such as Vandalism did k000 in damage to four bathrooms purple loosestrife, have invaded wetlands. Spruce 4nd and a telephone booth this summer, prompting the fir are cut illegally for Christmas trees for sale and Friends of Acadia to offer a $1,000 reward for thoge private use. Ile commercial gathering of fir boughs responsible. In 1987, rangers investigated 131 criminal for Christmas decorations and wreaths is also a prob- incidents, including numerous car thefts and drug lem. possession.The gift shop at'llunder Holewas burglar- ized three times, and an alleged murder occurred at Pesticides/herbicides Otter Cliffs. Rangers issued 179 citations for hazardous National Park Service policy opposes chemical traffic violations, and there were 65 motor vehicle aocis spraying except in special circumstances.Me park is dents, resulting in $87,000 in property damage. Despite using the herbicide Rodeo (glyphosate) to Ell loos- the increasing seriousness of crimes, ranger Norman estrife, but it must be approved by the service's re- Dodge says, '98 percent who come still just want to gional and Washington directors. jump on the rocks and enjoy themselves." Air quality infrastructure Air pollution is the park's most pressing issue. Vis@ There are 30 year-round employees and 294 build- bility is impaired by smog. State or federal ozone stan- ings. Eighty seasonal people are hired for maintenance, dards are often violated during the surnmer. Ile high- law enforcement, and naturalist programs. ne park est ozone level ever recorded in Mainewas taken at the has only four permanent rangers. Year-round and sea- park's wilderness outpost@ Isle au Haut, in June. The sonal rangers spend more time enforcing the law than air was so bad that it posed a health hazard to park carrying out natural resource protection work. visitorsand damaged sensitive plants. Overthe year% ozone has harmed at least 58 percent of the park's Land whitepine. Red spruce on Isleau Hautisdead ordying Acadia encompasses 35,057 acres on Mount Desert from acid fog, formed by dirty gases from vehicle Island, Schoodic Point on Schoodic Peninsula, Isle au tailpipes and industry smokestacks in Boston and New Haut, and several other islands. 'Me park will acquire York. 2,063 acres and delete 722 acres under the new bound- ary law. Additionally, the park has conservation ease- Fira ments on 5,854 acres, mostly on offshore islands. In parts of Acadia, the forest is covered with flarn- Management and inspection requirements for the ease. niable tree debris. Almost all fires are human caused. ments are not up to stand6rd due to budgeuiry cow The park has no fire management plan at this time, strah" according to the park resource management despite the catastrophic fire thatcharred 17,000acres plan. It says that protection of the park's island re- (more than 25 percent) of the island in 1947. sourres by land, boat, and air should begin imunediately to guard against illegal Liking of plant and animal life, Trails illegal camping, and unauthorized, destructive use of Fifty percent of the 120 miles of hiking trails has motorized vehicles, (PA) been abandoned for lack of maintenance. Ten percent MANE TMES SEPrEMBER Z 1988 It 123 =UBIT E-1 0 LIST OF PRODUCTS, CZ063 AWARD (1987-88) Task I -- Improving Program Core Law Enforcement & Technical Assistance State of Maine Hazard Mitigation Plan SPO, DECD & Maine Emergency Management Agency, section on "Hurricanes and Coastal Storms" by the MGS, December 1987. Handbook for Local Code Enforcement Officers Rebecca Warren Seel, Maine Municipal Association, 3rd revision, 1988. Final reports for 1987-88 from Coastal Regional Councils (Hancock County Planning Commission, Greater Portland COG, Southern Maine RPC, Penobscot Valley COG, Southern Kennebec Planning & Development Council, Washington County RPC Eastern Mid-Coast Planning Commission). Task 2 -- Local Program Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Harbor Advisory Committee Final Report Sept. 1, 1988. Comprehensive Harbor and Waterfront Strategy and Action Plan Town of Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor, Maine, Sept. 21, 1988. Report with Respect to Public Access Rights to the Shore in the Vicinity of Harris Island Road (York, Maine), John C. Bannon, Oct. 4, 1988; "Re- Fisherman's Walk" (York, Maine) Bannon and Murray, Nov. 1, 1988; Record Research & Reports, Fisherman's Walk (York, Maine), Civil Consultants, Sept. 1988. Public Access Plan, Coastal Access Planning Project, Jonesport, Maine, Almer Huntley Jr. & Associates, Oct. 28, 1988. Chebeaque Island Pier Improvements, Cumberland, Maine, Final Report July 7, 1988; and unpublished engineering drawing, May 31, 1988; both by T.Y. Lin International/Hunter-Ballew Associates. Preliminary Design Report-for Monhegan Island Wharf Wright- Pierce, July 1988. Town of Stockton Springs, Sandy Point Beach Action Plan (unpublished report), May 31, 1988. ----------------------------------- Transmitted to the OCRM with Progress Report for May through July, 1988. Transmitted to the OCRM with Progress Report for August through October, 1988. 124 Town of Stonington Coastal Access Study Island Institute, July 1988; Town of Stonington Natural Resource Profile - Existing Conditions, Island Institute, July 1988; and Town of Stonington Natural Resource Profile - Policy Statements and Recommendations for the Comprehensive Plan Island Institute, July 1988; and set of unpublished maps by the Island Institute, July 1988 (base map, Recreational Access Points, Commercial Access Points, Clamming/Worming/Musseling Sites and Access Routes). Task 3 Interagency Coordination Task 4 Local I State Program Administration Administration Maine Planning & Land Use Laws, 1986 DECD Public Education Initiatives Coastal Choices: Deciding Our Future, Maine Coastal Program. Coastlinks, A Resource Guide to Maine's Marine-Related Organizations Maine Coastal Program, August 1988. Maine's Marine Resources: A Precarious Bounty, "Habitat," Journal of the Maine Audubon Society, August 1988. "Guiding Growth: the Maine Challenge," SPO, 1987 (20-min. narrated slide program on growth management). qMaine Coastal Program" (Ilyex,), Task 5 -- Technical Assistance to Agencies & the Public Coastal Management Policies Handbook Land & Water Associates and Maine Tomorrow (draft). Coastal Management Techniques: A Handbook for Local Officials 125 OF EXHIBIT E-11 LIST OF PRODUCTS, CZ083 AWARD (1988-89) Task I Improving Program Core Law Enforcement & Implementation Task 2 Strengthening Technical Assistance to Towns Task 3 Increasing Public Shoreline Access Opportunities Task 4 Promoting Working Waterfronts Task 5 Program Oversight & Implementation Maine Coastal Program: The First Decade and Beyond Design Manual: Maine's Shore Access Symbol Special Coastweek Supplement to the Maine Sunday Telegram, Sept. 25, JL988 Set of Coestweek posters, flyers and other promotional materials ---------------------------- Transmitted to the OCRM with Progress Report for August through October, 1988. pragprod.89 126 I I I I I t I I I I f i I I I I I IIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIII t -1 3 6668 14102 6619 , I