Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures for Stormwater Phase II Communities in Maine*:
Volume 1: Information for Program Managers
Volume 2: Standard Operating Procedures and Forms
     * This manual was prepared by staff from Aquarion Engineering Services (Kristie Rabasca, P.E.; and Allysen Loftsgaarden), Edelstein Associates (Jeff Edelstein, P.E.), and Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (Matt Craig and Brenda Zollitsch).

Low Impact Development Fact Sheet (Environmental Finance Center site)

Casco Bay Red Tide 2006: Intensified Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) Monitoring Program, Batelle, February 2007 (full report) (report w/o appendix)

Expanding and Sustaining the Shellfisheries of Casco Bay - Phase I: Ranking Clam Flats for Potential Remediation, 3/99 (PDF)

Expanding and Sustaining the Shellfisheries of Casco Bay - Phases II and III Full Report, 9/03 (PDF)

Toxic Pollution in Casco Bay: Sources and Impacts, 2007 (PDF)

Assessment of Sediment Contamination in Casco Bay, Terry L. Wade and Stephen T. Sweet, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (PDF 3,896 KB)

Sediment Contaminants in Casco Bay, Maine: Inventories, Sources, and Potential for Biological Imipact, M.C. Kennicutt II, T.L. Wade, et al.  Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 28, No. 1, 1994  (PDF)

"Cumulative Effects-Driven Assessment of Fish Populations" in Surface Water Ambient Toxic Monitoring Program: 2007 Report, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, May 2008

Deposition of Air Pollutants to Casco Bay Sonoma Technology, Inc. Report, 6/03 (PDF)

Slideshow presentation of the results from the Casco Bay Estuary Project air deposition monitoring in Freeport

The Dirty History of Portland Harbor, Ed Hawes,  (Fact Sheet, 2005 reprint)  (Full 250-Page Report, 1993)

Estimating Estuarine Pollutant Loading From Atmospheric Deposition Using Casco Bay, 5/03 (PDF)

Evaluation of the Health Implications of Levels of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins (dioxins) and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans (furans) in Fish from Maine Rivers: 2008 Update, prepared by Andrew E. Smith, SM, ScD, State Toxicologist Eric Frohmberg, MA, Toxicologist, Environmental and Occcupational Health Programs, Maine Center for Disease Control, Maine Department of Health and Human Services, January 2008

Guidance for Private Property Owners: Steps and Alternatives for Disposal of Material Dredged from Rivers and Harbors of Casco Bay, CBEP, June 2008 (PDF)

Preliminary Findings of Contaminant Screening of Maine Bird Eggs: 2007 Field Season.  Wing Goodale, Biodiversity Research Institute, March 2008

Assessment of Sediment Contamination in Casco Bay, May 2005 (PDF)

Sediment Contaminants in Casco Bay, Maine: Inventories, Sources, and Potential for Biological Impact, M.C. Kennicutt II, T.L. Wade, et al.  Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 28, No. 1, 1994  (PDF)

Toxic Contaminants in the Surficial Sediments of the Fore River, Maine, M. Doan, March 2005. (PDF of  power point presentation).  Download data files.

Slideshow presentation of the results from the Casco Bay Estuary Project air deposition monitoring in Freeport

Fish Assemblage and Habitat Assessment of the Presumpscot RIver, MBI Technical Report MBI/2008-12-6, December 31, 2008 (Rev. July 31, 2009).

Presumpscot River Stakeholders Plan: The Future of a Changing River, 5/03

Habitat Restoration Program: Partnerships to Revitalize Damaged Habitats, Fact Sheet 2004 (PDF)

Final Habitat Restoration Inventory Summary Report for the Lower Presumpscot River Watershed.  Volume 1.  April 2005.  Presumpscot Restoration Site Map.

Recommendations for Future Restoration and Management Efforts for Mill Brook, Westbrook, Maine, 2008. (Report Summary) (Report Appendices: A, B, C, D, E, F, G.

Mill Brook Stream Bank Stabilization and Habitat Enhancement Project, September 2007

Restoration of Riparian Buffer at the Former Smelt Hill Dam Site, Falmouth, Maine.  2006.

Casco Bay Environmental Monitoring Program, Rev. August 2004.

National Coastal Assessment Report, 2005

Presumpscot River Stakeholders Plan: The Future of a Changing River 5/03

Environmental Stewardship for Golf Courses in the Casco Bay Watershed

State of Maine Bureau of Land and Water Quality site

Friends of Casco Bay and Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, 2005. Twelve-Year Water Quality Data Analysis 1993-2004 (PDF)

The Dirty History of Portland Harbor, 1994 reprinted 2005 (PDF)

A Clean Bay Begins at Home (PDF)

Understanding Casco Bay: A Circulation Study (PDF)

Toxic Pollution in Casco Bay (PDF)

Clamming in Casco Bay: Money in the Mud (PDF)

Expanding and Sustaining the Shellfisheries of Casco Bay, 2002 (PDF)

Habitat Restoration Program: Partnerships to Revitalize Damaged Habitats, Fact Sheet, 2004 (PDF)
Case Studies

Septic Systems: How They Work and How to Keep Them Working (PDF)