The Casco Bay Estuary Partnership partnered with the City of Portland to develop a landowner survey tool and process to gather information about property owners' level of awareness of the Capisic Brook Watershed, one of Portland’s last remaining intact urban streams.

The goal of this project is twofold.  The data gathered through this survey aids in the development of the Capisic Brook Watershed Management Plan, a project being undertaken by the City of Portland and Woodard and Curran, and funded by the Maine DEP through 604(b) federal stimulus money.  The information from the survey helps identify barriers to implementing residential best management practices to address stormwater and to develop targeted marketing strategies to promote stormwater-friendly behaviors.  In addition, the materials developed and the process carried out, serves as a model for other municipalities, since the survey was designed to be easily tailored for use in other watersheds.

Capisic Brook Watershed Landowner Survey Final Report

The survey tool can be found in the toolbox on the thinkbluemaine.org website at http://www.thinkbluemaine.org/docs/toolbox/social_marketing/capisic_brook_survey.pdf. 

For more information and for opportunities to get involved with this effort visit the City of Portland Public Services Department web page: Bringing Back the Capisic Brook: Planning for Long-term Sustainable Management.