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Maine State Planning Office, Augusta

June 2006

Rep: Kathleen Leyden

Kathleen Leyden provided an update on activities at the Maine Coastal Program at the Maine State Planning Office. The Coastal Program is a partnership of local, regional, and state agencies. It supports management oriented research needs and funds projects such as sources of pollution at Goose Rocks and the Sea Around Us. It provides Shore Stewards and Habitat Restoration grants. It is involved in State Planning and DMR initiatives to determine how are we going to manage the nearshore. This activity is in the incubation/capacity building stage but there is not yet a comprehensive coming together of the representative stakeholders.