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Envisioning Recovery: A Social-Ecological Systems Analysis Of Maine’S Co-Managed Sea Urchin Fishery, Kimberly L. Ovitz

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Maine’s sea urchin resource has provided a critical source of income and cultural value to resource harvesters across the state, yet in the absence of adequate governance mechanisms, the urchin resource quickly succumbed to overharvest and persisting stock decline. Following collapse, the urchin fishery transitioned to an advisory co-management system characterized by increased collaboration between urchin harvesters and resource managers. As collaborative dialogue and decision-making continue, fishery participants are collectively envisioning a more sustainable future for this important natural resource.

This master’s thesis explores Maine’s urchin fishery as a complex and coupled social-ecological system (SES) and documents harvester and scientist …

Partnerships Promoting A Culture Of Inclusion In Maine's Early Childhood Workforce, Linda Labas

Poster Presentations

This poster session highlighted the Maine UCEDD’s role as a statewide resource and collaborative partner in advancing inclusive practice in Maine’s early care and education system. It covered the delivery of a continuum of supports for inclusion; examined collaborations that create systemic impact; and reviewed the services needed to increase knowledge, skills and application of practices to improve the quality of early care and education settings in Maine.

The Viking, October 2017, Town Of Veazie

Maine Town Documents

The Viking is the newsletter of the Town of Veazie, Maine and the Veazie Community School.

Window Inserts And The People Adopting Them: Building Sustainable Communities In Maine, Daniel Sean Mistro

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Residents of Maine face a large monetary expense to heat their homes in the winter. In Maine it takes 540 gallons of heating oil each year to heat a typical home [1]. Interior window inserts may be a practical solution to improve comfort, save money, and consume less environmentally harmful fossil fuels during cold winter months. The window inserts discussed in this paper are custom measured to fit into a window and consist of a wooden frame that is wrapped in two layers of polyolefin film and weather stripped for a snug fit. Commercial inserts cost $20-$36/square foot, or approximately …

The Viking, August 2017, Town Of Veazie

Maine Town Documents

The Viking is the newsletter of the Town of Veazie, Maine and the Veazie Community School.

Maine Women's Giving Tree Quarterly Review Vol. 2, No. 1 (June 2017), Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

018637.00 Westbrook: Cumberland Mill Rotary Signalization, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., Mileone & Macbroom, State Of Maine. Department Of Transportation

Maine Town Documents

Presentation Powerpoint slides on the proposed 2017 redesign of a Cumberland Mill Rotary impacting Main and Cumberland Streets, Harnois and Warren Avenue.

North Windham Building Character-Based Codes, Windham (Me.).

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Grassroots Diplomacy And Vernacular Law: The Discourse Of Food Sovereignty In Maine, John Welton

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis studies the discourse of food sovereignty in Maine, a coalition of small-scale farmers, consumers, and citizens building an alternative food system based on a distributed form of production, processing, selling, purchasing, and consumption. This distribution occurs at the municipal level through the enactment of ordinances. Using critical-rhetorical field methods, I argue that the discourse of food sovereignty in Maine develops a ‘constitutive’ rhetoric that composes rural society through affective relationships. Advocates engage the industrial food system to both expose its systemic bias against small-scale farming and construct their own discourse of belonging. Based upon agrarian values such as …

Listening To Rafiki: The Past, Present And Future Of Conservation In Tanzania, Leila Wojtkowski Barbeau

Honors College

Utilizing a "fortress conservation model" that emphasizes Western worldviews and divides nature and culture into separate realms, conservation efforts in Tanzania have disenfranchised many indigenous groups like the Maasai and placed their livelihoods at risk. In order for conservation to be a successful endeavor, efforts must take local and indigenous people into account and work to improve the understanding of the relationships between people, land, culture, and historical context. This thesis will explore the historical context and implications of the fortress conservation model, my personal experience with conservation issues while in Tanzania, alternative conservation models and their draw backs, autonomy …

Dawnbreaker Vol 63 No 3 (Spring 2017), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Dhhs Clinical Review Team Formation, Moriah Geer

Poster Presentations

Historically individuals with disabilities were sent to live in institutions, such as Pineland Center. As public opinion about institutionalization and individuals with disabilities began to change the state worked to create programs to allow individuals with disabilities to live in their own communities. These Home and Community Based Services are funded through Medicaid waiver programs such as section 21 and 29.

Medicaid And Children With Special Health Care Needs, 2016-2017 Cohort Of New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education In Neurodevelopmental And Related Disabilities (Nh-Me Lend) Program Trainees

Policy Analysis

Medicaid funds vital services for children and youth with special health care needs and disabilities (CYSHCN). Proposed changes to the structure of Medicaid would significantly reduce federal funding for this important program. The most concerning are the proposed structural changes including per capita caps and block grants, as well as threats to Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) and Medicaid Waiver services. Restructuring would have devastating effects on benefits for low-income children and individuals with disabilities, and their families, putting this very vulnerable population at additional risk.

Plan Windham: 2016 Update Comprehensive Master Plan, Windham (Me.). Planning Department

Maine Town Documents

The primary download contains maps that have been reduced in size to reduce the overall file size. Full size copies of these maps are available for download. Also available for download separately are the following Appendices:

Appendix A – 21st Century Downtown Plan for North Windham
Appendix B – Economic Development Strategic Plan
Appendix C – Visioning Efforts Summary
Appendix D – Report of Community Survey Results
Appendix E – Complete Streets Policy for the Town of Windham
Appendix F – Town Council Strategic Plan & Capital Improvement Plan
Appendix G –Goals and Policies with priority level and responsible party

Town Ordinances Of Winter Harbor, Maine, Winter Harbor (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Zoning Ordinance City Of Waterville, Maine, Waterville (Me.). City Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Managing Small Natural Features: A Synthesis Of Economic Issues And Emergent Opportunities, Dana Bauer, Kathleen Bell, Erick Nelson, Aram J K Calhoun

Publications

Small natural features (SNFs), landscape elements that influence species persistence and ecological functioning on a much larger scale than one would expect from their size, can also offer a greater rate of return on conservation investment compared to that of larger natural features or more broad-based conservation. However, their size and perceived lack of significance also makes them more vulnerable to threats and destruction. We examine the management of SNFs and conservation of the associated ecosystem services they generate from an economics perspective. Using the economic concept of market failure, we identify three key themes that explain prevailing threats to …

Connecting Rivers In The Penobscot Watershed, Catherine Schmitt

Maine Sea Grant Publications

Across Maine, communities and land owners are reconnecting rivers and streams by improving road crossings, fixing broken culverts, and removing dams and other barriers. There are many reasons for doing this work, including preventing costly repairs associated with flooding and washouts, enhancing water quality, increasing wildlife habitat, and restoring fish populations. Connecting Rivers explores some of the ways that streams connect inland lakes and forests and the sea. This second fact sheet in the series provides an overview of the motivations for and benefits of restoring fish passage, and includes a map of dam removals and other restoration actions in …

2016-2017 Annual Town Report Town Of Windsor, Windsor (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Wayne, Maine For The Year Ending June 30, 2017, Wayne (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Town Of West Bath, Maine Audited Year Ending June 30, 2017, West Bath (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Town Of Wells Annual Report Fiscal Year 2017, Wells (Me.). Municipal Officials

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Town Of West Paris Selected Ordinances, West Paris (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

Selected ordinances include:

Board of Appeals Ordinance, 2009
Curfew Ordinance, 1978
Dog and Cat Breeding Ordinance, 2006
Dog Ordinance, 2017
Floodplain Management Ordinance, 1996
General Assistance Ordinance, 1996
Intent to Build or Remodel Ordinance, 2001
Loitering Ordinance, 1978
Minimum Lot Size Ordinance, 1996
Mobile Home Park Ordinance, 1986
Parking Ordinance, 1966
Planning Board Ordinance, 1995
Shoreland Zoning Ordinance
Special Amusement, 1983
Subdivision Ordinance, 1989
Transfer_Station Regulations, 2016

Town Of West Paris 60th Annual Report Of The Municipal Officers And Officials For The Year Ending December 31, 2017, West Paris (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Westbrook Maine Selected Planning Board Reports, Edward Reidman

Maine Town Documents

Selected Planning Board Reports include:

2013 Planning Board Chairman's Report
2014 Planning Board Report
2015 Planning Board Chairman's Report
2016 Planning Board Report
2017 Planning Board Chairman Report
If I Want to Testify What Should I do
A Guide to Public Participation in the Planning Board Process

Town Report 2017 Town Of Windham, Maine, Windham (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Of The Municipal Officers Westport Island, Maine July 1, 2016 To June 30, 2017, Westport Island (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Selected Ordinances Weston Maine, Weston (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

Selected ordinances include:

Building Notification Ordinance, 2014
Dog Ordinance, 1999
Driveway Entrance Ordinance, 1998
Retail Marijuana Establishments and Retail Marijuana Social Clubs Prohibition in the Municipality of Weston, Maine, 2017
Transfer Station Ordinance, 2014

Town Of Waldoboro 2017 Annual Report, Waldoboro (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Waldoboro Selected Town Ordinances, Waldoboro (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

Waldoboro Selected Town Ordinances includes:

Curfew Ordinance, 1963
Dog Ordinance, 2016
Emergency Management Ordinance, 2007
Consumer Firework Ordinance, 2012
General Assistance Ordinance, 2014
General Assistance Guidelines & Information, 2014
Land Use Ordinance, 2016
Loitering Ordinance, 1984
Restricting Vehicle Weight on Posted Ways Ordinance Shellfish Conservation Ordinance, 2017
Solid Waste Disposal and Required Recycling Ordinance, 2012
Special Amusement Ordinance, 1979
Ordinance to Regulate Traffic, 2012