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Town Of Weston Annual Report Year Ending June 30, 2017, Weston (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Maine Women's Giving Tree Quarterly Review Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016), Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Dawnbreaker Vol 63 No 2 (Winter 2016-2017), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Natural Resource Inventory Of The Montsweag Dam Preserve, Wiscasset, Maine, Stockwell Environmental Consulting, Inc.

Maine Town Documents

A natural resource inventory conducted of the 22 acres Montsweag Dam Preserve for the Town of Wiscasset, Maine.

Mail Box Policy For The Town Of Windsor, Windsor (Me.) Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Penobscot River Restoration, Catherine Schmitt

Maine Sea Grant Publications

BETWEEN THE HEAD of tide above Bangor to where it widens into the bay at Searsport, the Penobscot River shifts from a flowing freshwater waterway banked by cedar and pine to a brackish, wave-lapped marsh with a rocky shoreline. In this estuary, salt concentrations fluctuate as the winds and tides push sea water and sediments back and forth. The estuary and the river that feeds it have taken on a new character recently, and have become an international example of watershed restoration. Despite two centuries of intensive timber harvesting and pulp and paper manufacturing, and the construction of hundreds of …

Dawnbreaker Vol 63 No 1 (Fall 2016), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Social Ecological Food Systems: Sustainability Lessons From Maine Dairy Networks, Julia B. Mcguire

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Milk production has played an integral role in the culture, landscape, and economy of Maine’s agriculture. Maine dairy farmers have faced numerous sustainability challenges to economic, environmental, and social aspects of their industry. Like many other complex social ecological systems, the Maine dairy industry faces a gap between scientific knowledge and actionable management or policy. A cultural dichotomy exists between conventional and organic farming. Shifting the focus from this binary, metrics such as social capital may play a key role in solving sustainability issues. Difficulties arise in the governance of complex social ecological systems when the scales of assessment, management, …

Public Shoreline Access In Maine: A Citizen’S Guide To Coastal And Ocean Law, John Duff, Liana James, Victoria Labate

Maine Sea Grant Publications

Getting to coastal waters in Maine can sometimes be a challenge, for despite the state’s 5,400 miles of mainland and island shoreline, only about 12% is in public ownership. Yet the public does have longstanding, although limited, rights to support traditional coastal uses along privately owned shoreline. In addition to the rights to “fish, fowl, and navigate,” members of the public have a variety of other means to secure access to shoreline areas and ocean waters. With more people attracted to Maine’s coastline for a variety of uses, it is important to understand the range of access rights that accommodate …

Planning For Sustainability In Small Municipalities: The Influence Of Interest Groups, Growth Patterns, And Institutional Characteristics, Vanessa R. Levesque, Kathleen P. Bell, Aram J K Calhoun

Publications

How and why small municipalities promote sustainability through planning efforts is poorly understood. We analyzed ordinances in 451 Maine municipalities and tested theories of policy adoption using regression analysis.We found that smaller communities do adopt programs that contribute to sustainability relevant to their scale and context. In line with the political market theory, we found that municipalities with strong environmental interests, higher growth, and more formal governments were more likely to adopt these policies. Consideration of context and capacity in planning for sustainability will help planners better identify and benefit from collaboration, training, and outreach opportunities.

Citizen Science And Natural Resource Governance: Applying A Resilience Framework To Vernal Pool Policy Innovation, Bridie Mcgreavy, Aram J K Calhoun, Jessica Spelke Jansujwicz, Vanessa Levesque

Publications

Effective natural resource policy depends on knowing what is needed to sustain a resource and building the capacity to identify, develop, and implement flexible policies. This retrospective case study applies resilience concepts to a 16-year citizen science program and vernal pool regulatory development process in Maine, USA. We describe how citizen science improved adaptive capacities for innovative and effective policies to regulate vernal pools. We identified two core program elements that allowed people to act within narrow windows of opportunity for policy transformation, including (1) the simultaneous generation of useful, credible scientific knowledge and construction of networks among diverse institutions, …

U.S. - Iran Relations: A History Of Covert Action And A Promising Future, Cody Morgan

The Cohen Journal

No abstract provided.

Voluntary Municipal Farm Support Program Ordinance, Winslow (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Policy Brief: Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act, The 2015-2016 Cohort Of New Hampshire Leadership Education In Neurodevelopmental And Related Disabilities (Nh Lend) Program Trainees.

Policy Analysis

The Lifespan Respite Care Act (PL 109-442) provides critical support for families caring for loved ones at home. Family caregivers in the United States provide an estimated $470 billion worth of uncompensated care—a figure that exceeds the total Medicaid budget for 2013 (NAC Task Force, 2016). According to the National Respite Coalition, access to respite care helps protect caregiver health, strengthens families, keeps marriages intact, and prevents the need for expensive institutional long-term care. Reauthorization of the Lifespan Respite Care Act is essential to the well-being of individuals in need of long-term care and their families affected by long-term health …

Dawnbreaker Vol 63 No 3-Amended (Spring 2016), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Dawnbreaker Vol 63 No 3 (Spring 2016), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Redefining Transitional Justice In The North American Context? The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth And Reconciliation Commission, Evan P. Centala

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis argues that a transformative justice discourse needs to be adopted by the current field of transitional justice in order to account for the many developments in the field. Using the case of the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission, it presents the innovative approaches and unique context the Commission operates in, following a transformative methodology to affect fundamental social change through the political, economic, and social structures that allowed the violence and harm in question to pass. Distinguishing itself from a transitional context where regime change exists with an objective to establish democracy, this thesis suggests …

Downtown Waterville Feasibility Study Waterville, Maine, Gorrill Palmer Consulting Engineers, Inc., Bfj Planning, Mitchell & Associates Landscape Architects

Maine Town Documents

The Purpose and Need for this project is to: “Revitalize the Downtown to improve the aesthetics, support existing businesses and encourage economic growth, improve pedestrian and bicycle accommodations and provide adequate parking while maintaining vehicular capacity in the overall area.”

Contributions and assistance in the completion of the study were provided by the City of Waterville, Colby College, the Maine Department of Transportation, and the General Public.

Town Of Winter Harbor, Maine Annual Report For July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016, Winter Harbor (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

2015-2016 Annual Town Report Town Of Windsor, Windsor (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Town Report 2016 Town Of Windham, Maine, Windham (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Town Of Weston Annual Report Year Ending June 30, 2016, Weston (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Town Of Warren July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016 Town Report, Warren (Me.). Municipal Officials

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Wayne, Maine For The Year Ending June 30, 2016, Wayne (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Westbrook Fire Department Annual Report 2016, Westbrook Fire And Rescue Department, Andrew Turcotte, Stephen Sloan, Greg Hamilton, Michael Corey, Gerald Pineau, Christopher Shepard, Peter Mullin, Sam Webster

Maine Town Documents

No abstract provided.

Moving Up The Waste Hierarchy In Maine: Learning From “Best Practice” State-Level Policy For Waste Reduction And Recovery, Cindy Isenhour, Travis Blackmer, Travis Wagner, Linda Silka, John Peckenham

Publications

As Maine residents look toward the future, it is increasingly clear that more sustainable waste and materials management solutions will be necessary. A recent stakeholder engagement process involving nearly 200 industry professionals, municipal representatives and citizen groups confirmed this point. As we move together toward a more sustainable waste management system, participants in the engagement process identified an outstanding need to learn more about policies options. This article responds to that need with a review of state level policies designed to reduce waste generation and increase material recovery rates. We find there are a wide variety of state-level policy tools …

Waterville Maine Selected Policies, Waterville (Me.). City Officials

Maine Town Documents - Waterville

Selected Waterville Maine policies include:

Amendment to Development of Tax Acquired Property, 2001
Capital Improvement Reserve Fund Policy, 2005
Community Development Block Grants Complaint Resolution, 2009
Compliance Policy for Use and Disposition of Bond Funds, 2012
Downtown Tax Increment Financing District, 2008
Fund Balance Policy, 2013
Haines Charity Guidelines for Assistance, 2007
Investment Policy, 2013
Maibox Guidelines
Pine Grove Cemetery Rules and Regulations, 2013
Sale of City Property Policy, 2013
Tax Increment Financing Policy, 2016
Use of South End Capital Improvement Account Policy, 2011
Waterville Parks Carry In-Carry Out Policy

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

Maine Town Documents

Selected ordinances include:

Mill Pond Water Level Ordinance
Wind Energy Ordinance
Small Wind Energy Ordinance
Subdivision Regulations
Real Estate Address Ordinance
Sludge and Residual Materials Control Ordinance
Junkyard Ordinance
Shellfish Conservation Ordinance
Ordinance Restricting Vehicle Weight on Posted Ways
Nuisance Control Ordinance
Communication Facility Ordinance
Ordinance Prohibiting Retail Marijuana Establishments and Retail Marijuana Social Clubs in the Town of Whiting

Connecting Rivers For Healthy Ocean Fisheries, 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 first fact sheet in the series focuses on connections between populations of migratory river fish (alewives and blueback herring) and groundfish (e.g., cod).

Rapid Response Plan For Management And Control Of The Chinese Mitten Crab, Northeast United States And Atlantic Canada, A. Eberhardt, J. Pederson, B. Bisson

Maine Sea Grant Publications

The Rapid Response Plan for Management and Control of the Chinese Mitten Crab is intended to guide efforts to mitigate the further introduction and spread of the Chinese mitten crab in the northeastern United States and Canada. Due to the unique challenges of invasive species introductions to marine and coastal ecosystems, the mitten crab and other existing and potential marine invasive species are more difficult and often more costly to manage or control than freshwater aquatic or terrestrial invasive species. These challenges include ecosystem connectivity across vast geographic areas, ocean currents and tidal influence, and shipping- and ballast-related vectors for …