The Maine Coastal Program works with various partners toward the shared goal of a healthy coast and vibrant coastal communities.
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Submissions from 2023
Maine Guide to Federal Consistency Review (January 2023), Maine Coastal Program
Submissions from 2022
Resources for Preserving Commercial Fishing Access, Melissa Britsch
Submissions from 2020
Submissions from 2019
Penobscot Bay Vulnerability Assessment and Resilience Planning – Draft Summary Report, Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.
Submissions from 2015
Maine Coastal Plan : Strategic Outlook 2016-2020
Submissions from 2014
Maine Coastal Program Accomplishments – 2012 and 2013, Maine Coastal Program
Submissions from 2009
Final report of the Ocean Energy Task Force to Governor John E. Baldacci, Maine Ocean Energy Task Force
Submissions from 2008
Scenic Assessment Handbook 2008, Maine State Planning Office, Maine Coastal Program, and Terry DeWan
Submissions from 2007
LID Guidance Manual for Maine Communities: Approaches for Implementation of Low Impact Development Practices at the Local Level. 2007, Maine State Planning Office, Maine Coastal Program, and Horsley Witten Group
Books from 2004
Tracking Commercial Fishing Access: A Survey of Harbormasters in 25 Maine Coastal Communities, Elizabeth Sheehan and Hugh Cowperthwaite
Submissions from 1997
Atlantic Salmon Conservation Plan for Seven Maine Rivers, Maine Atlantic Salmon Task Force
Submissions from 1994
Exploring Limits : Making Decisions About the Use & Development of Maine's Islands, Maine State Planning Office
Submissions from 1993
Kennebec River Resource Management Plan, Maine State Planning Office
Submissions from 1991
Formalizing the Gulf of Maine Initiative: Institutional Arrangements for Implementing the Gulf of Maine Initiative, Marine Law Institute, University of Maine School of Law and Michele Dorsey
Submissions from 1989
Charting Our Course : An Activity Guide for Grades 6-12 on Water Quality in the Gulf of Maine, Maine State Planning Office, Maine Coastal Program, Cynthia Krum, Flis Shauffler, Ba Rea, and John Kramer
Marine Environmental Quality Monitoring Programs in the Gulf of Maine : An Inventory, Maine State Planning Office
The Gulf of Maine : Sustaining our Common Heritage : Maine, Nova Scotia, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, Maine State Planning Office, Katrina Van Dusen, and Anne C. Johnson Hayden
Submissions from 1987
The Penobscot Bay Conservation Plan, Maine State Planning Office, Susan Woodward, Alan Hutchinson, and Mark McCollough
Submissions from 1978
Coastal Policy Study : State of Maine : Travel Development Study, Economics Research Associates
Submissions from 1974
List of Rivers Subjected to Shorelands Zoning and Subdivision Control (1974), Burton R. Anderson and Charles F. Wallace Jr
Submissions from 1973
An Historical Review of Oil Spills Along the Maine Coast, 1953-1973, Edward H. Shenton
Submissions from 1971
Maine Coastal Resources Renewal, Maine State Planning Office