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Valuing Maine’s Beaches: Assets, Challenges, and Actions for Today and Tomorrow

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Valuing Maine’s Beaches: An in depth discussion of the economic impact of Maine’s beaches, how sea level rise and coastal erosion may affect those values inside and outside Maine, and actions we can take.

• Valuing Maine Beaches (852k pdf format)
  • Michael LeVert, Maine State Economist, Maine State Planning Office
• Sea Level Rise and Threats to the Economy of York County Coastal Communities (2.8M pdf format)
  • Charles Colgan, Professor of Public Policy, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine
• The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Southern California Beaches (400k pdf format)
  • Linwood Pendleton, Senior Fellow, The Ocean Foundation

The State of Maine's Beaches in 2009 (4.6M pdf format): Summary of trends at many of Southern Maine's beaches highlighting water quality.

• Mark Margerum, Department of Environmental Protection
• Keri Lindberg, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Resilient Beaches?: (12.5M pdf format) Recovery from the 2007 Patriots' Day Storm - Maine's 2009 beach profiling data

• Stephen Dickson and Peter Slovinsky, Maine Geological Survey

Planning for Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Infrastructure (4.3M pdf format): Evaluating the economic and environmental impacts of sea level rise and storm events to inform decision making in Maine’s coastal communities.

• Paul Kirshen, Applied Coastal and Environmental Services, Battelle Memorial Institute
• Sam Merrill, Director, New England Environmental Finance Center, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine

Climate Change and Sea Level Rise: Recent Developments in Science and Public Policy: Discussion on recent developments in science relevant to advancing sound public policy for adapting to predicted climate change and sea-level rise on the seacoast and beaches of Maine.

• Global Warming - A Peculiar Issue (4.4M pdf format) - Richard Lindzen, The Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, MIT
• The Effects of Climate Change on Maine's Beaches: How a Sound Energy Policy can Mitigate these Effects (456k pdf format) - Ian Burnes, Governor's Office of Energy Independence and Security

How Do State and Federal Laws Affect My Coastal Property? Discussion of issues affecting coastal property owners including National Flood Insurance Program, Federal Emergency Management Agency's Flood Insurance Rate Map updates and DEP's Coastal Sand Dune Rules.

• National Flood Insurance Program (7.6M pdf format) - Sue Baker, Maine Floodplain Management Program
• Sea Level Rise and the Coastal Sand Dune Rules (752k pdf format) - Dawn Hallowell, Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Adaptations to Create Resilient Beach Communities (56k pdf format): Survey of adaptation techniques developed in NE and how they can be applied by the range of stakeholders in Maine, followed by a panel of town planners discussing strategies, opportunities and obstacles.

• Jon Lockman, Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
• Bob Hamblen, City Planner, Saco
• Greg Tansley, City Planner, Biddeford
• Gary Lamb, Director of Planning and Community Development, Old Orchard Beach

Illustrations to Accompany Powerpoint Presentation (16.5M pdf format)

Please contact kngrant@maine.edu

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Last updated on August 31, 2009

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