Blue Hill Bay Needs Assessment

News and Events

• Hancock County Planning Commission and BSA Consultants complete Blue Hill Bay Needs Assessment

Planning Documents

• New Case Study (223K PDF)
• State Planning Office Request for Proposals
• One Page Blue Hill Bay Project Synopsis
• Blue Hill Bay Proposal (12/07/11)
• Blue Hill Bay Needs Assessment (06/25/13 - 10.7 MB PDF)

Agenda and Minutes

• March 5, 2012 Public Meeting
• April 23, 2012 Public Meeting
  • Smelt, Alewife and Herring Presentation - Claire Enterline, DMR (5 MB PDF)
  • Coastal Stream Presentation - Greg Burr, IF&W (5 MB PDF)
  • Regional Management Presentation - Hanna Annis, DMR
• July 9, 2012 Public Meeting on Waterfront Planning- Minutes
  • Accessing the Maine Coast: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant: Hosts a comprehensive website to help waterfront users, government, public entities, and private waterfront landowners address coastal access issues in their communities - www.accessingthemainecoast.com
  • Preparing for Sea Level Rise and Storm Surges - Peter Slovinsky, Maine Geological Survey
• November 26, 2012 Public Meeting On Blue Hill Bay Values
  • Introduction, Scenic, Tourism and Development Values, Jim Fisher (4 MB PPT)
  • Fisheries and Natural Resources Values, Barbara Arter(1 MB PPT)
• March 11, 2013 Public Meeting Final Presentation
• Presentation
• June 6, 2013 Brooklin Harbor Committee
  • Presentation
    

Maps

• Blue Hill Bay 2012-2013Needs Assessment

Population Change JPG | PDF	Land Value JPG | PDF	Land Cover JPG | PDF	Conserved Lands JPG | PDF
Watershed JPG | PDF	Wetlands JPG | PDF	Marine Wetlands JPG | PDF	Impervious Surface JPG | PDF
Ecological Habitats JPG | PDF	Shellfish Closures JPG | PDF	Aquaculture Sites JPG | PDF	Water Quality Monitoring JPG | PDF

• Blue Hill Bay Use Inventory (Circ. 2007)
  Friends of Blue Hill Bay coordinated a Use Inventory of Blue Hill Bay. The Use Inventory compiled and mapped data about the Bay and the many ways it is used for commercial, recreational, governmental, scientific, and other purposes. Click and look at the DRAFT-FINAL maps below:
  • Archaeological & Historic Sites (not available for public distribution)
  • Cultural Sites
  • Commercial Lobster Fisheries State Districts
  • Conserved Lands (not available for public distribution)
  • Aquaculture Sites
  • Seafloor Compostion (Maine Geological Society)
  • Groundwater Threat Sites
  • Ecological Habitats
  • Past Commercial Fisheries
  • Hurricane Surge Flood Potential
  • Current Crab & Lobster Harvesting Areas
  • Population Change
  • Recreational Destination Areas
  • Point Source Pollution and Gravel Pit Sites
  • Shellfish Classifications
  • Transportation Features
  • Water Quality Monitoring Sites
  • Blue Hill Bay Watershed
  • Shore & Inland Fisheries

Links

• Towns
• Tremont
• Mount Desert
• Bar Harbor
• Trenton
• Ellsworth
• Surry
• Blue Hill
• Brooklin
• Local and Regional Organizations
• Blue Hill Heritage Trust
• Friends of Acadia
• Friends of Blue Hill Bay
• Hancock Count Planning Commission
• Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District
• Maine Coast Heritage Trust
• Marine Environmental Research Institute
• University of Maine Cooperative Extension
• State Agencies
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Conservation
  • Department of Economic and Community Development
  • Department of Environmental Protection
  • Department of Marine Resources
  • Department of Transportation
  • State Planning Office

Resource Documents

Bay Ecology

Stormwater

Stormwater carries sediment and water-borne pollutants into our lakes and streams, lowering the water quality. Low-impact design reduces the environmental impacts of a built or disturbed area by reducing the amount stormwater leaving the development site. Some LID design components can be complicated and expensive, while others are easy and cheap enough for homeowners to implement themselves. Large-scale LID projects can have a big impact, but smaller scale projects can make a big difference too! The links below provide guidance for communities and developers considering large-scale LID projects, as well as handy ideas for reducing your impact around the home.

• UMaine Cooperative Extension provides information on maintaining water quality and has a great site devoted to their own rain garden
• The Maine Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council has information on LID projects in Maine
• This LID Fact Sheet is provided by the Muskie School at the University of Southern Maine
• The Low-Impact Development Center provides a wealth of LID information
• Maine DEP's Stormwater Program

For more information on low-impact development, or if you are an area contractor that provides LID-consistent services, contact Tom Martin at HCPC.