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Panel Discussion
Slade Moore
Habitat Restoration Coordinator
Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment and Maine Coastal Program
Environmental Business Council of New England
Energy Environment Economy
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Gulf of Maine Council
Maine Coastal Program
Habitat Restoration
Slade Moore
GOMC/MCP Habitat
Restoration Coordinator
Barriers to Stream
“Connectivity”
High Interest Habitats
GOMC and Maine Coastal
Program Restoration
Leadership
S. M
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GOMC/Maine
Coastal Program NOAA Restoration
Center
. GOMC-NOAA
Habitat
Restoration
Partnership
Grants and Technical Support
Clementsport Dam
Removal, NS
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Focus: Remove “derelict”
dams/install fish-ways to re-
establish fish passage
Focus: Remove/replace undersized
culverts to restore tidal exchange to
coastal wetlands
Adams Road Marsh, ME
Culvert replacement
Focus: Restoration streamside
vegetation to prevent sedimentation
E.
Witham
E.
Witham
Kennebecasis River, NB
Bank stabilization site
Focus: regional standards/assessment
Projects completed and underway
2002-2013
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35
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MA ME NB NH NS
No.
of
pro
jects
Projects underway (18)
Projects completed (96)
Projects contracted by type, 2002-2013
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46
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9
101
Physical:planning
Physical:construc on
Physical:plan/const.
Sitemonitoring
Sub-regionalassessment
Physical/assessment
Benefits: Tidal Marshes
682 acres enhanced/restored
Bass Creek Tidal Restoration, MA
AP
CC
Benefits: Fish Passage
81 miles re-established
35 miles (38*) pending
Blackman Stream Fishway, ME
47 miles (129*) completed
35 miles (38*) pending
Merrimac River Dam Removal, NH
Benefits: Barrier-free Stream Miles
NO
AA
Slade Moore
Benefits: Access to Alewife spawning
habitat re-established
2,728 acres of spawning habitat
1,043 acres pending completion
Other Benefits: Public Safety
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Other Benefits:
Local Jobs
What’s Next?