1. RESTORING COASTAL HABITAT IN THE GULF OF MAINE Capitol Hill Oceans Week Washington, DC June 7-9, 2005 Jon Kachmar Habitat Restoration Coordinator Maine State Planning Office / Gulf of Maine Council This presentation will probably involve audience discussion, which will create action items. Use PowerPoint to keep track of these action items during your presentation In Slide Show, click on the right mouse button Select “Meeting Minder” Select the “Action Items” tab Type in action items as they come up Click OK to dismiss this box This will automatically create an Action Item slide at the end of your presentation with your points entered.

2. Gulf of Maine Council/NOAA Habitat Restoration Partnership 2002-2005 GRANTS PROGRAM FOR HABITAT RESTORATION IN THE GULF OF MAINE –Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia –$300,000 per year for competitive community-based restoration grants –Gulf of Maine Council partnership with the NOAA Restoration Center TOTAL AWARDS:$1.2 million TOTAL MATCH:$3.9 million TOTAL PROJECT VALUE: $5.4 million NUMBER OF PROJECTS: MA: 20, NH: 5 ME: 16, NB: 1, NS: 1 TOTAL: 43

3. THE GULF OF MAINE: A Semi-enclosed System

5. HABITAT RESTORED HABITAT TYPEACRES/MILES/ETC. SALT MARSH891 ACRES SALT MARSH RIVERINE/FISH RESTORATION2,197 ACRES OF POND HABITAT AND 265 MILES OF RIVER FOR DIADRAMOUS FISH SPAWNING; 500 FT. RIPARIAN VEGETATION SUBTIDAL/INTERTIDAL14 MILLION OYSTER LARVAE SEEDED AND 40 ACRES MUDFLAT TRAINING90 VOLUNTEER SALT MARSH AND COASTAL INVASIVE PLANT MONITORS Note: Some of this represents feasibility work and it is assumed habitat will be restored once the entire project is implemented. Habitat restored also includes other funding sources.

6. Before--Undersized culvert with scour and phragmites (common reed) After--Appropriately sized culvert replacement with greater flow and less phragmites BRIDGE CREEK CULVERT REPLACEMENT BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS

7. Little River Marsh Rye, New Hampshire Before culvert replacement… After culvert replacement…

8. Pemaquid Salt Marsh Bristol, Maine Crushed culvert before… Properly sized culvert after…

9. Oyster Restoration Barnstable, MA

10. TOWN BROOK DAM REMOVAL / BANK RESTORATION PLYMOUTH, MASSACUSETTS

11. Challenges to Coastal Restoration? Finding applicants who have the technical capacity to develop and manage projects Scarcity of non-federal funds to match federal grant opportunities Lack of coordinated coastal land use policies for regional wetlands management

12. Recommendations for Improving Coastal Wetlands Restoration Efforts Focus funding, training and technical assistance on capacity building at the local level Encourage local / state government and private sector to dedicate funding for restoration projects Evaluate regional coastal land use impacts on wetlands and consider actions

13. CONTACT INFORMATION Jon Kachmar Habitat Restoration Coordinator Maine Coastal Program/Gulf of Maine Council 207-287-1913 Jon.kachmar@maine.gov