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Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (CBEP) is engaged in ongoing efforts to monitor the condition of Casco Bay. In 2016, CBEP created the Casco Bay Monitoring Network to identify shared monitoring priorities among the growing number of entities who are monitoring the waters and watershed of Casco Bay. The Monitoring Network acts as the stewards of monitoring in the Bay and ensures that monitoring is adaptive to changing circumstances.

CBEP’s newly developed Monitoring Dashboard shows the locations and details of environmental monitoring carried out by members of the Casco Bay Monitoring Network.

The Monitoring Dashboard can be accessed at https://www.cascobayestuary.org/casco-bay/monitoring/monitoring-dashboard/

If your organization is interested in joining the Monitoring Network, please send a message to Janelle Goeke at janelle.goeke@maine.edu and Natalie Bingham at natalie.bingham@maine.edu.

Organizations conducting monitoring in the fresh and marine waters of Casco Bay and its watershed present their findings from the past monitoring season at the spring meeting of the Monitoring Network.

The Casco Bay Monitoring Plan

The Casco Bay Monitoring Plan, approved in 2020, guides monitoring efforts in Casco Bay and the watershed and is available here.

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, Sentinel Monitoring, is available  here.

Downeast Institute, Clam Monitoring, is available here.

Friends of Casco Bay, Water Quality, is available here.

Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Monitoring Activities, is available here.

Lakes Environmental Association, Lakes Monitoring, is available here.

Lake Stewards of Maine, Volunteer Lake Monitoring, is available here.

Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Eelgrass Monitoring, is available here.

Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Healthy Beaches, 2022 monitoring efforts, is available here.

Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Surface Water Ambient Toxics, is available here.

Maine Department of Marine Resources, Monitoring Programs, is available here.

Manomet, Green Crab Survey, is available here.

Portland Water District, Combined Sewer Overflow Monitoring, is available here.

Portland Water District, Sebago Lake Monitoring, is available here.

Presumpscot Regional Land Trust, Presumpscot Watershed Monitoring, is available here.

Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, The Marine Invader Monitoring and Information Collaborative, is available here.

Downeast Institute, Clam Monitoring, is available here.

Friends of Casco Bay, Water Quality, is available here.

Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Monitoring Activities, is available here.

Lakes Environmental Association, Lakes Monitoring, is available here.

Lake Stewards of Maine, Volunteer Lake Monitoring, is available here.

Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Healthy Beaches, 2021 monitoring efforts, is available here.

Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Surface Water Ambient Toxics, is available here.

Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Water Quality and Eelgrass, is available here.

Maine Department of Marine Resources, Maine Coastal Program, Mapping Initiative, is available here.

Maine Department of Marine Resources, Monitoring Programs, is available here.

Manomet, Green Crab Survey, is available here.

Portland Water District, Combined Sewer Overflow Monitoring, is available here.

Portland Water District, Sebago Lake Monitoring, is available here.

Presumpscot Regional Land Trust, Presumpscot Watershed Monitoring, is available here.

U.S. EPA University of New Hampshire, Ocean and Coastal Acidification Monitoring, is available here.

Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, The Marine Invader Monitoring and Information Collaborative, is available here.

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, Monitoring Overview, is available here.

Friends of Casco Bay, Water Quality, is available here.

Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Monitoring Activities, is available here.

Lakes Environmental Association, Lakes Monitoring, is available here.

Long Creek Watershed Management District, Long Creek Monitoring, is available here.

Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Healthy Beaches, 2020 water quality updates, is available here.

Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Water Quality and Eelgrass, is available here.

Maine Department of Marine Resources, Maine Coastal Program, Mapping Initiative, is available here.

Maine Department of Marine Resources, Monitoring Programs, is available here.

Portland Water District, Sebago Lake Monitoring, is available here.

Presumpscot Regional Land Trust, Presumpscot Watershed Monitoring, is available here.

Quahog Bay Conservancy, Water Quality Monitoring, is available here.

University of New Hampshire, Ocean and Coastal Acidification Monitoring, is available here.

Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, The Marine Invader Monitoring and Information Collaborative, is available here.

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, Habitats-Salt Marsh, is available here.

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, High frequency nitrogen monitoring with Green Eyes “NuLab,” is available here.

Friends of Casco Bay, Monitoring 2019, is available here.

Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Monitoring activities 2019/2020, is available here.

Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Healthy Beaches, 2019 water quality updates, is available here.

Maine Department of Environmental Protection, 2019-2020 Water quality and eelgrass survey updates, is available here.

Maine Department of Marine Resources, Maine Coastal Program, Mapping initiative, is available here.

Maine Department of Marine Resources, Monitoring programs, is available here.

University of New Hampshire, 2019 SMCC OA monitoring: UNH, CBEP, EPA, is available here.

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership, Monitoring tidal restoration outcomes Long Marsh, Harpswell, 2013-2018, is available here.

Friends of Casco Bay, Monitoring 2018, is available here.

Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Casco Bay Aquatic System Survey (CBASS), is available here.

Island Institute, Can growing kelp remediate ocean acidification and improve growing conditions for farmed mussels?, is available here.

Maine Department of Environmental Protection, 2018 Water quality and eelgrass survey updates, is available here.

Maine Department of Marine Resources, Casco Bay monitoring efforts 2018, is available here.

Maine Department of Marine Resources, Maine Coastal Program mapping initiative, is available here.

Portland Water District, Annual “Nutrient Optimization” progress report, is available here.

University of New Hampshire, 2018 Casco Bay/SMCC OA monitoring: UNH, CBEP, EPA, is available here.

Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, The Marine Invader Monitoring and Information Collaborative: MIMIC, is available here.