Casco Bay News

The Fall 2026 Resilience & Monitoring Grant Round is open! Grant funding of up to $25,000 per project is available for communities and organizations to support initiatives that enhance community climate resilience, ecosystem health, and environmental monitoring within the Casco Bay Watershed. For more information and to download the Request for Applications, go to CBEP’s

This one-day event brings together partners and community members from across the Casco Bay watershed to reflect on the past five years, share what we’ve learned, and look ahead to what comes next. Register via our State of Casco Bay 2026 webpage.

CBEP is seeking a designer for the 2026 State of the Bay Report. Proposals are due May 15, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. You can find the RFP on the Employment and Internship page of the website.

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (CBEP) would like to announce the Spring 2026 round of CBEP Habitat Protection Fund. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 10, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. For more information and a link to all the materials, go to CBEP’s Grant Opportunities page.

We are seeking a full-time Policy & Science Assistant for a two-year, grant-funded position in Portland, ME. For more details and how to apply, check our Employment page.

The Community Grants program awards small, community-focused grants that support environmental education, stewardship, and community engagement projects in Casco Bay and its watershed. The 2026 deadline is Monday, January 26, 2026, 5:00pm. Find all the materials and the Request for Proposals on CBEP’s Grant Opportunities page.

Check out all the good work that the Partnership accomplished around the Casco Bay watershed in 2025. You can read or download the report on the Resources page.

Maine Seagrass Summit is being held in Brunswick, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. This event is especially for those who volunteer or work with eelgrass and other coastal resources, however others are welcome. All the information can be found here: https://www.cascobayestuary.org/casco-bay/seagrass-summit/

Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (CBEP) would like to announce the Fall 2025 round of the Resilience & Monitoring Grants. For more information and all of the program materials, please visit the Grant Opportunities page of our website.