Acknowledgments
T h i s guide was produced by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) the Maine State Planning Office (SPO)/Maine Coastal Program, and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. The planning
committee for this guide included the following members:
Ron Dyer, DEP
Jean Farrington, SERVE/Maine volunteer
Sally Fitch, DEP
Deb Garrett, DEP
Rick Kersbergen, Cooperative Extension
Flis Schauffler, SPO
Esperanza Stanchioff, Cooperative Extension
Barbara Welch, DEP
The DEP, SPO, and Cooperative Extension extend special thanks to Jean Farrington for her assistance; to the
Citizens Program for the Chesapeake Bay for creating Baybook, the publication on which this guide was modele d ; and to Lori Stone for providing clerical assistance.
Representatives of the following organizations a r e gratefully acknowledged for their help in reviewing this guide:
Congress of Lake Associations, Friends of Casco Bay, Irving S. Fisher, Lakes Environmental Association, League
of Women Voters of Maine, Maine Association of Conservation Commissions, Maine Audubon Society, Maine
Coast Heritage Trust, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Land
Use Regulation Commission, Maine Organic Farmers a n d Gardeners Association, Maine State Planning Office,
Natural Resources Council of Maine, Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District, Sportsmans Alliance
of Maine, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, US. Coast Guard, USDA Soil Conservation Service.
Project Coordinators: Sally Fitch, Ron Dyer
Principal Author: Flis Schauffler
Principal Editor: Sally Fitch
Printing: This publication was partially funded under a federal Clean Water Act Section 3 19(h)
grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Additional funding was provided by the Maine
DEP and the Cooperative Extension. April 1990. (reprinted July, 1996)
Publication #: DEPLW-0961
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