1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 STUDY BACKGROUND
1.2 STUDY GOALS
1.3 GENERAL FINDINGS
1.4 SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATION
1.4.1 Policies for Managing the Bay
1.4.2 Recommended State High Priority Conservation.
Areas, Acquisitions, & Easements
1.4.3 A Merrymeeting Bay Nature Center
2.0 THE STUDY AREA
2.1 LOCATION, SIZE, AND EXTENT OF STUDY
2.2 HISTORY OF THE MERRYMEETING BAY AREA
2.3 REFERENCES
3.0 NATURAL RESOURCES
3.1 CLIMATE
3.1.1 Temperature
3.1.2 Precipitation and Snowfall
3.1.3 Wind Speed and Direction
3.1.4 Visibility and Cloud Cover
3.1.5 Planning Implications
3.1.6 Recommendations
3.2 PHYSIOGRAPHY
3.2.1 Planning Implications
3.3 GEOLOGY
3.3.1 Bedrock Geology
3.3.2 Surficial Geology
3.3.3 Soils
3.4 HYDROLOGY 3-18
3.4.1 Surface Water Resources
3.4.2 Groundwater Resources
3.4.3 Planning Implications
3.5 ECOSYSTEMS
3.5.1 The Bay and its Tributarie
3.5.2 Tidal Flats
3.5.3 Marshes, Swamps, and Bogs
3.5.4 Forests
3.5.5 Farmland
3.5.6 Summary of Planning Implications
3.6 SIGNIFICANT WILDLIFE FEATURES
3.6.1 Threatened, Rare, or Uncomnon Species
3.6.2 Representative Species
3.7 SIGNIFICANT NATURAL AREAS
3.7.1 Planning Implications
3.8 PROTECTING THE BAY'S NATURAL RESOURCES
3.8.1 Planning Implications
3.9 REFERENCES
4.0 SOCIO - ECONOMIC FEATURES
4.1 POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
4 1.1 Maine and the New ngland Region
4 1.2 Merrymeeting Bay and the Surrounding Region
4 1.3 The Surrounding Counties
4.1.4 The Surrounding Towns
4.1.5 Population Projections2
4 1.6 Planning Implications
4.2 INCOME CHARACTERISTICS
4.3 EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR FORCE
4.4 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
4.4.1 Overview
4.4.2 Resource-Based Industries
4:4:3 Manufacturing
4.4.4 Contract Construction Industries
4.4.5 Service Industries
4.4.6 Brunswick Naval Air Station
4 4.7 Wholesale and Retail Sales
4.4.8 Summary of Planning Implications
4.5 TAXATION
4.5.1 The Rise of Property Taxes: 1960-1973
4.5.2 Impacts of Property Taxation on the Elderly and Low Income
Landowners
4.5.3 Property Tax Pressures and the Loss of Farms
4.5.4 Tax Pressures as Incentives to Attract Business
4.5.5 Tax Pressures and Forest Lands
4.5.6 Summary of Planning Implications
4.6 REFERENCES
5.0 OUTDOOR
RECREATION
5.1 STATE PLANS
5.2 HUNTING AND FISHING
5.3 BOATING
5.4 SNOWMOBILING
5.5 OTHER RECREATION
5.6 SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS--OUTDOOR RECREATION
5.7 REFERENCES
6.0 LAND USE AND OWNERSHIP
PATTERNS
6.1 TRANSPORTATION
6.1.1 Roads and Traffic
6.1.2 Public Transportation
6.2 UTILITIES
6.2.1 Water Supply System
6.2.2 Sewer Systems
6.2.3 Electric Power and Power Lines
6.3 LAND OWNERSHIP PATTERNS
6.4 REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS
6.4.1 Real Estate Trends
6.4.2 Development Trends
6.4.3 Coping with Growth
6.5 REFERENCES
7.0 LAND USE PLANS AND CONTROLS
7.1 A REVIEW OF STATE, REGIONAL, AND LOCAL PLANS AND REPORTS
A Summary of Findings and Recommendations
7.1.2 A Review of the Reports
7 2 LOCAL LAND USE CONTROLS
7.2.1 Town Zoning Ordinances
7.2.2 Shoreland Zoning
7.3 STATE CONTROLS
7.3.1 Land Acquisition and Easements
7.3.2 Police Power Regulation
7.3.3 Educational and Service Programs
7.3.4 Fiscal Incentives or Controls
7.3.5 Planning and Research
7.4 FEDERAL CONTROLS
7.4.1 Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972
7.4.2 The Clean Air Act of 1970
7.4.3 The National Flood Insurance Program
7.4.4 Fish and Bildlife Service--Department of the Interior
7.4.5 Bureau of Outdoor Recreation--Department of the Interior
7.5 PRIVATE ACTION
7.5.1 Acquisition and Easements
7.5.2 Donations
7.5.3 Conservation Covenants
7.5.4 Land Trusts
7 6 REFERENCES
8.0 SYNTHESIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
8 1 RECOMMENDED MANAGEMNT POLICIES FOR MERRYMEETING BAY
8.1.1 State Policies for the Bay
8.1.2 Town Policies for the Bay
8.2 LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BAY
8.3 REFERENCES
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