State of Maine’s Environment 2010 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Colby Environmental Policy Group Colby College Environmental Studies Program Waterville, Maine State of Maine’s Environment 2010 2 State of Maine's Environment 2010 Colby Environmental Policy Group Rachel Baron Blair Braverman Li Yu Chan Lia d'Hemecourt Francis Gassert Tamer Hassan Andrea Notopoulos Gordon Padelford Theo Papademetriou Brynna Patel Sophie Sarkar Richard Schwartz J. Sarah Sorenson Brooke Wanlass The State of Maine's Environment is a series of reports written and produced by the Colby Environmental Policy Group, senior environmental policy majors at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. This is the sixth State of Maine's Environment report created by students enrolled in ES 493: Environmental Policy Practicum taught by Philip J. Nyhus, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Colby College. Suggested Citation for Full Report: Colby Environmental Policy Group. 2010. State of Maine’s Environment 2010. Waterville, Maine: Colby College Environmental Studies Program. Contact: Philip J. Nyhus, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901 <[email protected]> Electronic Version of Report: https://wiki.colby.edu/display/stateofmaine2010/ © Colby College Environmental Studies Program, Waterville, ME 04901 State of Maine’s Environment 2010 Acknowledgements We gratefully appreciate the support and assistance of the following individuals in helping us to complete the State of Maine's Environment 2010 report: John Picher Director, Engineering and Realty, Bureau of Parks and Lands Will Harris Director, Bureau of Parks and Lands Eliza Townsend Commissioner, Department of Conservation Charlene Daniels Reservations Manager Paul Anderson Maine SeaGrant: Director/Marine Extension Program Glen Marquis Project Development Manager, ORPC, Maine Paul Jacobson Senior Project Manager, EPRI, Maine Hannah Dean Graduate Student, UMASS Boston Mario Teisl University of Maine: Orono Teresa Johnson University of Maine: Orono James Levitt The Program on Conservation Innovation, Harvard Forest Bill Zoellick Acadia Partners Dave Jarvis Retired Operations Manager, Waste Management Ted Ames Penobscot East Resource Center Stephanie Clement Friends of Acadia David MacDonald Maine Coast Heritage Trust Kevin Athearn University of Maine at Machias Natalie Springuel College of the Atlantic Mark Berry Executive Director, Downeast Lakes Land Trust Misha Mytar Maine Bureau of Parks & Lands Mike Tetreault The Nature Conservancy Maggie Shannon Maine Congress of Lake Associations Peter Kallin Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance Roy Bouchard Maine DEP Lake Assessment Program John McPhedran Maine Bureau of Land and Water Quality From Colby College we acknowledge the help of: Philip Nyhus Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Manny Gimond GIS and Quantitative Analysis Specialist Lia Morris Environmental Studies Coordinator Russ Cole Chair, Environmental Studies Program Douglas Terp Vice President for Administration and Treasurer, Colby College Patricia Murphy Director of Physical Plant, Colby College Part of this research (State of Lakes) was indirectly supported by the activities of the Belgrade Lakes Watershed Sustainability Project: Modeling Resilience and Adaptation in the Belgrade Lakes Watershed through a Maine EPSCoR Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI) grant to Colby College. No funds from this grant were used in this course, but many of our contacts are active participants in this project. iv State of Maine’s Environment 2010 Table of Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 1 The State of State Parks in Maine ................................................................................................... 3 Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................. 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 3 Methods ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 Laws and Institutions ................................................................................................................................ 8 Stakeholders .............................................................................................................................................. 8 State of State Parks .................................................................................................................................. 10 Discussion ............................................................................................................................................... 24 Scenarios ................................................................................................................................................. 28 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................. 29 Recommendations ................................................................................................................................... 29 Appendix ................................................................................................................................................. 30 Works Cited ............................................................................................................................................ 31 The State of Lakes in Maine ......................................................................................................... 35 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ 35 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 35 Methods ................................................................................................................................................... 37 Laws and Institutions .............................................................................................................................. 38 Stakeholders ............................................................................................................................................ 41 The State of Lakes ................................................................................................................................... 43 Implications ............................................................................................................................................. 68 Scenarios ................................................................................................................................................. 69 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................... 70 Recommendations ................................................................................................................................... 71 Works Cited ............................................................................................................................................ 73 The State of Wood Biomass Energy in Maine .............................................................................. 82 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ 82 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 82 Methods ................................................................................................................................................... 86 Laws and Institutions .............................................................................................................................. 86 Stakeholders ............................................................................................................................................ 88 State of Biomass ...................................................................................................................................... 89 Wood Biomass Development Potential .................................................................................................. 98 Potential Scenarios ................................................................................................................................ 101 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 102 Recommendations ................................................................................................................................. 102 Appendix ............................................................................................................................................... 103 Works Cited .........................................................................................................................................