Climate Ready Casco Bay is an information hub about what is being done to help the bay’s 11 communities prepare for climate change. It also serves as a resource for future efforts. It provides a comprehensive, regional approach to climate resilience in preparation for climate risk and includes the work of multiple organizations and municipalities working on this issue in Casco Bay. The Greater Portland Council of Governments and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute are coordinating this effort, which is funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. 

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The 11 communities are: Brunswick, Freeport, Yarmouth, Cumberland, Falmouth, Portland, South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, Chebeague Island and Long Island.

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The Greater Portland Council of Governments and Gulf of Maine Research Institute are co-leads on this project. In addition, an advisory committee is overseeing this project.

 

Our advisory committee includes:

• Casco Bay Estuary Partnership

• Friends of Casco Bay

• The Nature Conservancy

• Maine Coast Heritage Trust

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association

• Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission

• Cumberland County Emergency Management Act

• Maine Sea Grant

• Island Institute

• National Association of Wetland Managers

• Maine Geological Survey

• Cumberland Soil and Water Conservation District.

 

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