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| **NOAA In Your State**            |                                   |
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| **Maine**                         |                                   |
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| *NOAA\'s work touches the daily   |   -------------------             |
| lives of every person in the      | --------------------------------- |
| United States and in much of the  |   ![](media/image2.               |
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| of NOAA's dedicated staff and     |                                   |
| partner organizations located in  |   -------------------             |
| program and research offices      | --------------------------------- |
| throughout the country. The       |                                   |
| following is a summary of NOAA    |                                   |
| programs based in, and focused    |                                   |
| on, your state. The entries are   |                                   |
| listed by statewide, region, and  |                                   |
| then by congressional districts   |                                   |
| and cities or towns.*             |                                   |
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| ***ME***                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Bar Harbor, Brunswich,         |                                   |
| Caribou, Eastport, Orono,         |                                   |
| Penobscot***                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Systems         |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Ground-Based GPS Meteorology**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Earth System Research         |                                   |
| Laboratory maintains the          |                                   |
| Ground-Based GPS Meteorology      |                                   |
| project, currently consisting of  |                                   |
| 400 GPS water vapor observing     |                                   |
| systems that provide near         |                                   |
| real-time integrated precipitable |                                   |
| water vapor (IPW) measurements    |                                   |
| for weather forecasting, climate  |                                   |
| modeling, calibration and         |                                   |
| validation of satellite and       |                                   |
| radiosonde water vapor            |                                   |
| measurements, and research. This  |                                   |
| project provides water vapor data |                                   |
| available to all users.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.gpsmet.noaa.gov/j    |                                   |
| sp/raob.jsp]{.underline}](http:// |                                   |
| www.gpsmet.noaa.gov/jsp/raob.jsp) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Coastal***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Operational          |                                   |
| Oceanographic Products and        |                                   |
| Services**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Water Level            |                                   |
| Observation Network**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOS operates four long-term       |                                   |
| continuously operating tide       |                                   |
| stations in the state of Maine    |                                   |
| which provide data and            |                                   |
| information on tidal datums and   |                                   |
| relative sea level trends, and    |                                   |
| are capable of producing          |                                   |
| real-time data for storm surge    |                                   |
| warning. These stations are       |                                   |
| located at Portland, Bar Harbor,  |                                   |
| Cutler, and Eastport.             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://tidesand                 |                                   |
| currents.noaa.gov]{.underline}](h |                                   |
| ttp://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Integrated Ocean Observing      |                                   |
| System (IOOS) Program**           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **IOOS Regional Association**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The NOAA Integrated Ocean         |                                   |
| Observing System (IOOS) program   |                                   |
| manages the development of a      |                                   |
| national network of 11 Regional   |                                   |
| Associations (RAs) of coastal     |                                   |
| ocean observing systems. The      |                                   |
| Northeastern Regional Association |                                   |
| of Coastal Ocean Observing        |                                   |
| Systems (NERACOOS) was            |                                   |
| established to network and expand |                                   |
| the existing observing and        |                                   |
| prediction capacities of a        |                                   |
| multitude of institutions and     |                                   |
| agencies throughout New England   |                                   |
| and Maritime Canada. NERACOOS     |                                   |
| supports infrastructure that      |                                   |
| provides over-water               |                                   |
| meteorological and wave           |                                   |
| observations in Long Island Sound |                                   |
| and the Gulf of Maine to the      |                                   |
| National Weather Service that are |                                   |
| critical to safe navigation.      |                                   |
| These platforms also support      |                                   |
| current and dissolved oxygen      |                                   |
| sensors that provide critical     |                                   |
| information for management of     |                                   |
| hypoxia and harmful algal bloom.  |                                   |
| Fisheries managers, water quality |                                   |
| specialists, the Coast Guard, and |                                   |
| many others benefit from accurate |                                   |
| and timely ocean observing        |                                   |
| infrastructure and related        |                                   |
| decision support tools. The       |                                   |
| region includes the coastal       |                                   |
| waters of Maine, New Hampshire,   |                                   |
| Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and  |                                   |
| Connecticut. There is overlap     |                                   |
| with the Mid-Atlantic Coastal     |                                   |
| Ocean Observing Regional          |                                   |
| Association (MACOORA), which also |                                   |
| includes the coastal waters of    |                                   |
| Connecticut and Rhode Island. In  |                                   |
| addition, partners from the       |                                   |
| Canadian provinces of New         |                                   |
| Brunswick and Nova Scotia will be |                                   |
| involved to ensure appropriate    |                                   |
| coverage in shared waters.        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.neracoos.org/]{.unde |                                   |
| rline}](http://www.neracoos.org/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean Exploration and |                                   |
| Research**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for the North Atlantic   |                                   |
| and Great Lakes**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Ocean           |                                   |
| Exploration and Research focuses  |                                   |
| on exploration, advanced undersea |                                   |
| technology development, research  |                                   |
| of extreme and unique             |                                   |
| environments, continental shelf   |                                   |
| ecosystems, new ocean resources,  |                                   |
| and ocean dynamics, and the       |                                   |
| communication of results to       |                                   |
| various audiences through         |                                   |
| education and outreach. NOAA\'s   |                                   |
| Undersea Research Center for the  |                                   |
| North Atlantic and Great Lakes    |                                   |
| (NAGL), one of the six NURP       |                                   |
| regional centers, is housed at    |                                   |
| the University of Connecticut.    |                                   |
| The NALG Center supports undersea |                                   |
| research off the U.S.'s           |                                   |
| northeastern coast (i.e., Gulf of |                                   |
| Maine, Georges Bank and the       |                                   |
| Southern New England Coast        |                                   |
| including Long Island Sound) and  |                                   |
| in the Laurentian Great Lakes.    |                                   |
| The center's research focuses on  |                                   |
| ecosystem response to human       |                                   |
| induced stress such as fishing    |                                   |
| and pollution and the role of     |                                   |
| habitat in sustaining fisheries   |                                   |
| and biological diversity.         |                                   |
| Underwater diving technologies    |                                   |
| available through NAGL include    |                                   |
| occupied submersibles, remotely   |                                   |
| operated vehicles (ROV\'s), and   |                                   |
| Nitrox scuba.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.oceane               |                                   |
| xplorer.noaa.gov]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Marine Environmental    |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **NOAA Center for Tsunami         |                                   |
| Research (NCTR)**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Tsunami Research Program at   |                                   |
| the Pacific Marine Environmental  |                                   |
| Laboratory (PMEL), headquartered  |                                   |
| in Seattle, Washington, seeks to  |                                   |
| mitigate tsunami hazards to all   |                                   |
| U.S. coastal states and           |                                   |
| territories, including Maine. A   |                                   |
| tsunami is a series of very large |                                   |
| ocean waves caused by underwater  |                                   |
| earthquakes, landslides, volcanic |                                   |
| eruptions, explosions, and even   |                                   |
| meteor impacts. Capable of        |                                   |
| flooding hundreds of meters       |                                   |
| inland past the typical           |                                   |
| high-water level, the fast-moving |                                   |
| water associated with an          |                                   |
| inundating tsunami can crush      |                                   |
| homes and other coastal           |                                   |
| structures. More common           |                                   |
| occurrences, and devastating in   |                                   |
| an economic sense, are false      |                                   |
| alarms that lead to expensive     |                                   |
| evacuations of coastal areas. The |                                   |
| PMEL NCTR staff conducts research |                                   |
| and development activities in     |                                   |
| close collaboration with the      |                                   |
| National Weather Service (NWS)    |                                   |
| Tsunami Warning Centers, National |                                   |
| Data Buoy Center (NDBC), and the  |                                   |
| coastal states. Activities focus  |                                   |
| on the development of             |                                   |
| site-specific forecast models for |                                   |
| coastal population centers. These |                                   |
| models are integrated into a      |                                   |
| PMEL-developed operational        |                                   |
| tsunami forecasting system at the |                                   |
| Tsunami Warning Centers. PMEL     |                                   |
| developed the original real-time  |                                   |
| DART tsunami-measuring buoy,      |                                   |
| which has been transitioned to    |                                   |
| NDBC. Engineering development is  |                                   |
| underway at PMEL to improve the   |                                   |
| cost-effectiveness of these       |                                   |
| platforms. Tsunami research at    |                                   |
| PMEL focuses on model             |                                   |
| improvements and tsunami hazard   |                                   |
| mitigation.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[h                               |                                   |
| ttp://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov]{.underl |                                   |
| ine}](http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Statewide***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Elevation Mapping**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center works with state and   |                                   |
| local officials to collect and    |                                   |
| distribute high-resolution        |                                   |
| topographic and bathymetric data  |                                   |
| sets. The Center worked with the  |                                   |
| private sector to acquire new     |                                   |
| light detection and ranging       |                                   |
| (lidar) and Interferometric       |                                   |
| Synthetic Aperture Radar (IfSAR)  |                                   |
| data for coastal management       |                                   |
| applications such as the analysis |                                   |
| of storm surge and storm          |                                   |
| inundation, erosion, and habitat  |                                   |
| mapping. The Center also worked   |                                   |
| with state and federal partners   |                                   |
| to share costs and find multiple  |                                   |
| uses for coastal lidar and IfSAR  |                                   |
| data sets.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc                  |                                   |
| .noaa.gov/crs/tcm/]{.underline}]( |                                   |
| http://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/tcm/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Inundation              |                                   |
| Visualizations**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Inundation from tropical storms   |                                   |
| (nor'easters) poses a significant |                                   |
| threat to coastal regions in the  |                                   |
| Northeast. High-resolution        |                                   |
| visualization tools designed to   |                                   |
| help identify areas at risk of    |                                   |
| flooding are being developed for  |                                   |
| pilot locations in Scituate,      |                                   |
| Massachusetts, and Saco, Maine.   |                                   |
| The NOAA North Atlantic Regional  |                                   |
| Team has partnered with the       |                                   |
| National Weather Service to       |                                   |
| create a series of inundation     |                                   |
| layers using a GIS, as well as    |                                   |
| Google Internet applications, to  |                                   |
| illustrate potential flood        |                                   |
| inundation for real-time,         |                                   |
| forecast, hindcast, and           |                                   |
| scenario-based water levels.      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Community-Based Habitat         |                                   |
| Restoration**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA's community-based            |                                   |
| restoration program helps groups  |                                   |
| restore marine and estuarine      |                                   |
| habitat by providing funds and    |                                   |
| technical expertise. NOAA         |                                   |
| Fisheries leads the program. The  |                                   |
| Center has co-funded several      |                                   |
| projects, including the Drakes    |                                   |
| Island Marsh project in the Gulf  |                                   |
| of Maine region.                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ea/h    |                                   |
| abitat.html]{.underline}](http:// |                                   |
| www.csc.noaa.gov/ea/habitat.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Habitat Priority Planner**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| This GIS-based tool developed by  |                                   |
| the Center is for conservation    |                                   |
| and habitat restoration planners  |                                   |
| and practitioners to test         |                                   |
| different alternatives for        |                                   |
| setting management priorities     |                                   |
| within a watershed, county, or    |                                   |
| small region. The tool can be     |                                   |
| used to evaluate and compare the  |                                   |
| effects of future land use,       |                                   |
| conservation scenarios, or        |                                   |
| proposed restoration projects on  |                                   |
| habitat quality. Training and     |                                   |
| updated outreach materials are    |                                   |
| being developed and pilot         |                                   |
| application products are planned  |                                   |
| for Maine and two other states.   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http:/                          |                                   |
| /www.csc.noaa.gov/hpp/]{.underlin |                                   |
| e}](http://www.csc.noaa.gov/hpp/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Land Cover Mapping**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Nothing provides a big-picture    |                                   |
| view of land cover status better  |                                   |
| than these maps, which are        |                                   |
| developed using remote sensing    |                                   |
| technology. The Center has        |                                   |
| baseline land cover data for most |                                   |
| of the coastal zone. The goal is  |                                   |
| to update the imagery every five  |                                   |
| years to also provide a means of  |                                   |
| detecting change or trends.       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.noa              |                                   |
| a.gov/landcover/]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.csc.noaa.gov/landcover/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Legislative Atlas**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| This Web-based legislative        |                                   |
| mapping tool provides coastal     |                                   |
| resource managers with easy       |                                   |
| access to coastal legislative     |                                   |
| data and information. In 2008 the |                                   |
| Legislative Atlas team added      |                                   |
| additional legislative            |                                   |
| information for the three regions |                                   |
| represented in the                |                                   |
| atlas---Hawaii, West Coast, and   |                                   |
| the Gulf of Maine. This added     |                                   |
| information included both federal |                                   |
| and state regulations. The        |                                   |
| legislative query tool is also    |                                   |
| being redesigned according to     |                                   |
| user input.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://www.csc.noaa.gov/legislat |                                   |
| iveatlas/]{.underline}](http://ww |                                   |
| w.csc.noaa.gov/legislativeatlas/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Maine Coast Protection          |                                   |
| Initiative**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Over 70 organizations are working |                                   |
| together to preserve the unique   |                                   |
| character of Maine's coast. As a  |                                   |
| core partner in the Maine Coast   |                                   |
| Protection Initiative (MCPI), the |                                   |
| Center supported the strategic    |                                   |
| conservation planning process,    |                                   |
| provided funding, and provided    |                                   |
| technical support to increase the |                                   |
| geospatial capacity of the local  |                                   |
| land trusts. The Center also      |                                   |
| played a key role in establishing |                                   |
| GIS resource centers designed to  |                                   |
| equip land trusts with the tools  |                                   |
| and training needed to better     |                                   |
| address coastal conservation      |                                   |
| challenges.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://ww                       |                                   |
| w.csc.noaa.gov/conservation/mcpi. |                                   |
| html]{.underline}](http://www.csc |                                   |
| .noaa.gov/conservation/mcpi.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Training**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center provides training to   |                                   |
| the coastal resource managers of  |                                   |
| the nation in three focus areas:  |                                   |
| geospatial technology, coastal    |                                   |
| management, and building process  |                                   |
| skills. Training can take place   |                                   |
| at the Center's training facility |                                   |
| for some courses but most often   |                                   |
| is taken to coastal managers in   |                                   |
| the field. Recent courses         |                                   |
| delivered to programs in          |                                   |
| Connecticut include Coastal       |                                   |
| Applications of ArcGIS and Remote |                                   |
| Sensing for Spatial Analysts      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.noaa.g           |                                   |
| ov/bins/resources/training.html]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.csc.noaa. |                                   |
| gov/bins/resources/training.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Region**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Regional Office and   |                                   |
| Science Center**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS is responsible for the       |                                   |
| management, conservation and      |                                   |
| protection of living marine       |                                   |
| resources within the United       |                                   |
| States\' Exclusive Economic Zone  |                                   |
| (water three to 200 mile          |                                   |
| offshore). Using the tools        |                                   |
| provided by the *Magnuson-Stevens |                                   |
| Act*, NMFS assesses and predicts  |                                   |
| the status of fish stocks,        |                                   |
| develops and ensures compliance   |                                   |
| with fisheries regulations,       |                                   |
| restores and protects habitat and |                                   |
| works to reduce wasteful fishing  |                                   |
| practices, and promote            |                                   |
| sustainable fisheries. Under the  |                                   |
| *Marine Mammal Protection Act*    |                                   |
| and the *Endangered Species Act*, |                                   |
| NMFS recovers protected marine    |                                   |
| species (i.e. whales, turtles).   |                                   |
| With the help of the six regional |                                   |
| offices and eight councils, NMFS  |                                   |
| is able to work with communities  |                                   |
| on fishery management issues. The |                                   |
| Northeast Regional Office         |                                   |
| (located in Gloucester, MA) is    |                                   |
| comprised of five divisions:      |                                   |
| Sustainable Fisheries, Habitat    |                                   |
| Conservation, Protected           |                                   |
| Resources, Fisheries Statistics,  |                                   |
| and State, Federal, and           |                                   |
| Constituent Programs. Key species |                                   |
| managed in the Northeast Region   |                                   |
| include the northeast             |                                   |
| "multispecies complex" (cod,      |                                   |
| haddock, yellowtail flounder      |                                   |
| etc.), Atlantic sea scallops,     |                                   |
| herring, lobster, and summer      |                                   |
| flounder. Key marine endangered   |                                   |
| species in this region are        |                                   |
| Atlantic salmon, northern right   |                                   |
| whales, and Atlantic shortnose    |                                   |
| sturgeon.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Northeast Science Center      |                                   |
| (headquartered in Woods Hole, MA) |                                   |
| focuses on collection, analysis,  |                                   |
| and presentation of scientific    |                                   |
| information about the Northeast   |                                   |
| Shelf ecosystem, its condition,   |                                   |
| and its marine life. In addition  |                                   |
| to its six laboratories, the      |                                   |
| Center uses 5 research vessels to |                                   |
| support its work. They are: the   |                                   |
| NOAA ships *Delaware II*, and     |                                   |
| *Henry B. Bigelow*, and the small |                                   |
| research vessels *Gloria          |                                   |
| Michelle*, *Victor Loosanoff*,    |                                   |
| and *Nauvoo*. The Northeast       |                                   |
| Regional Office and Science       |                                   |
| Center are responsible for the    |                                   |
| District of Columbia and the      |                                   |
| following states: Maine, New      |                                   |
| Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode   |                                   |
| Island, Connecticut, New York,    |                                   |
| New Jersey, Pennsylvania,         |                                   |
| Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and |                                   |
| North Carolina; and the inland    |                                   |
| states of Vermont, Minnesota,     |                                   |
| Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois,    |                                   |
| Indiana, Ohio, and West Virginia. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.nero.noaa.gov/nero/>  |                                   |
| and <http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/>  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Region**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Restoration Center**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS's Restoration Center works   |                                   |
| with 80 private and public        |                                   |
| partners in Maine to enhance fish |                                   |
| passage at dams, widen bridges    |                                   |
| and culverts to improve tidal     |                                   |
| flushing in coastal wetlands, and |                                   |
| restore river habitats and native |                                   |
| wetlands. The Community-based     |                                   |
| Restoration Program's partnership |                                   |
| with Trout Unlimited has removed  |                                   |
| two dams, replaced a broken       |                                   |
| culvert that blocked fish passage |                                   |
| in an Endangered Species Act      |                                   |
| listed Atlantic salmon river, and |                                   |
| remediated more than five         |                                   |
| sediment sources on Maine's       |                                   |
| salmon rivers.                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.nmfs.                |                                   |
| noaa.gov/habitat/]{.underline}](h |                                   |
| ttp://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service (NWS)  |                                   |
| and Office of Oceanic and         |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Incident Meteorologist Program  |                                   |
| and Earth Systems Research        |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fire Weather Services and       |                                   |
| Support**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The National Weather Service      |                                   |
| (NWS) fire weather forecasters    |                                   |
| are called Incident               |                                   |
| Meteorologists (IMETS). When a    |                                   |
| fire reaches a large, enough size |                                   |
| the IMETS are called out to the   |                                   |
| fire to provide constant weather  |                                   |
| updates and forecast briefings to |                                   |
| the fire incident commanders at   |                                   |
| the fire. The IMETS are very      |                                   |
| important members of the fire     |                                   |
| fighting team, as changes in the  |                                   |
| fires are largely due to changes  |                                   |
| in the weather. To improve NWS    |                                   |
| fire weather services to the      |                                   |
| public, NOAA's Earth System       |                                   |
| Research Laboratory (ESRL)        |                                   |
| conducts modeling,                |                                   |
| instrumentation and data services |                                   |
| research.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ESRL data dissemination and       |                                   |
| display systems are designed to   |                                   |
| be used by trained                |                                   |
| meteorologists, the US Forest     |                                   |
| Service, and the Bureau of Land   |                                   |
| Management. For example, the      |                                   |
| FX-Net thin client system and the |                                   |
| Gridded FX-Net full function      |                                   |
| system are ESRL-developed         |                                   |
| software systems are a critical   |                                   |
| part of the equipment the IMETS   |                                   |
| bring with them to the fire. NWS  |                                   |
| forecasters at fires in all 50    |                                   |
| states use these mobile,          |                                   |
| PC--based software packages.      |                                   |
| Computer servers that communicate |                                   |
| with the mobile PC clients are    |                                   |
| located in Hawaii, Alaska, Utah,  |                                   |
| Colorado, Texas and New York.     |                                   |
| State emergency managers in many  |                                   |
| of the NWS regional areas also    |                                   |
| use the PC-base clients. Other    |                                   |
| collaborators who work to improve |                                   |
| NWS fire weather services include |                                   |
| the University of Colorado in     |                                   |
| Boulder (CU), NCAR and private    |                                   |
| sector instrumentation companies. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Sea Grant College      |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Maine Sea Grant College         |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA's National Sea Grant College |                                   |
| Program is a federal-university   |                                   |
| partnership that integrates       |                                   |
| research, education, and          |                                   |
| outreach. Part of a network of 32 |                                   |
| programs in the U.S. coastal and  |                                   |
| Great Lakes states, Puerto Rico,  |                                   |
| and Guam, Maine Sea Grant         |                                   |
| supports science and extension to |                                   |
| promote sustainable use and       |                                   |
| stewardship of ocean and coastal  |                                   |
| resources. In partnership with    |                                   |
| University of Maine Cooperative   |                                   |
| Extension, members of our Marine  |                                   |
| Extension Team focus on issues of |                                   |
| concern to Maine\'s coastal       |                                   |
| communities, extending current    |                                   |
| knowledge and expertise to        |                                   |
| residents, visitors, industry,    |                                   |
| and policymakers.                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.                     |                                   |
| seagrant.umaine.edu]{.underline}] |                                   |
| (http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***ME-1***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Augusta***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Maine Coastal Management        |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Maine Coastal Program is      |                                   |
| administered by the State         |                                   |
| Planning Office. Five state       |                                   |
| agencies work in cooperation with |                                   |
| local governments, nonprofit      |                                   |
| organizations, private            |                                   |
| businesses, and the public to     |                                   |
| improve management of coastal     |                                   |
| resources. Maine's coastal zone   |                                   |
| extends to the inland boundary of |                                   |
| all towns bordering tidal waters  |                                   |
| and includes all coastal islands. |                                   |
| At the state level, the Coastal   |                                   |
| Program provides support to       |                                   |
| natural resource agencies to      |                                   |
| implement and enforce appropriate |                                   |
| laws. At the local level, the     |                                   |
| Coastal Program assists           |                                   |
| communities with land use         |                                   |
| planning and provides funding and |                                   |
| technical assistance for other    |                                   |
| local efforts.                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Coastal Program has succeeded |                                   |
| in increasing local involvement   |                                   |
| in stewardship through its        |                                   |
| Coastal Stewards and Shore        |                                   |
| Stewards programs. Through its    |                                   |
| innovative Bay Management Study,  |                                   |
| the Coastal Program involves      |                                   |
| local citizens in managing their  |                                   |
| embayments by promoting           |                                   |
| sustainable use through support   |                                   |
| of both commercial and            |                                   |
| non-commercial uses and           |                                   |
| protection of natural resources.  |                                   |
| The Coastal Program also awards   |                                   |
| grants to local land trusts to    |                                   |
| help communities find and assert  |                                   |
| public rights-of-way to the shore |                                   |
| that had been lost over time.     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://coastalm                 |                                   |
| anagement.noaa.gov/mystate/me.htm |                                   |
| l]{.underline}](http://coastalman |                                   |
| agement.noaa.gov/mystate/me.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Portland***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Region**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fisheries Statistics Office**   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Northeast Region Fishery      |                                   |
| Statistics Office port office is  |                                   |
| responsible for reviewing and     |                                   |
| auditing of fishery dependent     |                                   |
| data describing the commercial    |                                   |
| fisheries\' landings in the local |                                   |
| area. The fishery dependent data  |                                   |
| includes seafood dealer reports   |                                   |
| of purchases from fishing         |                                   |
| vessels, collection of biological |                                   |
| samples from these landings and   |                                   |
| other information used by fishery |                                   |
| managers and scientists to        |                                   |
| monitor and assess coast wide     |                                   |
| stocks of finfish and shellfish.  |                                   |
| Staff liaison with the local      |                                   |
| fishing industry, state marine    |                                   |
| fisheries agencies, and other     |                                   |
| constituents to assist with       |                                   |
| explaining fishery regulations    |                                   |
| including permitting, fisheries   |                                   |
| biology and other NOAA wide       |                                   |
| activities.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://w                        |                                   |
| ww.nero.noaa.gov/fso/]{.underline |                                   |
| }](http://www.nero.noaa.gov/fso/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Law Enforcement |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our Nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Special agents   |                                   |
| and enforcement officers have     |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA. From  |                                   |
| the Maine/Canadian border south   |                                   |
| to the southern parts of Virginia |                                   |
| lays one of the largest and       |                                   |
| most-active fishing fleets in the |                                   |
| world.                            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Over 12,000 federally licensed    |                                   |
| commercial, fishing vessels ply   |                                   |
| these waters in search of         |                                   |
| scallops, bluefin tuna,           |                                   |
| swordfish, monkfish, lobster and  |                                   |
| Atlantic cod. In the Northeast    |                                   |
| Division, the special agents and  |                                   |
| support personnel monitor         |                                   |
| thousands of recreational fishing |                                   |
| vessels, 43 major seafood ports,  |                                   |
| 12 major seafood exchanges, 21    |                                   |
| major international airports, and |                                   |
| eight major entry stations from   |                                   |
| Canada. The Office of Law         |                                   |
| Enforcement Northeast Division is |                                   |
| also responsible for enforcement  |                                   |
| activities within NOAA's          |                                   |
| Stellwagen Bank National Marine   |                                   |
| Sanctuary off Massachusetts and   |                                   |
| Thunder Bay National Marine       |                                   |
| Sanctuary in Michigan. The        |                                   |
| Division has a vast assortment of |                                   |
| missions to enforce laws across   |                                   |
| 84,000 miles of open water in the |                                   |
| EEZ that are home to multiple     |                                   |
| endangered species including the  |                                   |
| critically endangered Northern    |                                   |
| Right Whale.                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://ww                       |                                   |
| w.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ne_northeast. |                                   |
| html]{.underline}](http://www.nmf |                                   |
| s.noaa.gov/ole/ne_northeast.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Portland at Gray***            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Portland WFO**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located just outside of Portland, |                                   |
| this National Weather Service     |                                   |
| office provides all the weather   |                                   |
| and flood warnings, daily         |                                   |
| forecasts, and meteorologic and   |                                   |
| hydrologic data for 19 counties   |                                   |
| (11 in Maine and 8 in New         |                                   |
| Hampshire), with a population of  |                                   |
| 1.6 million residents, covering   |                                   |
| western Maine and northern,       |                                   |
| central and southeast New         |                                   |
| Hampshire. NWS data and products  |                                   |
| form a national information       |                                   |
| database and infrastructure,      |                                   |
| which can be used by other        |                                   |
| government agencies, the private  |                                   |
| sector, media, the public and the |                                   |
| global community.                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http                            |                                   |
| ://www.erh.noaa.gov/gyx]{.underli |                                   |
| ne}](http://www.erh.noaa.gov/gyx) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Saco***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Region**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Habitat Conservation Division & |                                   |
| Restoration Center**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| In Maine, NMFS, the U.S. Fish and |                                   |
| Wildlife Service, Maine state     |                                   |
| resources agencies, conservation  |                                   |
| groups, and FPL Energy signed the |                                   |
| 2007 Saco Fisheries Assessment    |                                   |
| Settlement Agreement, which       |                                   |
| enhances access for migratory     |                                   |
| fish at multiple hydropower dams  |                                   |
| over approximately 80 river miles |                                   |
| on the Saco River from its mouth  |                                   |
| to the Maine and New Hampshire    |                                   |
| border. NMFS' involvement helped  |                                   |
| turn license negotiations for one |                                   |
| of the Saco's dams into a         |                                   |
| watershed-wide conservation       |                                   |
| agreement. The Settlement is an   |                                   |
| ecosystem approach to river       |                                   |
| management that protects habitat  |                                   |
| necessary for the survival of     |                                   |
| migratory fish. The Settlement's  |                                   |
| approach provides upstream and    |                                   |
| downstream fish passage for       |                                   |
| Atlantic salmon, American shad,   |                                   |
| alewife, blueback herring, and    |                                   |
| American eel at the river's lower |                                   |
| six hydropower projects. These    |                                   |
| approaches include studies to     |                                   |
| evaluate fish passage and         |                                   |
| management needs at specific      |                                   |
| dams; enhance stocking efforts    |                                   |
| for Atlantic salmon throughout    |                                   |
| the Maine portion of the Saco     |                                   |
| watershed; and help educate the   |                                   |
| public about migratory fish and   |                                   |
| the need for their passage at     |                                   |
| dams.                             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.nm                   |                                   |
| fs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/; |                                   |
| http://ww.nero.noaa.gov           |                                   |
| /hcd/]{.underline}](http://www.nm |                                   |
| fs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Wells***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Wells National Estuarine        |                                   |
| Research Reserve**                |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Wells Reserve, managed by the |                                   |
| Reserve Management Authority, was |                                   |
| designated in 1984 and            |                                   |
| encompasses 2,250 acres. Wells    |                                   |
| features a saltwater farm with    |                                   |
| historic buildings (circa         |                                   |
| 1720-1903) and an 11-kilometer    |                                   |
| trail system winding through      |                                   |
| fields, forests, wetlands, salt   |                                   |
| marshes, dunes and beach. The     |                                   |
| Greek Revival-style house         |                                   |
| accommodates a visitor center and |                                   |
| exhibit. The reserve sponsors a   |                                   |
| workshop series for adults and    |                                   |
| educational services for          |                                   |
| children, including a \"Junior    |                                   |
| Researchers\" summer program.     |                                   |
| Tours on wildflowers, birds,      |                                   |
| cultural history, and research    |                                   |
| activities are available for the  |                                   |
| general public. Whitetail deer,   |                                   |
| snowy egrets, soft shell clams,   |                                   |
| winter flounder and piping        |                                   |
| plovers find a home in the Wells  |                                   |
| reserve.                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http:/                          |                                   |
| /nerrs.noaa.gov/Wells/]{.underlin |                                   |
| e}](http://nerrs.noaa.gov/Wells/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***ME-2***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Argyle***                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Monitoring the Atmosphere-Tall  |                                   |
| Tower Carbon Measurements**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Earth System Research     |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) operates trace  |                                   |
| gas monitoring sites at tall      |                                   |
| television transmitter towers in  |                                   |
| five states, including Maine. The |                                   |
| sites were established to extend  |                                   |
| ESRL\'s monitoring network into   |                                   |
| the interior of North America in  |                                   |
| order to provide data to aid      |                                   |
| estimation of the net carbon      |                                   |
| balance of the continent.         |                                   |
| Variations of trace gases,        |                                   |
| especially carbon dioxide, are    |                                   |
| largest near the ground, so we    |                                   |
| utilize existing tall (\> 400     |                                   |
| meter) transmitter towers as      |                                   |
| platforms for in situ and flask   |                                   |
| sampling for atmospheric trace    |                                   |
| gases.                            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/c  |                                   |
| cgg/towers]{.underline}](http://w |                                   |
| ww.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/towers) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Monitoring the Surface          |                                   |
| Atmosphere - Cooperative Global   |                                   |
| Air Sampling Network**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA's Earth System Research      |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) operates a      |                                   |
| Cooperative Global Air Sampling   |                                   |
| Network to measure the            |                                   |
| distribution and trends of carbon |                                   |
| dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4),  |                                   |
| the two gases most responsible    |                                   |
| for human-caused climate change,  |                                   |
| as well as other greenhouse gases |                                   |
| and volatile organic compounds.   |                                   |
| Samples are collected weekly at   |                                   |
| fixed locations and on several    |                                   |
| commercial ships. The air samples |                                   |
| are delivered to the ESRL         |                                   |
| laboratory, located in Boulder,   |                                   |
| CO. The observed geographical     |                                   |
| patterns and small but persistent |                                   |
| spatial gradients are used to     |                                   |
| better understand the processes,  |                                   |
| both natural and human induced,   |                                   |
| that underlie the trends. These   |                                   |
| measurements help determine the   |                                   |
| magnitude of carbon sources and   |                                   |
| sinks in North America.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.                     |                                   |
| esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/about/climate.h |                                   |
| tml]{.underline}](http://www.esrl |                                   |
| .noaa.gov/gmd/about/climate.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Caribou***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Monitoring      |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Total Column Ozone              |                                   |
| Measurements**                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Earth System Research     |                                   |
| Laboratory (ESRL) makes           |                                   |
| measurements of the column        |                                   |
| amounts of ozone between the      |                                   |
| earth\'s surface and the top of   |                                   |
| the atmosphere at a number of     |                                   |
| locations around the United       |                                   |
| States, including Caribou, ME.    |                                   |
| The observations are obtained     |                                   |
| with ground-based spectrometers   |                                   |
| that measure the attenuation by   |                                   |
| ozone of ultraviolet light. This  |                                   |
| integrated ozone amount is        |                                   |
| critical in determining the       |                                   |
| amount of ultraviolet radiation   |                                   |
| reaching the earth\'s surface.    |                                   |
| Excess ultraviolet radiation is   |                                   |
| responsible for human skin cancer |                                   |
| and is also harmful to other      |                                   |
| biogenic organisms. Column ozone  |                                   |
| measurements monitor changes in   |                                   |
| the stratospheric ozone layer     |                                   |
| resulting from human-produced     |                                   |
| chlorine and bromine compounds    |                                   |
| that destroy ozone. With controls |                                   |
| now in place on the manufacture   |                                   |
| and use of these ozone destroying |                                   |
| compounds, it will be important   |                                   |
| to monitor the ozone layer for    |                                   |
| the expected recovery and         |                                   |
| determine whether other factors   |                                   |
| such as long-term climate change  |                                   |
| are influencing this recovery.    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://                         |                                   |
| www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/about/ozone |                                   |
| .html]{.underline}](http://www.es |                                   |
| rl.noaa.gov/gmd/about/ozone.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Caribou/Northern and Eastern   |                                   |
| Maine***                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Caribou WFO**                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located in the town of Caribou,   |                                   |
| this National Weather Service     |                                   |
| Weather Forecast office provides  |                                   |
| weather and flood warnings, daily |                                   |
| forecasts and meteorologic and    |                                   |
| hydrologic data for six counties, |                                   |
| serving a population of 316,000   |                                   |
| residents, in northern and        |                                   |
| central Maine including coastal   |                                   |
| areas north and east of Rockland. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http                            |                                   |
| ://www.erh.noaa.gov/car]{.underli |                                   |
| ne}](http://www.erh.noaa.gov/car) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Ellsworth***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The NOAA Office of Law            |                                   |
| Enforcement, Ellsworth Field      |                                   |
| Office provides law enforcement   |                                   |
| support for downeast Maine. From  |                                   |
| the Maine/Canadian border south   |                                   |
| to the southern parts of Virginia |                                   |
| lays one of the largest and       |                                   |
| most-active fishing fleets in the |                                   |
| world. Over 12,000 federally      |                                   |
| licensed commercial, fishing      |                                   |
| vessels ply these waters in       |                                   |
| search of scallops, blue fin      |                                   |
| tuna, swordfish, monkfish,        |                                   |
| lobster and Atlantic cod. In the  |                                   |
| Northeast Division, the special   |                                   |
| agents and support personnel      |                                   |
| monitor thousands of recreational |                                   |
| fishing vessels, 43 major seafood |                                   |
| ports, 12 major seafood           |                                   |
| exchanges, 21 major international |                                   |
| airports, and eight major entry   |                                   |
| stations from Canada. The Office  |                                   |
| for Law Enforcement Northeast     |                                   |
| Division is also responsible for  |                                   |
| enforcement activities within     |                                   |
| NOAA's Stellwagen Bank National   |                                   |
| Marine Sanctuary off              |                                   |
| Massachusetts and Thunder Bay     |                                   |
| National Marine Sanctuary in      |                                   |
| Michigan. The Northeast division  |                                   |
| has a vast assortment of missions |                                   |
| to enforce laws across 84,000     |                                   |
| miles of open water in the U.S.   |                                   |
| Exclusive Economic Zone that are  |                                   |
| home to multiple endangered       |                                   |
| species including the critically  |                                   |
| endangered Northern Right Whale.  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://ww                       |                                   |
| w.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ne_northeast. |                                   |
| html]{.underline}](http://www.nmf |                                   |
| s.noaa.gov/ole/ne_northeast.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Limestone***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Limestone Station**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The U.S. Climate Reference        |                                   |
| Network (USCRN) is an operational |                                   |
| network of climate stations. Data |                                   |
| from the USCRN will be used in    |                                   |
| operational climate monitoring    |                                   |
| activities and for placing        |                                   |
| current climate anomalies into an |                                   |
| historical perspective. The USCRN |                                   |
| is managed and operated by        |                                   |
| NOAA\'s National Climatic Data    |                                   |
| Center (NCDC). The USCRN will     |                                   |
| also provide the United States    |                                   |
| with a reference network that     |                                   |
| contributes to an International   |                                   |
| network under the auspices of the |                                   |
| Global Climate Observing System   |                                   |
| (GCOS). USCRN is jointly managed  |                                   |
| by NOAA\'s National Environmental |                                   |
| Satellite, Data, and Information  |                                   |
| Service and NOAA\'s Office of     |                                   |
| Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn    |                                   |
| /sites.html]{.underline}](http:// |                                   |
| www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/sites.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Old Town***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Reference Network**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Old Town Station**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The U.S. Climate Reference        |                                   |
| Network (USCRN) is an operational |                                   |
| network of climate stations. Data |                                   |
| from the USCRN will be used in    |                                   |
| operational climate monitoring    |                                   |
| activities and for placing        |                                   |
| current climate anomalies into an |                                   |
| historical perspective. The USCRN |                                   |
| is managed and operated by        |                                   |
| NOAA\'s National Climatic Data    |                                   |
| Center (NCDC). The USCRN will     |                                   |
| also provide the United States    |                                   |
| with a reference network that     |                                   |
| contributes to an International   |                                   |
| network under the auspices of the |                                   |
| Global Climate Observing System   |                                   |
| (GCOS). USCRN is jointly managed  |                                   |
| by NOAA\'s National Environmental |                                   |
| Satellite, Data, and Information  |                                   |
| Service and NOAA\'s Office of     |                                   |
| Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. |                                   |
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| [[http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn    |                                   |
| /sites.html]{.underline}](http:// |                                   |
| www.ncdc.noaa.gov/crn/sites.html) |                                   |
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| ***Orono***                       |                                   |
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| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
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| **Northeast Regional Office /     |                                   |
| Northeast Fisheries Science       |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
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| **Atlantic Salmon Field Office**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Atlantic Salmon Field Station |                                   |
| houses staff from the NMFS        |                                   |
| Northeast Regional Office and the |                                   |
| Northeast Fisheries Science       |                                   |
| Center. Its mission is primarily  |                                   |
| to support restoration of         |                                   |
| Atlantic salmon throughout New    |                                   |
| England, particularly the         |                                   |
| endangered Gulf of Maine Atlantic |                                   |
| salmon.                           |                                   |
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| [[http:                           |                                   |
| //www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/orono/ |                                   |
| http://www.nero.noaa.gov/prot_re  |                                   |
| s/altsalmon/]{.underline}](http:/ |                                   |
| /www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/orono/) |                                   |
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| **NOAA's Office of Legislative    |                                   |
| Affairs**                         |                                   |
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| **Tel: 202-482-4981               |                                   |
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| tp://www.legislative.noaa.gov](ht |                                   |
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