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Postwar Planning for the State of Maine

Maine Development Commission

Postwar Planning for the State of Maine by the Maine Development Commission, as Compiled November 1, 1944

Compiled and Published by the Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine, 1944.

Contents: Introduction / General Employment Data / State Projects / Municipal Projects / List of Tables and Illustrations.
Preliminary Critical Area Survey of the Appalachian Trail in Maine

Critical Areas Program (Maine)

Preliminary Critical Area Survey of the Appalachian Trail in Maine.
Critical Areas Program - Natural Resource Planning Division - Maine State Planning Office (June 1981).
Preserving Low Income Housing In Maine - An Inventory of Assisted Housing

Elizabeth H. Mitchell

Preserving Low Income Housing In Maine - An Inventory of Assisted Housing

Maine State Housing Authority, Augusta , Maine, 1988.
Presumpscot River Basin - Cumberland County Tidewater Water Quality Management Plan

Bureau of Water Quality Control

Presumpscot River Basin - Cumberland County Tidewater Water Quality Management Plan

Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Quality Control, Division of Water Quality Evaluation and Planning, August, Maine (June 1976).

"Prepared pursuant to Section 303 (e) of the Federal Water Pollution Act Amendments of 1972"

Contents: Letter of Transmittal / Table of Contents / Appendices and Tables / I. Summary, Conclusions, Recommendations / II. Introduction / III. Water Quality / IV. Planning Activities / Appendices / Tables
Private Water Supplies

Maine Department of Human Services

Private Water Supplies

Department of Human Services, Augusta, Me. (Reprinted 1976).

Contents: Introduction / General Requirements / Types of Private Water Supplies / Procurement of Safe Water / Distribution / Appendix A & B
Proceedings : A Forest Based Economy - Carrying A Tradition Into the Future

Blaine House Conference on Forestry (December 6-7, 1984)

Proceedings : A Forest Based Economy - Carrying A Tradition Into the Future

Blaine House Conference on Forestry (December 6-7, 1984)

Department of Conservation, State House Station 22, Augusta, Maine 04333, August 1986.

Contents: Table of Contents / Letter of Transmittal / The Forest 2020--Visions Of A Sustainable Forest / Forestry Resurvey: What Does It Say? How Can We Use It? / Can We Improve Maine's Timber Supply? / Atmospheric Deposition And Forests Of The Northeast / A National Perspective: What Is Maine's Competitive Niche? / The Future of Hardwood Markets / The Future of Softwood Markets / The State Of Our Forest / Trends In Maine's Forest Transport System / Future Employment In The Maine Woods: Situation, Forces And Outlook / How Great Is The Threat From Canadian Labor? / The Threat From Imported Canadian Labor Is Alive and Well / Woods Labor Training Needs / A Condensed Report Of Wood Harvesting At The State's VTI's And What Is A Woodsman? / Safety and Workers Compensation / A Brief History Of Northern Woods Logging Association / A Maine Woodcutter Talks About Safety In the Woods / Maine's Forest In The Global Context / Riding The Winds Of Change In Maine's Forest
Protecting the Appalachian Trail In Maine

University of Maine at Portland - Gorham

Protecting the Appalachian Trail In Maine

A Handbook Compiled by the Allagash Environmental Institute, Center for Research & Advanced Study, University of Maine Portland - Gorham, 1976.

Directed & edited by Patricia Solotaire.

Contents: The Project Itself / The History of Trail Agreements in Maine / The Landowner's Duty to Hikers and Campers / History and Description of the Statutory Protection of the Appalachian Trail / An Overview of Tax Considerations / Land Protection Devices / Using the Information / Bibliography / Footnotes / Appendices
Public Record Repositories in Maine

Maine State Archives

Public Record Repositories in Maine

Maine State Archives, Augusta, Me. 1976.

Municipal record holdings are listed alphabetically by town name, along with county, date incorporated, what type of record (Town Records, Vital Records etc.), date range and notes. County records section lists address of county offices, records by type (commissioners, deeds, probate etc.),with date ranges and notes. Appendix lists other records at the Maine State Archives for "Deorganized Municipalities".

"First Revision, Published under Appropriation No. 1065.1".
Rare Vascular Plants of Maine : A Critical Areas Program Report

Susan C. Gawler and L. M. Eastman

Rare Vascular Plants of Maine : A Critical Areas Program Report

Based on Rare Vascular Maine Plants (1978) with Additional Herbarium Data and Rare Plants Information by L.M. Eastman.

Introduction, Criteria, Annotated Rare Plant List, Species Accounts, Additional Herbarium Data, County & Town Index Editing by Susan C. Gawler.

Executive Department, State Planning Office, 189 State Street, Augusta, Maine, 04333 (June 1981).

Contents: Acknowledgements / List of Tables / List of Figures / Part One: Introduction / Part Two: List of the Rare Vascular Plants of Maine / Part Three: Species Accounts / Part Four: Subspecific Taxa / Appendices / Bibliography / Index by County and Town / Index to Families and Genera
Report of the Commissioner's Task Force on Self-Destructive Behaviors and Teen Suicide

Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation

Report of the Commissioner's Task Force on Self-Destructive Behaviors and Teen Suicide.

Susan B. Parker, Commissioner - Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Augusta, Maine (December 1987).

Contents: Foreward / Task Force Members / Introduction / Characteristics of Self-Destructive Teens / Factors Contributing to Self-Destructive Behaviors / Findings and Recommendations / References
Report of the State Geologist 1947-1948

Maine Geological Survey

Report of the State Geologist 1947-1948.

Maine Geological Survey - Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine - March 1949.

Contents: Activity of the Maine Geological Survey, 1947-48 / Joseph M. Trefethen -- Review of the Aroostook County Manganese Deposits / Joseph M. Trefethen -- Notes on Ground Water Conditions in Maine / Joseph M. Trefethen -- The Desert of Maine / Henry Allen and Elbert Pratt -- Reconnaissance Surveys of Limestones in Franklin County, Maine / Lawrence Wing and Arthur Dawson -- Preliminary Report on Asbestos and Associated Rocks of Northwestern Maine / Lawrence Goldthwait -- Clay Survey 1948 / Earl Fuller -- Improving the Quality of Maine Clays / Vincent Shainin -- Preliminary Report of the Pegmatites on Red Hill, Rumford, Maine / John J. Donohue -- Shore Studies: Stover's Cove, South Harpswell, Maine.
Report of the State Geologist 1951-1952

Maine Geological Survey

Report of the State Geologist 1951-1952.

Maine Geological Survey - Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine - December, 1953.

Contents: Joseph M. Trefethen -- New England Mineral Resources / Henry Allen -- Progress Report of Limestone Survey, Knox County / Wm. Forsyth -- Mineralogical Variations of the Ellsworth Schist in Blue Hill, Maine / Lawrence A. Wing -- Preliminary Report on Eastern Maine Granites / Kern Jackson -- A Preliminary Report on the Geology of a Portion of the Rumford Quadrangle, Maine / Robert M. Zink -- Certain Aspects of the Ecology of Venus and Mya at Bunganuc and at Morgan Bay, Maine.
Report of the State Geologist 1953-1954

Maine Geological Survey

Report of the State Geologist 1953-1954.

Maine Geological Survey - Maine Development Commission, Augusta, Maine - July 1955.

Contents: Joseph M. Trefethen -- Review of Maine Mineral Outlook / Henry W. Allen -- Limestone Investigations, 1953-54 / Wm.T. Forsyth -- Airbourne Magnetometer Survey in Eastern Maine / Gary M. Boone -- Petrology of the Farmington, Maine Area / Joseph M. Trefethen, Henry Allen, and Wm. T. Forsyth -- Scheelite Occurrences in Maine / Wm.T. Forsyth -- Beneficiation Tests on the Warren Sillimanite Gneiss / Wm. T. Forsyth -- Pyrrhotite Mineralization at Iron Hill, Gardiner, Maine / Joseph M. Trefethen -- Well Finding / Joseph M. Trefethen -- Lightweight Aggregates in Maine / Henry W. Allen -- Resurvey of a Portion of the Desert of Maine / Henry W. Allen and Elbert S. Pratt -- A Survey of Several Reported Diatomaceous Earth Deposits in Maine.
Report of the State Nuclear Safety Advisor submitted to the Governor and 120th Legislature As of January 15, 2001

Paula M. Craighead

Report of the State Nuclear Safety Advisor submitted to the Governor and 120th Legislature As of January 15, 2001

Paula M. Craighead, State Nuclear Safety Advisor, Executive Department, Maine State Planning Office, Augusta, Maine, 2001.

Contents: Introduction and Executive Summary / I. Maine Yankee Decommissioning / II. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) / III. Low-Level Radioactive Waste (LLRW) / IV. High Level Radioactive Waste / V. Transport Routes and Safety Response / VI. Shipments / VII. Status of Federal and State Legal and Administrative Proceedings / References and Resources / Glossary
Saving Energy In Rural Maine : Or Who's Doing What on the Farm

Mane Department of Agriculture

Saving Energy In Rural Maine : Or Who's Doing What on the Farm

Compiled by Bettina M. Blanchard and Edited by Bill Seekins.

Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, Division of Resources Development, Augusta, Maine, 1983.

Contents: List of Photographs and Diagrams / Introduction / Projects / 1. Wind / 2. Wood Heat Applications On the Farm / 3. Solar Applications / 4. Manure Handling and Waste Utilization / 5. Energy Efficient Cooling Methods / 6. Energy Saving In Field Operations / 7. Production and Use of Alternative Fuels / 8. Multi-Project Sites / Summary and Conclusions / Appendix / Bibliography
Significant Bedrock Features of the Maine Coast : Boothbay to Calais

Carol White and A. M. Hussey II

Significant Bedrock Features of the Maine Coast : Boothbay to Calais

Carol White and A.M.Hussey II

Planning Report # 85

A Report Prepared for the Maine Critical Areas Program, Maine State Planning Office, 184 State Street, Augusta, Maine 04333 (September 1989).

Contents: Introduction / Types of Significant Features / Description and Interpretation of Geologic Features / Overview of the Geology of Coastal Maine / Criteria for Significant Geological Localities / Inventory Methods / Area Descriptions / Site Descriptions / Conclusions and Recommendations / References
Some Ore Deposits in Maine and The Milan Mine, New Hampshire

William H. Emmons

Some Ore Deposits in Maine and The Milan Mine, New Hampshire

by William H. Emmons

Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey - Bulletin 432

Washington, D.C. (1910).

Contents: Introduction / Geology / Ore Deposits / Descriptions of Mines / Mines of Hancock County / Mines of Washington County / Mines in Somerset and Oxford Counties / Milan Mine, New Hampshire / Index
Sport Fisheries of the Belgrade Lakes

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

Sport Fisheries of the Belgrade Lake

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, Augusta, Maine 1994.

Contents: Belgrade Lakes Chain, Some Vital Statistics / Some Features of the Seven Major Waters of the Belgrade Chain of Lakes / A Partial List of Fish Species That Occur in the Major Waters of the Belgrade Chain of Lakes / East Pond Oakland and Smithfield / Great Pond Oakland, Belgrade, and Rome / Long Pond Mt. Vernon, Rome, and Belgrade / Messalonskee Lake Oakland and Belgrade / North Pond Smithfield, Rome, and Mercer / Salmon Lake and McGrath Pond Belgrade and Oakland
Sprague's Journal of Maine History (Vol.XIV, No.1)

John Francis Sprague (Ed.)

Sprague's Journal of Maine History (Vol.XIV, No.1) January, February, March 1926.

Edited by John Francis Sprague.

Vol. 14, No.1 (1926) Contents: Longfellow's English Ancestors / Fort Mary / A New Version of Thanatopsis / When King George Assessed the Town of Gorham, Maine, in 1770 / Politics in Bangor in 1860 / Referring to the Name of Mount Battie / List of Tax Payers in the Town of Vienna, Maine, for the Year 1834 / James Henry Carleton / An Old Maine Newspaper / My Mother / Historic Thanksgiving at Southwest Harbor / The Lugubrious Tale and Doleful Death of M. Louise Greene / School Department / Editorial Comment / Sayings of Subscribers / Maine's Three Quarter Century Club
Sprague's Journal of Maine History (Vol.XIV, No.2)

John Francis Sprague (Ed.)

Sprague's Journal of Maine History (Vol.XIV, No.2) April, May, June 1926.

Edited by John Francis Sprague.

Vol. 14, No. 2 (1926) Contents: History of the Chadwick Survey / Undeveloped Areas for Maine History Research / Fred Pike / Record of Marriages of Aroostook Pioneers / John C. Cross / Historical Notes about Farmington, Maine / "Like a Bell's Distant Tone" / Relating to Farmington and Sandy River Region / Facts to be Remembered about the State of Maine / Passing of the Old Tanneries / School Department / Editorial Comment / Captain Silas Adams / Sayings of the Subscribers