The Atlantic Northeast Coastal Monitoring Summit met on December 10-12, 2002, in Durham, New Hampshire, to develop a framework and strategy for a regional monitoring network for the northeast coastal region of the United States (including coastal Atlantic from New York to Maine) and Canada (Gulf of Maine).

The workshop was sponsored by the US Environmental Protection Agency - Oceans and Coastal Protection Division, and organized by the Coastal and Marine Environmental Monitoring Committee of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment. Including a keynote presentation by Dr. Stephen Weisberg, Executive Director of the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project and presentations and discussion of current monitoring efforts and future needs in the Gulf of Maine region, the workshop helped participants identify ways to improve present and future coordination among international/federal, state, and other jurisdictional monitoring efforts throughout the region.

Workshop Proceedings - Executive Summary (PDF)

Full Summary and Proceedings (large) (PDF Format: Part I | Part II)

Summit Summary Report and Next Steps (PDF)

Summit Agenda (PDF | RTF)

Summit Briefing Documents (PDF Format)

• Ecosystem Framework - Inshore Component (750K)
• Ecosystem Framework - Offshore Component (130K)
• Assessing Health of the Bay of Fundy Concepts and Framework (630K)
• Lake Michigan Monitoring Coordination Council: A Framework for Coordination (520K)
• Clean Water Action Plan: Coastal Research and Monitoring Strategy - Executive Summary (20K)
• Gulf of Maine Environmental Quality Monitoring Workshop Summary Report (880K)
• Monitoring Nutrient Inputs to Northeast Atlantic Coastal Waters (115K)
• Environmental Contaminant Monitoring in the Gulf of Maine (145K)
• A Need For Regional Management (240K)
• Lessons Learned from Other Monitoring Programs (35K)
• Regional Monitoring Framework - Habitat Strawman (60K)
• Regional Monitoring Framework - Toxics Strawman (17K)
• Regional Monitoring Framework - Nutrients Strawman (27K)

Barry Burgan - U.S. EPA
Marilyn ten Brink - U.S. Geological Survey
Chris Deacutis - Narragansett Bay Estuarine Research Reserve and National Estuary Program
Lee Doggett - Maine Department of Environmental Protection
David Dow - NOAA/ NMFS
Michelle Dionne - Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
Diane Gould - U.S. EPA Region 1
Steve Jones - University of New Hampshire\Gulf of Maine Program
David Keeley - Maine State Planning Office
Christian Krahforst - Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management
Gary Matlock - NOAA
Terry McTigue - NOAA
Gerald Pesch - U.S. EPA Narragansett Bay Laboratory
Andrea Rex - Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
Keith Robinson - U.S. Geological Survey
Jan Smith - Massachusetts Bays Program
Paul Stacy - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

If you are interested in being an active participant in this program, please contact David Keeley at david@thekeeleygroup.com or Christian Krahforst of the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management at Christian.Krahforst@state.ma.us.