Maine's beautiful beaches offer miles and miles of fun. Building public awareness about healthy beach habits will ensure our beaches remain a precious natural resource we can all enjoy.

The communication materials on this site are available at no charge. Feel free to download any of the files: print them, play them, use them in your local beach community or add them to your Web site. Pass the information along to anyone who may benefit from it.


Map of Coastal Monitoring Sites in PDF format (Unavailable - Currently Being Updated)

Maine Healthy Beaches poster in PDF format

Rip Current Poster in PDF format

Pet Waste & Water Quality Brochure in PDF format

Maine Healthy Beaches Volunteer Monitoring Information
•	Maine Healthy Beaches: Introduction to the Program
•	Bacteria Fact Sheet for the Maine Healthy Beaches Program
•	Maine Healthy Beaches Program Field Methods
•	The Maine Healthy Beaches Program: Training Plan for Collecting Water Samples and Recording Environmental Data
•	Maine Healthy Beaches Program: Field Monitor Expectations
•	Maine Healthy Beaches Program: Monitoring Schedule
•	Maine Healthy Beaches Program Datasheet

Water Quality Monitoring
•	Maine Healthy Beaches Program Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)
•	EPA's Critical Path Science Plan: For the Development of New or Revised Recreational Water Quality Criteria
•	EPA Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring
•	Volunteer Estuary Monitoring: A Methods Manual
•	Testing the Waters 2006: A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches. By Mark Dorfman. August 2006. For a copy contact: Natural Resources Defense Council 40 West 20th Street New York, NY 10011 Telephone: (212) 727-2700

Addressing Pollution Problems
•	Maine’s Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO)
•	Clean Beaches Council
•	Maine’s Coastal Program
•	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
	•	Beach Watch Program, including National Beach Guidance and Performance Criteria for Recreational Waters (EPA-823-B-02-004)
	•	Nonpoint Source Pollution
•	Sanitary Shoreline Surveys
	•	Sanitary Shoreline Survey Outline
	•	How to Conduct a Sanitary Shoreline Survey
•	Watersheds
	•	Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
	•	United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
	•	Center for Watershed Protection

Educational Resources for Boaters
•	Boater Safety United States Coast Guard
•	Clean Water The Ocean Conservancy Good Mate Program
•	Clean Marinas National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Clean Marina Program
•	Marine Pumpouts Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)