Reduce bacterial loads (open shellfish beds). Votes: 12
Pet waste management
Examine agriculture
Increase tidal flow
Remove dams and obstructions to increase flushing action
Examine livestock inputs

Limit impervious surfaces and minimize their impacts. Votes: 10
Developers' plans – is there an incentive to reduce impervious?
Cost is a barrier
Award businesses who use new practices
Tax abatement
Utility tax for stormwater
Improve what happens in the 100-foot setback for water quality
Not just pavement, but lawns versus forest.
Other benefits to alternatives

Control invasive species. Votes: 9
Educate landowners

Control and treat stormwater from commercial areas. Votes: 8
Continue to work wit the DOT remedial program (SWQPP)
Motivate property owners
Present to outlet association and create program
Assist getting through to corporate
Encourage use of cisterns to capture water from roof for landscaping

Improve ability to respond to chemical emergencies. Votes: 6
Synthetic pesticides
Emergency response
Homeland security
Chemical hotspots

Increase conservation lands. Votes: 6
"Green infrastructure" at no municipal cost
Enhance access
Implement protections for Town's open spaces
Municipal overview for projects in watershed (include an open space requirement)
Shoreland easement to put a conservation easement on buffer
Incentives built-in, connect to enforcement
Cluster development – take shoreland area out of lots
Town-held easements in the shoreland

Develop and implement outreach programs. Votes: 6
Shoreland zoning brochure
Reduce pesticides

Improve ordinances. Votes: 6
Shoreland zoning
Impervious surface
Link ordinances to water quality
Problem with uneven decision making
Open space in watershed overlay zone
Explore getting paid help for conservation commission

Continue and increase assessment and evaluations Votes: 5
Conduct a baseline sediment study to incorporate benthic communities assessment and sediment issues
Consider removing limits to what we're sampling (cost, time, etc.)
Link to 15: Supplement Town GIS layers
Create a watershed database and include in Town GIS layers
Expand parameters
Link to measurable results
Consider finding funding for what volunteers currently do
Photographic baseline of shoreland conditions

Improve stream crossings and reduce flow restrictions. Votes: 4
Opportunities highlighted on inventory
Identify and prioritize
Explore funding opportunities
Private culverts and ditches (Town responsible for flow through pipe)

Address dock/pier/jetty issues. Votes: 4
Coordinate with Town and Port Authority
Consider input from Habitat Restoration Opportunity survey

Enforce ATV laws. Votes: 3
Outreach to ATV community to involve them in the solution
Expand to include motorized vehicles (snowmobiles) and mountain bikes to limit "vehicle" impacts
Explore working with Maine Department of Conservation (free signage, establish ATV clubs, trail building; contact Brian Bronson)
Work with Maine wardens
Explore working with KLT and Timberland on bridge and trail projects

Supplement Town GIS layers Votes: 3
Identify shoreland owners
Enforcement

Implement builder and landscaper certification program Votes: 2
Citizen enforcement and CEO

Protect and restore wildlife habitats and wildlife. Votes: 2
Flounder
Protect and restore diversity
Address imbalances in studies and emphasis
Habitat restoration opportunities (from inventory by SPO)
Significant wildlife diversity within watershed
Working With Habitats data and maps
Coordinate with Open Space Committee

Stop trash and debris dumping. Votes: 1
More than trash