The national oceanic and atmospheric administration (NOAA) is providing ongoing funding through the national coastal zone management program to the state of maine to help administer the states…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the Department of Marine Resources Maine a $11.28 million cooperative agreement on October 1, 2025, under the Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards program (CFDA 11.419) to administer Maine's federally approved coastal management program through March 31, 2027.

The award funds coastal community planning, coastal stewardship, public access planning with emphasis on working waterfronts, and hazard adaptation planning focused on nature-based solutions. Work is performed in Augusta, Maine.

The cooperative agreement leverages over $2.6 million in state funds alongside NOAA's investment. The Maine Office of Community Affairs receives a sub-award dated November 21, 2025, to administer the grant award and implement grant tasks under the CZM program. This is an assistance type cooperative agreement, structured as a federal-state partnership under the Coastal Zone Management Act to balance economic development, coastal uses, and natural resource protection across Maine's coastal communities.

The national oceanic and atmospheric administration (NOAA) is providing ongoing funding through the national coastal zone management program to the state of maine to help administer the states federally approved coastal management program. The national coastal zone management program, under the coastal zone management act, is an important voluntary federal-state partnership that protects, restores, and responsibly develops our nations coastal communities and resources by balancing economic development, coastal uses, and natural resource protection. Noaas investment of over $3M is leveraging over $2.6M in state funds. These funds will support jobs and provide continued assistance to the maine coastal management program to address many important coastal issues in the state including coastal community planning, coastal stewardship, and public access planning with an emphasis on working waterfronts. The funding also supports ongoing hazard adaptation planning with an emphasis on nature based solutions.