Maine Statewide Parcels:

Business Drivers:State Agencies

Department of Agriculture

• Accurate reckoning of land in various protection programs:

– Land for Maine’s Future

– USDA Farm + Ranchland Protection– Farm + Open Space Protection– Maine Tree Growth Program

Atlantic Salmon Commission

• Inventory, Assessment + Notification:

– Property owners abutting salmon habitat– Quantification of runoff loads by parcel

Maine Coastal Program

• Land / Sea Interface

– 5,300 miles of coastline– 136 towns, 12 townships, 1 Indian reservation– 4,613 islands– Number of Parcels?

• Public Access

Department of Conservation

• Massive Management Responsibility

– 17M acres of Forestland– 10.4M acres of Unorganized Territory– 47 Parks + Historic Sites– 480,000 acres of Public Reserved Land– 1.87M acres of land owned/managed by State

• Governor’s Task Force (January 2008):– “Need Better Mapping”

Drinking Water Program

• Water System Resource Planning

– 2,200 public systems statewide

– Reservoir / watershed protection

Department of Economic + Community Development

• Site prospecting

• Grant Tracking– Downtown Revitalization

– Public Facilities / Infrastructure– Housing Assistance / Repair

Department of Education

• School Administrative Reorganization

Maine Emergency Management Agency

• Katrina example: – with homes/businesses destroyed by

flood or other natural catastrophe, parcels are essential for recovery / insurance / damage assessment

Energy Resources Council

• Wind

– siting and impacts

Department of Environmental Protection

Myriad Applications

• Land + Water Quality

– ownership: impacted

• Remediation

– ownership: liability