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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:11.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please share with your networks!</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Casco Bay Estuary Partnership (CBEP) would like to announce three new pilot grant programs!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">CBEP requests proposals for projects that fit in the following categories:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Resilient Communities</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Projects that advance
planning or strengthen networks to increase community resilience <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Resilient Habitats</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Projects that advance
restoration or enhancement of priority aquatic habitats to build ecosystem resilience <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Monitoring Infrastructure</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Projects that
increase monitoring infrastructure and capacity to support collection of environmental data <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For more information, please visit the <a href="https://www.cascobayestuary.org/about-us/grant-opportunities/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">CBEP Grant Opportunities</span></a> page
(<a href="https://www.cascobayestuary.org/about-us/grant-opportunities" target="_blank">https://www.cascobayestuary.org/about-us/grant-opportunities</a>).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Proposals are due by 5 PM on May 10, 2024.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394;background:white">Victoria Boundy
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394;background:white">(she/her/hers)<b><i><br>
Community Engagement Coordinator</i></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394;background:white">Casco Bay Estuary Partnership</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394;background:white">PO Box 9300, 34 Bedford Street</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394;background:white">Portland, ME 04104-9300<br>
(c) 207.522.5402</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0B5394;background:white"><a href="http://www.cascobayestuary.org/" target="_blank">www.cascobayestuary.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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