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Who funds the GOM Council

Each of the provincial, state, and Canadian federal government agencies participating in the Council contributes financial support for the Council's annual operations. All of the agencies - provincial, state, and US and Canadian federal - provide in-kind support by supplying staff time for Council activities.

Funding to support the Council's projects has come from the United States Congress in the form of grants awarded through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

While serving as a US Senator from Maine, George Mitchell secured two $250,000 appropriations for the Council - one in 1991 and one in 1992 - both of which were incorporated into NOAA's annual budget. The Council used the 1991 grant to establish its Data Information Management System. In 1994, as a result of Mitchell's efforts working with Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski, Congress awarded the Council a $1.9 million, three-year grant through EPA.

US legislators appropriated $500,000 for the Gulf of Maine Council in October 1998, as part of NOAA's annual budget. New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg, who secured that funding, had initially proposed that Congress award the Council $2 million over 3 years. As former Governor of New Hampshire, Gregg was one of the original signatories to the cross-border agreement that formed the Gulf of Maine Council in 1989.

The Council hoped to receive another $500,000 appropriation in the budget the US Congress was finalizing at press time. "Paired with the efforts of member states and provinces, this funding would allow continued efforts to preserve, protect, and enhance the resources of our important Gulf of Maine," said Working Group member David Hartman, who is also Manager of New Hampshire's Coastal Program. (keeping in touch with David Hartman to see if the appropriation passes.)

Other government organizations on both sides of the border have also donated funds for the Gulf of Maine Council's work, as have businesses including Public Service Company of New Hampshire and Timberland.