Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans
Each of the 28 National Estuary Programs was charged with developing and implementing a Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) that establishes priorities for activities, research and funding for the estuary. The CCMP serves as a blueprint to guide future decisions and addresses a wide range of environmental protection issues, including:
- water quality
- habitat
- fish and wildlife
- pathogens
- land use
- introduced species
Each CCMP is based on a scientific characterization of the estuary and is developed and approved by a broad coalition of stakeholders.
For more information about CCMPs, contact the NEP directly:
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- Albemarle-Pamlico Sounds CCMP
- Barataria-Terrebonne CCMP
- Barnegat Bay Partnership CCMP
- Buzzards Bay CCMP
- Casco Bay CCMP
- Coastal and Heartland National Estuary Partnership CCMP
- Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries CCMP
- Delaware Inland Bays CCMP
- Galveston Bay CCMP
- Indian River Lagoon CCMP
- Long Island Sound CCMP
- Lower Columbia Estuary Program CCMP
- Maryland Coastal Bays Program CCMP (PDF)(144 pp, 12.1 MB, About PDF)
- Massachusetts Bays CCMP
- Mobile Bay
- Morro Bay
- Narragansett Bay
- New York-New Jersey Harbor CCMP
- Partnership for the Delaware Estuary CCMP
- Peconic Bay CCMP
- Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership CCMP
- Puget Sound Partnership
- San Francisco Estuary CCMP
- San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico
- Santa Monica Bay Restoration Plan (PDF)(60 pp, 2.5 MB, About PDF)
- Sarasota Bay CCMP
- Tampa Bay CCMP
- Tillamook Bay