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Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans
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Each of the 28 National Estuary Programs was charged with developing and implementing a Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) which establishes priorities for activities, research, and funding for the estuary. The CCMP serves as a blueprint to guide future decisions and actions and addresses a wide range of environmental protection issues including water quality, habitat, fish and wildlife, pathogens, land use, and introduced species to name a few. The CCMP is based on a scientific characterization of the estuary and is developed and approved by a broad-based coalition of stakeholders.
Select a program below to view its CCMP, note that some of these links will transport you off the EPA server. Only the CCMPs of those programs marked with an asterisk (*) are available online here. For information about the management plans of the other National Estuary Programs, contact the program directly.
- Albemarle-Pamlico Sounds *
- Barataria-Terrebonne *
- Barnegat Bay *
- Buzzards Bay *
- Casco Bay (PDF) (51 pp, 1.9MB) *
- Charlotte Harbor *
- Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries (PDF) (87 pp, 3.2MB) *
- Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
- Delaware Inland Bays (PDF) (173 pp, 1.4MB) *
- Galveston Bay
- Indian River Lagoon (PDF) (138 pp, 3.6MB) *
- Long Island Sound *
- Lower Columbia River Estuary Program *
- Maryland Coastal Bays
- Massachusetts Bays *
- Mobile Bay
- Morro Bay
- Narragansett Bay
- New Hampshire Estuaries
- New York-New Jersey Harbor *
- Peconic Bay
- Puget Sound *
- San Francisco Estuary *
- San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico
- Santa Monica Bay
- Sarasota Bay (PDF) (244 pp, 41MB)
- Tampa Bay
- Tillamook Bay
