Coastal America Partnership

Matching Collaborative Tools to Coastal Challenges

The Coastal America Partnership is an action-oriented, results-driven collaboration process dedicated to restoring and preserving coastal ecosystems and addressing critical environmental issues.

Our Partnership brings together people and resources from federal agencies, state and local governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to collaboratively address our nation's coastal environmental challenges.

With a goal of better management of coastal resources, the partnership coordinates the statutory responsibilities and combines the resources and expertise of 16 federal agencies, 22 Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers, and hundreds of corporate partners.

As a result, the Coastal America Partnership maximizes the environmental and economic benefits—and minimizes the costs—of addressing complex watershed, coastal, and marine problems.

Presidential Memorandum for the

Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies

"Government should be collaborative. Collaboration actively engages Americans in the work of their Government. Executive departments and agencies should use innovative tools, methods, and systems to cooperate among themselves, across all levels of Government, and with nonprofit organizations, businesses, and individuals in the private sector. Executive departments and agencies should solicit public feedback to assess and improve their level of collaboration and to identify new opportunities for cooperation."

President Barack Obama
January 21, 2009

Welcome Nancy Sutley !

Nancy Sutley, CEQ Chair, participates in a Coastal America Meeting On February 11, Coastal America federal and corporate partners had the opportunity to meet Nancy Sutley and discuss her role as the new Chair of Coastal America. Ms. Sutley will provide guidance to the Partnership as members work to achieve coastal and marine restoration and protection goals in the coming years.

Click here to see a Letter of Support for the Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership (CWRP) from Chair Sutley to Pat Hester, Chair of the CWRP.

Latest News & Events

Lt. Gen. Webster congratulates Capt. Destremps

Lt. Gen. William Webster, Third Army/U.S. Army Central congratulates Capt. Russell Destremps, 86th Engineer Dive Team, commander, after presenting him the Coastal America Partnership Award during a ceremony at Camp Patriot, Kuwait, Aug. 10. The entire Florida Artificial Tire Reef team received the 2008 Coastal America Partnership Award and letter from President Obama on August 12, 2009 at a ceremony in Hollywood, Florida.

The team's efforts continue; on July 15, 2009 military divers began this year's effort to remove old tires from an area where a coral reef once existed off the coast of Ft. Lauderdale Florida. This is the third year of this military training exercise which has been facilitated by the Coastal America Partnership. The training exercise will extend from July 15-August 28. The project allows divers to practice salvage skills while reclaiming seafloor for new coral colonies. Boat U.S. has highlighted the project in the July issue of their magazine. To read the BoatU.S. article click here.

Mark your calendar! The Coastal America Annual Partnership meeting will be held October 13-16, 2009 at the Semiahmoo Resort on Puget Sound in Washington. The meeting will focus on identifying linkages between new national priorities, the evolving regional governance structures and our partnership efforts including our learning center activities and the corporate partnership.

To register for the Annual Meeting please fill out a 2009 CAAM Registration Form.

View the preliminary draft agenda: 2009 CAAM Save the Date .

The 2009 Winter-Summer issue of our newsletter “Coastal America Update” is now available. Click here to read about the Partnerships’s latest news, events and happenings.”

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