Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans

Each National Estuary Program is charged with creating and implementing a Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) that addresses all aspects of environmental protection for the estuary, including issues such as water quality, habitat, living resources, and land use. The CCMP is based on a scientific characterization of the estuary, and is developed and approved by a broad-based coalition of stakeholders. The CCMP establishes priorities for action, research, and funding, and serves as a blueprint to guide future decisions and activities related to the estuary.

The seventeen NEPs listed below have completed their plans as of Spring, 1998. Select a program to view its CCMP. Please note that some of these links will transport you off the EPA server. We are working to bring all 17 completed CCMPs online. At the present time, only the CCMPs of those programs marked with an asteric (*) are available. For information about the management plans of National Estuary Programs whose CCMPs are not yet online, contact the program directly.

Albemarle-Pamlico Sounds *

Barataria-Terrebonne *

Barnegat Bay *

Buzzards Bay *

Casco Bay *

Charlotte Harbor *

Coastal Bend Bay and Estuaries *

Corpus Christi Bay [PDF format 3.2 MB] *

Delaware Estuary

Delaware Inland Bays *

Galveston Bay

Indian River Lagoon

Long Island Sound *

Lower Columbia River Estuary Program *

Massachusetts Bays *

Narragansett Bay

New York-New Jersey Harbor *

Puget Sound *

San Francisco Estuary *

Santa Monica Bay

Sarasota Bay

Tampa Bay