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2008 Climate Ready Estuaries Partners
For 2008, EPA selected six NEPs to serve as pilots and receive targeted support. Below are brief descriptions of the work that each project planned to complete in the pilot phase:
Download a PDF file of all six CRE Partner profiles listed below.
- Albemarle-Pamlico NEP
The Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program held seven public listening sessions to discuss the combined impacts of sea level rise and population growth, and is developing an adaptation communication strategy for local policy makers. - Charlotte Harbor NEP
Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program is developing a vulnerability assessment/overview for its seven-county southwest Florida study area. - Massachusetts Bays Program
The Massachusetts Bays Program is performing a climate change vulnerability assessment for the coastal zone of Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays. - Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary is conducting vulnerability assessments and will develop adaptation plans for three “case study” resources: drinking water, tidal wetlands, and shellfish. - Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership
The Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership launched a project to identify road culverts that are susceptible to failure in the face of increasingly severe storms and from hydrological modifications related to development in the watershed. - San Francisco Estuary Project
The San Francisco Estuary Project is working with EPA to complete a vulnerability assessment for climate related impacts and produce an adaptation plan.