National Estuary Projects in New England
The National Estuary Program was established in 1987 by amendments
to the Clean Water Act to identify, restore, and protect nationally
significant estuaries. Six of the 28 nationally recognized Estuary
programs are located in New England.
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is an estuary? |
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Background:
Buzzards Bay Project
Update: Buzzards
Bay Fact Sheet (PDF) (2 pp., 260 KB, about
PDF)
For more information contact:
Mary Feuerbach (feuerbach.maryjo@epa.gov)
(617) 918-1578 |
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Background: Casco
Bay
Update: Casco Bay Fact
Sheet (PDF) (2 pp., 207 KB, about
PDF)
For more information contact:
Diane Gould (gould.diane@epa.gov)
(617) 918-1569 |
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Background: Long Island Sound
Update: Long
Island Sound Fact Sheet (PDF) (2 pp., 137 KB, about
PDF)
For more information contact:
Mark Tedesco (tedesco.mark@epa.gov)
(203) 977-1541
or
Johanna Hunter ( hunter.johanna@epa.gov)
(617) 918-1041 |
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Background: Mass
Bays
Update: Mass Bays Fact Sheet (PDF) (2 pp., 2.51 MB, about
PDF)
For more information contact:
Austine Frawley (frawley.austine@epa.gov)
(617) 918-1065 |
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Background: Narragansett
Bay
Update: Narragansett
Bay Fact Sheet (PDF) (2 pp., 175 KB, about
PDF)
For more information contact:
Margherita Pryor (pryor.margherita@epa.gov)
(617) 918-1597 |
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Background: New
Hampshire Estuaries Program
For more information contact:
Jean Brochi (brochi.jean@epa.gov)
(617) 918-1536
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Background: University
of Rhode Island Estuarine Environments  |
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Mel Cote (cote.mel@epa.gov) - Manager of the Ocean and Coastal Protection
Unit
(617) 918-1553 |
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