Overview of Current Narragansett Bay Management Structure

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Overview of Current Narragansett Bay Management
Structure

• Margaret E. Petruny-Parker
• House Bay Trust Study Commission

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Source Narragansett Bay Estuary Program website
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Source Comprehensive Conservation and Management
Plan for Narragansett Bay, adopted by State
Planning Council, 1992
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Source Comprehensive Conservation and Management
Plan for Narragansett Bay, adopted by Statewide
Planning Council, 1992.
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Federal Government

• Environmental Protection Agency
• Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
• Department of Commerce
• NOAA
• Department of Defense
• Army Corps of Engineers
• Department of Health Human Services
• Food Drug Administration

• Department of Agriculture
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Department of Interior
• U.S. Fish Wildlife Service
• Department of Transportation
• Coast Guard
• Federal Highway Administration

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Rhode Island State Government

• Coastal Resources Management Council
• Department of Environmental Management
• Department of Administration
• Division of Planning
• Department of Health
• RI Economic Development Corporation

• Department of Transportation
• Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management
  District Commission
• Clean Water Finance Agency
• RI Rivers Council
• RI Water Resources Board

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Massachusetts State Government

• Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
• MA Coastal Zone Management
• Division of Conservation Services
• MA Environmental Policy Act Unit
• MA Environmental Trust
• MA Geographical Information Systems
• MA Wetlands Restoration Program
• Office of Law Enforcement

• Office of Tech Assistance
• Water Resources Commission
• Dept. of Agricultural Resources
• Dept. of Conservation and Recreation
• Dept. of Environmental Protection
• Dept. of Fish Game

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Massachusetts State Government

• Department of Transportation
• Department of Public Health
• Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
• S.E. Regional Planning Economic Development
  District

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Municipal Government

• Publicly owned treatment works
• Water supply authorities
• Planning commissions
• Zoning boards
• Conservation commissions
• Harbor management commissions
• RI League of Cities and Towns

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Non-Government Organizations

• Academic Institutions
• Roger Williams University
• Center for Economic Environmental Development
• University of Rhode Island
• Coastal Institute
• RI Sea Grant Program
• Coastal Resources Center
• Office of Marine Programs
• Brown University
• Center for Environmental Studies
• Environmental Change Initiative

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Non-Government Organizations

• RI Marine Trades Association
• RI Association of Realtors
• RI Builders Association
• Environmental Groups
• Save the Bay
• Commercial/Recreational Fishermen Associations

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Summary

• Many players involved
• Coordination task is large