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The Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP)
A Roadmap for Restoring the Estuary…
The San Francisco Estuary Project’s Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) is a collaboratively produced, consensus-based agreement about what should be done to protect and restore the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. It serves as a roadmap for restoring the Estuary’s chemical, physical, and biological health. The San Francisco Estuary Project’s CCMP was developed as part of the work that established the program under Section 320 of the 1987 Clean Water Act reauthorization.
The 2007 CCMP update was based on input from a broad community of stakeholders, including more than 100 representatives from federal and state agencies, local governments, environmental groups, business and industry, academia, and the public. The 2007 CCMP includes new and revised actions, such as the need to address sea level rise, while retaining many of the original plan’s actions. Participants updating the plan set priority actions to address new and continuing challenges for the Estuary.
Many actions, such as land use and water use actions, require regulatory or policy changes. Funding for projects such as restoration and acquisition of sensitive habitat is an ongoing challenge. Significant successes have been achieved since the 1993 CCMP, however. For more information, see Accomplishments.
The CCMP covers the following Program Areas: Aquatic Resources, Wildlife, Wetlands Management, Water Use, Pollution Prevention and Reduction, Dredging and Waterway Modification, Land Use Management, Public Involvement and Education, Research and Monitoring.