As the CCMP was developed, nine categories -- each with myriad specific tasks -- for action emereged. These nine categories are listed below with examples of current implementation projects aiming to implement that category's actions. While most implementation projects could be classified in multiple categories, we have done our best to place each project in the most relevant category.

• Aquatic Resources
  • Delta In-Channel Islands Workshop
  • Ballast Water Information Network
• Wildlife
  • see Wetlands
• Wetlands
  • Wetlands Ecosystem Goals Process
  • San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
• Water Use
  • Local Government Outreach Strategy
• Pollution Prevention
  • Brake Pad Partnership
  • Boater Education Program
• Dredging and Waterway Modification
  • Long Term Management Strategy
• Land Use
  • Local Government Outreach Strategy
• Public Involvement and Education
  • ESTUARY Newsletter
  • Friends Education Program
• Research and Monitoring
  • San Francisco Estuary Institute's Research and Monitoring Program (RMP)

CCMP Workshop

The Estuary Project conducted a CCMP Workshop in early August to introduce and discuss the draft CCMP Workbook which tracks Implementation Progress from 1993, when the plan was approved, to the present. Participants -- including 75 representatives from leading federal, state, regional and local government agencies, as well as business and environmental groups -- chose ten top priorities for Bay-Delta action over the next five years. These priorities aimed at focusing dollars and energy on activities they considered most important to the Estuary's health. To set the priorities, they reviewed a workbook documenting progress made to date on all 177 actions in the CCMP. The priorities will likely soon be adopted by the CCMP Implementation Committee.

What follows are the priorities that were adopted.

1. Expand, restore and protect Bay-Delta wetlands.
2. Integrate and improve regulatory and scientific montinoring programs.
3. Create economic incentives that encourage local government to take action to implement measures to protect and enhance the Estuary.
4. Improve the management and control of urban runoff.
5. Prepare and implement watershed management plans throughout the Estuary.
6. Reduce and control exotic species introductions and spread in the Estuary via ship ballast and other means.
7. Build awareness about CCMP implementation.
8. Increase public awareness about the Estuary's natural resources and the need to protect them.
9. Implement the Regional Monitoring Program.
10. Work with CALFED and others (such as CVPIA) to address S.F. Bay and CCMP considerations in planning efforts and restoration funding decisionmaking.

(For a more detailed descriptions of these priorities, contact Liz Blair to receive the August 1996 issue of ESTUARY newsletter)

CCMP Workbook

A draft copy of the CCMP workbook was released in August 1996 for use and evaluation at the CCMP workshop. In October 1996, a revised copy of the workbook was released and is now available for wide distribution. To receive a copy of the workbook contact Liz Blair via email or call at 510/622-2465.

Eventually, this page will be expanded into a full-scale tracking database for CCMP implementation!

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