2015-2018 Action Plan

The PEP presents this prioritized action plan focused on short-term actions to help us collectively protect and improve the ecological health of the estuary. The actions below are intended to provide a menu of immediately implementable projects (“Actions Now”) that will lead into follow-up actions in an approximately 5 year time frame (“Actions for the Future”). Beginning in 2018, PEP will launch an update to the Peconic Estuary Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. This updated plan is expected to build upon the short-term actions identified in this Action Plan and incorporate the future actions identified here, as well as additional actions identified by PEP committees and through a robust stakeholder engagement process. This action plan is meant to be a living document. Going forward, continuing discussion of strategic priorities is advisable to ensure that PEP is meeting the needs of local governments and other stakeholders and to identify additional funding opportunities.