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The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program works with
many state and federal government organizations as well as many
nongovernmental associations. Below is a list of affiliated programs
and links to their website.
Federal Agencies
Coastal States Organization; http://www.coastalstates.org/index.html
Coastal America; http://www.coastalamerica.gov/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA); http://www.noaa.gov/
Coastal Services Center; http://www.csc.noaa.gov/
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine
Environmental Technology (CICEET); http://ciceet.unh.edu/
U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers; http://www.usace.army.mil/
Fish and Wildlife Services; http://www.fws.gov/
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); http://www.usgs.gov/
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); http://www.epa.gov/
Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds; http://www.epa.gov/owow/
Natural Resources Conservation Services; http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
National Estuary Program (NEP); http://www.epa.gov/nep/
Congress
THOMAS; This website provides access
to text of legislation, Congressional records, bill summaries and
status information. http://thomas.loc.gov/
U.S. House of Representatives; http://www.house.gov/
U.S. Senate; http://www.senate.gov/
Congressional Research Service Reports; http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRS/
National Organizations
American Planning Association; http://www.planning.org/
Association of National Estuary Programs; http://www.nationalestuaries.org/
Estuarine Research Foundation; http://www.erf.org/
National Estuarine Research Reserve Association
(NERRA); http://nerra.org/
Sea Grant Association; http://www.sga.seagrant.org/
The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org/
Restore Americas Estuaries; http://www.estuaries.org/
Oceana; http://www.oceana.org/international-home-nao/
Smart Growth America; http://smartgrowthamerica.org/
Urban Harbors Institute; http://www.uhi.umb.edu/
Local/ State Organizations
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management; www.dem.ri.gov/
Save the Bay: www.savebay.org
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs; www.mass.gov/envir/
Coastal Resources Center (CRC) University of Rhode
Island; http://www.crc.uri.edu/
Coastal Institute, GSO/URI; http://www.ci.uri.edu/
Graduate School of Oceanography, URI; http://www.gso.uri.edu
Natural Resources Science, URI; http://nrs.uri.edu/
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control
Commission (NEIWPCC); www.neiwpcc.org/
Rhode Island Sea Grant; http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/
Rhode Island Natural History Survey; http://www.uri.edu/ce/rinhs/
Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC); http://www.crmc.ri.gov/
RI Bays Rivers and Watersheds Coordination
Team http://www.coordinationteam.ri.gov
Other
The Pew Oceans Commission; http://www.pewtrusts.org/
U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy; http://www.oceancommission.gov/ |