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Welcome to HarborEstuary.org!
Welcome. The New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program (HEP) is a National Estuary Program authorized in 1987 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The program is a multi-year effort to develop and implement a plan to protect, conserve, and restore the estuary. Participants in the program include representatives from local, state, and federal environmental agencies, scientists, citizens, business interests, environmentalists, and others.
The New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary was designated an "Estuary of National Significance" in 1988 by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The Estuary includes the waters of New York Harbor and the tidally influenced portions of all rivers and streams that empty into the Harbor. » More
HEP Spotlight
Publications ...
Target Ecosystem Characteristics (TECs) for  the Hudson Raritan Estuary: Technical Guidance for Developing a Comprehensive Ecosystem Restoration Plan (2007) | PDF TECs are an important component of the overall habitat restoration planning effort in the harbor |
Harbor-wide Water Quality Monitoring Report
 for the NY/NJ Harbor Estuary (2008) | PDF This July '08 HEP report outlines the environ-mental condition of the Harbor Estuary. It also tracks trends in a series of indicators that shed some light on whether conditions in the estuary are improving. |
 The Contamination Assessment and Reduction Project A component of the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program, is attempting to understand the fate and transport of contaminants discharged into the entire estuary, and use this information to take necessary action. |
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What's New?
HEP's Tidal Exchange ...
Our Summer 2008 issue of our newsletter is now available. | Click Here
Interested in what the water quality is like in the Harbor? Check out our series of sampling surveys. | Click Here
2008 Habitat Restoration Planning and Stewardship
Grants ...
HEP announces the availability of funds to support habitat restoration planning and stewardship projects | Click Here
HEP Action Plan '08 ...
View HEP's new Action Plan with priority actions | Click Here
Presentations and related materials ...
The Nov '07 Chronic Risk of Global Climate Change to Urban Coasts and Economies conference, held at Stevens Institute of Technology. | Click Here
About HEP ...
Click Here to see our new four page Program Update.
EstuaryLive! ...
HEP was pleased to host an EstuaryLive broadcast from Jamaica Bay on September 29, 2006. More than 15,000 students across the country were registered to participate in the live virtual field trip. To view the archived broadcast, Click Here.
For more about HEP...
See our pubs or contact us by e-mail or call 212-637-3816.
New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program • 290 Broadway, 24th Floor • New York, NY 10007-1866
Phone: 212-637-3816 • Fax: 212-637-3889 • E-mail: info@harborestuary.org
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