Guiding Plans & Reports

The Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP, previously known as the Bay Restoration Plan (BRP), is a long-term framework for actions and strategies that address various environmental problems facing Santa Monica Bay, while recognizing and balancing the local communities’ needs. Consistent with U.S. EPA guidance for National Estuary Programs (NEPs), the CCMP is a living plan that is updated every three to five years, with major revisions approximately every 10 years to incorporate new information, priorities, and actions for the SMBNEP.

The Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Report (CCVA), produced in 2016, identifies risks associated with individual objectives and goals in the CCMP and ascertains their propensity to manage and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

SMBNEP‘s Annual Reports include a financial summary, and highlight yearly programs and accomplishments.

The annual work plans of SMBNEP build off of the 2018 CCMP Action Plan and are focused on a subset of the identified actions and next steps to be carried out during the fiscal year (FY).

Each annual work plan includes project descriptions, budgets, and details about operations.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) included $132 million for the 28 National Estuary Programs (NEPs) for fiscal years 2022 – 2026 to support accelerating environmental and community restoration goals outlined in NEPs’ long-term action plans, Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans.

View SMBNEP’s BIL-identified actions, updates on progress, and annual accomplishments in the reports below. 

SMBNEP’s Semi-Annual Reports provide updates on the progress to implement the annual work plans.

To assess a National Estuary Program’s (NEP) progress in achieving long-term program goals, the U.S. EPA conducts a Program Evaluation every five years for each NEP. Below are SMBNEP’s recent Program Evaluations.

The State of the Bay Report is a science-based comprehensive assessment of the Bay’s environmental condition. SMBNEP periodically conducts and reports on this assessment, with the goal of measuring progress in restoring the Bay’s natural habitats and resources, educating the public about the Bay’s valuable natural resources, and identifying and helping scientists and managers to address remaining and emerging challenges.

SMBNEP is a locally directed program that is also responsive to the priorities and direction of the U.S. EPA. Below is the U.S. EPA’s current NEP Funding Guidance.