Draft
Management Plan
The sanctuary draft management plan serves as a non-regulatory policy framework for addressing the issues facing the sanctuary over the next five years. It lays the foundation for restoring and protecting the sanctuaryís ecosystem; details the human pressures that threaten the qualities and resources of the sanctuary; and recommends actions that should be taken both now and in the future to better manage the area and resources.
Download The Draft Management Plan
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Executive Summary
I. Introduction to the Document
II. Institutional Setting
III. Sanctuary Setting
IV. Resource States
V. Status of Human Use
VI. Summation
VII. Action Plans
VIII. Draft Environmental Assessment
IX. Sources Cited
X. Appendices
Back Cover
Interested individuals
may request electronic
versions of the plan on CD by contacting
the sanctuary offices by
phone at 781-545-8026, by fax at
781-545-8036, by email at sbplan@noaa.gov or by mail at
SBNMS, 175 Edward Foster Road, Scituate, MA 02066.
Printed copies of the draft management plan will be sent to
public libraries, academic institutions, sanctuary education and
research partners, and government offices in the sanctuary region.
Click here for a complete listing of those locations.
Guide to the Plan
Click
here for the Special Edition Banknotes with highlights from the Draft Management Plan.
Submission of Comments
Submit Written Comments by Mail
Written comments must be postmarked no later than August 4, 2008.
Mail comments to:
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
175 Edward Foster Road
Scituate, MA 02066
Hand Deliver Comments
Comments may be hand delivered during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. through August 4, 2008.
Deliver to
:
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
175 Edward Foster Road
Scituate, MA 02066
Electronically Mail Comments
Comments may be submitted by e-mail no later than August 4, 2008.
E-mail to:
sbplan@noaa.gov
Fax to:
781-545-8036
Join us at the Public Meetings
Eight public meetings will be held across New England. We are encouraging people to attend a public meeting if they would like to learn more about the Draft Management Plan. At each meeting, the public will be given an overview of the plan, and time to provide official comments.
Due to time
constraints, oral comments must be
limited to three minutes per individual. Comments can also be submitted via mail, e-mail or hand delivered.
Click here for the Public Meeting Schedule.
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