National Estuary Program: A Collaborative Approach to Protecting Coastal Water Quality

Bearden, David M.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Budgets;    Estuarine pollution;    Federal aid to water pollution control;    Marine resources;    Water pollution;   

RP-ID  :  97-644
RP-ID  :  97-644_2001Jan12

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses National Estuary Program and is based on 11 of the 28 estuaries that are currently in the National Estuary Program which represent common environmental problems along the nation’s coastline: on the Pacific Coast, the Columbia River, Puget Sound, San Francisco Bay, and Santa Monica Bay; on the Atlantic Coast, Albemarle-Pamlico Sound, Long Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, and Maryland’s coastal bays (excluding Chesapeake Bay); and on the Gulf of Mexico, Charlotte Harbor, Corpus Christi Bay, and Sarasota Bay.