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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" 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
For more about HEP...
Click Here to contact us via our new online request forms to submit inquiries and/or community events. And Click Here to see our listing of Estuary-relatead events or Click Here for our upcoming meetings ...
Also, check out "The Waters We Share," a collaborative effort that spotlights our Restoration Plan for the NY-NJ Harbor ....
Publications and Web Sites ...
NY-NJ Harbor Estuary Program’s revised “Exploring the Estuary!
A Teacher’s guide to the New  York New Jersey Harbor Estuary Region (2009 revision) | PDF (7 MB) First produced in 2003, this updated guide (revised by New York Sea Grant) highlights regional education organizations providing K-12 estuary-related field trips, lesson plans and classroom activities. The introduction to this 112 page document includes background information on the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary as well as estuary-related facts, vocabulary and Internet resources. The directory aims to introduce educators to the dynamic network of organizations and resources available to help students learn about the harbor. |
 Regional Sediment Management Plan (2008) | PDF This Oct '08 HEP report presents a Regional Sediment Management Plan for the New York & New Jersey Harbor Estuary. The plan embodies the consensus of the Regional Sediment Management Workgroup charged with this purpose. |
 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. |
 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 |
 The draft Hudson-Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Plan (CRP) is now available on The Waters We Share website (Click Here). Outreach meetings are being scheduled and held throughout the year to obtain public input and further build consensus. |
What's New?
Tidal Exchange, Summer 2010
A special issue dedicated to the Eastern Oyster | Click Here
Public Access Document
The New Water Trail Guide for human-powered boats is here! Download an electronic copy (PDF) or request a paper version (via our online request form, click here) for your next adventure in the estuary.
Interested in what the water quality is like in the Harbor? Check out our series of sampling surveys. | Click Here
Public Information Meetings on
Hudson-Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Plan in May and June 2010 | Click Here
HEP is requesting proposals for restoration planning focused on Tributary Connections. Proposals are due October 22, 2010 | Click Here
NY-NJ Harbor Estuary Pumpouts
All pumpout stations in the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary are mapped and listed in a new colorful brochure | Click Here
"Waters We Share" Web Site
Launched in Jan 2010, this collaborative effort spotlights our Restoration Plan for the NY-NJ Harbor. | Click Here
Stewardship Grants
Revised 2008 and newly-added 2009 information on Stewardship, Habitat and Small Grant Projects | Click Here
HEP-related events
Check out our listings for Fall '09, including the Hudson River Foundation's Seminar Series | Click Here
HEP's Tidal Exchange ...
Our Summer 2009 issue of our newsletter is now available. Also, all back issues of HEP's Tidal Exchange are now available in both pdf and text formats | Click Here
New Report
State-EPA Nutrient Innovations Task Group releases report that identifies options on how to improve nutrient pollution prevention and reduction at the state and national level. | PDF
New Work Group Information See "About the Program" section for publications, presentations and pictures on Harbor Herons and Public Access Groups | Click Here
HEP Action Plan '08 ...
View HEP's Action Plan with priority actions | Click Here
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.
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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