Useful Resources:
Publications - Reports, Documents, Fact Sheets and More

Below is a list of reports and documents produced by the Harbor Estuary Program and available from the HEP Office. Also included is a growing list of  Fact Sheets and other publications available for download now.

Contents:

• HEP Publications | Click Here
  
• Related Publications | Click Here
  
• Fact Sheets | Click Here
  
• HEP Reports | Click Here

HEP Publications back to top

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.

NY-NJ Harbor Estuary Program’s revised “Exploring the Estuary! A Teacher’s guide to the New York New Jersey Harbor Estuary Region," August 2009 | PDF (3 MB)

Comprehensive Restoration Plan for the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary, February 2009 | Click Here

Regional Sediment Management Plan for the NY/NJ Harbor Estuary, October 2008 | PDF

Harbor-wide Water Quality Monitoring Report for the NY/NJ Harbor Estuary, June 2008 | PDF

HEP Action Plan, June 2008 | Click Here

HEP Program Update, 2007 | PDF

Target Ecosystem Characteristics (TECs) for the Hudson Raritan Estuary: Technical Guidance for Developing a Comprehensive Ecosystem Restoration Plan, 2007 | PDF

Guide to Harbor Herons and other colonial water birds of the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary | PDF

Health of the Harbor: The First Comprehensive Look at the State of the NY/NJ Harbor Estuary - Hudson River Foundation, April 2004 | Click Here

A Stewards Guide to the Estuary, April 2003 | PDF

Harbor Health/Human Health:  An Analysis of Environmental Indicators for the NY/NJ Harbor Estuary - Hudson River Foundation, March 2002 | PDF

Exploring Estuary Education: A Teacher's Guide to Lessons, Activities, and Field Trips in the Harbor Estuary Region, September 2003 | Click Here

2001 Status Report: A Regional Model for Estuary and Multiple Watershed Management – Report by the Habitat Workgroup of the HEP, April 2001 View at New Jersey Environmental Library | Click Here

Successes and Challenges:  Highlights of Program Accomplishments and Challenges for the Future – Report by the Citizens Advisory Committee and the Science & Technical Advisory Committee of the HEP, February 2001 | PDF

Summary of the Comprehensive Conservation & Management Plan, March 1996.  Request a copy. | E-mail

Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the New York – New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program, March 1996 | Click Here


Related Publications back to top

An Urgent Call to Action, a 170-page report released by State-EPA Nutrient Innovations Task Group that identifies options on how to improve nutrient pollution prevention and reduction at the state and national level, September 2009 | PDF

The New York Bight Floatable Action Plan Assessment Report, 2007 and 2008 | Click Here

Presentations and related materials: "Chronic Risk of Global Climate Change to Urban Coasts and Economies" conference, November 2007, Stevens Institute of Technology. | Click Here

A GIS Approach To Habitat Restoration Site Selection And Prioritization In The New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary, Kelly Kunert, Master's thesis, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, 2005 | Click Here

Significant Habitats and Habitat Complexes of the New York Bight Watershed – US Fish and Wildlife Service, November 1997  | Click Here

Benthic Habitats of the NY / NJ Harbor – USACE & NOAA  | Click Here

Frequently Asked Questions About Atmospheric Deposition:  A Handbook for Watershed Managers – US EPA, September 2001 | Click Here

PCBs in the Upper Hudson River: The Science Behind the Controversy – Hudson River Foundation, October 2001 | PDF

Harbor Herons 2007 Nesting Survey — New York City Audubon | PDF

Harbor Project — New York Academy of Sciences Reports
(all reports available at www.nyas.org/harbor)

• Safe Harbor: Bringing People and Science Together to Improve the NY-NJ Harbor — New York Academy of Sciences Consortium
  
  
•  Pollution Prevention and Management Strategies reports. Five reports are available on mercury, cadmium, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). To download the reports please visit the NYAS website.
  
  
• Sources of Suspended Solids to the NY-NJ Harbor Watershed — New York Academy of Sciences

Proceedings of the Greater New York/New Jersey Harbor Colonial Waterbirds Working Group, November 2007 — New York City Audubon | PDF


Fact Sheets back to top

What is the New York – New Jersey Harbor Estuary? | PDF

Combined Sewer Overflows in the New York - New Jersey Harbor Estuary | PDF

Pollution in the New York - New Jersey Harbor Estuary | PDF

HEP Reports – 1989 through 1996 back to top

The following is a list of reports that were used when writing the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan, which was completed in 1996.

To obtain any of the reports listed below, please contact us

• Habitat & Wildlife | Click Here
  
• Nutrients & Organic Enrichment | Click Here
  
• Biomonitoring & Toxic Effects | Click Here
  
• Toxic Contamination & Trace Metals Pathogen Contamination | Click Here
• Pathogen Contamination | Click Here
  
• Floatable Debris | Click Here
  
• CCMP & Related Materials | Click Here
  
• Pollutant Loadings | Click Here
  
• Miscellaneous | Click Here
  
• New York Bight Restoration | Click Here
  

Habitat & Wildlife back to top

Nearshore Wildlife Habitats and Populations in the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary. D.F. Squires, et al., Univ. of Connecticut, Nov. 1990. | PDF

Inventory and Characterization of Habitat and Fish Resources and Assessment of Information on Toxic Effects in the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary. P.M.J. Woodhead, SUNY Stony Brook, May 1991. | PDF (6.8 MB file)

Fish and Wildlife Populations and Habitat Status and Trends in the New York Bight. Dynamac, Inc. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase III Report, Attachment 5. September 1991. | PDF (6.5 MB file)

Habitat Related Issues and Existing Programs. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase II Report, Attachment 5. June 1990.

An Analysis of Federal and State Habitat Protection Programs in the NY Bight and Adjacent Areas (Strawman). Dynamac and E.M. Flatow, Nov. 1990.

Habitat Quality in the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary: An Evaluation of Pier Effects on Fishes. 1993 Progress report to Hudson River Foundation. K.W. Able, Rutgers Univ. and A.L. Studholme, NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC, 1993.

Habitat Quality in the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary: An Evaluation of Pier Effects on Fishes. Final report to Hudson River Foundation. K.W. Able, Rutgers Univ., A.L. Studholme, NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC, and J.P. Manderson, Rutgers Univ. December 1995.

Shell Disease of Crustaceans in the New York Bight: A Report Prepared by a Working Group on Shell Disease. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase I Report, Attachment II. April 1989.

Nutrients & Organic Enrichment back to top

Nutrients and Organic Enrichment. A. Keller, et al., Univ. of Rhode Island, June 1991 | PDF (12.2 MB file) | PDF (Appendices, 4.7 MB file)

Status Report on New York Bight Nutrients Modeling. HydroQual, Inc. Final New York Bight Restoration Plan Attachment 1. September 24, 1993.

Data Collection Program in Support of the Harbor-wide Eutrophication Model for the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program. Draft Report. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. January 5, 1995.

Assessment of Historical Phytoplankton Characteristics and Bloom Phenomena in the New York Harbor Estuarine and New York Bight Ecosystems. Preliminary Report. E.M. Cosper, Coastal and Environmental Studies, Inc., Bohemia, NY. May 4, 1995

Biomonitoring & Toxic Effects back to top

Toxicant Accumulation and Effects on Birds. J. Burger, Rutgers Univ., Sept. 1990 | PDF (10.6 MB file)

Synthesis of Information on the Distribution of Benthic Invertebrates in the Hudson/Raritan System, A. Cristini, Ramapo College, July 1991. | PDF ( Report, 3.1 MB file) | PDF (Appendices, 9.7 MB file)

Toxicant Accumulation and Effects on Birds. J. Burger, Rutgers Univ., Sept. 1990.

Biomonitoring Using Selected Marine Birds from Montauk, NY to Cape May, New Jersey, J. Burger, Rutgers Univ. and M. Gochfeld, UMDNJ, Jan. 1994.

Assessment of Ambient Water on Early Life Stages. P. Weis, Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, April 1991.

Toxic Assessment of New York-New Jersey Harbor Ambient Waters. Science Applications International Corporation, March 1993.

Survey of Toxicity in New York-New Jersey Harbor Ambient Waters: The Importance of Characterizing Small Scale Variation. Science Applications International Corporation. September 1994.

Review of Effects and Interaction of Hypoxia and Toxic Chemicals. A. Keller, Univ. of Rhode Island, and K. Squibb, NYU, June 1992. 

Toxic Contamination & Trace Metals Wasteload Allocation back to top

Toxics Characterization Report, K. Squibb, et al., NYU, July 1991.

Preliminary New York Bight Toxics Categorization. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase II Report, Attachment 4. June 1990.

Toxics Characterization Report, K. Squibb, et al., NYU, July 1991.

Evaluation of Trace Metals Levels in Ambient Waters and Discharges to NY/NJ Harbor for Wasteload Allocation (January 1991 Survey), Battelle Ocean Sciences, Sept. 1991 | PDF (3.2 MB file)

Results of the Ambient and Municipal Sample Interlaboratory Comparison Study of Trace Metals in Ambient Waters and Discharges to NY/NJ Harbor. Battelle Ocean Sciences. September 1991. 

Statistical Analysis of Interlaboratory Differences in Metals Concentrations. Coastal Environmental Services and Hudson River Foundation. February 1992.

Synoptic Water Column Turbidity Survey. Battelle Ocean Sciences. August 1991.

Physical Oceanographic Results from the May 1991 Intensive Master Station Survey in NY/NJ Harbor, Battelle Ocean Sciences, Jan. 1992.

Evaluation of Trace Metals Levels in NY/NJ Harbor Ambient Waters and Tributaries (May 1991 Master Station Survey). Battelle Ocean Sciences, May 1992 (PDF) (2.1 MB file). January 1992 (PDF) (1.8 MB file)

Evaluation of Trace Metals in NY/NJ Harbor Ambient Waters, Tributaries, and Discharges During Low-Flow Conditions for Waste Load Allocation. Battelle Ocean Sciences. Final report submitted to NYCDEP, June 1992.

Sediment Toxicity and Concentrations of Trace Metals in Sediment and Pore Water in NY/NJ Harbor. Battelle Ocean Sciences. Final report submitted to NYCDEP, June 18, 1992. | PDF (4 MB file)

Evaluation of Trace Metals Levels in Combined Sewer Overflows and Wet Weather Influents. Battelle Ocean Sciences. Final report submitted to NYCDEP (with addendum), January 1993.

Toxicity Testing to Support the NY-NJ Harbor Site-Specific Copper Criteria Study. Science Applications International Corporation. September 1993.

Development of Total Maximum Daily Loads and Wasteload Allocations (TMDLs/WLAs) Procedure for Toxic Metals in NY/NJ Harbor: Modeling Report and Appendices. Prepared for U.S. EPA Region II and HEP by HydroQual, Inc. September 1995. | PDF (Modeling Report, 7.8 MB file) | PDF (Appendices, 4.4 MB file)

Design of a Regional Sediment Quality Assessment, R-EMAP and HEP Workshop Summary Package. February 1993.

Study of PCB in New York/New Jersey Point Sources. Task 1 (Methods Verification). Prepared for U.S. EPA by Battelle Ocean Sciences. September 30, 1992.

Study of PCB in New York/New Jersey Point Sources. Task 2 (Data Report). Prepared for U.S. EPA by Battelle Ocean Sciences. January 29, 1993.

Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for Copper, Mercury, Nickel and Lead in NY-NJ Harbor. Prepared by U.S. EPA, NYSDEC, NJDEP. July 1994 | PDF (0.7 MB file)

Summary of the Phase I Metals Sampling and Analysis Program for the New Jersey Component of the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary Program. Prepared by the Great Lakes Environmental Center for the New Jersey Harbor Dispatchers Group. March 5, 1996. | PDF (4 MB file)

Support Document for Withdrawal of Copper Phase I Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) in the New Jersey waters of the NY-NJ Harbor. December 12, 1996. | PDF

Final Withdrawal of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for Copper in the Arthur Kill and Kill Van Kull and Final Establishment of a TMDL for Nickel in the Hackensack River. Prepared for U.S. EPA. December 1999. | PDF

Pathogen Contamination back to top

Characterization of Pathogen Contamination in the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary. M.D. Gastrich, et al., NJDEP. 1990.

NY-NJ Harbor/Bight Estuary Program, CCMP Supporting Document: Pathogen Contamination. M.D. Gastrich, NJDEP, in consultation with the Pathogen Work Group. February 15, 1995.

NY-NJ Harbor Estuary: Pathogen Indicator Study. E. Feerst, NJDEPE. Dec. 1992.

Status Report - Microbial Indicators of Human and Non-Human Fecal Contamination of New Jersey Coastal Waters and Shellfish. NJDEPE. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase III Report, Attachment 3. September 1991.

York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program Pathogen Work Group: Analysis of Pathogen Sources. Draft Report. Prepared by HydroQual, Inc., Mahwah, NJ, for New York City Department of Environmental Protection. July 1995.

Analysis of Pathogenic Sources and Alternative Wastewater Disinfection Methods. Draft Report. New York City Department of Environmental Protection. August 14, 1995.

Floatable Debris back to top

Pilot Project to Encourage Proper Handling and Recycling of Marine Debris at a Series of Small Ports in New Jersey. L. Doherty, NJDEP. December 1990.

Short-Term Action Plan for Addressing Floatable Debris in the NY Bight. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase I Report, Attachment VIII. March 1989.

Assessment of the Floatables Action Plan. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase II Report, Attachment 1. Summer 1989.

Preliminary Plan for Addressing Floatable Debris in the New York Bight. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase II Report, Attachment 2. January 1990.

Assessment of the Floatables Action Plan for 1990. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase III Report, Attachment 1. February 1991.

Comprehensive Plan for Addressing Floatable Debris in the New York Bight. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase III Report, Attachment 2. July 1991.

CCMP & Related Materials back to top

New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program Final Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. March 1996.

HEP Management Conference Structure and Membership. CCMP Appendix 2. March 1996.

How HEP Has Met Several Requirements of CWA Section 320. CCMP Appendix 3. March 1996.

HEP Finance Plan and Implementation Strategy. CCMP Appendix 4. March 1996.

HEP Environmental Monitoring Plan. CCMP Appendix 5. March 1996.

HEP Federal Consistency Report. CCMP Appendix 6. March 1996.

Summary of Responses to the Public Comments on the Proposed CCMP. CCMP Appendix 7. March 1996.

New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program Proposed Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. February 1995.

NY-NJ Harbor/Bight Estuary Program, CCMP Supporting Document: Pathogen Contamination. M.D. Gastrich, NJDEP, in consultation with the Pathogen Work Group. February 15, 1995.

Dissolved Oxygen -- Organic and Nutrient Enrichment. Draft Supporting Document. August 1993.

Toxic Substances Contamination -- Assessment of Conditions and Management Recommendations. Draft. Toxics Work Group. August 1993.

Habitat Module Support Document. Draft. August 1993.

Documentation for the Nomination of the New York-New Jersey Harbor for a National Estuary Program Management Conference. NYSDEC and NJDEP. 1987.

Pollutant Loadings back to top

Assessment of Pollutant Loadings. HydroQual, Inc., Jan. 1991. | PDF (7.3 MB file)

Assessment of Pollutant Inputs to New York Bight. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase I Report, Attachment III. March 1989.

Miscellaneous back to top

Dredged Material Management Straw Proposal (revised). NY-NJ Harbor Dredged Material Management Forum. September 30, 1994.

Final HEP CSO Reports for New York City, New Jersey, and Westchester County. L. Gaugler, USEPA Region II. August 22, 1995.

Data Management and Analysis: Data Documentation and Statistical Support, S. Cairns, et al. Coastal Environmental Services and D.J. Suszkowski, Hudson River Foundation, Feb. 1992.

HEP and LISS Regional Data and Information Management Strategy. Prepared for Hudson River Foundation by AMS. Fall 1995.

Hydrologic Modifications. M.L. Thatcher, Columbia Univ., July 1991.

A Review of Closed Shellfish Areas and Bathing Beaches in the New York Bight. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase II Report, Attachment 3. August 1990.

Index of Ongoing Water Quality Monitoring Programs in the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary. Interstate Sanitation Commission. September 1995.

Assessment of Water Quality and Physical Oceanographic Models. D.F. Squires, Univ. of Connecticut, Sept. 1990.

Summary of Historical Water Quality Data for the New York Bight. HydroQual, Inc. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase III Report, Attachment 4. Sept. 1992.

Assessment of Pollutant Fate in New York Bight. HydroQual, Inc. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase I Report, Attachment IV. March 1989.

Use Impairments of Jamaica Bay, NY. R.L. Swanson and A. West-Valle, Waste Management Institute, SUNY, May 1992.

Use Impairments and Ecosystem Impacts of the New York Bight, Waste Management Institute, SUNY. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase I Report, Att. I. Oct. 1990.

Cleaning Up Our Coastal Waters: An Unfinished Agenda. Report of a regional conference, March 12-14, 1990, Manhattan College. Prepared by Dynamac, Inc.

Report on Ocean Disposal Activities. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase I Report, Attachment VII. March 1989.

Assessment of Land-based Alternatives to Woodburning at Sea. New York Bight Restoration Plan, Phase II Report, Attachment 6. June 1990.

New York Bight Restoration Plan back to top

Phase I Report. Preliminary Report and Work Plan, April 1989.

Issues for Public Discussion. Attachment V. Nov. 1988.

Public Responsiveness Document. Attachment VI. April 1989.

Phase II Report. Preliminary Report and Work Plan, Aug. 1990.

Issues for Public Discussion - Phase II. Attachment 7. November 1989.

Public Responsiveness Document. Attachment 8. August 1990.

Phase III Report. Interim Report to Congress, Jan. 1992.

Final New York Bight Restoration Plan. March 1993.

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