SNEP Program Partners
EPA-SNEP has designated several committees with broad representation from local and tribal government, state and federal government, academia, and nonprofit organizations. SNEP is fortunate to have the input of these regional experts to inform its policy, science, and funding decisions. Each committee and subcommittee member plays a key role in SNEP by bringing the expertise, experience, and perspective of various governmental and nongovernmental organizations throughout the region.
Federal Partners Committee
The SNEP Federal Partners Committee convenes twice a year to inform agency perspectives and seek synergies in agency activities throughout the SNEP region.
Members Include:
- U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development ACESD
- U.S. EPA Region 1
- U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- MA Natural Resources Conservation Service
- RI National Resources Conservation Service
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife
- U.S. Geological Survey
- U.S. Forest Service
Steering Committee
The SNEP Steering Committee convenes at least twice each year and includes representatives of state and federal agencies, tribes, EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), non-governmental organizations, regional planning organizations, and the two National Estuary Programs. The Committee provides a forum to inform SNEP implementation, funding priorities, regional challenges, and needs; and suggests future program directions and opportunities to leverage resources and partnerships.
Members Include:
- Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
- Association to Preserve Cape Cod
- Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program
- Buzzards Bay Coalition
- Cape Cod Commission
- MA Division of Ecological Restoration (DER)
- MA Coastal Zone Management (CZM)
- Martha's Vineyard Commission
- Mashpee Wampanoag Natural Resources Department
- MA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
- Narragansett Bay Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)
- Narragansett Tribal Nation
- Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
- New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission
- U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- MA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS-MA)
- RI Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS-RI)
- RI Coastal Resource Management Council (RI CRMC)
- RI Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM)
- Save the Bay
- Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District
- The Nature Conservancy
- UMass Boston School for the Environment
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- U.S. EPA Region 1
- U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development ACESD
- Waquoit Bay Estuarine Research Reserve