PREP - as one of 28 National Estuary Programs supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is updating our Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the 2020-2030 timeframe. To accompany this update, a broad, risk-based, qualitative, planning-level climate change vulnerability assessment was conducted. The CVA does not assess ecological or species-level impacts due to predicted future climactic shifts, but rather is an assessment of how climate change may impact PREP's ability to meet management goals outlined in the CCMP. The report highlights management priorities that may be hindered by climate change and provides recommendations for adaptation or mitigation actions that PREP and our partners could take in response to those challenges.
PREP is proud to announce the publication of the 2020 Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment. Follow the link below to download a copy from the PREP Reports & Publications on the UNH Scholars' Repository.