Blue Plan

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• Long Island Sound Blue Plan Advisory Committee

  The Blue Plan Advisory Committee is tasked with assisting the Commissioner of CT DEEP with drafting the Long Island Sound Resource and Use Inventory and Blue Plan.

• Long Island Sound Blue Plan Home

  The Blue Plan preserves the ecosystems and resources of Connecticut's Long Island Sound while protecting its traditional uses.

• Blue Plan Sound Science

  The Blue Plan has compiled a series of datasets, which are available on various online portals reviewed by scientific experts.

• Blue Plan Adaptive Management

  The Long Island Sound Blue Plan will be adapted as necessary every five years to reflect new data, uses, and issues.

• Blue Plan Basic Background

  Background on the establishment of the Long Island Sound Blue Plan

• Blue Plan Comment Form

  Engaging stakeholders, which includes the general public, is critical to the success of the Long Island Sound Blue Plan.

• Blue Plan Coordination and Cooperation

  The development of the Blue Plan depends on gaining insight from a range of stakeholders and public users of Long Island Sound

• Long Island Sound Blue Plan Listserve Sign Up

  Join the Blue Plan LIS listserve to keep informed on the progress of the Long Island Sound Blue Plan.

• Introductory Webinar for Blue Plan Ecological Interested Parties

  The Long Island Sound Blue Plan Webinars & Mapbooks provide a record of the Blue Plan Team meetings and Outreach events, which were integral to the Blue Plan development process.

• Blue Plan Policies

  The Blue Plan's policies and information will enable existing permit programs to achieve clearer and more certain protection of the economic, cultural, and ecological values of Long Island Sound.

• Blue Plan Public Participation

  Your participation in the Blue Plan is essential to help us institute a plan that best supports your needs as a user of Long Island Sound.

• Blue Plan Process webpage

  Learn about the process that was utilized to develop the Long Island Sound Blue Plan.

• Blue Plan Transparent Process

  The development and implementation of the Long Island Sound Blue Plan is open and transparent, utilizing multiple means of communication.

• Blue Plan Significant Areas

  Identification of ecological signifcant areas and significant human use areas and their spatial locations enables the Blue Plan and its policies to meet protection goals.

• LIS Blue Plan Final Draft

  The final draft of the LIS Blue Plan being submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly.