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The Sarasota Bay Estuary Program has been selected by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to receive financial support in 2010 from the Climate Ready Estuaries (CRE) program to move forward with climate ready adaptation planning.  EPA is providing targeted assistance to National Estuary Programs (NEPs) to identify climate change vulnerabilities, develop adaptation plans, and begin to implement selected actions within those plans to help ensure all 28 Estuary Programs are integrating climate change into their acitivities.

The CRE program is a partnership between EPA and the NEPS to address climate change in coastal areas.  This effort is building additional capacity in coastal communities as they prepare to adapt to the effects of climate change.  CRE is supporting NEPs and coastal communities in becoming "climate ready" by providing tools and assistance to assess climate change vunerabilities, engae and educate stakeholders, develop and implement adaptation strategies, and share lessons learned with other coastal managers.  For more information go to  http://www.epa.gov/cre/