Priority Actions – PIE-Rivers Partnership

In 2013, the Partnership released a list of 50 recommended actions to protect and restore the region’s resources over the long term. The 2019 strategic planning process identified four priority areas and associated actions for implementation plan development. Implementation plans increase the pace of on-the-ground restoration and resiliency efforts through partner collaborations and help inform short-term goals and efforts of the Steering Committee and Partners. You can review the 2025-2027 Implementation Plan and explore the priority actions in the plan below. (Note: the actions can be searched, filtered and sorted. Click on any action in the table to learn more details about the action including involved partners and related projects.

You may also download the PIE Rivers Action Plan 2019 Update, 2019 Action Plan Summary or original 2013 Restoration Priorities for the Parker, Ipswich and Essex River Watersheds documents.

Near-term Priorities
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Water Conservation

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Water Quality Management

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River & Stream Continuity

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Land Use

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In the table below is a list of 50 recommended actions outlined by the PIE-Rivers Steering Committee designed to protect and restore the region’s resources.

Action #	Name	Near-Term Priority
1	Water Conservation Outreach	Water Conservation
2	Expand PIE-Rivers	No
3	Citizen Stewardship	No
4	Water Quality Outreach	No
5	Promote Low Impact Development	Land Use Planning & Management
6	Local Flow Awareness	No
7	Promote Restoration	No
8	Identify Target Audiences for Expanded Outreach	No
9	Link Ecosystem and Economics	No
10	Support Solutions for Regional/Global Issues	No
11	Prioritize Conservation Land	No
12	Prioritize Aquatic Barriers	River and Stream Continuity
13	Identify Factors Limiting Aquatic Species	No
14	Identify Water Quality Problems	Water Quality Management
15	Identify Stormwater Priorities	No
16	Prioritize Degraded Habitats	No
17	Assess Climate Change Vulnerability	No
18	Research Water Conservation Economic Drivers	No
19	Develop Bird Conservation Strategy	No
20	Assess Estuarine Habitat Limitation	No
21	Research Stormwater Capture and Storage	No
22	Provide MS4 Support	No
23	Monitor Aquatic Species	No
24	Develop River Health Index	No
25	Identify Ecological Restoration Targets	No
26	Monitor Invasive Species	No
27	Provide Stewardship Tools	Water Conservation and Land Use Planning & Management
28	Monitor River Flow	No
29	Address Estuarine Pollution Sources	Water Quality Management
30	Provide Mapping Technical Support	No
31	Incentivize Water Conservation	Water Conservation
32	Create Model Municipal Integrated Water Resources Management Program	No
33	Upgrade Stormwater Systems	Water Quality Management
34	Limit Water Withdrawals from Sensitive Areas	No
35	Develop Water Conservation Program	No
36	Identify Water Protection Gaps	No
37	Implement Economic Water Management Tools	No
38	Water Resources Legislation	No
39	Regional Land Protection and Conservation Plan	No
40	Improve Land Use Bylaws	Land Use Planning & Management
41	Improve Conservation Land Stewardship	No
42	Protect Drinking Water Sources	No
43	Control Invasive Species	No
44	Remove Migration and Flow Barriers	River and Stream Continuity
45	Implement Additional Aquatic Species Restoration Measures	No
46	Implement Demonstration Restoration Projects	No
47	Restore Vegetative Buffers and Floodplains	No
48	Restore Salt Marshes	No
49	Restore Priority Degraded Habitat	No
50	Restore Estuarine Habitat Conditions	No