The Action Plan continues to promote better coordination of Federal programs in whole watersheds that need to be protected and restored.
Watershed solutions continue to gain momentum.
To date, all 56 States and Territories and more than 80 Tribes have completed comprehensive unified watershed assessments, identifying more than 800 watersheds from the Nation's 2,149 watersheds, as priorities for action beginning in 1999 and into 2000. Work has begun in many of these priority watersheds. Already, more than 300 watershed restoration action strategies are guiding the design and implementation of projects that stem the various sources of watershed pollution. Although it will take several years to complete action strategies for all high-priority watersheds, States, Territories, and Tribes are currently using their watershed restoration action strategies to coordinate their programs and plan for future restoration activities. Together, Federal, State, and local governments, Tribes, the private sector, and communities are working toward healthy watersheds for our future.