The BBNEP’s three-year Strategic Plan is the result of a 12-month collaborative effort from all major partners of the BBNEP to identify the key priority issues to focus on over the next three years. This three-year plan focuses the efforts of all partners on those priority challenges facing the ecosystem using a manageable time frame which allows for improved progress and performance measures. The BBNEP Strategic Plan integrates existing CCMP actions and will therefore essentially “take the place” of the CCMP from 2008-2011.