The Coastal Training Program (CTP) provides decision-makers with practical and relevant science-based information and skills needed to address critical resource management issues of concern to local communities. CTP programs benefit a wide range of decision-maker audiences such as municipal staff and officials, regulators, developers, engineers, designers, landscape architects, attorneys, environmental non-profits, and community groups. Ongoing assessments of audience needs feed into the development of programs that focus on topics such as water quality, climate change adaptation, and habitat protection