Over the past 6 years, the U.S. EPA has partnered with the Saugus River Watershed Council, the State of Massachusetts, the MassBays National Estuary Program, and Northeastern University to develop a suite of indicators and tools to: (1) set robust and attainable goals to protect and restore aquatic resources, select appropriate management actions, and track progress towards achieving those goals along the Saugus River; and, (2) clearly communicate to the public and stakeholders the environmental, social, and economic consequences of management decisions. The tools will be accessible via an online application that provides user-friendly access and data visualization to allow managers and the public to readily understand the community and regional aquatic resource goals, the rationale behind these goals, and to monitor progress toward those goals. An essential feature of this online forum is the capability to visualize the information at user-selected scales, whether river segment, embayment, region, or baywide, so that the data and information can be applied at the scale relevant for taking action. These tools and indicators have been developed by U.S. EPA and its partners to support states, Tribes and territories develop and manage their water quality management programs consistent with CWA sections 101, 303, 304, and 320.