1. Coastal Management Issues and Strategies: State and Municipal
Biology 561
Barrier Island Ecology

2. State Coastal Zone Management Programs
North Carolina Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA)
Began with diversity of agency responsibilities and a time-consuming, cumbersome permits program
Texas Coastal Management Program (CMP)
Permits program
The Florida Coastal Management Program (FCMP)
Consists of network of 23 Florida
Statutes administered by eleven
state agencies and four water
management districts.

3. State Coastal Zone Management Programs
Oregon Coastal Management Program
Oregon's Coastal Management Program Approved in 1977
Louisiana Coastal Zone Management Program
Louisiana State and Local Resources Management Act of 1978 is key legislation

4. Grants Programs for Local Governments
local hazard mitigation planning
beach access improvement
waterfront revitalization
waterfront access creation and enhancement
pollution prevention
habitat inventories
land protection planning
environmental research
environmental remediation

5. Coastal Recreation & Tourism Projects
Florida Sea Grant established low power radio station that provides motorists and boaters with information about Florida Bay
In Delaware, federal, state and private interests have embarked on effort to bring nature-based tourism (or ecotourism) to the forefront in the state
Marine Services guide to Georgia coast created for disseminating information to boating tourists and recreational anglers

6. Community Assistance
The community assistance unit of the Florida Coastal Management Program provides technical assistance and training aimed at improving management and enhancing public understanding of coastal resources.

7. Estuarine Research Reserve Programs
Cooperative program between state coastal environmental agencies and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
The goal of the program is to establish, protect, and manage natural estuarine habitats for research and education

8. Coastal Preserves Texas Coastal Preserves North Carolina Reserves
Coastal Preserve Program protects unique coastal areas and fragile biological communities, including important colonial bird nesting sites
Currently, there are four coastal preserves
North Carolina Reserves
N.C. Coastal Reserve program sets aside undeveloped coastal lands and waters for research, education and public use
Currently, there are nine coastal Reserves

9. Public Recreational Access
North Carolina Public Access program
The North Carolina General Assembly established the Public Beach and Coastal Waterfront Access Program by providing matching grants to local governments for projects designed to improve pedestrian access to the state's beaches, estuarine beaches and waterways.
Texas has adopted a coastal access plan
Working with communities to identify current public access sites, to make recommendations for improving shoreline access, and to publish a beach and bay access guide

10. Oil Spill Prevention and Response Program
In Texas, coastal interests have established:
Facility to receive oily bilge water from recreational boats
Practice and drill in responding to spills
A study of factors responsible for oil spills
Education program for people concerning impact of spills

11. Beach Cleanup New York: Coastal Cleanup Day
Part of international beach cleanup program
Texas: Adopt-A-Beach program
All volunteer
Texas’ beaches receive huge amount of debris
North Carolina: Beach Sweep
Massachusetts: COASTSWEEP

12. Non-point Pollution Control Program (NH)
Technical assistance to state, regional and local agencies regarding control measures
Public education and public participation opportunities for non-point source control
Long-term water quality monitoring and research support in the coastal area

13. Planning and Monitoring
Port and Harbor Planning in the Massachusetts Coastal Zone
encourage the creation or expansion of water-dependent facilities in developed port and harbor areas
Massachusetts Marine Monitoring and Research Program
proactively monitoring water quality and sources of contamination and creating models to predict future impacts
Gulf Ecological Management Site (GEMS)
The GEMS Program is initiative of the Gulf of Mexico Program (GMP) and the five GOM states
Goal is to conserve, restore, enhance and create Gulf of Mexico habitats

14. Planning and Monitoring
The New York District Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the States of New York and New Jersey, and the City of New York are working together to evaluate the navigational needs of the Port of New York over the next 50 years.
Maryland has prepared a “Sea Level Rise Response Strategy for the State”

15. Cultural Resource Management Programs
Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources
the sole trustee of the Commonwealth's underwater heritage, promoting and protecting the public's interests in these resources for recreational, economic, environmental, and historical purposes

16. Examples of Individual State Laws
Texas Open Beaches Act
Use And Maintenance Of Public Beaches
Texas Dune Protection Act
Establishing and Location of Dune Protection Line
The Oregon Removal-Fill Law
regulates alterations to estuaries, lakes and other waterways
The Oregon Beach Bill
regulates uses and alterations along the ocean shore.