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Study of Tidal Shoreline Management in Virginia: Recommendations for living shorelines and tidal resources sustainability
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The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) was directed under Senate Joint Resolution 35, to conduct a study of tidal shoreline management in Virginia. The resolution directed four specific tasks to be included in the study: “(i) review tidal shoreline management in the Commonwealth and similarly situated states; (ii) identify potential changes to the regulatory structure of tidal shoreline management to reduce the cost and time required to issue a permit; (iii) identify regulatory innovations that would increase adoption of living shorelines among shoreline landowners; and (iv) make specific recommendations to achieve the sustained protection of tidal shoreline resources.” The Center for Coastal Resources Management at VIMS was delegated the responsibility for the study. We conducted detailed reviews of the shoreline management construct of Virginia along with three states: Massachusetts (is similar to Virginia with private property ownership to low water) and neighboring North Carolina and Maryland, and a less detailed review of other coastal states. The review was to assess models for use in Virginia that address multi-jurisdictional decision-making or living shorelines or both and at the same time, look for possible complications or ineffective programmatic efforts to avoid. The review enabled the identification of possible options for time and costs savings for permit issuance and supported the identification of regulatory innovations to increase the use of living shorelines. A look at the current shoreline management structure in Virginia and the future cast of adverse resource effects due to management decisions and natural losses calls for a comprehensive approach to achieve sustainability of shoreline resources.
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2010-12-17
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CCRM Research and Reports, Shoreline Management, Virginia, Environmental Policy
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Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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https://doi.org/10.21220/V58F23