Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Publication Date
11-2002
Abstract
This project was done in response to concerns by environmental resource managers of historic and potential adverse impacts to Virginia’s secondary dune ecosystems. Virginia environmental regulatory programs have little decision-making authority over the use of secondary dunes as these areas are not included in the Coastal Primary Sand Dune Act (the Dunes Act). These areas function as estuarine edge habitat and provide natural upland erosion control, and are thus valuable to estuarine and coastal plain fauna and adjacent upland property owners.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21220/V53T5G
Keywords
Sand Dune Conservation, Virginia, Shoreline Management
Funding
This project was funded by the Coastal Resources Management Program of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality through Grant #NA17OZ1142 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended.
Recommended Citation
Varnell, L. M., & Hardaway, C. (2002) An Analysis of Shoreline Development Risk for Secondary Dune Systems in Tidewater Virginia with Associated Management Recommendations. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.21220/V53T5G
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Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment Commons, Natural Resources Management and Policy Commons, Water Resource Management Commons
