Prince George County and the City of Hopewell, Virginia Shoreline Inventory Report Methods and Guidelines

Marcia Berman, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Karinna Nunez, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Sharon Killeen, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Tamia Rudnicky, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Julie Bradshaw, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
David Stanhope, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Karen Duhring, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Jessica Hendricks, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
David Weiss, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Carl Hershner, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Comprehensive Coastal Inventory Program

Abstract

In the 1970s, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) received a grant through the National Science Foundation’s Research Applied to National Needs Program to develop a series of reports that would describe the condition of tidal shorelines in the Commonwealth of Virginia. These reports became known as the Shoreline Situation Reports. They were published on a locality by locality basis with additional resources provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Coastal Zone Management (Hobbs et al., 1975).

The Shoreline Situation Reports quickly became a common desktop reference for nearly all shoreline managers, regulators, and planners within the Tidewater region. They provided useful information to address the common management questions and dilemmas of the time. Despite their age, these reports remain a desktop reference.

The Comprehensive Coastal Inventory Program (CCI) is committed to developing a revised series of Shoreline Situation Reports that address the management questions of today and take advantage of new technology. New techniques integrate a combination of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS) and remote sensing technology. Reports are now distributed electronically unless resources become available for hardcopy distribution. The digital GIS shape files, along with reports, tools, and tables are available on the web at http://ccrm.vims.edu/gis_data_maps/shoreline_inventories/index.html by clicking on Prince George County and the City of Hopewell.