Coastal Management Fellowship: 2009 State Projects

Coastal Management Fellowship

2013 State Projects

The six projects selected for the 2013-2015 fellowship are located at coastal resource agencies in the following states and territories. A summary of each project follows.

Location	Host Agency	Project Proposal	Project Goal
San Francisco, California	California Coastal Commission	Integrating Climate Change and Adaptation into the Commission's Planning and Regulatory Programs (PDF)	Integrate climate change and adaptation planning into the commission's planning and regulatory program
Augusta, Maine	Maine Coastal Program	Implementing the Maine Ocean Resources Assessment and Strategy (PDF)	Provide a baseline characterization in the Gulf of Maine for developing Maine's Ocean Resources Strategy and implementing Maine's ocean planning efforts
Boston, Massachusetts	Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management	Expanding Climate Change Adaptation Options in Massachusetts by Addressing Competing-Use Issues for Beach Nourishment (PDF)	Address competing marine resource use issues and promote beach and dune nourishment in Massachusetts as a viable and cost-effective climate change adaptation tool for shore protection
Portsmouth, New Hampshire	New Hampshire Coastal Program	Development of an Estuarine Spatial Planning Framework for New Hampshire's Estuaries and Application of the InVEST Tool to Restoration Challenges in the Great Bay Estuary (PDF)	Establish a GIS-based decision-support framework to improve spatial planning for New Hampshire's estuaries and use InVEST to inform priority restoration and management issues in the Great Bay Estuary
Albany, New York	New York Department of State Division of Coastal Resources	Continuing New York's Offshore Planning for the Ocean and Great Lakes (PDF)	Develop a guide and methodologies for the application of geospatial tools for use in New York's offshore planning
Newport, Oregon	Oregon Coastal Management Program	Beaches in Crisis: Competing Uses and Oregon's Changing Coastline (PDF)	Create an improved data repository and framework for Oregon's ocean shore permitting process that can be used to plan for erosion impacts, improve storm response, protect the public interest, and other purposes

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2013 State Projects

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