Coastal Services has a new look!
If you were wondering about the January/February edition of Coastal Services, we took that time off to redesign the magazine’s layout. The result is a more readable publication with additional photographs, room for creative layouts, and a new feature showcasing useful maps and tools from the NOAA Coastal Services Center.
We would love to hear how you like the new layout, as well as what you think about the publication in general.
In this edition of the magazine we feature articles on how coastal resource managers are implementing ecosystem-based management in Humboldt Bay, California, and on two new tools developed in New Jersey that managers are using to help coastal communities evaluate and improve their resilience to sea level rise and other impacts to climate change.
Our writers also cover how Hawaii coastal managers have developed a volunteer network to help alert researchers to potential problems in the islands’ extensive coral reefs, and how Florida archaeologists have worked to systematically map ancient at-risk archaeological sites in three protected coastal areas in the state.
Last month, the Coastal Services Center hosted the Social Coast Forum, which was a surprising sellout. The conference exceeded our expected attendance early in the registration process and ended up with an extensive waiting list.
Interest in this conference is one indication that the coastal management community is really starting to delve into the people side of coastal management in a more formal way. We at the Coastal Services Center are hopeful that this is a harbinger of things to come.
With that in mind, Center staff members are planning an expanded product line that incorporates more social science data and services. The recently released economic data for the coasts and Great Lakes, ENOW, or Economics: National Ocean Watch, is a great example of the type of new Center product you can expect to see soon. Find it at www.csc.noaa.gov/enow.
As always, we would love to hear your comments and feedback on the Center, as well as its products and services.
-- Margaret A. Davidson
