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Washington Sea Grant supports community actions that enhance resilience to coastal hazards by improving coordination
Coastal Washington experiences erosion, flooding, severe storms and tsunamis—the impacts of which will intensify with sea level rise. Washington Sea Grant (WSG) leads the Coastal Hazards Resilience
Virginia Sea Grant extension facilitates streamlining of environmental policies
With the direction of staff from NOAA and Virginia’s Coastal Zone Management Program, Virginia Sea Grant extension partners at the Virginia Coastal Policy Center (VCPC) drafted updated
Rhode Island Sea Grant Legal Program provides clarity for direct-to-consumer sale regulation for fishing industry
Rhode Island’s commercial seafood industry was hit hard during the COVID-19 public health crisis when restaurants shut down, prices dropped, and in some cases, wholesalers
New York Coastal Resilience Law and Policy Fellows assemble resources to help communities
New York Sea Grant (NYSG) received two Legal Capacity Building grants from the National Sea Grant Law Center to explore the creation of a New
National Sea Grant Law Center contributes research to inform City of Portland’s invasive species strategy
The City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services initiated an effort in 2018 to audit and revise its 2008 Invasive Plants Strategy. The audit included a legal
Senate staff, NGO use Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant legal article in efforts to improve water quality
The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program (MASGLP) studied how limitations in the Clean Water Act as well as elevated costs for septic in marshy coastal
Louisiana Sea Grant identifies legal and economic options for mitigating coastal access conflicts
The Louisiana Legislature directed Louisiana Sea Grant to study and make recommendations for the creation of a voluntary public recreation servitude of use of coastal
Georgia Sea Grant’s Legal Program provides expert law and policy analysis on critical coastal and marine issues in Georgia
Created in 2015, the Georgia Sea Grant Legal Program advances informed decision-making by providing objective legal and policy analysis of coastal, environmental and land use
Florida Sea Grant’s Coastal Planning Program and local partners advance resilience planning in east Central Florida
In 2011, the Florida Sea Grant Coastal Planning Program began working with the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council and City of Satellite Beach. This
Florida Sea Grant’s Legal Program assists coastal communities in developing strategies for managing recreational uses in popular near-shore waters critical to manatees and sea turtles
In partnership with the University of Florida Conservation Clinic, an experiential learning program for students in the Levin College of Law, Florida Sea Grant established