• Grants to Local Governments
  

In addition to the land use planning grants made available statewide to local governments by the Department of Land Conservation & Development, the department’s Oregon Coastal Management Program also provides special "coastal" grants.

• Federal Consistency (permit and project review)
  

Permits issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Oregon Department of State Lands are reviewed for consistency with the Oregon Coastal Management Program's rules.

• Shorelands Management

The ocean/land interface is dynamic.  The Oregon Coastal Management Program supports efforts to understand shoreland processes and assist local jurisdictions in managing the impacts of coastal hazards on development.

• Ocean Resources Management

Oregon has been a national leader in planning for and managing ocean resources within the Coastal Management Program.  Statewide Planning (Goal 19, Ocean Resources) adopted in 1977 and amended in 2000 is the principal policy framework while the 1991 Oregon Legislature created an Ocean Resources Management Program within the OCMP that was amended in 2003 (ORS 196.405).

• Water Quality Maintenance and Enhancement

The Oregon Coastal Management Program provides support to local efforts to manage water quality.

• Oregon Coastal Atlas

The Oregon Coastal Atlas, www.coastalatlas.net, developed by the OCMP in cooperation with Oregon State University and other partners, is a leading edge tool for delivering information to users via the Internet.  Users can access a wide range of traditional and digital information to inform decision-making for permits, development applications, etc. Schools use it for educational purposes.  User tracking shows nearly 2 million hits in the second year of public service, up about 80% from Year 1.  Many service improvements are being developed for 06-07.

• Access to Coastal Waters

The department maintains an inventory of ocean shore access sites. This inventory identifies access sites, boat ramps and docks along the ocean shore, estuaries, rivers and lakes, and includes pedestrian, vehicle and visual access. Site specific information is also provided on location, ownership, access type, management, facilities, landscape features, and services. The inventory is used as a tool to improve the management of public access sites by state agencies and local governments. It is available to the public as an interactive map (this link leads to a different site; use your browser's back button to return to this site). The shore access inventory is maintained in a Geographic Information System [GIS].

• Public Outreach

An informative document for citizens is A Citizen’s Guide to the Oregon Coastal Management Program (pdf). This is a useful how-to book about coastal management in Oregon. It tells you who makes what decisions, the legal requirements for decisions, and how you can participate.
 
For a more in-depth discussion of citizen involvement, please visit DLCD’s "virtual citizen’s guide to Oregon’s land use planning program" [the section titled Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee]. Here you can read about the statewide Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee, as well as printed and on-line citizen’s guides showing you how to work with the planning program.