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2008 Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional Coastal Zone Management Meeting
Mystic, CT
November 17-19, 2008

Welcome to the website of the 2008 Annual Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regional Coastal Management Meeting. The meeting, this year, was hosted by the Connecticut Office of Long Island Sound Programs. The meeting brought together coastal managers from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, plus staff from NOAA and others, to share information and hear from their colleagues on pressing regional and national issues, including:

• Energy and the Coastal Zone
• Climate Change Adaptation

We have posted all of the meeting materials and presentations on this website for your reference. Thank you to everyone who made this meeting a success and to everyone who participated! Contact Allison Castellan if you have any questions.

Note that some of these PowerPoint presentations are large files and may take a while to load. If you have trouble opening them directly, click "Save" and save to your computer and then open up the file in PowerPoint.

Monday, November 17:   Welcome and General Updates

Federal Consistency Update and Q&A

• David Kaiser, OCRM

Restoration and Protection Targeting Tools: Business Not As Usual

• Catherine McCall and Chris Cortina, Maryland Chesapeake and Coastal Program

Overview of the Massachusetts Oceans Act and Public Participation Process

• John Weber, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

Coastal States Organization Update

• Kate Zultner, CSO

NOAA Updates

• Randy Schneider, Liz Mountz, Donna Wieting, OCRM
• Betsy Nicholson, Adrianne Harrison and Darlene Finch, CSC

Tuesday November 18th:    Energy and the Coastal Zone Session

Role of Renewable Energy in Meeting Future Energy Demands in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Region

• Steve Lindenberg, Senior Advisor, Renewable Energy, DOE

Rhode Island’s Ocean SAMP

• Grover Fugate, Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council

Approach to Balancing Development of Renewable Energy in the Coastal Zone with Natural Resource Protection

• Ruth Ehinger, New Jersey Coastal Management Program

Preparing for Energy Development off Virginia's Coast: Are our Laws Strong Enough to Protect Coastal Resources and Do We Know What Resources Are Out There?

• Laura McKay, Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program

Reflections on Broadwater and other Energy Projects in New York

• Fred Anders, New York Division of Coastal Resources

Wednesday November 19th:   Adapting to Climate Change Session

Local Planning for Sea Level Rise Adaptation in a Social Environment of Scientific Uncertainty

• Gabrielle Lyons, Delaware Coastal Programs

Connecticut's Coastal Hazards Analysis and Management Program

• Joel Johnson, Connecticut DEP/Office of Long Island Sound Programs

Applying Social Marketing to Messaging for Climate Change and Sea Level Rise -- Phase I Project Results

• Kathleen Leyden, Maine Coastal Program

Results of CSO Climate Change Survey/Framework for Adaptation

• Sarah Cooksey, Delaware Coastal Programs

Facilitated Discussion:  What does it mean to have a sea level rise adaptation plan and what do we need to move forward?

• Facilitator: Jan Deshais, CT DEP

CZMA Performance Measures Workshop

• Laurie Rounds, OCRM

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