Center for Coastal Resources Management

SJ35 Shoreline Study Report as served by the Virginia General Assembly, Legislative Information System

Decision Tree - CCRM has developed a shoreline management decision tree that leads users through a series of questions about shoreline characteristics and results in a recommendation of the environmentally preferable treatment(s) for that shoreline.

Decision Tree Tool (interactive web), ( easy read.pdf version), and manual

Workshop Presentations

Complete JPA Instruction

• Tutorial - This tutorial provides instructions on the correct material necessary to complete the JPA.

CCRM Integrated Guidance Document

• Entire Document (see below for chapters)

• Introduction to the Integrated Guidance Concept

• Part 1: Model

• Part 2: Literature Review

• Part 3: Bibliography

• Shoreline Project Review Protocol

• Ecosystem Services

• Ecosystem Services Assessment Model

Rivers & Coast Newsletter

• Vol 1, No. 1 - Integrated Coastal Management Issues and the Choices We Make

• Vol 1, No. 2 - Living Shorelines

• Vol 2, No. 1 - Introduction to the Integrated Guidance Concept

• Vol 3, No. 1 - Connecting Science and Management for Virginia's Tidal Wetlands

• Vol 4, No. 1 - Ecosystems Services of Tidal Shorelines

• Special Issue - Fall 2009 - Sand Dune and Beaches in Virginia: Science and Management

• Vol 4, No. 2 - Fall 2009, - Evolving Guidance for Tidal Wetlands Management

• Vol 5, No. 1 - Winter 2010 - Shallow Water Dredging

• Vol 5, No. 2 - Summer 2010 - Decision Trees

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Report

• Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Wetlands and Water

Agencies & Other Guidance

CCRM provides guidance to decisionmakers regarding tidal wetland permits. The following is a list of beneficial links.

• Answering Local Wetlands Board Needs Regarding Guidance in Investigating Wetland Violations

• DCR Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance

• Interagency Shoreline Management Consensus Document

• Sand Dunes and Beaches in Virginia: Science and Management

• Shoreline Inventories by Localities

• Shoreline Management in Chesapeake Bay (.pdf)

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (see "Commonly Requested Information" to download JPA applications)

• VA Wetlands In-Lieu and Permit Fees by Locality - 2010

• VMRC Guidelines

• VMRC Habitat Management Link

• Wetland and Shoreline Decision Tools

• Wetlands Handbook

• Wetlands Boards by County