Florida Coastal Management Program Annual Meeting
The Florida Coastal Management Program (FCMP) is a network of state
agencies implementing 24 statutes that protect and enhance the state’s
natural, cultural and economic coastal resources. The Florida Department
of Environmental Protection is responsible for directing the
implementation of the program. The FCMP Annual Meeting provides an
opportunity to bring together various stakeholders and partners to
broaden awareness of the program’s activities, expand partnerships and
discuss local coastal management issues.
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Florida to Host United States Coral Reef Task Force's Fall 2017 Meeting
Formed in 1998, the United States Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF) works
to lead U.S. efforts to combat the problems facing our coral reefs. The
USCRTF is comprised of representatives on many levels from regions that
contain, or benefit from, coral reef habitat, including state,
territorial, commonwealth and local government agencies, nongovernmental
organizations, the scientific community and commercial interests. The
USCRTF members meet twice a year to remain up to date with individual
projects through progress reports, to propose and approve new actions
and to reflect on past accomplishments to generate new objectives.
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Success in Coastal Partnership Initiatives
The Florida Coastal Management Program’s Coastal Partnership Initiative
(CPI) grant opportunity promotes the protection and effective management
of Florida’s coastal resources. CPI makes federal funds from the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration available to local
governments of the 35 coastal counties and municipalities within their
boundaries. CPI grants focus on four categories: Working Waterfronts,
Access to Coastal Resources, Resilient Communities and Coastal Resource
Stewardship.
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Restoring Florida's Shorelines with the Help of Potatoes
The Guana Tolomato Matanzas (GTM) Research Reserve recently began a
project that will test the efficacy of a new strategy for protecting
coastal habitat in high-energy environments, integrating engineering and
ecological approaches by developing “gabion-breaks,” a hybrid method
for building living shorelines to protect and restore coastlines. Living
shorelines provide stabilization using a combination of coastal native
vegetation for sediment stabilization and breakwalls constructed of
oyster shells, limestone rock or other structures to the natural
environment.
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