81. Pollution Fines Finance 14 Projects For Fish And Wildlife The US Coast Guard, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Criminal Investigative For more information on the Columbia river Estuarine coastal Fund, http://www.nfwf.org/press_columbiariver.htm

82. Secretary Norton Announces $17 Million In Grants To Support Coastal Wetlands Con Indian river Lagoon. Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection will This area is designated as part of the federal coastal Barrier Resources http://www.doi.gov/news/031210b.htm

Department Of Interior Office of the Secretary Contact: Hugh Vickery For Immediate Release: December 10, 2003 Secretary Norton Announces $17 Million in Grants to Support Coastal Wetlands Conservation Efforts in 10 States Interior Secretary Gale Norton announced today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will award nearly $17 million in grants to 10 states to conserve, restore and protect coastal wetlands. States awarded grants for fiscal year 2004 under the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program are Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Washington. The grants, which provide funding for 20 projects, will be awarded through the National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant program and will be supplemented by more than $42 million from state and private partners. The Service makes yearly matching grants to coastal states and U.S. territories for projects involving the acquisition, restoration or enhancement of coastal wetlands. Projects are administered for long-term conservation benefits to wildlife and habitat. "If conservation is going to succeed in the 21st century, it must be a partnership between the American people and the government," said Interior Secretary Gale Norton. "The National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant program has a proven track record of working with states, communities and private landowners to ensure our nations natural resources are passed on to future generations. This is the focus of the Administrations environmental policy.

83. USACE Environmental Operating Principles Billy Tauzin of Louisiana said Louisiana s coastal wetlands from fisheries Most of the diversion is expected to occur during the river s high-water http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/davispondrelease.htm

84. High School Student Paper: The Contamination Of The Kenai Peninsula Coastal Comm It is obvious to the team that we cannot sustain our environment with this That growth is well illustrated by aerial photos of the Kenai river area. http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/nosb/papers/2004/skyview-humans.html

This paper was written as part of the 2004 Alaska Ocean Sciences Bowl high school competition. The conclusions in this report are solely those of the student authors. The Contamination of the Kenai Peninsula Coastal Community: The Impact of Humanity on a Clean Ecosystem Authors Rachel Beatty Andy Boesch Stevie Pyfer Jaime Miller Team J'MARS Skyview High School 46188 Sterling Highway Soldotna, AK 99669 ABSTRACT The obvious solution for eliminating contamination is to eliminate the contaminant; however it is impractical and undesirable to eliminate humans from the Kenai Peninsula. We need to create and/or maintain a sustainable economy. Our team decided that the best ways to achieve a sustainable economy and decrease contamination would be to limit population growth through regional planning and to regulate the amount of contamination produced per person. In this way, by limiting the main source of contamination and also instilling in the members of the community the knowledge of what they themselves have to do to help, we would keep the pristine environment that the community values. INTRODUCTION Alaska's ecosystem is threatened by a multitude of contaminants. It is threatened by physical, biological and chemical pollutants. In that context, the National Ocean Science Bowl leadership (NOSB) asked what contaminant we felt was most important in our community.

85. Townsville State Of Environment Report - Coast And Marine In assessing the State of the environment as it relates to coastal and Marine Townsville coastal area is categorised as being in the LucindaMackay http://www.soe-townsville.org/marineandcoastal.html

Townsville City Council Add to Favorites Site Map Help ... Response Click image to enlarge - Wreck of the ss Adelaide with mangroves growing within Magnetic Island Introduction Townsville provides close access to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. This is a particularly sensitive environment of national and international significance. Cleveland Bay and Bowling Green Bay are both areas of very high environmental values and they are home to many rare and threatened species. Dugongs, marine turtles, inshore dolphins and whales are all known to inhabit the area from time to time. Cleveland Bay represents significant foraging habitat for both dugongs and marine turtles. Seagrass is the primary food source for dugongs and green turtles. The importance of both Cleveland Bay and Bowling Green Bay to dugongs was recognised by designation as a Dugong Protection Area in 1998. This designation provided for added protection for dugongs by restricting the use of commercial mesh nets in the Bay. Aerial surveys have estimated Cleveland Bay's population of dugongs to number between 100 and 350 animals. Cleveland Bay is an important feeding site where green turtles graze on the seagrass beds and Flatback and Loggerhead turtles forage for their invertebrate food supply. Hawksbill turtles are found on the inshore reefs and the Olive Ridley turtles can be found in the deeper waters around Magnetic Island and along the coast. The beaches around Townsville (including Magnetic Island), while not defined as major nesting sites, are regularly used by nesting Flatback and Green turtles. Flatback turtles have been observed

86. Caspian Sea Regional Country Analysis Brief: Environmental Issues Untreated waste from the Volga Riverinto which half the population of Russia and Flooding in coastal zones has inundated residential areas, transport, http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/caspenv.html

Home Country Analysis Briefs Caspian Sea Regional Country Analysis Brief: Environmental Issues PDF version PDB version February 2003 Caspian Sea Region: Environmental Issues GENERAL BACKGROUND The landlocked Caspian Sea is the largest inland body of water on earth. Surrounded by Azerbaijan Iran Kazakhstan Russia , and Turkmenistan , the Caspian Sea is home to myriad ecosystems. At the meeting point of the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, the Caspian region includes steppe land in the north, cold, continental deserts and semi-deserts in the northeast and east, and warmer mountain and highland systems in the south and southwest. The coastal wetlands of the Caspian basin include many shallow, saline pools, which attract a variety of bird life and biodiversity; over 400 species are unique to the Caspian. In addition, the sea's native sturgeon is famous the world around for the roe it produces: sturgeon from the Caspian Sea accounts for approximately 90% of the world's caviar industry. Although oil has been produced in what is present-day Azerbaijan for more than 100 years, the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to heightened interest in the region, especially among Western energy companies that previously were shut out of the area. The Caspian Sea's energy potential already was well-known, and the confirmation of that potential with the discovery of significant hydrocarbon deposits in the mid-1990s brought an influx of foreign investment in energy development in the region, particularly in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

87. SLVision 2000 Action Plan, Le Fleuve Newsletter, Volume 10, Issue 5, Home integrated coastal zone management in the Escoumins — Betsiamites river area, Some of the measures proposed in environmental remedial action plans http://www.slv2000.qc.ca/bibliotheque/lefleuve/vol10no5/volume10_5_accueil_a.htm

NEWSLETTER ST. LAWRENCE VISION 2000 VOLUME 10 ISSUE 5 OCTOBER 1999 Preceding issues SUMMARY Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Lower Estuary of the St. Lawrence ZIP Chronicle News in brief Le Fleuve is published jointly by St. Lawrence Vision 2000 partners. Administration and coordination Clément Dugas and Raymonde Goupil, Co-chairs Communications Suzanne Bourget , Institutional Communications Text Gaétane Tardif , Environmental Consultant Realization Françoise Lapointe , Editor, SLV 2000 Translation from French to English PWGSC Translation Bureau This Newsletter is also available in PDF Version windows 95 macintosh Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Lower Estuary of the St. Lawrence IN TUNE Integrated coastal zone management North Shore of the Gulf ZIP Committee The North Shore of the Gulf Zip Committee, created in 1996, quickly began working on projects included in its ERAP: educational activities in schools, shoreline clean-up work, oil spill response operations and a variety of other conservation and development initiatives.

88. Center For Coastal, Energy, & Environmental Resources Wetland Biochemistry Instituteis involved in research on river floodplain The expertise honed in Louisiana and the Gulf Coast area has been applied http://laregents.org/www2/programs/rescenters/lsubr/coastenergy/

Founded: Full Time: Part Time: Budget: Director: Dr. Russell L. Chapman E302 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4110 Telephone: FAX: E-Mail: chapman@lsu.edu URL: http://cceer.lsu.edu Research Areas: The mission of CCEER is to provide knowledge, technology, and human resources for successful management of natural resources and resolution of environmental issues important to Louisiana, the Gulf of Mexico region, and comparable areas throughout the nation and the world. The economy, culture, and life-style of Louisiana and much of the Gulf of Mexico region are strongly affected by 1) productive coastal ecosystems, 20 development of energy resources and the environmental impacts of utilizing them, and 3) industrialization that ahs occured since World War II. In many settings, the three are interactive with energy development and industrialization taking place in productive wetland and estuarine areas. Several research units have been active over the past three decades in dealing with various elements of coastal, energy, and environmental systems and have established a strong record of basic understandings of many systems and processes. The issues and decisions to be made in the future regarding the development, preservation, restoration, and management of these resources and systems will require the results of intergrated, multidisciplinary research programs that can cross traditional disciplinary boundaries as we move toward systems-based approaches. Traditional university academic and research units are not organized or staffed to conduct research in this mode. CCEER was created to provide the organizational, management, and support structure that could facilitate the types of research programs necessary to meet the needs of the 1990's and beyond. CCEER brought together existing research units and related academic programs into a college-like structure to enhance capabiltiy to conduct cooperative, multidisciplinary research to lead to a better understanding of the resources and environmental issues important to Louisisana, the Gulf of Mexico region, and comparable areas throughout the world.

89. §6.302 Wetlands, Floodplains, Important Farmlands, Coastal Zones, Wild And Scen The assessment will become part of the environmental assessment or If an EPAaction may affect a coastal zone area, the responsible official shall http://www.complianceregs.com/40cfr/ChapterI/subA/Part6/6-302.html

§6.302 Wetlands, floodplains, important farmlands, coastal zones, wild and scenic rivers, fish and wildlife, and endangered species. The following procedures shall apply to EPA administrative actions in programs to which the pertinent statute or executive order applies. (a) Wetlands protection. Executive Order 11990, Protection of Wetlands, requires Federal agencies conducting certain activities to avoid, to the extent possible, the adverse impacts associated with the destruction or loss of wetlands and to avoid support of new construction in wetlands if a practicable alternative exists. EPA's Statement of Procedures on Floodplain Management and Wetlands Protection (dated January 5, 1979, incorporated as appendix A hereto) requires EPA programs to determine if proposed actions will be in or will affect wetlands. If so, the responsible official shall prepare a floodplains/wetlands assessment, which will be part of the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement. The responsible official shall either avoid adverse impacts or minimize them if no practicable alternative to the action exists. (b) Floodplain management.

90. Areas Of Critical Environmental Concern The critical resources contained in these areas include the largest The CoastalACEC Stewardship Grant Program provides communities with funding to http://www.mass.gov/dcr/stewardship/acec/planTools.htm

ACEC PLANNING TOOLS ACEC stewardship involves a variety of public education, planning, and management approaches. The following examples provide some publications and web sites, and offer links to organizations working to protect resources in ACECs. These are models that can be considered to further goals of resource management and stewardship in ACECs. Additional suggestions are described in the ACEC Stewardship fact sheet. ACEC Resource Management Plan Guidelines, June 2004 click here . A related document, adopted by EOEA in 1996, Policy Guidelines for the Review and Approval of ACEC Resource Management Plans , is also available. About ACEC Maps and Boundaries Click here for an overview of written ACEC boundary descriptions and boundary maps, currently available digital maps, and for information about the ongoing ACEC Program boundary clarification project. Canoe River Aquifer ACEC Canoe River Aquifer Advisory Committee www.google.com/ Central Nashua River Valley ACEC Nashua River Watershed Association www.nashuariverwatershed.org

91. Experience The California Coast Smith river Area Crescent City Crescent City Harbor recreational opportunitiesalong the coast in a way consistent with environmental preservation. http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10390.html

@import "style.css"; 320 pages, 6 x 9 inches, 315 color illustrations, 9 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 47 maps Due November 2005 Available worldwide Entire Site Books Journals E-Editions The Press California Coastal Commission Experience the California Coast A Guide to Beaches and Parks in Northern California Counties Included: Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma, Marin Due 11/05pre-order now Categories: Natural History Oceanography Conservation Travel ... MORE INFO AND CHOICES Email: Read the introduction Description Table of Contents About the Author "This guide captures the tremendous variety of things to see and do along the dramatic expanse of coastline from Marin County up to the Oregon border. It's presented in a well-written, easy-to-use style, making it a reference that's just as interesting as it is practical. This is a must-have for anyone looking to explore the Northern California coast."Doug McConnell, Host and Senior editor of KRON 4's Bay Area Backroads "This book is essential reading for anyone who plans to visit California's northern coast. Whether you're a nature lover or history buff, fascinated by Native American culture or interested in California's complex geology, or if you just can't get enough of the coast, Experience the California Coast has information that everyone can learn from and enjoy. And perhaps most importantly, after reading this book, one can't help but have a greater sense of stewardship for this incredible natural resource."-Mark Gold, Executive Director, Heal the Bay

92. River Related Environmental Organizations Links to river Related Environmental Organizations. its entire ecosystem,and the economies of the Trinity river Basin and North Coast of California. http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/CaliforniaRivers/Links-RiverRelatedOrgs.html

@import url(../Pilot.css); @import url(../css/Rivers.css); Scenic Rivers Act Scenic Rivers Act River Safety Tips River Gauges ... California Rivers California Rivers River Related Environmental Organizations American River Conservancy is a grassroots nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect and enhance natural habitats where biodiversity can flourish; and to promote, through environmental education, a broad ethic of stewardship, assuring healthy ecosystems now and for future generations. American River Watershed Group is a consortium of governmental agencies, environmental groups, and interested individuals who are working towards integrated resource management to preserve the special characteristics of this magnificent resource. American River Natural History Association (ARNHA) is founded on the premise that open space and contact with the natural world benefit the community and are essential to our quality of life. We endeavor to promote understanding of Sacramento's outdoor world and the complex relationships of people, plants and animals in our environment. The American River Parkway Foundation exists to support the preservation, maintenance, enhancement and appreciation for the natural resources of the American River Parkway

93. 21_housatonic I. SITE NAME Lower Housatonic river Great Meadows Marsh Complex Tidal rangealong the coast in this area is approximately 6.7 feet (2.04 meters). http://training.fws.gov/library/pubs5/necas/web_link/21_housatonic.htm

Northeast Coastal Areas Study Significant Coastal Habitats Site 21 (CT) Map I. SITE NAME Lower Housatonic River - Great Meadows Marsh Complex II. LOCATION This marsh/barrier beach/river complex is located on the southwestern Connecticut shoreline of western Long Island Sound between the mouth of the Housatonic River and Bridgeport Harbor. Portions of the lower Housatonic river are also included. TOWNS: Stratford, Milford, Shelton, Orange, Derby, Ansonia COUNTIES: Fairfield, New Haven STATE: Connecticut USGS 7.5 MIN QUADS: Milford, Conn 41073-21; Bridgeport, Conn 41073-22; Ansonia, Conn 41073-31 USGS 30x60 MIN QUAD: Bridgeport 41073-A1 III. GENERAL BOUNDARY The area boundary, outlined on the accompanying map, includes all of Long Beach, Pleasure Beach and Great Meadows Marsh, just east of Bridgeport Harbor, eastward to Lordship Beach, the mouth of the Housatonic River, Milford Point and the Charles E. Wheeler State Wildlife Area (Nells Island marshes) and from there northward up the river to Derby Dam. IV.

94. North Coast - Humboldt County - California Resources Topographic map of Ferndale, the Salt river and the mouth of the Eel river Northcoast Environmental Center and Econews. Friends of the Eel river which http://ebeltz.net/niftylinks/callinks.html

scotia Nifty Links by Ellin Beltz North Coast California - Resources and Links Ferndale, Eureka, Arcata and Humboldt County Thank you! Today's moon Northern Hemisphere Perspective 20 day plot of the Eel River at Fernbridge from CDEC Right click to enlarge. Earthquake Maps North Coast California All California and Nevada Last seven days worldwide: Map List More Eureka satellite images from NOAA. Pacific Ocean Infrared Satellite Image. An up-to-the minute detailed view and a gateway to other satellite images. Current road conditions Caltrans District One. Click on the road number for updates. Fortuna weather station and live cam. Gaging station data All Eel River stations Fernbridge station summary What this means - text and diagrams Daily plot of the Eel River stage. Right click to enlarge. Tide charts Humboldt Bay Mouth of the Eel Current Data Ferndale, California - "The Victorian Village" Obelisk - March 10 Ferndale Cemetery © 2004 by Ellin Beltz More Photos by Ellin Beltz Ferndale The Lost Coast - 2001 The Lost Coast - 2004 Victorian Ferndale is entirely on the National Historic Register and is immortalized in Lego at "Legoland."

95. Response Operations Information This is the basic policy manual for the Marine Safety and Environmental OSROs are classified according to Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) zones. http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/nmc/response/

Response Information General Publications Guides, Forms and Instructions Laws, Regulations, Plans and Agreements Links and Lessons Learned ... Reports General Documents The Marine Safety Manual This is the basic policy manual for the Marine Safety and Environmental Protection Program. The Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circulars. Detailed Procedural Documents. Guides, Forms and Instructions ICS Field Operation Guides Ordering information for the Field Operations Guide. ICS Field Operations Guide Electronic Version in Adobe Acrobat format. Or ICS Field Operations Guide Electronic version in Word Format. (File is Zipped) The Incident Command System Forms. The forms used in the ICS system (as modified for oil spill situations) presented in two formats. COMMANDANT NOTICE 16471 DEVELOPMENT OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RESPONSE PLANNING CRITERIA WITHIN AREA CONTINGENCY PLANS (ACPs) This Notice provides guidelines for the preparation of a hazardous substance response annex to all Area Contingency Plans (ACPs) required by reference (a). The information contained in this annex will add value to the ACP and enhance the response community's ability to manage responses to hazardous substance releases and successfully abate such releases in the marine environment. Laws, Regulations, Plans and Agreements

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