Sentences with phrase «shoreline structures»

Our efforts are focused on establishing appropriate setbacks for development, opposing shoreline structures, and placing coastal lands in public trust.

The chapter calls for more stringent State Environmental Quality Review of incompatible structures proposed in scenic byways, a 20 percent reduction in hardened shoreline structures and consideration of implementing Suffolk County guidelines for greenhouses on land where the development rights have been sold.

She took issue with Democrats» charge that she wanted to eliminate the need for vegetative buffers between shoreline structures and wetlands.

And islanders on Tuvalu are scrambling to find new homes as salt water intrusion has made their groundwater undrinkable while increasingly strong hurricanes and ocean swells have devastated shoreline structures.

The joint U.S. - Canadian panel says the survey gathers information on the extent of flooding, erosion, damage to shoreline structures and damage to homes and businesses.

The presentation also referenced managed retreat, or taking down shoreline structures and letting the beach move east naturally.

Coastal erosion occurs due to a combination of factors, including sea level rise, loss of sand supply (from the damming of rivers, shoreline structures that interrupt along - shore sand transport, dredging projects, and the paving of watersheds), and geologic changes in the land.

For over ten years we have been collecting information on beach access, surf zone water quality, beach erosion, beach fill, shoreline structures, beach ecology and surfing areas to get an understanding of the condition of our nation's beaches and the effectiveness of programs and policies designed to protect them.