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Atlantic Coast, North America

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We look over vast waters east of us. There might be food & energy out there, or not, depending on some flows & trends (toxins, capital, votes, rulings...). We wonder how & when storms & sea level rise will next alter our communities.

Group Type: US-BioRegions
Members: 29
Latest Activity: Sep 24, 2012

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Resources

On the Web, "Up-to-the-minute"

National Hurricane Center (the season begins 6/1, if you can believe...)

On the Web, General

Atlantic Canada Wikipedia article

Atlantic Seaboard Wikipedia article (paradigm 1)

Coastal Information in Atlantic Canada Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee (ACZISC, lots here!)

Discovery of Estuarine Environments

East Coast of the United States Wikipedia article (paradigm 2)

Integrated Coastal Zone Management Wikipedia article

Integrated coastal zone management, health, and environment: directory of resources World Health Organization (lots here!)

National Estuarine Research Reserve System

Nor'easter Wikipedia article

State of the Beach Surfrider Foundation (lots here!)

Journal of Coastal Research

Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park (video)

On the Web, States & Provinces

Chesapeake Bay Program EPA Region 3 site

Chesapeake Bay Program site

Coastal Management Program, Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection

Delaware Coastal Programs

Coastal Management Program, Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection

Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas, Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection

Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources, Coastal Resources Division

Maine Bureau of Land and Water Quality

Maine Coastal Program

Chesapeake & Coastal Program, Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Massachusetts Bays Program

Massachusetts Estuaries Project

Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management

A Coastal Areas Protection Policy for New Brunswick

Newfoundland/Labrador Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture

New Hampshire Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Protection Plan

New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection Land Use Regulations

New York Division of Coastal Resources

North Carolina Division of Coastal Management

Coastal Zone Management, Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture

Pennsylvania Coastal Resources Management Program

Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Program

South Carolina Ocean & Coastal Resource Management (OCRM)

Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program

Discussion Forum

What Did Irene Do?

Started by David Eggleton. Last reply by Bill McHenry Aug 30, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes

All in this group, I think, were affected, to some degree. Got anything to share?We chose not to leave Maine for Massachusetts, as planned, on Sunday, the day the storm moved through New England.…Continue

Evacuation!

Started by David Eggleton. Last reply by Alex Mar 18, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Do you have a place to go, where you're expected and enjoyed, if the sea comes ashore for some reason? I hope so! Be sure you know how long the trip takes under best and other traffic conditions.…Continue

Sea Level Rise

Started by David Eggleton Mar 10, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

This page at Geology.com provided a link to a 2011 USGS document entitled…Continue

What Has the Chesapeake Bay Executive Order Meant for Your Area?

Started by David Eggleton. Last reply by David Eggleton Mar 7, 2011. 3 Replies 0 Likes

President Obama's order was in part the inspiration for…Continue

Sailing Option

Started by Gail Zawacki. Last reply by Gail Zawacki Jan 11, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Likes

At David's suggestion, I am posting my comment here as a separate discussion. It may be a distinction without a difference, but here it is, thoughts welcomed!David, I have thought a bit about this…Continue

Sailing is awesome

Started by Alex Jan 10, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

I'm afraid the title says it best. Nothing else I say will be able to add to that. There's a few places you can learn how to sail. Hopkington State Park has some sailboats (might be a good place for…Continue

Tags: sailing

Are You a Sunrise Viewer?

Started by David Eggleton. Last reply by David Eggleton Oct 18, 2010. 1 Reply 0 Likes

When I arrived in Colorado two weeks ago, evening was approaching and in my shuttle van seat I was wowed by enormous sky and high clouds changing from gold to orange (quite the alchemy!). It struck…Continue

The Water Cycle Makes Every Place Coastal

Started by David Eggleton Oct 4, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Thinking of coastal regions, it's easier to recall landforms personally seen (beaches, bays, marshes, flat land, meandering rivers with hardly discernible flows) than the fact that each entire…Continue

Tags: sea, ocean, place, landform, region

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Comment by David Eggleton on September 24, 2012 at 7:19am: Record temperatures recorded off the New England coast.

Comment by David Eggleton on June 25, 2012 at 11:11am: Scientists warn US east coast over accelerated sea level rise

Comment by David Eggleton on May 20, 2012 at 1:40pm: Tropical storms don't know enough to wait until June! Meet Alberto, who's approaching Georgia and South Carolina.

Comment by David Eggleton on June 3, 2011 at 5:54am: By the government's definition, it's hurricane season. The peak activity, however, tends to occur in August - October. Here's the Atlantic outlook, not forecast, for the 2011 season.

Comment by David Eggleton on April 22, 2011 at 5:24am: Without even mentioning ocean acidification, the story is that extinctions and unpredictable ocean ecosystem shifts due to overfishing/extraction are more likely than unlikley. See some (more) for yourself here

Comment by Alex on April 21, 2011 at 8:50pm: That was on my "Greener Framingham" calendar!

How was it? What's the story?

Comment by David Eggleton on April 21, 2011 at 8:29pm: Saw the film End of the Line this evening at Boston University. There's a little hope for fisheries....

Comment by David Eggleton on January 12, 2011 at 3:15pm: Nor'easter last night and today. ~18" of snow where I am.

Comment by David Eggleton on January 10, 2011 at 6:12pm: Do you sail on the open sea?

Which of us have the knowledge, skills and equipment to move people and basic stuff from port to port? Can you teach, advise, discourage....?

One of you, please start a discussion!

Comment by David Eggleton on December 27, 2010 at 2:06pm: Nor'easter last night & today. ~12" of snow where I am & enough cold & wind for sweeping the roof mostly clear.