The Center for Watershed Protection is evaluating existing technology to develop an improved and simplified land use planning toolkit that can be used in Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastal plain watersheds from New Jersey to Texas.
CICEET Living Coasts Projects
Thirteen project teams working in 20 coastal states from New Hampshire to Oregon have received grants under CICEET’s Living Coasts Program, which was created to provide coastal areas with more effective tools to grow in a way that preserves water quality, protects natural areas and improves community resilience.
Planned without consideration for their impact on natural resources or the environment, growth and redevelopment projects often lead to increased pollution, poor water quality, depleted groundwater, habitat loss and property destruction. By demonstrating the effectiveness of better tools for land use planning, and packaging them so that they can be as widely used as possible, Living Coasts projects aim to avoid or reduce the problems that happen as a result of poor land use decisions.