by CSOstaff | Jan 30, 2024 | News & Events, Press Release
The National Ocean and Coastal Security Improvement Act builds upon NOAA and the U.S. Fisheries and Wildlife Foundation’s existing coastal resilience efforts to enable coastal states and communities to better prepare for and respond to coastal hazards. Coastal States...
by CSOstaff | Dec 19, 2023 | News & Events, Press Release
The Resilient Coasts and Estuaries Act would reauthorize critical pieces of the Coastal Zone Management Act, the Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program and the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. Representatives Mike Levin (D-CA) and Brian...
by CSOTeam1 | Apr 21, 2023 | News & Events, Press Release
Today, coastal states and territories received $77 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) with funds leveraged from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to implement restoration and acquisition projects that enhance coastal resilience. States and...
by CSOTeam1 | Feb 28, 2023 | News & Events, Press Release
April 1, 2023 UPDATE: This RFP is now closed. All applicants who have submitted bids have received notification of receipt. If you have submitted a bid and not received a receipt notification, please e-mail vbalasubramanyam@coastalstates.org At this time, the Coastal...
by Rachel Keylon | Dec 16, 2022 | Press Release
The House and Senate have passed the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023, which includes significant coastal legislation, including the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022 and a package of ocean legislation...
by Rachel Keylon | Oct 27, 2022 | 50th, Press Release
Fifty years ago today, the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) was enacted ushering in a new era for the management of our nation’s coasts. In the middle of the twentieth century, our nation faced an environmental reckoning with unchecked proliferation of toxic...