CSO Weekly Report

CSO and Other Key Documents

Public Trust Doctrine


CSO Weekly Report

The CSO Weekly Report is a newsletter that informs our members on activities in Congress, the federal agencies, and throughout the coastal, Great Lakes, and ocean community. The report is published every Friday, except when Congress is in recess.

CSO Weekly Report

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CSO and Other Key Documents

Strategic Plan 2003-2005

State Policies and Programs Related to Marine Managed Areas: Issues and Recommendations for a National System

Case Studies of State-Level Marine Managed Area Systems

 

Appropriations Fact Sheets

These fact sheets detail CSO’s funding requests for coastal, Great Lakes and ocean programs.

FY'06 State CZMA Funding Fact Sheets

These fact sheets detail how each state spent their CZMA grants, matching and leveraged funds for the latest fiscal year.

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Other Documents

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA)

CZMA Funding Summary 2004

 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA)

CZMA Funding Summary 2003

 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA)
State CZMA Informational Fact Sheets

These fact sheets highlight each state’s federally approved Coastal Zone Management Program.

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Public Trust Doctrine

Putting the Public Trust Doctrine to Work, 2nd Edition

First published by the CSO in 1990, the treatise was developed with the assistance of state coastal managers, and the CSO Legal Council comprised of coastal resource attorneys from throughout the nation. Putting the Public Trust Doctrine to Work, 2nd Edition includes:

  • a comprehensive survey of state statutes, regulations and cases regarding public rights in shorelands
  • a thorough analysis of Public Trust issues
  • practical insights for the design of coastal resource programs
  • litigating Public Trust issues

The book is extensively footnoted with supporting authorities. The second edition of Putting the Public Trust Doctrine to Work substantially updates and revises the treatise. The book contains new sections on:

  • determining public trust boundaries
  • riparian rights
  • trespass
  • federal lands
  • the public purpose requirement

The second edition also includes an issue by issue Table of Cases.
To order Putting the Public Trust Doctrine to Work, 2nd Edition, please send a check or money order payable to "Coastal States Organization” for US $30.00 per copy to:

Coastal States Organization
444 North Capitol Street N.W., Suite 322
Washington, DC 20001

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