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Coastal States Supports the FY22 President’s Budget Request
The Coastal States Organization (CSO), the collective voice for the nation’s coastal States, Commonwealths, and Territories on federal policy issues relating to coastal, Great Lakes, and ocean management, applauds the investments in coastal resilience in the FY2022...
Coastal States Identify Billions of Dollars of Coastal Infrastructure Needs: Call on Congress to invest in Coastal Resilience
Last Updated on May 3, 2021 at 02:36 p.m. by Rachel Keylon As the federal government plans a national infrastructure package, it must invest in resilient coastal communities. Coastal communities face sea level rise, intensifying storms, and other climate impacts, on...
Letter from CSO Executive Director on Women’s History Month
CSO Members – The month of March is National Women’s Month and has been used to celebrate the accomplishments of women and make the case for women’s rights. Of course, one month is not the only time we should laud notable women and advance feminism, but taking a day...
Coastal States Organization Hires New Executive Director
Coastal States Organization (CSO) has hired Derek Brockbank to be their new Executive Director. CSO represents the nation’s coastal States, Territories, and Commonwealths on ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resource and policy issues. Brockbank brings two decades of...
Water’s Edge
Reuters has released a new 2 part investigation, titled "Water's Edge: The Crisis of Rising Sea Levels." From Reuters: Reuters is publishing a multi-part series on rising sea levels – a phenomenon that is unfolding not as a future threat, but as a troubling reality....
Rhode Island Coastal Property Guide
The University of Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Center and Rhode Island Sea Grant have prepared a Coastal Property Guide for the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council. To View the full report, please visit http://www.beachsamp.org/coastalpropertyguide/.
Coastal Management Connection Series: Promoting and Improving Local Coastal Resilience
Please join us to hear how scientists and local, state, and federal officials are working towards building resilient coastlines to better protect our homes, businesses, and livelihoods. Speakers will highlight excellent examples of federal and state/local partnerships...
CSO Provides Outside Witness Testimony to the House Appropriations Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee
March 21, 2013 On March 21st, CSO presented oral outside witness testimony for the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies. Executive Director, Mary Munson, spoke in support of state-federal partnership programs that form...