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CSO supports National Ocean and Coastal Security Improvements Act to promote investment in coastal resilience
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...
CSO Welcomes House Introduction of Resilient Coasts and Estuaries Act
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...
Coastal States Receive Resilience Funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
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...
[CLOSED] Request for Proposals 2023: Great Lakes Coastal and Nearshore Habitat Engineering & Design
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...
CSO Applauds Passage of 2022 WRDA and Ocean Package in NDAA
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...
Statement of the Coastal States Organization Executive Director on the 50th Anniversary of the Coastal Zone Management Act
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...
CSO Releases New Report: Enhancing the Blue Economy Through Coastal Zone Management
The Coastal States Organization (CSO) is pleased to release Enhancing the Blue Economy Through Coastal Zone Management. The Blue Economy depends on the vibrant workforce, thriving industry, advanced infrastructure, and unparalleled natural resources of the nation’s...
Coastal States Support the SHORRE Act
The Coastal States Organization (CSO) is pleased to support the bipartisan Shoreline Health Oversight, Restoration, Resilience, and Enhancement (SHORRE) Act introduced by Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in the Senate and Representatives Lisa Blunt...
Request for Proposals: Great Lakes Coastal and Nearshore Habitat Engineering and Design Project
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 Vidya Balasubramanyam...
CSO Applauds Passage of the Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Bill
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 resource management, applauds the final passage of the...