Research

CSO investigates new and emerging scientific and social science knowledge to apply to coastal decision-making, developing and disseminating products such as reports, tools, trainings, and webinars for coastal management end users. The focus of CSO’s applied research is the intersection of natural coastal science, the social science of decision-making, and policy formation.

Science and Policy Research products developed by CSO:

CSO has led and worked collaboratively with non-profit organizations to develop reports on applied science and policy research. Including:

• Community Rating System (CRS) Green Guide 
• Softening our Shorelines: Policy and Practice for Living Shorelines Along the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts 
• Coastal Zone Management:
  • Coastal Zone Management: Advancing Critical Solutions To Protect Coastal Communities 
  • The National Coastal Zone Management Program & the Blue Economy 
  • CZM Program Recommendations for National Tool Developers 
  • 40+ Years of Knowledge Put Into Practice: Lessons Learned from Coastal Zone Management Programs
• Sediment Placement Regulations Of U.S. Coastal States And Territories: Towards Regional Sediment Management Implementation
• Coastal Resilience and Hazard Mitigation in the Pacific Islands: Coordinating efforts to support hazard mitigation project implementation
• Great Lakes Nearshore Habitat Assessment report (Coming soon)

Science and studies supported by CSO:

CSO provides scientific and technical input into national and regional coastal studies done by the federal government, academia and our member states. CSO has provided comments and/or served on advisory committees for the following:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• The Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study 
• The South Atlantic Coast Study (SACS)
• The North Atlantic Coast Comprehensive Study (NACCS) 
• The National Shoreline Management Study (NSMS) 

NOAA

• Digital Coast Partnership 
• The National Center for Coastal Ocean Science strategic plan 
• The National Estuarine Research Reserve System strategic plan 
• NOAA Office for Coastal Management strategic plan 

USGS

• The US Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program 

US Coastal Research Program

• US Coastal Research Program