Coastal Conservation

The Alabama Coastal Area Management Program coordinates wetlands protection, public access, coastal cleanup, grants, and community resilience in Mobile and Baldwin counties.

Alaska does not currently participate in NOAA's voluntary coastal-zone program. Its Fish and Game habitat program protects watersheds, anadromous streams, and coastal and marine habitat.

The California State Coastal Conservancy protects and restores coastal lands and waters, expands public access, and supports climate-resilient shoreline projects.

Connecticut's program balances shoreline use with protection of tidal wetlands, water quality, coastal habitat, public access, and the Long Island Sound ecosystem.

Delaware's statewide coastal program coordinates habitat protection, coastal planning, resilience, public access, and management of sensitive shore resources.

Florida's networked program connects state agencies working on wetlands, reefs, beaches, estuaries, water quality, habitat restoration, and coastal resilience.

Georgia's Coastal Resources Division manages tidal waters and marshes while supporting habitat conservation, resilient communities, public access, and research.

Hawaii's whole-state coastal program coordinates ocean-resource protection, shoreline planning, public access, hazard resilience, and stewardship of island ecosystems.

Illinois protects and enhances Lake Michigan habitats and clean water through coastal grants, clean-marina work, shoreline planning, and resilient-community support.

Indiana's Lake Michigan Coastal Program supports habitat conservation, nonpoint-pollution control, coastal grants, local planning, education, and public access.

Louisiana's Coastal Master Plan guides large-scale wetland, barrier-island, sediment, flood-risk, and community-resilience projects across its working coast.

The Maine Coastal Program supports resilient communities, healthy coastal habitats, sustainable working waterfronts, public access, planning, and science.

Maryland's Chesapeake and Coastal Program advances wetland and shoreline restoration, nature-based resilience, coastal planning, water quality, and habitat protection.

The Office of Coastal Zone Management leads ocean planning, habitat and water-quality work, shoreline resilience, technical assistance, and public stewardship.

Michigan's program conserves dunes, wetlands, shorelands, and submerged lands while helping coastal communities improve public access and resilience.

Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Program supports habitat, water quality, public access, community planning, coastal hazards work, and locally led projects.

Mississippi manages coastal wetlands, permitting, coastal ecology, water quality, restoration, and barrier-island resources through its marine-resources agency.

New Hampshire's coastal program coordinates estuary protection, water quality, coastal resilience, habitat, community planning, and public participation.

New Jersey's program coordinates coastal habitat, wetlands, water quality, public access, pollution control, shoreline planning, and climate resilience.

New York's program protects coastal resources through statewide policies, local waterfront revitalization, estuary planning, habitat work, and shoreline monitoring.

The Division of Coastal Management protects estuaries, beaches, dunes, wetlands, and public access through planning, reserves, grants, and Coastal Area Management Act programs.

Ohio's program coordinates Lake Erie coastal planning, habitat and wetland conservation, public access, shoreline management, and community assistance.

Oregon's networked program guides estuary and shoreline planning, habitat protection, coastal hazards work, ocean resources, and responsible development.

Pennsylvania supports habitat restoration, public access, water quality, resilience, and local coastal projects in its Lake Erie and Delaware Estuary zones.

The Coastal Resources Management Council protects wetlands, beaches, water quality, habitat, public access, and working waterfronts while planning for coastal change.

South Carolina's program protects tidal wetlands, beaches, dunes, estuaries, water quality, and coastal habitat through planning, permitting, and stewardship.

Texas coordinates dune, wetland, erosion, water-quality, habitat, public-access, and coastal-resilience work through grants and state coastal policies.

Virginia's networked program coordinates wetlands, fisheries, dunes and beaches, water quality, habitat restoration, public access, and coastal resilience.

Washington's program combines shoreline planning, habitat protection, water quality, coastal-hazard work, federal consistency, and community participation.

Wisconsin's program supports Great Lakes habitat, water quality, coastal resilience, public access, local planning, and community-led conservation through grants.