"We recognize that our nation's coastal problems must be addressed in a manner that restores and sustains the environment while enabling economic growth. To this end, Coastal America established an organizational structure that enables national policy issues to be identified and resolved, regional strategies to be developed and implemented, and local environmental improvements to be realized."

Robert Perciasepe,
Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. EPA, and Chair Coastal America

Letter to the President's Council on Sustainable Development
March 1996

ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE MODEL FOR COASTAL MANAGEMENT

1996 COASTAL AMERICA PROGRESS REPORT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. PROMOTING A PARTNERSHIP MODEL

The Process
Providing Leadership
Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers

II. STRENGTHENING REGIONAL EFFORTS

Northeast
Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Gulf of Mexico
Southwest
Northwest
Great Lakes
Alaska

III. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

APPENDICES

1996 Project Status
1996 Project Summaries
Federal Partners
Non-Federal Partners