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Publications and Work Products:  Documents created by or for the state coastal management and National Estuarine Research Reserve programs.

Technology and Electronic Grants: Information on the Coastal and Marine Management Program .

Outreach and Education: Resources and documents on coastal issues written for the general public. Some are available in Adobe pdf format.

People: Staff and experts list, and a link to the NOAA Locator.

Note: If you have any difficulty opening these files, try saving them to disk and then opening PDF files through Adobe Acrobat Reader or RTF files through your word-processing software. To save files to disk, for Windows right click on the link and select Save Link As; for Mac, press option key and click the mouse.

If you do not see the document you are looking for, additional Coastal Zone Management and National Estuarine Research Reserve reports and resources are available. 

General Program Information:

• 2003 Coastal Zone Management Act Funding Summary
• The National Coastal Management Performance Measurement System - Transmitted to Congress in September, 2004
• Results of the State Coastal Management Program Performance Measurement Questionairre - An overview of state responses to the 2002 questionnaire.
• CZMA 25th Anniversary Accomplishments Report covers successes under the CZMP and NERRS.  1998.
• Biennial Report to Congress covers accomplishments of NOAA and its state partners in the CZM and NERRS program under the CZMA over a two-year period. Both the 1997-1998 Biennial Report and 1995-1996 Biennial Report are available in hard copy.
• Coastal Zone Information Collection - OCRM's documents and state work products collection from the early 1970's through 1995. Now located at NOAA's Coastal Services Center library in Charleston, SC. 
• Coastal Zone Management Program Strategic Plan (Published 1999)

• Coastal Management Program Policy Series Provides a general analysis and state-by-state summary of coastal management program policies, including beach nourishment and dredging policies.
• Coastal Zone Enhancement Program Accomplishment Report Provides information on state coastal management programs under the Section 309 Coastal Zone Enhancement Program from 1992 to 1996.
• National CZM Program Effectiveness Studies Studies assessing the individual and collective contributions of the 29 state, territory, and commonwealth coastal management programs in various areas.
• Coastal Management Program Guidance Documents Official program guidance for the coastal zone management programs.

Lessons Learned Summarizes results of research conducted at 25 Reserves around the country and from data collected through the NERRS System-Wide Monitoring Program. October 2000

Graduate Research Fellowhips Program Supports the reserves' scientific activities and provides graduate students with hands-on field experience.

System-Wide Monitoring Program Monitors the health of NERR estuaries by measuring changes in estuarine water quality, habitat and land use.

Coastal Decisionmaker Workshops Provides local communities with resources to make informed management decisions.

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Technology and Training

Coastal and Marine Management Program (CAMMP) Information System

CAMMP 3.0 User's Manual (pdf)

CAMMP is an on-line information system designed to:

• Streamline CZM and NERR grant application and performance reporting tasks 
• Improve state and federal CZM data collection and analysis capabilities 
• Provide a consistent national database of CZM related information 
• Possibly be vehicle to address performance indicators

The CAMMP system will allow state coastal management programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves to create their grant applications electronically. All data submitted will becomes part of a database where it can be accessed, searched and printed.

For security reasons, access to the CAMMP system is available only to verified state partners.

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Outreach and Education

OCRM has produced various publications and communication tools to inform people what they can do, individually and in cooperation with their schools organizations, businesses, and communities, to help keep America's coasts clean and healthy. 

State Fact Sheets - Information about coastal and estuary programs across the country.

• Keep It Clean - A Citizen's Guide to Protecting the Coasts (192K pdf)
• Boater's Tips - 10 things boaters can do to help the coast (64K pdf)
• Beach-Goers Guide - 10 things beach-goers can do to help the coast (64K pdf)
• Dive Smart - How to be an environmentally responsible diver (128K pdf)
• Wildlife Watching - 10 basic principles for observing wildlife "in the wild" (64K pdf)
• Teach Smart - Fast facts on the oceans and links to find other great teachering resources (128K pdf)
• Nonpoint Source Pollution Matching Game - A fun way for students to learn about runoff pollution (192K pdf)
• NERRS Estuary-Net project A telecommunications project to develop education on coastal runoff pollution.
• Facts about the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program
• Volunteering for the Coast Web site for people with a passion for lakes, rivers, and the ocean and who want to volunteer or coordinate volunteer efforts.
• Education Web site to help students, teachers, librarians and the public access NOAA's many educational activities, publications, and booklets.



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People

• Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management Staff List
• NOAA Personnel Locator

For more information contact OCRM