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Public Access Resources

Developing plans involves many participants and activities. Decision makers need sound information, stakeholders must recognize the need to seek common ground and solutions due to diverse public access objectives, and development and implementation of coastal policies, plans, management approaches, and consensus-building strategies need to be facilitated. There are significant resources available to assist municipalities in their efforts. 

The following are links to national, state and local entities that provide tools and support for coastal public access planning and coastal vulnerability assessment and resiliency planning.

Coastal Vulnerability and Resiliency

• New Jersey Coastal Management Program Coastal Hazards: Coastal Community Projects and Tools
  • New Jersey’s Coastal Community Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping Protocol (pdf)
  • Getting to Resilience Questionnaire – March 2011 (pdf)
    
    
• Rutgers University, Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (CRSSA)
  • New Jersey Flood Mapper
    
    
• The Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (JC NERR)’s online Getting to Resilience tool

National Associations for Public Access Planning

• NOAA Coastal Services Center (tools and resources are free)
  • Main NOAA page
  • Digital Coast
  • Social Sciences -economic, tools, surveys 
  • CanVis – Software and training for coastal planning visualization  
  • Spatial Trends in Coastal Socioeconomics
  • Needs Assessment - Online course and tools for needs assessments
  • Human Dimensions-tourism, economic etc. planning reports and databases
  • Human dimensions Tool links
    
    
• NOAA Sea Grant
  • Sustainable Coastal Development
  • Coastal and Waterfront Smart Growth
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• NOAA Living Shorelines
  • Living Shorelines
  • Habitat Conservation-Restoration Center
    
    
• Coastal State Organization
• Rails to Trails - Trail Building Toolbox
  

Regional Associations for Public Access Planning

• East Coast Greenway
• Delaware River Basin Commission
• New York-New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program
• Tidal Delaware Map
  

New Jersey Associations for Public Access Planning

• East Coast Greenway – New Jersey
  
  
• NJ Coastal Access-Website created and maintained by NJ Sea Grant Consortium
  • Common Laws and Statues
  • NJ Sea Grant home page
  • Description of NJ Coastal Access Site by NJSGC
  • Coastal Heritage
    
    
• Rahway River Association
  
  
• Rahway River Greenway Concept Plan, 2005 includes public access plan
  
  
• Rutgers Watershed Associations
  • New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute
  • Water Organization Links
    
    
• Passaic River Institute, Montclair State University
  
  
• NJ Conservation Foundation
  • Database of municipalities with open space plans-check for public access
  • Greenways to the Arthur Kill: A Greenway Plan for the Arthur Kill Tributaries, Garden State Greenways
    
    
• NJ Living Shorelines
  • Fact Sheet (pdf)
  • BaySave-Living Shorelines Restoration Project
    
    
• Mordecai Island, NJ Living Shoreline Restoration
  
  
• NJ Beach Buggy
  
  
• Stockton College Coastal Research Center
  • NJ Shoreline Protection and Vulnerability
    
    
• Coopers’ Ferry- Camden Parks and Public access
  • Cooper's Ferry Partnership
  • Camden Greenways
    
    
• Marine Trades of NJ - Economic development and recreation uses
  
  
• Delaware River Journal
  

Other States Associations

• North Carolina Sea Grant
  
  
• North Carolina Coastal Care - Shoreline issues
  
  
• VA Living Shorelines
  
  
• NY Shore Restoration
  
  
• Connecticut - Fishing pier guidelines (pdf)
  
  
• Florida - Dune walkover guidelines (pdf)
  
  
• Oregon - Design guidelines for recreational boating facilities 2011

Public Access Model Plans

Federal Site and Activity Design Guidelines