Coastal Vegetative Buffer Policy: Innovative Approaches in Urban/Suburban Environments
January 12, 2005
Kirk Center for Advanced Technology
University of Rhode Island
This workshop, organized
by the R.I. Coastal Resources
Management Council (CRMC) with Rhode
Island Sea Grant, emphasized the multiple benefits of coastal vegetative
buffers and included a discussion of different regulatory approaches toward
coastal buffers in urban and suburban environments. The following are
pdf files of workshop presentations and materials.
Presentations:
- "Introduction
to Rhode Island Coastal Vegetative Buffer Policy"
Grover Fugate, CRMC executive director (2.47 pdf) (Notes)
- "Riparian
Buffers: Functions, Values, and Applications"
Albert H. Todd, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service (12.7M pdf) (Notes)
- "Scientific
Overview of Coastal Buffer Water Quality Functions"
Arthur J. Gold, URI professor of natural resources science (1.71M pdf) (Notes)
- "Coastal Buffer
Zones: Valuable Wildlife Habitat (?)"
Scott R. McWilliams, URI department of natural resources science (2.72M pdf) (Notes)
- "NRCS's Contribution
to Shoreline and Riparian Buffer Conservation in Rhode Island"
Andrew Lipsky, U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (4.37M pdf) (Notes)
- "City of Baltimore
Critical Area Management Program"
Duncan Stuart, City of Baltimore Department of Planning (11.18M pdf) (Notes)
- "Rationale
for Current Marine Riparian Protections Standards, Puget Sound, Washington"
Doug Myers, Puget Sound Action Team (2.19 pdf) (Notes)
- "Thoughts
on Current CRMC Policies"
Paul R.V. Pawlowski, Pawlowski Associates, Inc. (13.7M pdf) (Notes)
- "Vegetated
Buffers on a Remediated Industrial Site: Villages on Mount Hope Bay,
Tiverton, R.I."
Janice Greenwood, P.E., ESS Group, Inc. (2.59M pdf) (Notes)
- "Historical
and Cultural Considerations in Coastal Buffer Policy"
Richard C. Youngken, The Dunn Foundation (3.25M pdf) (Notes)
- "R.I. Department
of Environmental Management's Urban Environmental Design Manual"
Scott Millar, R.I. Department of Environmental Management Sustainable Watersheds Office (4.72M pdf) (Notes)
- "Engaging
the Public, Academics, and the Green Industry in Coastal Buffer Zone
Management"
Marion S. Gold, director, URI Cooperative Extension Education Center (2.94M pdf) (Notes)
For reference:
- Current Rhode Island coastal buffer zone regulations (CRMC website)
- Marine riparian web links (pdf) from Puget Sound
- Chesapeake Bay buffer legislation and program links (pdf)
For more information, contact Sunshine Menezes, sunshine@crc.uri.edu or (401) 874-6626.
