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Habitat Destruction : Coastal Resources
- Coastal Barrier Protection
-- The federal government is paying increasing costs for damage and disaster assistance in hazardous coastal areas. Damages reoccur at many of these sites, at considerable expense to taxpayers. Congress may consider whether additional measures should be taken, both in developed and undeveloped coastal barriers, to limit federal damage and disaster assistance costs in the future
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- Coastal Demographics
-- "As the population grays and retires, coastal locations are increasingly attractive destinations. These retirees attract supporting development and commerce. At issue is how to deal with the environmental impacts of this growth. Many coastal areas that attract development because of their natural attributes are also very fragile and development can disrupt coastal ecosystems and destroy economic and ecologic values."
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- Coastal Development and the National Flood Insurance Program
-- The National Flood Insurance Program was enacted in 1968 to limit the growth of flood control and disaster relief expenditures through a reasonably priced federal flood insurance program. The NFIP makes federally guaranteed flood insurance available in communities to reduce future flood losses. After more than 25 years of existence and much modification by the Congress, the program had been perceived by many as flawed.
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- Coastal Flooding, Erosion, and Sea Level Rise
-- Changing water elevations and storms modify the coastal environment; generally, the larger the change or the storm, the greater the modification. At issue is the appropriate role of the federal government, given both the high cost of stabilization efforts and the high likelihood for continued change, which will grow with any rise in sea level.
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- Coastal Marine Sanctuaries Program
-- Congress enacted 1972 legislation because of public concern over oil spills and increased dumping of waste materials into coastal waters. The sanctuaries program offers a unique federal mechanism to provide comprehensive planning and management of defined marine areas, including regulation where necessary, to assure long-term preservation of the specified resource values.
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- Coastal Wetlands
-- "Wetlands have been disappearing at a rapid rate through most of this country's history. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that 104 million acres remain of the 220 million that were here when the country was first settled. The Service's most recent national report estimated that the rate of loss between the mid-1970s and the mid-1980s was about 290,000 acres per year."
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- Ecological Impact of Coastal Development
-- Residential building, recreation, and facilities for hydroelectric power and oil and gas production may cause wetland loss, pollution and wildlife endangerment.
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- Estuarine Research Reserve System
-- The Estuarine Research Reserve System, created as an element of the federal Coastal Zone Management Program, encourages states to set aside examples of the Nation's coastal biogeographical regions for research and education. At issue is whether these sites are being used for the purposes that Congress intended, and, if not, how can Congress help resolve these shortcomings. The designated sanctuaries are listed below.
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- Managing Coastal Areas
-- Over 60% of the U.S. population live within 50 miles of one of its coasts (including the Great Lakes). This increasing population concentration has resulted in greater uses of coastal sites. This greater coastal use has resulted in degraded coastal water quality, smaller populations of coastal wildlife, and increased shoreline erosion.
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- Marine Experts Unveil Secrets of Coastal Conservation
-- New findings about the dynamics of coastal ocean ecosystems are prompting marine scientists to abandon long held assumptions about life in the sea and how best to protect it. Working along coasts from California to the Caribbean, researchers say they have cracked the "black box" of coastal ecosystems, revealing the inner workings of the near shore marine environment.
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- Pollution May Close Record Number of U.S. Beaches
-- If recent trends continue more than 18,000 beaches will be closed this year because the water is too polluted, warns Oceana, a national ocean advocacy group. This would be a 40 percent increase from 2001 - the most recent data available - when there were more than 13,000 beach closures.
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