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Working Waterfronts

Working waterfronts include water‐dependent facilities and related shore‐side infrastructure offering access or support for a wide variety of public, business, recreation, and commercial uses. Challenges facing waterfront users include declining water quality, loss of public access and traditional uses, competing demands, population growth, and threats from climate change. The Alliance will undertake activities to:

• Sustain and enhance robust waterfront cultural traditions, commerce, and uses of public trust; and
  
  
• Integrate coastal and land use planning tools to balance new development, historic uses, port expansion, and sustained resources for the future.

Prioritized Action Items, Sept. 2011

• WW2B1 - Protect Military Waterfronts: Develop an inventory/collect information on state-specific military base locations. Coordinate with the SAA Federal Arm. Use SERPPAS as a "backup".
  
  
• WW1C1 - Develop Common Definitions: Each state will collect existing definitions for commercially, recreationally, culturally important, and historic waterfronts and make into a regional inventory.

Technical Team

Lead Mentor: Chris Russo, NC DENR; chris.russo@ncdenr.gov
Additional Mentor - Paul Friday, US Marine Corps

State Leads:
NC - Maureen Will, NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
SC - April Turner, SC Sea Grant Coastal Communities Extension Program
GA - Shawn Jordan; Marine Fisheries Constituent Service Unit, GA DNR
FL - Julie Denis; Department of Community Affairs

Members:
Randy Schneider - Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOAA
Sherri Fields - National Park Service, USDOI
Margaret McIntosh - South Atlantic Division, USACE
Elisabeth Salinas - Division of Community Planning, Waterfronts FL Program
Amanda Smith - U.S. Navy Region Southeast/NAVFAC SE
Harry Simmons - NC Beach, Inlet, & Waterway Association
Laura Geselbracht - Florida Chapter, The Nature Conservancy
Barbara Garrity Blake - Marine Fisheries Commission
Brian Cheuvront - NC Division of Marine Fisheries
Hope Moorer - GA Ports Authority
Camille Destafney - U.S. Navy, Region Southeast
Joe Embres - USCG 7th District, Aids of Navigation
Michael Allen - National Park Service, USDOI
Kari MacLauchlin - South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council
Suzi Durant - SC Marine Association
Amber Von Harten - SC Sea Grant Extension Program
Jack Whetstone - SC Sea Grant Aquaculture Extension Specialist (retired)