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Coastlines Newsletters for 1991

Find links to indexes for these publications of the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM).

Below are the tables of contents for these issues of Coastlines. If you are interested in receiving a photocopy of one of these newsletters, please send your request to czm@mass.gov and include the name and complete date of the edition.

January/February 1991

  • Population Growth Revealed by Census, p. 1.
  • Population Changes in Massachusetts Coastal Communities, p. 2.
  • Federal Budget Cuts CZMA, p. 3.
  • EPA and Sewage Treatment Plants, p. 3.
  • Coast America Initiative Designed, p. 3.
  • EPA Reorganization, p. 3.
  • Double Hull Regulations, p. 3.
  • Section 309 Grant Steering Committee Selected, p. 3.
  • Massachusetts Environmental Bills Pass in 1990, p. 4.
  • Land Trusts Aid Effort to Protect Open Space, p. 4.
  • Diver's Environmental Survey Set Up, p. 4.
  • Buzzards Bay Action Compact Signed, p. 5.
  • Buzzards Bay Project Awards Resource Mapping Grants, p. 5.
  • Attempt to Implement Nitrogen Management Plan Underway, p. 5.
  • Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Program Charts Course for First Year, p. 6.

March/April 1991

  • Section 309: NOAA Asks States to Assess Coastal Conditions and Plan for Improvements, p. 1.
  • Seeking Public Support for Appropriations for Coastal Programs, p. 1.
  • Grants Announced by Massachusetts Environmental Trust, p. 2.
  • Long-Term Dredging and Disposal Strategy Being Addressed, p. 4.
  • MWRA Outfall Monitoring Plan, p. 4.
  • Remediation Plan for New Bedford Superfund Site Submitted, p. 4.
  • Nominations Sought for Gulf of Maine Award, p. 5.
  • CZM Announces RFP for Economic Study on Sand and Gravel Extraction in Coastal Waters, p. 5.
  • Plovers Close Beach at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, p. 5.
  • CZM Staffer, Anne Smrcina, Receives Mass Marine Educators Award, p. 5.
  • Cape Cod Critical Habitats Atlas Available, p. 5.
  • Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Program Charts New Course, p. 6.
  • Buzzards Bay Project: Nitrogen Overlay District in the Works, p. 6.
  • Buzzards Bay Project Adds Outreach Specialist, p. 6.
  • Congressional Hearings on CCMPs Comes to Buzzards Bay, p. 7.
  • Education Section, p. 7.

Spring/Summer 1991

  • CZM Seeks Public's View of Coastal Program, p. 1.
  • Wetlands, p. 4.
  • Coastal Hazards, p. 5.
  • Public Access, p. 6.
  • Marine Debris, p. 7.
  • Cumulative and Secondary Impacts of Coastal Growth and Development, p. 8.
  • Special Areas Management, p. 8.
  • Ocean Resources, p. 9.
  • Energy Facility Siting, p. 10.
  • Section 309 Assessment and Strategies Process, p. 11.
  • 1991 Coastal Assessment Survey, attached.

May/July 1991

  • Governor Signs Bill to Increase Public Beach Access, p. 1.
  • Chapter 91 Challenge Dismissed, p. 2.
  • Trudy Coxe Appointed Director of OCRM in NOAA, p. 2.
  • Buzzards Bay Project Awards Pollution Prevention Grants, p. 2.
  • EPA Funding to Protect Shellfish Beds in Mass Bay, p. 2.
  • Legislation Update, p. 3.
  • 1991 Coastal and Environmental Legislation Listed, p. 5.
  • Barnstable Conservation Commission Acts to Aid Rain Forest Conservation, p. 9.
  • Gulf of Maine Action Plan Approved, p. 9.
  • Living Resources Committee Issues Report, p. 9.
  • Boston Harbor Plan Approved, p. 9.
  • Whalewatch Guidelines from NMFS, p. 12.

August/September 1991

  • Six Counties in Massachusetts Declared Disaster Areas in the Wake of Hurricane Bob, p. 1.
  • COASTSWEEP Scheduled for September 21, p. 1.
  • National Flood Insurance Program Reform Bill Considered by Senate, p. 3.
  • Massachusetts Communities' Flood Insurance Data, p. 4.
  • Community Rating System, p. 4.
  • COASTSWEEP Cleanup List, p. 5.
  • "The Ghost Net: An Environmental Sea Story" Comes to Boston, p. 8.

October/November 1991

  • Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Program Announces Mini-Bays Grants, p. 1.
  • CZM Program Assessments Available, p. 2.
  • Governor Signs Buzzards Bay CCMP, p. 2.
  • No Discharge Zone Proposed for Wareham, p. 2.
  • Bay-Wide Monitoring Program Planned, p. 2.
  • Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Program Action Grants Awarded, p. 2.
  • CZM Backs Federal Flood Insurance Bill, p. 3.
  • COASTSWEEP Draws Thousands to Massachusetts Shore, p. 3.
  • Massachusetts Environmental Trust Announces Second Grant Round, p. 3.
  • Annual Reports Available from Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Program and the Gulf of Maine Council, p. 3.
  • CZM Receives NOAA Grant for Gulf of Maine Data Analysis, p. 4.
  • Questions Unresolved about Radioactive Waste in Massachusetts Bay, p. 4.
  • Mobil to Accept Used Oil, p. 4.
  • CSO Reviews Revised Manual on Wetlands Delineation, p. 4.
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Unveils New Wetlands Logo, p. 4.
  • DEM Acquires Land in Ellisville Harbor ACEC, Plymouth, p. 4.

December 1991

  • Halloween Storm Hits Massachusetts Coast, p. 1.
  • Boston Harbor Outfall Monitoring Plan Designed, p. 2.
  • Truro Harbor Planning RFP May Aid Other Communities, p. 2.
  • CZM Awarded Federal Emergency Funds for Storms, p. 2.
  • EPA to Survey Massachusetts Bay for Evidence of a Past Dump Site for Toxic Waste During the 1940's, p. 2.
  • Christmas Trees Can Help Dune Renourishment, p. 3.
  • New Deputy Director at DEP Waterways and Wetlands, p. 3.
  • Offshore Oil and Drilling Plan Excludes Georges Bank, p. 3.
  • CZM Director Chairs CSO Committee, p. 3.
  • Herring River Watershed ACEC Announced, p. 3.
  • Innovative Duxbury/Kingston/Plymouth Baywide Committee Established, p. 4.

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