# Presentation: 527276

## Management of 

**Management of **
**Small  Docks and **
**Piers**

**Where to Get**
**Additional Help**

**Notes:**
1. Greeting.
2. Now that you have heard a general background related to the various aspects of small dock and pier management, I want to offer some information on where to get additional help.

## National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

**This presentation funded by the**
_**National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration**_
**National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science**
- and
**The Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management**
**Materials prepared by Steve Bliven of Bliven & Sternack**

**Notes:**
This material was prepared, at the request of coastal managers, by two offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science—a research branch—and the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management—a management branch.

The slide show(s) and workbook were prepared by a contractor for these agencies–Steve Bliven of Bliven & Sternack in Massachusetts

## What is NOAA Doing?

**What is NOAA Doing?**

**Dock Website:  http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/dock.html**

**Notes:**
In response to requests by state coastal programs, over the past several years, NOAA has undertaken several projects to provide assistance on dock and pier management issues.  I will go over each project in a little more detail in the following slides.
All of this information can also be found on NOAA’s Dock and Pier website shown here and provided in the workbook module.

## What is NOAA Doing?

**What is NOAA Doing?**

**Science Workshop in 2003**

** ****Scientists and Managers**
**     ****reviewed the state of the**
**     ****knowledge of dock **
**    ****impacts**
** ****Produced a Proceedings of **
**    ****the workshop available on**
**    ****the Internet.**

**Notes:**
First of all, NOAA sponsored two workshops.
In January of 2003, NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) sponsored an invitational workshop to review the state of scientific knowledge related to the impacts of small docks and piers.  
The workshop results are summarized in a report entitled “Environmental and Aesthetic Impacts of Small Docks and Piers: Workshop Report”.  The  workshop report synthesizes knowledge of potential impacts from small docks and piers.  Topics discussed include impacts to:
 the environment
navigation, and
aesthetic and quality of life issues.
Copies of this report are available through that site.  The address is provided in the workbook 
. 

## What is NOAA Doing?

**What is NOAA Doing?**

**      ****Management Tools **
**       ****Workshop in 2003**** **
** ****Managers and /educators**
**     ****reviewed management **
**    ****concerns and options **
**    ****related to small dock **
**    ****management.   **
**  ****Workshop summary available **
**  ****online.**

**Notes:**
In November  of 2003, a second invitational workshop was held to review management concerns and options related to the management of small docks.
A written summary and PowerPoint presentation for this workshop is also available on the Dock Website.

## What is NOAA Doing?

**What is NOAA Doing?**

**Searchable, Web-based Bibliography**

**Notes:**
An outgrowth of the workshop was a web-based bibliography of information about docks and piers.  
The bibliography is searchable on a variety of parameters including:
Author
Title
Various keywords such as “vegetation”, “shading”  “navigation, “construction design” and so on.
The citations include both published literature and “gray literature”.

## What is NOAA Doing?

**What is NOAA Doing?**

**Data Base of State**
**Programs on **
**Web**

**Notes:**
Managers at the November 2003 meeting indicated that they would like to know more about other states’ dock management programs.  Consequently OCRM and NCCOS developed a searchable, web-based data base designed to provide a wide variety of information about the programs in each coastal state.  
The data base may be browsed or queried on specific key words.  Hopefully this sharing of information will allow state programs to learn from each other improve their efforts.
Information in the data base is being entered by state managers.  Some states have not yet filled in their  information, but the list of completed data sheets is growing.

## What is NOAA Doing?

**What is NOAA Doing?**

** ****Inventory of State Programs by Region**
** ****Publication on Visual Impact Management **
** ****Visualizing Alternatives Computer Simulation**
** ****Outreach and Training materials**

**Notes:**
Other NOAA source materials include:
An Inventory of Laws Regulations, and Policies for Small Docks.  The NOAA Coastal Services Center is in the process of compiling inventories of state management programs on a regional base.  The inventories contain information on topics such as:
Impacts of concern
Statutory authorities
State and local permitting processes
Dock dimensional standards
Contact information
The summary for four states in the southeast (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina) has been completed.  Similar inventories are underway for the remaining Atlantic and Pacific coast states.
The workbook provides information on how to get a copy. An upcoming publication related specifically to management of visual impacts.  This will address:
Techniques in assessing visual impacts
The legal methods available for visual impact management
Case studies related to visual impact management.

The Coastal Services Center is working with Massachusetts on a demonstration project using 3-D computer visualizations to illustrate how various development scenarios can alter the appearance of a shoreline.  This will make it easier to predict impacts from dock growth.

3. Training and outreach materials related to Management of Small Docks.  This include seven PowerPoint  modules (including the one(s) you have seen today) and the complementary workbook.  Also planned are workshops to provide direct training of state and local managers and the interested public.

## Additional Sources:

**Additional Sources:**

** ****State Coastal Management Programs**
** ****National Estuarine Research Reserves**
** ****State Regulatory Programs**
** ****Sea Grant Programs**
** ****US Army Corps of Engineers**
** ****The Internet**

**Notes:**
Other sources of information include:
State coastal management programs.  These may be able to provide technical or financial assistance in planning efforts or contact information about state programs.
National Estuarine Research Reserves.  The Reserves have a mandate to provide scientific, technical, and management information to decision-makers at the state and local level.  Each one hosts a series of workshops through their Coastal Training Programs.  They also may be a good source for contact information.
State regulatory programs can provide information on how state laws are being applied and often considerable technical information.
The Sea Grant colleges and universities.  The NOAA Sea Grant program provides funding to 32 colleges and universities.  Each of these 32 programs links scientists and policy experts working on coastal management issues.
US Army Corps of Engineers District Regulatory Programs.  The Corps has oversight over structures in navigable waterways—including a permitting program.  Many of the Corps activities are jointly administered with state permitting programs through such mechanisms as State or Regional General Permits.  Many of the District Corps offices have staff very knowledgeable on issues related to small docks.
The Internet.  A search on the topic of docks will list a wide range of material

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