Staff provides technical advice regarding planning and implementation.
This includes developing projects that can be funded by the Board on Conservation and Development of Public Beaches, hiring consultants for design specific information, environmental permitting and developing long-range beach management plans. We've also worked with the United States Department of Interior's Minerals Management Service to find beach quality sand resources beyond the three-mile limit. If the Commonwealth's beaches are severely damaged by a major storm, this sand may be used to replenish the beaches. Public beach monitoring is conducted by localities and DCR, through a contract with the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences. This is done to keep track of the condition of Virginia's public beaches.