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Soil Conservation District seeks county letter of support for shoreline assessment; commissioners ask for one-week review
Summary
St. Mary’s County Soil Conservation District and VIMS asked commissioners for a letter to support a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant to fund a countywide shoreline assessment; commissioners requested additional time and material and agreed to revisit the request at the next meeting.
Representatives of the St. Mary’s Soil Conservation District and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) presented a proposal on May 28 to fund a countywide shoreline assessment and asked the commissioners for a letter of support for a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant application.
Bruce Young of the Soil Conservation District told the board the district and VIMS want to produce an inventory and assessment of approximately 320 miles of county shoreline to identify erosion-prone areas, prioritize living-shoreline or structural responses and provide GIS products and outreach materials. Scott Hardaway, a VIMS geologist, reviewed the technical approach, which would use historic aerial imagery,…
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