Virginia CZM Program Publications
Access the following through this page...
Virginia Coastal Zone Management Magazine
Special Topic Publication and Educational Materials
Oysters
Virginia Oyster Gardening Guide- Virginia Oyster Heritage Program Brochure
- Oyster and Reef Habitat Fact Sheet
- “Build-A-Reef” educational activity
- Amazing Oysters Educational Activity
- Omar of the Reef “I Filter Water” Tattoos
Seagrasses
- Seagrass Habitat Fact Sheet
- “Build-A-Bed” educational activity
- “Seacil the Seahorse” cookie cutters
Phragmites
- Learn how to control the spread of this non-native species on your property! Go to...
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Marsh Invader! How to Identify and Combat One of Virginia’s Most Invasive Plants: Phragmites ---
A new technical guidebook for landowners about the reasons and methods for controlling Phragmites
Download guidebook (PDF)
Native Vegetation
- Visit the Virginia CZM Go-native! Web page
(all publications mentioned below available from this page)
- Landowner's plant list for migratory birds
- Migratory Birds of the Lower Delmarva - A Landowners Guide (PDF)
This guide was produced by the Virginia CZM and the Department of Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary. The guide provides guidelines for restoring and enhancing migratory songbird habitat. 
Virginia Hospitality (PDF)
This full color publication was produced by the Virginia CZM and the Center for Conservation Biology at the College of William and Mary. It tells the story of the fall migration of thousands of birds along the Virginia Eastern Shore. The publication offers many wonderful photos of migratory bird species and describes how these species rely on the area's vegetation during their migration.- Native Plants for Conservation, Restoration and Landscaping
Department of Conservation and Recreation Division of Natural Heritage website - provides downloadable native plant fact sheets
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries website
- Using Beneficial Plants - A Homeowner's Guide (PDF)
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay website - Beneficial Plants for Bayscaping in the Chesapeake Bay (PDF)
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay website - Bayscapes - A Homeowner's Guide to Designing Your Property (PDF)
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay website - Migratory Bird Species Seen during the October 2006 Eastern Shore or Virginia Birding Festival (PDF)
Migratory Songbirds and Raptors and Shorebirds
Life on the Beach Isn’t Always Easy – Virginia Barrier Island Beach Nesting Bird Brochure - highlights the barrier island habitat needs of beach nesting birds, including a map of the Eastern Shore showing land ownership and information on visiting the sites
(also go to Virginia Seaside Heritage Program goals web page)
- Brochure Panels (72 dpi) (PDF)
- Fold-Out Map (72 dpi) (PDF)
- Brochure Panels (150 dpi) (PDF)
- Fold-Out Map (150 dpi) (PDF)
- Migratory Birds Seen During the Virginia Eastern Shore Birding and Wildlife Festival - checklist of species and sitings.
- Eastern Shore of Virginia Birding and Wildlife Festival Placemat
- highlights the importance of Virginia’s lower Delmarva Peninsula to the migratory bird populations and the value of protecting the habitat these birds and other wildlife require.
- Virginia Coastal Needs Assessment and Strategies
- 2000 Assessment and 2001-2005 Strategies
- 2005 Assessment and draft 2006-2010 Strategies
- Virginia Coastal Zone Partners Workshop Presentations (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
- Virginia CZM Program Projects Catalogue (1986 - 1996 projects)
Visit the Virginia CZM web pages below for additional publications:
General Virginia CZM Program Information
Virginia CZM Program Brochure
Virginia CZM Program Brochure (pdf)
Virginia Coastal Program Environmental Impact Statement
Also known as the “Program Document” this report outlines the establishment of the program in 1986. This document is available in hardcopy only. Please contact Rachel Bullene at Rachel.Bullene @deq,virginia.gov for a copy.
Virginia CZM Program Fact Sheets
Virginia CZM Program Fact Sheet (published 2003) - (pdf) highlights Virginia's federally approved coastal zone management program(produced by the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management at NOAA in cooperation with the Virginia CZM Program)
2002 Funding Fact Sheet (published 2003) - (pdf) outlines allocation of Virginia's 2002 Coastal Zone Management Funding (produced by the Coastal States Organization in cooperation with the Virginia CZM Program)
Virginia CZM Program Accomplishments Summary
Go to --- Virginia CZM Program: Ten Goals and Accomplishments - for an on-line summary of how Virginia has addressed the ten goals of its CZM Program. A 2003 accomplishements report is available for download. A 2006 report will soon be available.
Virginia Coastal Needs Assessment and Strategy
Every five years the Virginia CZM Program produces a "Coastal Needs Assessment and Strategy" report as required under Section 309 of the Coastal Zone Management Act. This report outlines the high priority resource and issue areas on which the Virginia CZM Program will focus its attention, efforts and match-free funding provided under Section 309 of the CZMA.
Go to --- Virginia Coastal Needs Assessment and Strategy to learn more about this process or follow the links below for downloadable reports of:
- 2000 Coastal Needs Assessment and 2001-2005 Strategies
- 2005 Coastal Needs Assessment and draft 2006-2010 Strategies
Virginia CZM Program Projects Catalogue - Published 1998
The Virginia CZM Program Projects Catalogue (published prior to the availability of on-line project descriptions) includes summary information on grant projects completed for the program between 1986 to 1996 - it outlines documents and reports produced, project results and contact information. Go to the catalogue web page for more.
Details on projects funded from 1997 to the present can be found on-line. Go to funding page for more.
Virginia Coastal Partners Workshop Presentations
2001 Virginia Coastal Partners Workshop Presentations
2003 Virginia Coastal Partners Workshop Presentations
2005 Northeast Coastal Partners Workshop (Virginia Coastal Partners Workshop held in conjunction with the annual meeting of coastal states in NOAA's northeast region)
2007 Virginia Coastal Zone Partners Workshop Presentations
2001 State of Virginia's Coast Report
2001 Virginia State of the Coast Report (3,190 kb, pdf) (NOTE: Available on-line only. Please call (804) 698-4051 if you need assistance.)
The State of the Coast report was prepared by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science's Center for Coastal Resources Management with input from all of the Virginia CZM Program member agencies and localities to clarify coastal resource trends and management needs. It addresses five core areas of coastal management including: wildlife and fisheries, habitat, planning and development, water quality and public access and information.
Virginia CZM Program Partner Publications
- Restoring
Virginia's Wetlands - A Citizen's Toolkit
Promotes the Voluntary Protection, Enhancement, Restoration and
Creation of wetlands - prepared in partnership with the Virginia
Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), through a grant award
from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's
(EPA) Wetlands Program Development Grants initiative. Guides viewers
through the background information necessary to understand wetland
functions and values. It provides useful information to Virginia's
landowners, both private and public, on the status of wetlands,
various options for the use and management of their wetlands,
current regulatory protection as well as voluntary efforts, and
technical and financial resources for protection, enhancement,
restoration and creation projects. Included within the ToolKit
are basics regarding wetland identification, types and classification
as well as a section discussing types of wetland monitoring. Available
on-line and in hardcopy. - Virginia's Precious Heritage: A Report on the Status of Virginia's Natural Communities, Plants, and Animals, and a Plan for Preserving Virginia's Natural Heritage Resources
- "Shoreline Erosions Problems? - Think Green!" - establishing marsh vegetation can provide long-term shorelinestabilization - - published by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. If you would like hardcopies, please contact virginia.witmer@deq.virginia.gov
- Managing Phragmites Workshop for Landowners Presentations - DCR produced these presentations for workshops held on Virginia's Eastern Shore in 2005.
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Publications Page (including the following on-line publications: Virginia Greenways and Trails Toolbox, 2002 Virginia Outdoors Report, BMPs for Virginia Agriculture, Directory of Virginia's Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Virginia Stormwater Management Handbook, Watershed Connections brochure, Yellow Pages (Conservation Contacts)
- 2002 Annual Report on Status of Tributary Strategies, Chesapeake Bay Agreement and Water Quality for Virginia's Chesapeake Bay and Tributaries
- Virginia
Birding and Wildlife Trail coastal
trail guide
Several exciting features include loop discussion
lists for travelers to post information about unusual and interesting
sightings, and and an online tool for service providers to use
to add themselves to the list of Services for a loop (check at
the bottom of the Services section of any site). Comments and
suggestions for enhancements are welcome! - A Stream Corridor Protection Strategy for Local Governments [produced by the University of Virginia through the CBP and VEE]
- 2002 Virginia Outdoors Plan - produced by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
- VIMS Marine Education Publications
- Got Buffer? Brochure - produced by the Chesapeake Bay Local Assistcne Department
- Better Site Design manual produced by the Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Department Better Site Design brochure also available on-line
- Working Together to Protect Streams, Rivers, and the Bay - a new informational brochure about the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act.
- Oyster Reef Communities in the Chesapeake Bay - educational-CD-ROM; please see page for ordering information.
- Native Plants for Conservation, Restoration, and Landscaping - produced by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation - Division of Natural Heritage - brochures on plantings for riparian buffers, grasslands and by geographic region
- Virginia Chesapeake Bay Program Office Publications - related to tributary strategies, CB monitoring, and the Water Quality Improvement Fund.
- Chesapeake Bay Publications - (Chesapeake Bay Program website)
- Chesapeake Bay Program Committee Publications
Other Coastal Management Newsletters, Magazines, Publications
- Daily News on the Chesapeake Bay
- Gateways Network News
- Virginia Marine Resources Commssion Newsletters - Saltwater Review and Fisheries News
- Grassroots - Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation newsletter
- Bay Act News- [produced by the Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Department]
- Virginia DCR - Division of Natural Heritage Newsletter
- Virginia Marine Resource Bulletin- [produced by VIMS]
- Bay Journal - [produced by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay]
- Virginia Wildlife Magazine - [produced by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries]
- Water Central - [produced by the Virginia Water Resource Research Center at VPI&SU]
- Watershed Fact Packs - designed to coach watershed groups in every facet of their development and communications (produced by Greenworks)
- Chesapeake Quarterly - a magazine from Maryland Sea Grant
