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Planning for Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge in Worcester County, Maryland

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Conservation / Restoration

Land Use Planning

Tourism / Recreation

Transportation / Infrastructure

Summary:

In 2001, the Worcester County Planning Commission voted to update the county's Comprehensive Development Plan. The county assessed the threat of sea level rise as well as storm surge and incorporated these findings into the revised comprehensive plan.

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Disaster Risk Management

Research

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Agriculture

Conservation / Restoration

Fisheries

Forestry

Land Use Planning

Transportation / Infrastructure

Water Resources

Wildlife

Summary:

Somerset County received a grant through Maryland’s Coast-Smart Communities Initiative grant program to assess the county’s vulnerability to climate change and develop a plan of action to prepare for those impacts.

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Conservation / Restoration

Water Resources

Sector Addressed:

Disaster Risk Management

Land Use Planning

Transportation / Infrastructure

Sector Addressed:

Conservation / Restoration

Wildlife

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Sector Addressed:

Conservation / Restoration

Land Use Planning

Water Resources

Wildlife

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Disaster Risk Management

Policy

Research

Transportation / Infrastructure

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Conservation / Restoration

Policy

Research

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Agriculture

Climate Justice

Development (socioeconomic)

Education / Outreach

Policy

Transportation / Infrastructure

Water Resources

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Sector Addressed:

Conservation / Restoration

Disaster Risk Management

Land Use Planning

Sector Addressed:

Aquaculture

Climate Justice

Conservation / Restoration

Development (socioeconomic)

Disaster Risk Management

Education / Outreach

Fisheries

Land Use Planning

Policy

Public Health

Research

Rural / Indigenous Livelihoods

Tourism / Recreation

Transportation / Infrastructure

Water Resources

Wildlife

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Sector Addressed:

Forestry

Rural / Indigenous Livelihoods

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Sector Addressed:

Conservation / Restoration

Disaster Risk Management

Land Use Planning

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Sector Addressed:

Agriculture