Year: 1985
Type: article
Abstract: For a discussion on improving public access through coastal zone management, seeD.BRO\WER, AccEss To THE NATION'S LEGAL AND PLANNING PERSPECTIVES (1978).California's program has increased public access greatly, despite some problems with locating entities to maintain and accept liability for access created, and a recent adverse court decision.See Pacific Legal Found.v. California Coastal Comm'n, 128 Cal.App.3d 695.180 Cal.Rptr.858 (1982).Prior to the advent of coastal zone management, Oregon had secured public access to the large publicly-owned portions of its relatively undeveloped coast.Washington has less public ownership of shoreline than Oregon and less general accessibility for the public.However, Washington has not engaged in an aggressive program to increase public access like California.All three states are participating in the estuarine sanctuaries program authorized by section 315 of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1461 (1982) which emphasizes preservation for education and research.To date sanctuaries have been established at South Slough, Oregon, Padilla Bay, Washington, and Elkhorn Slough and Tijuana River, California.Washington and Oregon are jointly planning comprehensively for future development in the lower Columbia River estuary through the Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce (CREST).Unlike BCDC, however, CREST has no regulatory powers.Relevant portions of the CREST plan have been incorporated into the plans and zoning laws of local governments along both shores of the Columbia.The CREST effort has been supported in part by federal funds granted under section 306 of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act, 16 U.S.C.
Authors: Richard G. Hildreth, R. W. Johnson
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W5303100