New Coastal Resilience & Sand Category and Datasets

In collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the NROC Coastal Hazards Resilience Committee, and other partners, the Northeast Ocean Data Portal team launched a new category and datasets in the Data Explorer related to coastal resilience.

The new category, named Coastal Resilience & Sand, contains subcategories for Water Levels, Sand & Sediment Management, and will soon include a subcategory called Living Shorelines. Because of their relevance to navigational safety, several of the new and updated layers are also listed in the Data Explorer under Marine Transportation > Navigation.

Within the Sand & Sediment Management subcategory, new datasets have been added:

Beneficial Use Sites
These data are being integrated into the Portal from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New England District Beneficial Use Planning Tool developed by the Disposal Area Monitoring System (DAMOS) Program. The data and Tool facilitate the identification of beneficial use opportunities for dredged material in New England. Portal users can activate a layer that displays the locations and types of beneficial uses of dredged material and visit the Tool to view summaries and statistics associated with beneficial use sites in the region.