RES supports the CRMP and is currently serving on an advisory committee in other Mid-Atlantic States and have demonstrated the ability to design-build-sustain nature-based solutions that are a component of the CRMP. Based on our project experience and approach to delivery, we are positioned to identify and deliver projects that align with the goals and objectives of the CRMP and available to support the projects outlined in the CRMP.

As part of our advisory committee role, we are supporting the development of Resilient Protection Frameworks that include the development of three primary deliverables that may also be considered as part of the CRMP:

1. Coastal Resilience Easement Language: Draft language that can be integrated into existing easements to ensure the preservation of the socio-ecological goals of protected parcels given anticipated sea level rise-induced landscape change.
2. Coastal Resilience Management Plan Template: Land management outline that prioritizes management strategies that can be applied to a given parcel—depending on the landscape features of individual parcels—to improve the climate resilience of the parcel’s socio-ecological resources.
3. Incentivizing Action Plan: Recommended sustainable financing structures that will support both a new industry for the development and implementation of marsh migration management plans, as well as financial incentives for landowners.

In addition, dredged material is a valuable resource and can be incorporated into beneficial use applications to support coastal resiliency strategies, such as living shorelines, wetland creation, increasing land elevation, etc. It appears the beneficial use of dredge material is not specified in the CRMP. RES is supporting another agency to develop a framework to evaluate the siting and construction of projects to accept small, local deposits of dredged material for coastal resiliency projects in other regions. The goal of this effort is to align ecological, economic, and social parameters to support regional dredging and resiliency needs using nature-based solutions.