Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Unveils 50-Year Plan to Protect Coastlines from Rising Seas and Extreme Weather

Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Unveils 50-Year Plan to Protect Coastlines from Rising Seas and Extreme Weather

The state’s new ResilientCoasts Initiative lays out adaptation plans to protect people, infrastructure and ecosystems—a costly effort that officials say will save more than it spends.By Ryan KrugmanA long-awaited advisory plan to protect Massachusetts’ 1,519 miles of coastline from intensifying storms and sea level rise—an effort years in the making as tides creep higher into coastal neighborhoods from Salisbury to Cape Cod—has been released by …

Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Unveils 50-Year Plan to Protect Coastlines from Rising Seas and Extreme Weather

The state's new ResilientCoasts Initiative lays out adaptation plans to protect people, infrastructure and ecosystems-a costly effort that officials say will save more than it spends. By Ryan Krugman A long-awaited advisory plan to protect Massachusetts' 1,519 miles of coastline from intensifying storms and sea level rise-an effort years in the making as tides creep higher into coastal neighborhoods from Salisbury to Cape Cod-has been released b…