Environment – State Wetlands – Shoreline Restoration
What this bill does
Altering the requirements for improvements made to protect a person's property against erosion; requiring the Department of the Environment, in coordination with the Department of Natural Resources, to designate priority shoreline restoration zones where conditions exist that degrade the resilience of the land and the habitat connectivity between the land and water; establishing in a certain Fund a coastal resilience and living shoreline restoration account to provide grants for certain shoreline stabilization replacement projects; etc.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (14)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Wilkinson, nanci | Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church Environmental Justice Ministry | Position only |
| FAV | Colden, Allisonlobbyist | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Myers, Doug | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Oral |
| FAV | Stegman, Matt | Chesapeake Bay Foundation | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Butchko, Dominic | Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Alsobrooks, Angela | Prince George's County Executive | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Dietz, Michellelobbyist | The Nature Conservancy | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Elfreth, Sarah | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Ranson, Emilylobbyist | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Senator Elfreth, Senator Elfrethlegislator | Individual | Oral |
| UNF | Fink, Nelda | Individual | Position only |
| FWA | Bassett, Elle | Arundel Rivers Federation | Written (PDF) |
| FWA | Richards, Annie | ShoreRivers | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Abbott, Tyler | Maryland Department of the Environment | Written (PDF) |