Office for Coastal Management

Our Office Helping Communities Thrive and Adapt to a Changing Coast Climate change and a growing population. These two factors alone account for many of the challenges facing the nation’s coastal and Great Lakes communities. Add in sea level rise, erosion, flooding, congested evacuation routes, threatened public access to natural resources, habitat loss, storm preparedness and recovery, and vulnerable infrastructure and populations. These are multifaceted problems, which need multifaceted solutions. That’s what NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management was founded to do: work with a variety of partners, from all sectors, to deliver the products, services, and programs most needed by the nation’s coastal communities.