Sec. 506. Amendments to National Estuarine Research Reserve System Program
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Not later than five years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall designate not less than 5 new national estuarine reserves under section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1461 ) that ensure the National Estuarine Research Reserve System includes areas in— full representation of biogeographic regions, States, and Territories; and each coastal State or Territory (as that term is defined in that Act). Section 315(c) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1461(c) ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(3)through
(5)as paragraphs
(4)through (6); and by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following: the establishment of coordinated long-term data monitoring and methods throughout the System for tracking and modeling the impacts of climate change on estuarine systems, including impacts on lake levels and sea levels; . Section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1461 ) is amended by striking subsection
(g)and adding at the end the following: The Secretary may use funds authorized under section 318 for land acquisition and the construction and renovations of facilities required to meet delivery of System programs and services, or to meet changing needs of program under this title. Such construction shall incorporate green design principles, materials, energy efficiency, and adaptive reuse strategies, and the development of innovative coastal technology and management strategies that enhance resilience of System facilities and lands. In using funds under subsection (g), the Secretary shall— provide science-based information and technical assistance to coastal stakeholders and decisionmakers; leverage the capabilities of nationwide protected area networks to address challenging coastal management issues such as climate change and vulnerability of coastal ecosystems and communities to coastal hazards; serve as living laboratories and preferred places for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research and fellowships on coastal and estuarine systems; serve as critical sentinel sites for detecting environmental change and developing and demonstrating adaptation and mitigation strategies; identify priority places for land acquisition, especially those lands required to enhance resilience to environmental change; and engage coastal communities, stakeholders, and the public in education programs to increase scientific literacy of coastal environments, and to develop and train capable environmental stewards. The Secretary shall coordinate systemwide programs and activities in the System including— the centralized management and dissemination of data from System observation and monitoring networks; a competitive grant program employing the collaborative research model on coastal research and management priorities to be conducted at research reserve sites focused on the priorities determined by the Secretary; and the Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Research Fellowship Program to address key coastal management questions and the coastal research and management priorities of the Reserve System and its place-based sites to help scientists and communities understand the coastal challenges that may influence future policy and management strategies. Each National Estuarine Research Reserve shall establish and maintain place-based program elements that include— a research, monitoring, and observation network that detects environmental change and informs suitable adaptation and mitigation strategies where appropriate, and that supports systemwide activities stated in subsection (e); education, outreach, and interpretive programs that communicate the value and changing dynamics of coastal systems and inspire behavior change for the next generation of estuarine stewards; stewardship programs that provide science-based tools, habitat management, and restoration and that provide resources and information to inform coastal management; coastal training programs that provide technical assistance to coastal communities, resource managers, and coastal decisionmakers; and the lands and facilities that support such accessible research, monitoring, stewardship, education, and coastal training activities. In this section, the following definitions apply: The term collaborative research means the engagement of local decisionmakers and stakeholders directly in the research process so that their knowledge and needs will inform research questions, data analysis, and use of the products generated by the research. The term sentinel site means a site with long-term research and monitoring capability to detect, document, and respond to emerging environmental changes that impact natural and human systems. .
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