"She and the other celebrities have been instrumental in rallying national support for restoration of our beaches, wetlands and Gulf Coast environment".
Two other studies, both part of a multiagency effort led by the Environmental Protection Agency, sound similar warnings on infrastructure but add that natural features like beaches, wetlands and fresh-water supplies are also threatened by encroaching saltwater.
Susan Antenen, the director of coastal conservation for the Nature Conservancy on Long Island, said the project "would have set a precedent that would be ecologically damaging to the beaches, wetlands and Great South Bay, and it was expected to encourage new development on the oceanfront".
Their 14- square-mile paradise included 31 miles of shoreline, endless beaches, wetlands, dunes, estuaries and twisting salt marshes teeming with wildlife.
It implements a Regional Risk Assessment (RRA) methodology allowing the spatial assessment of multiple climate change impacts in coastal areas and the ranking of key elements at risk (beaches, wetlands, protected areas, urban and agricultural areas).
Even then, though, many found access to beaches, wetlands and waters restricted by BP and government clean-up workers.
Don't disturb wild places like forests, beaches, wetlands and other areas where animals make their homes.
Send them to the Gulf to clean up beaches and wetlands, and send the bill to BP. Florida's panhandle beaches are already marred with sticky brown globs of oil.
Nearly 700 miles of beaches and wetlands are oiled or at risk.
Mr. Williams and others oppose plans to create beaches on wetlands.
Bainbridge Island has 1,400 rolling acres of parks, beaches and wetlands.
