The Virgin Islands Coastal Zone Management Program (VICZMP), over the coming years will be working on a number of new initiatives in an effort to lessen the negative impacts on our coastal zone and its resources.

In keeping with the rest of the nation, our goal is to use the watershed approach to guide all of our developments and protection efforts. The VICZMP is working closely with the Division of Comprehensive and Coastal Zone Planning to implement the Comprehensive Land and Water Use Plan (CLWUP). The CLWUP will ensure proper planning territory-wide and will consolidate the existing two-tier system of Coastal Zone Management into a single tier system.

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