Description: This geospatial dataset is the output generated by applying the Maryland Living Shoreline Suitability Model (LSSM), a modification of the Virginia Shoreline Management Model (SMM), developed by the Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM), Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), in the tidal shoreline of Calvert County, MD. The application of the LSSM has the purpose to enhance and streamline regulatory decision making in Maryland by identifying shoreline best management practices for tidal shoreline erosion control.The LSSM compiles twelve attributes from various databases: land use, shoreline structures, bank height, tidal marshes, beaches, fetch, roads, permanent structures, bathymetry, submerged aquatic vegetation(SAV), sensitive species, and federal navigation channels. They are all integrated through a series of model pre-steps, into one linear feature. The single file was then processed through a final model to produce 3 shoreline recommendations for tidal shoreline and adjacent upland banks (Living Shoreline, Structural Shoreline Stabilization Measure, and Undetermined). All processing steps occurred in ESRI’s ArcMap versions 10.6 and 10.8, and ArcGIS Pro using models created in ArcGIS ModelBuilder or Python.
Copyright Text: This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement CD-963623-01-1 to the Maryland Department of the Environment.
These data have been produced by the Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM), Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) for Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE).