Maps depicting likelihood of shore protection along the New Jersey coast from a new article in Environmental Research Letters

A $2 million effort to map the likelihood of shore protection as sea level rises is summarized in a new article entitled "State and local governments plan for development of most land vulnerable to rising sea level along the U.S. Atlantic Coast." The maps divide coastal low lands into four categories: developed (shore protection almost certain), intermediate (shore protection likely), undeveloped (shore protection unlikely), and conservation (no shore protection). Shore protection is almost certain along most shores in Northern New Jersey, as well as the densely developed recreational barrier islands and along the Delaware River north of the Commodore Barry Bridge. Conservation lands are found along much of Delaware Bay and the mainland behind several barrier islands in southern New Jersey. For additional details, please see the complete report by Craghan et al. or the summary of findings for New Jersey

Several of the maps from this study can be downloaded individually by clicking on a thumbnail map below; the entire set is available in a zipped file. This page provides the maps from that article in jpg files designed for printing at 300 dots per inch on 8-1/2 X 11 inch paper. If you simply click on the links below and try to read them on your computer screen, some of them may look strange, depending on your internet browser. If so, please save the jpg map onto your computer's hard drive and then open the file with the program you normally use to read jpg files.