New England's unique shorelines.

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Five out of the six New England states BORDER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN) PROVIDING RICH ECONOMIC) recreational and tourist benefits to each state. Vermont, though not bordering the ocean, benefits similarly from its own "sea," Lake Champlain. But these unique coastal resources are under constant attack from development pressures and pollution problems.

The New England shoreline is a unique place where water and land resources meet, salt and freshwaters mix, local and migrating wildlife concentrate, tides and storms dynamically churn, and humans and nature interact. Without this biologically and ecologically diverse coastline, New England would not have the rich cultural and maritime history...