Proceedings of the 2004 National Beaches Conference

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The 2004 national beaches conference was organized as part of the Clean Beaches Plan. It provided a forum for

• learning about beach health initiatives across the country;
• presenting new methods, indicators, and modeling techniques;
• identifying beach health needs;
• discussing priorities for short-term and long-term actions; and
• recommending protocols and procedures to encourage greater consistency among jurisdictions.

Below are the proceedings in three parts.

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• Part 1 (PDF) (64 pp., 3.5 MB)
• Part 2 (PDF) (111 pp., 7.2 MB)
• Part 3 (PDF) (44 pp., 2.1 MB)