This project is developing the Virginia No Adverse Impact Legal Guide, based specifically on Virginia law, for understanding the legal landscape of risk related to development and to denials of permits in floodplain management. This is crucial as Virginia’s constitutional protections of private property rights differ from those of the U.S. Constitution, and Virginia tort law has features that distinguish it from many states.
This project will catalog references to vertical datums in the Virginia Code, Virginia Administrative Code, and at least one set of representative local government documents, evaluate potential impacts, evaluate how this might affect policy, and make recommendations to address latent policy changes if necessary. This project is funded by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program through a grant to DEQ from NOAA under the federal Coastal Zone Management Act.
This project brings together market analysis of native plant species, strategies for economic vitality of selling native plants, and indigenous knowledge to formulate a business plan for the Chickahominy Tribe to establish a native plant nursery on Tribal lands as a source of economic development rooted in improving ecosystem health and overall environmental resilience. The plan can then be a catalyst for implementing the nursery and serve as a tangible reference point in securing future funding for the program.
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