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Accreted Land Management Plan
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Town of Sullivan’s Island, SC
The report is to be presented to the community in one or more forums so as to provide all inter-
ested citizens with a common background and framework for discussion. Then with community
input, a set of recommended management strategies will be formulated (the final ALMP).
Implementation of the ALMP is anticipated to be an ongoing process into the future, with
adjustments to management techniques applied as needed based on regular monitoring of the
AL area.
1.2 Organization of the Report
The study Team (CSE–S&W–Dewberry) includes professionals in the fields of coastal geology,
coastal engineering, ecology, and forestry management. Each Team member was responsible
for key elements of the study. Resumes for the Team members are given in Appendix 1.
The report is organized into sections discussing the general setting (2.0), existing conditions
(3.0), historical changes (4.0), future changes and land evolution (5.0), and applicable land
management alternatives (6.0). Existing conditions (2008) are described in detail before his-
torical changes to give the reader a basis for understanding coastal processes and for inter-
preting the nature of the changes that have occurred over the past century or so. Within each
section are multi-disciplinary topics such as coastal processes, flora and fauna, storm his-
tories, etc, as applicable. Existing conditions have been used to evaluate relative storm-wave
vulnerability using state-of-the-art numerical models (c/o Dewberry). Where appropriate, cer-
tain background data, detailed plant inventories, and the basis of the models have been pro-
vided in the appendices. A list of references used by the Team has also been provided.
In this report the following acronyms or names will be used:
ALMP
Accreted Land Management Plan (ie – the overall study).
AL
Accreted Land “Study Area” as delineated in Figure 1.1.
Team
The preparers of the study including the firms, Coastal Science &
Engineering (CSE), Sabine & Waters Inc (SW), and Dewberry (DEW).
1.3 Accreted Land Management Plan Study Area
The area of interest is the ocean shoreline of Sullivan’s Island from Breach Inlet to Fort Moul-
trie (Fig 1.1). The specific section of oceanfront that has accreted begins near Station 14 and
ends at approximately Station 29. A tradition at Sullivan’s Island has been to name streets
extending perpendicular to the oceanfront as “stations,” either after the days before roads
(when Life Saving Stations monitored the coastline for vessels in distress) or in connection