MEMORANDUM

To:              Interested Persons

From:           Doug Haymans, Director

Subject:       Call for Nominees for Appointment to the Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee and the Shore Protection Committee

On behalf of the Board of Natural Resources, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Coastal Resources Division is seeking nominees for appointment to the Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee and the Shore Protection Committee, for the four-year term 2022 to 2025. Nominees are being sought who, by reason of their occupational or other experience, scientific expertise, legal expertise, or training, are knowledgeable regarding the conservation, development uses, and management of Georgia’s coastal environment.

Nominees should have a strong conservation ethic in order to achieve the responsibilities of the Committees under the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act and the Shore Protection Act. Nominees must be able to work collectively with other Committee members to achieve the natural resource protections established by those Acts. Nominees must be willing and able to commit to participate fully in Committee business and related activities for the duration of their term.  The Board of Natural Resources expects to appoint the committee member at the February 22, 2022 board meeting. The appointee will be expected to attend their first Committee meeting on March 18, 2022 at 9:30am in Brunswick, GA.

A nominee’s detailed resume should be submitted to the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources no later than February 18, 2022, to the attention of Josh Noble, Coastal Resources Division, One Conservation Way, Brunswick, GA 31520, or by email: josh.noble@dnr.ga.gov.  Additional information on the Coastal Marshlands Protection Committee and Shore Protection Committee may also be obtained via the Coastal Resources Division website (www.coastalGaDNR.org/CommitteesCRD) or by calling (912) 264-7218.