Commercial shipping in Wisconsin requires well-maintained ports and harbors, while recreational boating relies on access to marinas and other landings. These resources help guide decision-making about the marine infrastructure that supports shipping and boating.
Promoting Resilient Ports and Harbors
Great Lakes Port and Harbor Infrastructure and Dredging Cost Evaluation Matrix
Association of State Floodplain Managers and NOAA Office for Coastal Management
A matrix model to estimate the cost of building and maintaining structures at large ports in the Great Lakes.
Fact sheet on timber structure failure mechanisms and potential solutions.
Best Practice Inspection Guidelines for Great Lakes Port, Harbor and Marina Structures
Wisconsin Sea Grant
Fact sheet with inspection guidelines to prevent structure deterioration
Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies for Great Lakes Ports, Harbors and Marinas
Wisconsin Sea Grant
Fact sheet on potential future Great Lakes water levels and their possible impacts to waterfront facilities
Ports Resilience Index: A Port Management Self-Assessment
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, Louisiana Sea Grant, Gulf of Mexico Alliance
This self-assessment tool in downloadable PDF format was developed for port and marine industry leaders. It serves as a simple and inexpensive method of assessing if ports and the regional marine transportation sector are prepared to maintain operations during and after disasters.
Boater Maps and Information
Integrates forecast models and buoy data with information about boat launches and marinas.
Great Lakes Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA)
NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
This tool supports emergency responders and environmental resource managers with coastal pollution cleanup, restoration, and response efforts in the Great Lakes basin.
Promoting Clean and Resilient Marinas
The program provides guidance, training and education that help marina and boatyard operators improve their management practices. A guidebook provides best practices that address marine facilities and nonpoint sources of pollution.
The Great Lakes Clean Marina Network is a group of Great Lakes marina and boatyard stakeholders brought together through the Green Marina Education and Outreach project. Participants work with technical experts and outreach professionals to find common ground on best practices and certification criteria for marinas.