1.   Exempt certain businesses and coastal communities from complying with wetlands regulations.

2.   High waves from the hurricane engulfed large areas of the coastal community.

3.   A Japanese proposal for a coastal community whaling quota was also defeated.

4.   Although that finding is not surprising in a coastal community like Barton, a few of the skeletons exhibited isotope ratios closer to those found in pig cholesterol.

5.   Anathema to state officials and coastal engineers only a few years ago, groins are once more part of the save-our-beach strategy of coastal communities.

6.   Another excellent way to explore Monterey and its neighboring coastal communities is to rent a bike.

7.   At a time when other American coastal communities are bracing for water crises, the effort by the Tampa Bay Water authority may serve as an important test.

8.   Because water warms at a much slower rate than land, onshore breezes are chilled, effectively robbing coastal communities of springtime warmth.

9.   Adding to the danger for coastal communities, activists said, rising temperatures may be generating more violent storms.

10.   Bridges to all coastal communities on barrier islands from the South Carolina border to the easternmost tip of North Carolina were closed except to residents with identification.