Do preservation activities pose any threat to private property rights?
All of the preservation strategies being contemplated involve voluntary participation by existing landowners. Property values along the coast could decline as the potential for speculative development is reduced or these values could increase as a product of being located in close proximity to a protected and increasingly rare ecosystem. In general, there will be no change in existing property rights.
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