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- 1. Adam Whelchel, Ph.D. Director of Science Connecticut Chapter The Nature Conservancy awhelchel@tnc.org (860) 970-‐8442 Great Marsh Coalition 2013 Symposium
- 2. Main Points • Natural Disasters reafEirm to the public that Natural Resources are beneEicial… • Highlights protection & defense provided by Natural Resources… • More relevant to more people • Property and life vs. “nice place to walk” • Natural Disasters are funding opportunities to execute your project bucket list…
- 3. Architecture • Context: Region & Sandy Impacts • Post-‐Sandy: Rebuild and Recovery • “Resilient Conservation” Awareness Relevance Urgency
- 4. Northeast & Mid-‐Atlantic “Megaregion” Stats: • 48 Million people • 15% of US population • 2% of the land mass • 20% gross domestic product • $2 Trillion economy • 18 Million more people by 2050 Highest population concentration, economic prosperity and urbanized landscapes in North America Source: Wikimedia Commons
- 5. Northeast & Mid-‐Atlantic “Megaregion” Stats: • 8,128 miles of coastline • 1,000s miles beaches/barrier islands • 7 National Estuary Programs • 24 National Wildlife Refuges • 4 National Estuary Research Reserves • 3 National Seashores • Extensive network of protected lands Source: Wikimedia Commons
- 6. Sandy – October 2012 Goggle NASA Stats: • Largest Atlantic Hurricane on Record • 1,100 miles wide • 24 states and 7 nations (Florida to Maine) • $60B – 286 lives Whitehouse
- 7. Impacts to Natural Resources American Littoral Society Assessment (Dec. 2012) • Commissioned by National Fish and Wildlife Foundation • Input from resource managers across primary footprint Coordinated Regional Assessment • Evaluate environmental impacts from storm • Coastal habitats emphasis • Special focus on National Wildlife Refuges h1p://www.li1oralsociety.org/index.php/a;er-‐sandy/assessing-‐the-‐damage
- 8. Impacts to Natural Resources Reshaped the Coast Habitat Loss and Conversion • Salt water intrusion-‐ fresh/brackish/ salt • Sedimentation • Beach/Dune erosion and Elattening • Seagrass buried by eroding dunes Tidal inlets blocked New breeches in barrier island complexes Household refuge, debris, contamination WWT discharge – 11B gallons (3.45B) The American Littoral Society – Dec 2012
- 9. Impacts to Natural Resources The American Littoral Society – Dec 2012 2500’ x 2500’ image tiles to dominant habitat
- 10. Impacts to Natural Resources Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware USFWS DOI: $19,805,000 Coastal Tidal Marsh/Barrier Beach Restoration
- 11. Impacts to Natural Resources Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey Active overwash channels and landward migration (200’ +) DOI: $15,000,000 Restoring Coastal Marshes NJ NWR ALS
- 12. Impacts to Natural Resources Rhode Island, MA, and Maine – National Wildlife Refuges • Protecting Property and Helping Coastal Wildlife: Enhancing Salt marsh and Estuarine Function and Resiliency for Key Habitats on Impacted Wildlife Refuges for Rhode Island (400-‐acres), Massachusetts (50-‐acres), and Maine (50-‐acres). DOI: $4,150,000 Massachusetts – Round Hill Salt Marsh Restoration Project • Restore 11.6-‐acres, 75,000 cubic yards, and culvert replacement. DOI: $2,277,000
- 13. Impacts to Natural Resources Massachusetts – Muddy Creek Wetland Restoration Project • Culvert replacement with bridge and open channel. DOI: $3,762,000 Massachusetts – Parkers Tidal Restoration Project • Bridge replacement, Eish passage improvement at 2 locations. DOI: $3,718,000
- 15. Percentage Change in Very Heavy Precipitation US NCA 2013 “Very Heavy “= deEined as the heaviest 1% of all daily events – 1958-‐2011
- 16. Source: US NCA 2013 Hurricane Irene Rainfall Totals: • • • • TS Lee – 2 day totals August and September 2011 20-‐25 inches 3x normal 2 month total Exceeded 500 year storm (NY & VT)
- 17. Architecture • Context: Region & Sandy Impacts • Post-‐Sandy: Rebuild and Recovery • “Resilient Conservation” Awareness Relevance Urgency
- 18. 21st century solutions to the 21st century challenges facing our Nation “More than ever, it is critical that when we build for the future, we do so in a way that makes communities more resilient to emerging challenges such as rising sea levels, extreme heat, and more frequent and intense storms.” Shaun Donovan Chair, Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force Secretary, U.S. Department of HUD August 2013 HUD http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/sandyrebuilding
- 19. Post-‐Sandy Response in New York ü NYS 2100 Commission ü 9 Major Recommended Actions Ø Encourage the use of green and natural infrastructure. § Expanded Investment § “Soft” Infrastructure http://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/publications/nys-‐2100-‐commission-‐report-‐building
- 20. Guiding Principles for Design • Value, protect, and utilize natural infrastructure as an effective long-‐term solution to make people, infrastructure and natural systems less vulnerable. Awareness Relevance Urgency
- 21. Funding Opportunities • Department of Interior – $160M (internal) – $100M (external) for “resilient” conservation http://www.nfwf.org/hurricanesandy/Pages/2013rfp.aspx • Natural Resource Conservation Service – $125M for Emergency Watershed Program • Floodplain Easements
- 22. Funding Opportunities • Department of Interior • $100M (external) for “resilient” conservation http://www.nfwf.org/hurricanesandy/Pages/2013rfp.aspx • Massachusetts – Project Planning and Design – Coastal Resiliency Assessments – Restoration and Resiliency Projects – Green Infrastructure – Community Coastal Resilience Planning
- 23. Architecture • Context: Region & Sandy Impacts • Post-‐Sandy: Rebuild and Recovery • “Resilient Conservation” Awareness Relevance Urgency
- 24. “Resilient Conservation” Considerations of Future Conditions – Extreme weather events – Sea level rise Considerations for Future Management – Loss, Conversion, Tradeoff – Acquisition/easement priorities – Restoration, enhancement, creation – People’s responses – risk reduction
- 25. Coastal Resilience Network CRN aims to provide science, tools, and process to better inform decision-‐making and enable adaptative solutions, emphasizing the important role of ecosystems in risk reduction and resilience. www.coastalresilience.org
- 26. Additional Defense: Natural Infrastructure
- 27. Tidal Marsh – Existing and Future Advancement www.coastalresilience.org
- 28. Proactive Risk Reduction through Land Protection… Southold , New York – NOAA CELCP: 37-‐acres
- 29. Proactive Risk Reduction through Land Protection… 2080 High SLR & CAT-‐3 2010 CAT-‐2 www.coastalresilience.org Southold , New York – NOAA CELCP: 37-‐acres
- 30. South Cape May Meadows Preserve
- 34. During Restoration • Two miles of dunes and beach • Islands to serve as resting and feeding areas • Plover ponds behind the dunes • Invasive species control • Restoration of old stream channel • Visitor amenities
- 36. After Super Storm Sandy
- 37. After Super Storm Sandy
- 38. Main Points ü Natural Disasters reafEirm to the public that Natural Resources are beneEicial… ü Highlights protection & defense provided by Natural Resources… • More relevant to more people • Property and life vs. “nice place to walk” ü Natural Disasters are funding opportunities to execute your project bucket list…
- 39. Sincere Thanks Adam Whelchel, Ph.D. awhelchel@tnc.org (860) 970-‐8442