BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:75b4328fe809674a80a1ceef1d55daab111 CATEGORIES:Webinars SUMMARY:NAEP Webinar: Coastal Restoration and Resilience DESCRIPTION:
About
The webinar will provide insight into coastal restoration and resilienc y planning, ecological and socioeconomic considerations, and effective moni toring to measure success. Case studies will be described to illustrate app roaches, challenges, and successes.
Ms. Lussier will provide an ove rview of approaches to strengthen coastal resilience using natural infrastr ucture, with an emphasis on techniques appropriate for the Southeastern U.S . and Caribbean. The nature-based approaches absorb shock from climate and weather threats while providing benefits for fish and wildlife. Examples wi ll include living shorelines, mangrove, coral reef, salt marsh, oyster reef , dune, and other coastal habitat restoration projects that increase coasta l resilience.
Ms. Bassow will discuss how the National Fish and Wildl ife Foundation is applying lessons learned from the Sandy program to its re silience grantmaking nation-wide. She will focus on the recommendations com ing out of an initial evaluation of the Sandy program, as well as the statu s of on-going monitoring to track a core set of ecological and socio-econom ic metrics.
Moderator
Mike Mayer, ERM, Minnesota AEP
Speakers
Amanda Bassow
Director of the North
eastern Regional Office, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)<
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Ms. Amanda Bassow works with both the public and private sectors to p
rotect and restore the nation’s fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats for cu
rrent and future generations. . Since its creation by Congress in 1984, NFW
F has grown to become the nation's largest private conservation grant-maker
. Ms. Bassow earned a Master of Public Policy degree from Duke University,
with a focus in environmental policy and a Bachelor of Arts in Communicatio
n and Journalism from the University of Washington.
As the Northeast
Regional Director, Ms. Bassow develops partnerships and oversees the delive
ry of grant programs across a 13-state region covering the Northeast and Mi
d-Atlantic states. The region includes over $35 million in annual grantmaki
ng for conservation in New England, the Long Island Sound, the Delaware Riv
er watershed, the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and Central Appalachia.
M s. Bassow also had the opportunity to oversee the implementation of NFWF’s $120 million partnership with the Department of Interior to support coastal resilience restoration in response to Hurricane Sandy.
Bridget Callahan Lussier
Coastal Resilience Specialist, Lynker, Charleston, Office of C
oastal Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
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Ms. Bridget Callahan Lussier is a Coastal Resilience Specialist w ith Lynker at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management in Charleston, South Carolina. In her role, s he provides coordination and communication on coastal resilience across NOA A, and with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and other partners. S he provides technical expertise in coastal resilience to inform place-based , regional resilience assessments. Additionally, she supports the developme nt and implementation of grant programs focused on enhancing coastal resili ence.
Ms. Lussier earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Smith Col lege and a Master of Marine Affairs from the University of Washington. She has over 25 years of experience working in coastal and marine habitat resto ration, monitoring, environmental impact assessment, research, and policy.< /p>
Lisa McDonald
Dr. McDonald has more than 25 years of professional experience conducting economic analysis studies focused on various natural resource i ssues including ecosystem restoration, endangered species management, recre ation and tourism, and agriculture. She has led the development of economic impact tools used to evaluate large investment and divestment decisions. I n addition, she has led or completed several socioeconomic impact analyses for various projects including evaluating employment, earnings, and taxes w ith changes in land-use policies, energy, and infrastructure development. Her experience includes working closely with several Federal agencies inclu ding U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), National Park Service (NPS), US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), US Forest Service (USFS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), US Department of Defense (DOD), US Department of Agricul ture (USDA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Pricing
NAEP Member: $75
Chapter Members: $125
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on-member: $140