GUIDE CASE STUDY: Collaborative science projects are designed to inform and catalyze action, but often those impacts do not develop until after a grant ends. Two project teams working with New England reserves found different ways to support the work of their partners after their grants ended.
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Keywords: enhance collaboration
Reserves: Great Bay, NH, Narragansett Bay, RI, Waquoit Bay, MA, Wells, ME
GUIDE CASE STUDY: Collaboration with diverse team members and stakeholders can sometimes result in disagreements or contention, as was the experience of the New England Climate Adaptation Project, a regional initiative involving the four New England reserves.
GUIDE CASE STUDY: To be effective, collaborative project teams must include the right skill sets, but it’s also important to include team members who have established relationships with or access to your project’s intended users.
Thin-layer sediment placement (TLP) is a promising management tool for enhancing tidal marsh resilience to rising seas.
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Keywords: thin-layer sediment, wetland resilience
Reserves: Chesapeake Bay, MD, Chesapeake Bay, VA, Elkhorn Slough, CA, Great Bay, NH, Narragansett Bay, RI, North Carolina, San Francisco Bay, CA, Waquoit Bay, MA
A peer-reviewed article describing several of the biosensor tools and the design process used to build them, as part of the 2021 Collaborative Research project incorporating bivalve biosensors into estuary monitoring infrastructure.
This 2021 paper from the University of South Florida discusses how machine learning was used to map aquifers throughout the Kenai Lowlands to locate groundwater discharge, providing a framework to extend this method of modeling groundwater to other reserves.
This 2021 article which appeared in Estuaries and Coasts provides a synthesis of native oyster restoration projects conducted from California, USA, to British Columbia, Canada.
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Keywords: oyster, restoration
Reserves: Elkhorn Slough, CA, Padilla Bay, WA, San Francisco Bay, CA, South Slough, OR, Tijuana River, CA
This 2021 article which appeared in Ecology and Society describes a research project exploring how alders, peatlands, and groundwater flows were incorporated into a spatial tool that was used in case studies with user groups and in outreach efforts. The paper includes evidence that these efforts to engage with stakeholders are resulting in attitudinal shifts as well as on-the-ground changes in peoples ’ decision-making.