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Since 2015, the Science Collaborative has supported a range of projects looking to better understand the local impacts of climate change on coastal habitats, and to assess how management actions may influence a habitat’s ability to withstand or adapt to these impacts. The projects to date, shown on the map below, span a broad range of geographies, reserves, and topics, generally fall into one of three categories:
- Assessing wetland vulnerability with new tools;
- Developing and assessing wetland restoration techniques; and
- Promoting greater awareness of the importance of tidal wetlands.
To date, similar work in this area has also included projects focused on living shorelines and blue carbon.
Monitoring and Management of Lagoon Mouths in Southern California
Students explore how management decisions affect water quality
Audience: grade 6-8 classrooms
Resources: lesson materials and graphs
Part of a project that analyzed long-term monitoring data about the impacts of management decisions on the health of Southern California’s coastal lagoons, this project updated the middle school curriculum, Don’t Shut Your Mouth.
Spreading the Seeds of Estuary Health
Students grow marsh grasses to help restore shorelines
Audience: K-12 classrooms
Resources: teacher training and greenhouse supplies
This project leveraged lessons learned through two existing programs in different regions and helped 18 schools set up greenhouses to grow and transplant marsh grasses onto degraded shoreline sites.
Partner Reserves
- ACE Basin, SC
- Guana Tolomato Matanzas, FL
- North Carolina
- North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC
- Sapelo Island, GA
Monitoring and Management of Lagoon Mouths in Southern California
Assessing How Climate Change Will Affect Coastal Habitats in the Northeast
Exploring the Trends, Science, and Options of Buffer Management in the Great Bay Watershed
Understanding the Vulnerabilities of Southeastern Coastal Habitats to Climate Change Impacts
Communicating Results from the Tidal Marsh Resilience Synthesis
Investigating the Interconnectedness of Climate Change, Nuisance Mosquitoes, and Resilience of Coastal Salt Marsh Systems
Understanding the Role Coastal Marshes Play in Protecting Communities from Storm Surge and Flooding
Spreading the Seeds of Estuary Health
Effects of Sea Level Rise on New England Salt Marshes: A Workshop Led by the New England NERRs
Thin-Layer Sediment Placement: Evaluating an Adaptation Strategy to Enhance Coastal Marsh Resilience
Synthesizing Monitoring Data to Improve Coastal Wetland Management Across New England
SETr: Developing Tools and Visualizations to Track Changes in Wetland Surface Elevation
Using Advanced Mapping to Measure Changes in Mangrove Habitat over Time
Evaluating the Impact of Hydrologic Alterations on Salt Marsh Sustainability in a Changing Climate
Mangrove Coast Collaborative / Colaboración En Mangles Costeros: Understanding Links between Degradation, Recovery, and Community Benefits