Regional (NY-NJ-DE) Dialogue to Advance Sustainable Shorelines along Sheltered Coasts
Date: Friday, October 4, 2013 (9 AM to 4:30 PM)
Location: Rutgers University Conference Center, New Brunswick, NJ

The 1-day invite-only workshop examined opportunities for regional collaboration and advanced the sharing of living shorelines information and projects for sheltered coasts along NY, NJ, and DE. This workshop was funded by a National Estuarine Research Reserve System Science Collaborative Transfer Project.
Proceedings Regional (NY-NJ-DE) Dialogue to Advance Sustainable Shorelines Along Sheltered Coasts
Findings of a Pre-Conference Assessment of Shoreline Stakeholders
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Workshop Materials and Presentations
Getting on the Same Page, Emilie Hauser
Hudson River Sustainable Shorelines Project, Betsy Blair
Engineering and Modeling for the Sustainable Shorelines Project, Jon Miller and Andrew Rella
Regulatory Panel Discussion:
New Jersey, Jill Aspinwall and Ginger Kopkash (NJ DEP)
NJ Living Shoreline Regulatory Changes
Delaware, Jim Chaconas (DE DNRC)
SAA for Shoreline Stabilization Tidal and Non-Tidal Waters
North Shores Yacht Basin Photos- 2012
North Shore Yacht Basin Photos- 1995
Cost Share for Vegetative Shoreline Stabilization
New York, Josh Thiel and Betsy Blair (NYS DEC)
Situational Overview (“Speed dating round tables”)
Hudson River- Emilie Hauser
Sustainable Shorelines Project Demonstration Site Network Poster
Long Island and COPRI Tool- Jay Tasnski
Living Shorelines for Erosion Control on Long Island, New York and the Living Shorelines Database
NYC- Jessica Fain
Urban Waterfront Adaptive Strategies
New York City Waterfront Revitalization Program
NY-NJ Harbor- Kate Boicourt
New Jersey- Jon Miller
NJ Living Shorelines Past, Present & Future
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary- David Bushek
Delaware Estuary Living Shoreline Initiative (DELSI) Fact Sheet
http://www.delawareestuary.org/Living_Shorelines
Event Summaries
Poster: Overview of shorelines transfer project
Presented by Christina Tobitsch at the National Estuarine Research Reserve System Annual Meeting, November 2013
Handout: Key Takeaways and Synergies from Oct 4
Update
A follow up webinar was held on February 10, 2014.
This brought federal collaborators up to speed on the proceedings from the October workshop.