2016-2019 Sustainable Shorelines Designs Webinar Series
Sustainable Shorelines Designs: from Long Island to Lake Erie
Webinar Series
Dates: Usually the 3rd Friday of the month
Time: 2:00-3:30 pm EST
January 2019 Webinar
Friday January 18, 2019 2 to 3:30 p.m. EST
Regional Collaboration to Advance the Use
of Nature-Based Solutions in New England
Eric J. Roberts, The Nature Conservancy
The course will begin with a brief overview of the regional context and history of collaboration between five coastal New England States (Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine) to address coastal hazards. Focus will then turn to a regional project completed in 2017 to assess the state of the practice of living shorelines in New England. Findings of the assessment will be presented along with the project type profiles (dune restoration, beach nourishment, coastal bank protection, marsh creation and living breakwaters) and an applicability index, two tools developed as part of the assessment to help shoreline managers to consider a range of nature-based shoreline management practices. The course will then shift focus to an ongoing project designed to measure the effectiveness and impacts of coastal nature-based infrastructure practices in New England.
Professional Development Credits pending:
- Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (through Society for Ecological Restoration): 1.5 CECs
- Practicing Institute of Engineering credits 1.5 credit
October Webinar
Friday October 19, 2018
The speakers were Dave Strayer and Stuart Findlay of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
Ecology of Shore Zones
Stuart Findlay: “Applying a Rapid Assessment Protocol to Track Ecological and Structural Performance of Hudson River Shorelines”
David Strayer: “Understanding and Improving the Ecological Function of Managed Shorelines”
Recordings and Presentations: Recording available here
- Introduction and Agenda for October 2018
- Dave Strayer, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
- Stuart Findlay, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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Professional Development Credits Available:
- Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (through Society for Ecological Restoration): 1.5 CECs
Credits Pending for:
- Practicing Institute of Engineering
July Webinar
Friday July 27, 2018
- Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (through Society for Ecological Restoration): 1.5 CECs
- Practicing Institute of Engineering credits 1.5 credits: 2018-1185
- AICP Certification Maintenance 1.5 CM: #9154280
Friday June 22, 2018 – Case Study Comparison of Behavior Change Tactics in Promoting the Adoption of Nature-Based Shoreline Protection Methods
Recording and Presentations: Recording available here.
Professional Development Credits Available:
- Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (through Society for Ecological Restoration): 1 CEC
- AICP Certification Maintenance 1 CM : #9153496
March 23, 2018 – Sustainable Shoreline Tools: Long Island Sound and Raritan Bay
Recording and Presentations: Recording available here.
Professional Development Credits Available:
- Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (through Society for Ecological Restoration): 1.5 CECs
- Practicing Institute of Engineering 1.5 credits: 2018-0330
- AICP Certification Maintenance 1.5 CM: #9145952
February 16, 2018 – Sustainable Shoreline Tools: Education Programs
This webinar will now focus on the tools used to promote and design Sustainable Shorelines around the country, rather than the process of designing of a sustainable shoreline itself.
Recording and Presentations: Recording available here.
- Introduction & Agenda
- Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership
- Coastal Zone Foundation’s Certified Coastal Professional program
Professional Development Credits Available:
- Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (through Society for Ecological Restoration): 1 CEC
December 15, 2017 – Sustainable Shoreline Tools: Mapping Tools
Recording and Presentations: available here
- Introduction & Agenda
- The Nature Conservancy’s Coastal Resilience Mapper
- VIMS Mapping Tools
Professional Development Credits Available:
- Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner (through Society for Ecological Restoration): 1.5 CECs
November 17, 2017 – Sustainable Shoreline Tools: Design Guidance
Recording: available here
- Introduction & Agenda
- Ohio Coastal Guidance – Jim Park, PE, ODNR Office of Coastal Management
- Link to: Ohio Coastal Guidance
- Link to: Nearshore Habitat Fact Sheet
- Link to: “Reach by Reach” regional factsheet project (under “LESEMP Regions and Reaches” section)
- Marine Shoreline Design Guidelines – Jim Johannessen, MS, Coastal Geologic Services, Inc.
March 17, 2017 – Hudson River and Connecticut coasts – Climate Resilience
Recording: Available here
- Introduction & Agenda
- Preparing for Change: Design Considerations for a Sustainable Shoreline along the Hudson River – Mark Carabetta, PWS, CFM, Milone & MacBroom
- Regional Framework for Coastal Resilience in Southern Connecticut – David Murphy, P.E., CFM Milone & MacBroom
February 17, 2017 – Niagara River and Connecticut lakeshores
Recording: Available here
- Introduction & Agenda
- First Light Power Shoreline Management Manual: Jason Williams, RLA, Milone and MacBroom
- Niagara River Habitat Improvement Projects: Tim DePriest, NYSDEC
January 20, 2017 – Presentations and Recording
NYC Waterfront Alliance collaboration on WEDG Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines
Recording: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/lsr.php?RCID=f2ce0e5ead314a7e951d1521da046252
- Introduction & Agenda
- Using Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines to incentivize and improve design and community engagement: Kate Boicourt, Waterfront Alliance
- Hunters Point South Waterfront Park – designing a residential/commercial development and park with wetlands restoration and soft edge design in Queens, NY: Brian Staresnick SWA/Balsley
Living shoreline designs in urban systems – examples from the urban NY-NJ Harbor and Baltimore :Terry Doss, Biohabitats
December 16, 2016 Presentations
Enhancing armored shoreline – techniques & prioritization inventory
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- Prioritizing Urban Degraded Shorelines: Kacie Giuliano and Dan Miller, NYSDEC Hudson River Estuary Program
- Seattle, WA – Improvements to degraded habitats: Stuart Munsch, University of Washington
- Use of ECOncrete® in Marine Environments NY-NJ: Andrew Rella and Ido Sela, EcoConcrete®
- Fish Habitat Enhancement Devices: Dan Miller and Kacie Giuliano, NYSDEC Hudson River Estuary Program
Watch the full recording of December’s webinar here:
November 2016 Presentations
- Sustainable Shorelines Introduction – Emilie Hauser
- Living Shoreline Approaches on Long Island – Laura Schwanof
- Living Shorelines Project on Long Island Sound, Westport, CT – Mike Ludwig
Watch the full recording of November’s webinar here:
October 2016 Presentations
- Sustainable Shorelines Introduction – Emilie Hauser and Sarah Lipuma
- Living Shoreline along the Niagara River – Jennifer Dunn
- Great Lakes Shoreline Restoration Projects – Brian Majka
Watch the full recording of October’s webinar here:
September 2016 Presentations
- Introduction to Sustainable Shorelines Series – Emilie Hauser & Sarah Lipuma
- Habirshaw Bay Park Case Study – Sven Hoeger
- Esopus Meadows Preserve Case Study – Sven Hoeger
- Sustainable Shorelines Research and Monitoring – Jon Miller
Watch the full recording of September’s webinar here:
Expert speakers include Sven Hoeger of Creative Habitat Corp., Jon Miller of Stevens Institute of Technology, Andrew Rella of EcoConcrete Inc., Laura Schwanof of GEI Consultants in Long Island, Joseph Marrone of COWI Marine North America, Mark Carabetta, Jason Williams and David Murphy of Milone & MacBroom, Tim DePriest of the NYSDEC in the Niagara River, Brian Majka of GEI Consultants in Michigan, Kacie Giuliano and Dan Miller of the Hudson River Sustainable Shorelines Project, Stuart Munsch of the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Kate Boicourt of NYC Waterfront Alliance,
Professional Development Credits are available for engineers and landscape architects through the Practicing Institute of Engineers and for planners from the American Planning Association.
Each webinar in the series is accompanied by a short quiz before and after to assess whether participants understand the key points. While taking the quizzes is voluntary, to receive documentation of participation for use in obtaining PDHs participants must complete the quiz. Regardless of whether you seek credits or not, we hope all participants will complete the quizzes to help us assess the effectiveness of the presentations and the training session for our program.
