...to preserve, protect, develop, and restore coastal resources for all Rhode Islanders
Events look at how sea level rise, storms, and other coastal changes are affecting communities and businesses
"Staying Afloat: Adapting Waterfront Businesses to Rising Seas and Extreme Storms" is the theme of both a special free public lecture on December 9 and the all-day Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium on December 10. Both these events take place at Salve Regina University in Newport.
DECEMBER 9
Join us for a free public lecture featuring John Englander, author of High Tide on Main Street: Rising Sea Levels and the Coming Coastal Crisis, discussing the challenges that waterfront communities and businesses are likely to face. Englander will also be the keynote speaker at the December 10 symposium.
In addition, Lisa Konicki of the Westerly Chamber of Commerce will discuss how businesses in Westerly responded to Superstorm Sandy, and URI Emeritus Professor Malcolm Spaulding will discuss STORMTOOLS, a suite of coastal planning tools that allows users to select particular coastal locations and view high-resolution images related to projected storm surges, sea-level rise, and coastal changes in Rhode Island.
DECEMBER 10
This one-day conference will focus on minimizing impacts to waterfront business, and the shores where they are situated, in the face of increasing threats from extreme storms and rising seas. Learn from experts in insurance, green infrastructure, economics, architecture, and marine policy and law, as well as leaders from Providence, Hoboken, Boston, other municipalities and the state of Rhode Island.
More information, including agendas and registration, is available at: http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/special-programs/baird/
These events are sponsored by Rhode Island Sea Grant and the Coastal Resources Center, both at the University of Rhode Island, and the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina University.
With thanks to our supporters: The Rhode Island Foundation, the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association, Tetra Tech, the Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association, USDA’s Risk Management Agency, 11th Hour Racing, Prince Charitable Trusts, the van Beuren Charitable Foundation, the Newport County Chamber of Commerce, and the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
With appreciation to our planning committee: The Rhode Island Marine Trades Association, Commerce RI, R.I. Statewide Planning, the Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association, NOAA Office for Coastal Management, EPA Smart Growth, the URI Marine Affairs and Landscape Architecture programs, the Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Tetra Tech