tonna-marie rogers: great marsh symposium
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Community Outreach in the Great Marsh Adapting to Sea Level Rise and Coastal Risks
A Project of the Waquoit Bay Reserve in Collaboration with the Great Marsh Coalitionwith support from a FEMA Coastal Resilience Grant
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“NERRS”
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
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Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
What We Learned From A Needs Assessment
Local officials want tools and resources to reach their communities more effectively.
Closing the Education & Engagement Gap
Risks Community
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Harness the Power of Video
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Show Risks Posed by Sea
Level Rise and Coastal
Storms
Show what the Great
Marsh Coalition is
Doing?
Illustrate Potential
Adaptation Strategies and What
Community Members
Can Do
Communication
Provide aTransferable
Communication
Tool
Enhance Outreach in the Great Marsh Area and BeyondCommunicate About Adapting to SLR and Storm Impacts
HELP INSPIRE ACTION AND SUPPORT
Some Key Messages
• High economic impact of past storms• Likelihood of more intense storms• Vulnerability of recreational resources• Structural and non-structural adaptation
strategies • Need to protect natural ecosystems –
work with nature to bolster resilience• Seek to reduce risks as we recover from
past losses – build back better• Invest in resilience
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Some Elements of the Video
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GMC Partnership
Local Voices Youth
Case studies – What is being
done
Local Leaders
What’s atRisk
Multiple Users
Iconic Places
Video Status
• Identified videographer• Pre-production planning• Honing messages• Identifying existing resources we can pull
from• We will be reaching out to some of you
in this room• May/ June 2016 – completion goal
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Thank you