Thanks for Attending the 2022 Coastal & Island Symposium

We are providing copies of the available presentations in a pdf format for those interested.

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Thursday, November 10

Welcome to a Special Place, Howard County, MD

Lindsay DeMarzo, Stormwater Programs Manager and Sustainability Projects Manager for Howard County, Maryland’s Office of Community Sustainability

Strategies for Coastal Communities
Topsail Island, NC Communities Implementing their Resiliency Strategy

Kyle Johnson, Kleinfelder

Integrating multiple shoreline improvement techniques at Fort Smallwood Park, Anne Arundel County

Anna Johnson, PE, BayLand Consultants & Designers, Inc.

Mel Harlinski, Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works

Development of the Full-Delivery Turnkey Living Shoreline Project at Holly Beach Farm

Danielle Gourley, BayLand Consultants & Designers, Inc.

Effective Protection of Coastal Communities
Ecological, Societal and Economic Betterment from Shoreline Protection and Restoration at Brunswick Town/ Fort Anderson

Phillip Todd, Atlantic Reef Maker

Lessons from 13 Years of RiverSmart Homes

Elaine Vidal, DC DOEE Watershed Protection Division

Innovations in Nature-Based Wastewater Solutions

Paul Sturm, Ridge to Reefs

A Look into the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Onsite in Fulton, MD
Center for Watershed Protection at Work in the Chesapeake Bay: Conowingo Watershed Implementation Plan, Building Capacity with Local Governments in the Choptank Watershed & D.C. Stormwater Improvements

Amanda Pollack, Water Resources Engineer, CWP

 Status of the Chesapeake Series: Where are we now and where are we headed?

Erik Michelsen, Deputy Director, Bureau of Watershed Protection and Restoration

Friday, November 11

Innovative Technology for Coastal Communities
Fiberglass Rebar for More Resilient Structures/ Port Clinton Sea Wall

Aaron Fisher, Ernest Maier Inc

Video May Have Killed the Radio Star but Technology is Helping to Create More Resilient Proprietary BMPs

Jacob Dorman, Contech Engineered Solutions LLC

Seagrass Mitigation through wind wave and boat wake reduction

Phillip Todd, Atlantic Reef Maker

Integrated Ecological Restoration and Coastal Resilience in Havre de Grace

Chris Becraft, Underwood & Associates, Inc.

Plenary Speaker: Are Nature-based Solutions the Future for Resilient Coasts and Communities?

John Rozum, NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management

Considerations for Project Implementation
A comparison of oyster community development and shoreline response for a low energy environment in Emerald Isle, North Carolina  

Phillip Todd, Atlantic Reef Maker

Catching Rain Where It Falls – Climate Resiliency and Adaptation by Rebuilding our Degraded Coastal Urban Soils

Chuck Hegberg, Infinite Solutions/Atlantic Biocarbons

Community Level Engagement
Coastal Adaptation Governance on the Lake Ontario Shoreline: Utilizing Social Networks to Build Local Adaptive Capacity

Rewa Phansalkar, Cornell University

You’re On Mute: Communicating Climate Resilience in Innovative Ways

Marlo Atkinson, Maggie Cavey, Dylan Taillie, & Kate Vogel, MD Department of Natural Resources

Indigenous Responses to Climate Change: Contrasting U.S. Federal Adaptation Efforts with Tribal Approaches in the Pacific Northwest

Rewa Phansalkar, Cornell University

Climate Resiliency, Policy & Ordinances
Climate-Informed Design Standards and Policies in Hampton Roads

Benjamin J. McFarlane, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission

Increasing Community Flood Resilience on Lake Ontario through Land Use Ordinance Review

Rewa Phansalkar & Andrew Epps, Cornell University