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Great Marsh Resiliency Workshop

Agenda with links to presentations made at the workshop.

 Schematic Conceptual Overview of Marshes and Beaches

Notes from the Workshop

Attendee List

Topics 

Presenters

Time

Welcome and Introductions, Purpose and Desired Outcome of Workshop

Bill Peterson/Nancy Pau (USFWS)

9:30

Decision Maker Perspectives: How do decision makers apply science in their day to day jobs?

 

Federal perspective

 Andrew Milliken (USFWS)

9:45

State perspective

 Marc Carullo (CZM)

9:50

Great Marsh conservation community

Peter Phippen (MassBays)

9:55

Great Marsh towns and cities

Julia Godtfredsen (Newburyport)/ Lisa O’Donnell (Essex)

10:00

 Q & A regarding perspectives

Inter-relationship among salt marshes, tidal inlets, barrier island and tidal delta sand reservoirs

Duncan Fitzgerald (BU)

10:10

Understanding salt marsh response to climate change

 

 

Overview of salt marsh response to climate change and how models are used to improve understanding and make predictions

Anne Giblin (MBL/PIE LTER)

10:30

Marsh bank erosion, wave energy, and implication for marsh stability

 Sergio Fagherazzi (BU)

10:40

Marsh Equilibrium Model (MEM)

Jim Morris (U of SC)

11:00

Hydrodynamic model of Plum Island using MEM

 Scott Hagen (LSU)

 11:15

Q&A and other models not presented 

 All

 11:30

Lunch and model demonstrations

 

11:40

Discussion: does current available science on salt marsh provide information decision makers need?

Review needs of decision makers (natural system and built communities)

Compile what various models predict and say about ecosystem response (ID various key processes, i.e. changes in sediment dynamics, changes in extent of vegetated/unvegetated habitat, plant community changes- species composition, above/below ground biomass allocations, etc.)

ID commonalities, ID differences, and appropriate application of each model

What is needed to synthesize available science?  What is missing?

Susan Adamowicz (USFWS, Facilitator)

12:40

Understanding barrier island response and infrastructure vulnerability to climate change

 

Overview of barrier island response to climate change and how models are used to improve understanding and make predictions

 Duncan Fitzgerald (BU)

1:30

Historic and modern sediment budget and sand movement on Plum Island

Porter Hoagland (WHOI)

1:40

Vulnerability of infrastructure to coastal flooding under SLR scenarios

Kirk Bosma (Woods Hole Group)

2:00

Q & A and other models not presented

 

 

Discussion: does current available science on barrier island geomorphology provide needed info to decision makers

Review needs of decision makers (natural system and built communities)
Compile what various models predict and say about ecosystem response (ID various key processes, i.e. storm surge, changes in sand bar, tidal inlets, how various mitigations strategies fit into larger picture)
What is needed to synthesize available science?  What is missing?

Julia Knisel (CZM, Facilitator)

2:35

Group discussion: steps needed for science delivery

How do we integrate and expand collaboration of various models, identify funding strategies (if appropriate)
How do we provide the integrated results to decision makers
Are there important considerations in these models that are missing but would greatly improve their utility for stakeholders?

Megan Tyrrell/ Nancy Pau/ All

3:20

Wrap Up

Identify action items and follow-up discussion as appropriate
How can decision makers access models/modelers after workshop?
What science/ science delivery is needed to make available data useful to decision makers? 

Planning Team/All

 3:40

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