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HUDSON ESTUARY WATERSHED RESILIENCY PROJECT
An initiative of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia-Greene, Dutchess, Orange and Putnam Counties in partnership with the NYS DEC Hudson River Estuary Program, NY Water Resources Institute and Cornell University with support from the NYS Environmental Protection Fund.
• SUNY New Paltz: Green Infrastructure to Improve Watershed Resilience in the Saw Mill Brook Watershed and Village of New Paltz
• NY Sea Grant: Integrating Climate Change Messages into K-12 Estuary Lesson Plan Offerings
• SUNY ESF: Assessing Flood Risk in a Changing Climate in the Mohawk and Hudson River Basins
• Cornell University: Determining Peak Flow Under Different Scenarios and Identifying Undersized Culverts
• NY WRI: Assessment of Extreme Weather Impacts on Water Infrastructure
• Cornell School of Civil & Environmental Engineering: Physical Demonstrations of Stream Dynamics Appropriate for Tributaries of the Hudson River Estuary
• CCE in the Hudson Valley: Hudson Estuary Watershed Resiliency Project
Initiatives of the Hudson Estuary Resilience Project
Hudson Estuary Watershed Resiliency ProjectProject Goal:
To develop capacity in Hudson Valley municipal
officials, highway personnel, and riparian
landowners to implement watershed resiliency
strategies to minimize future flooding impacts,
while also properly responding to storm
impacts to streams and adjacent and associated
infrastructure.Main Street, Purling, August 2011
Project Need – Extreme Weather
Source: Draft National Climate Assessment, Jan. 2013
• Climate change & warmer weather
• Increase in heavy rainfall events
• Recent weather patterns reflect the trend
Project Need - Flood Risk in the Hudson Valley
• Riverine Flooding
• Stormwater Runoff
• Coastal Flooding & Storm Surge
• Dam Failure
• Ice Jams
Project Need• Human-built infrastructure and stream function
Source: Schueler, T., 1987
Project Need – Flood Response
• Berms
• Dredging
• Channelization
• Removal of riparian buffers
• Removal of woody material from streams Wallkill River riparian deforestation
• Needs Assessment interviews
• Presentations at Town Board Meetings
• Regional Conferences
• Seminar Series
Municipal Officials
Wayne Reynolds, Cary Institute Flood Forum
• Post Flood Stream Intervention Training• Cornell Local Roads Stormwater Management Class
Highway Personnel
Post Flood Stream Intervention Training, Acra
Riparian & Floodplain Landowners• Needs
assessment survey is under development
• Outreach at County Fairs
• “Neighborhood meetings”
• Resource materialsErosion threatening home – Quassaick Creek
• Trees for Tribs plantings
• USGS Stream Gage programs
• Stream Assessment program
Multi-Audience Programs
Trees For Tribs Planting – Elsbree Park, Rensselaerville
Educational Materials
• Who To Call After a Flood for Landowners
• Flood Response Guide for Municipalities
• Tri-panel Display
• Maps
• Website:http://www.hudsonestuaryresilience.net/
Upcoming ProgramsUSGS Catskill Creek Stream Gage Field VisitThursday, July 11 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Presenter: Dr. Gary Wall, USGS
National Flood Insurance Program & the Community Rating SystemThursday, July 17 & July 25 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.Presenter: Bill Nechamen, Certified Floodplain Manager, NYS DEC Floodplain Management Section
When the Bowery Behaves BadlyFriday, August 2 6:30 to 8:30 pm Presenter: Ron Frisbee, CCE Columbia Greene
Bowery Creek, 2011
Partner AcknowledgementsLower Hudson Coalition of Conservation DistrictsNYC Department of Environmental ProtectionNatural Resource Conservation ServiceUSGS NY Water Science Center NY Extension Disaster Education NetworkCounty Planning DepartmentsCary Institute of Ecosystem StudiesHudson River Watershed AllianceHudsonia, Inc.Trout UnlimitedLocal watershed groups
Hudson Estuary Watershed Resiliency Project Team
CCE Columbia & Greene CountiesLiz LoGiudice, Audrey Kropp, Ron Frisbee, Theresa Mayhew, Evan Hogan
518 622-9820 x [email protected]
CCE Dutchess CountyCarolyn Klocker, Neil Curri, Camille
Marcotte, Sean Carroll (845) 677-8223 x135 [email protected]
CCE Orange CountyRosemarie Baglia(845) 344-1234
CCE Putnam CountyDianne Olsen
(845) [email protected]
Cornell DNRShorna Allred, Gretchen Gary
(607)[email protected]
