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