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2014 Park Pride Parks and Greenspace Conference Presenter is Marc Matsil
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13th Annual Parks and Greenspace Conference - Atlanta, GA
Addressing Coastal Resiliency in New York City Marc Matsil, New York State Director, The Trust for Public Land
March 31, 2014
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ConnectCoolAbsorbProtect
The Role of Conservation in Creating Resilient Landscapes
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Old Place Creek, Staten Island (adjacent to the Goethals Bridge)
Protect—Green Shorelines to Buffer Cities
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Three Years of results Monitoring Vegetation, Ribbed Mussels (Geukensia demissa) and Total PetroleumHydrocarbons (TPH) at Old Place Creek Restoration Site 1, Staten Island, New York.
Year RibbedMussel a /m2
ABGb/m2 BGBc/m2 stems/m2 flowers/m2 height/m2
(m)TPH/m2
(ppm)1 0 0 0 0 0 0 29,3222 0 57.5 94.9 136 9 0.83 10,2003 6 70.02 174.8 176 38 1.55 nc
Key: a = Geukensia demissus; b = aboveground biomass; c = below ground biomass; nc = not collected
Old Place Creek, Staten Island, NYRestored Site (1992-2002)Conservation and restoration contributed to the protection of neighborhoods and businesses impacted by the Sandy surge.
Old Place Creek, Staten Island, NYRestored Site (1992-2002)Conservation and restoration contributed to the protection of neighborhoods and businesses impacted by the Sandy surge.
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collectionpropagation
planting
From Soup to Nuts…VOLUNTEERS IN ACTION
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Resiliency in the Age of Climate Change: the art of stormwater management, public access and flood abatement (greenprint to implementation)
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Restoration of the Bronx RiverNatural Resources Group Bioengineering WorkshopFunded by the US EPA & NYC PARKSMarch 2000 - 2,000 Linear Feet
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Conservation, Post-Sandy Remediation and Park Development
North Shore Waterfront Park Transformation of an abandoned
brownfield to a resilient Green
Infrastructure/Passive Park
Pouch Camp - 94.8 acres2013– 2015 Three phases
(collaboration with the Boy Scouts of America)
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Climate Resiliency: conservation & watershed protection
Cranberry Mountain WMA addition at South HollowPutnam County, NY December 2013
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The Trust for Public Land
Green Infrastructure Playground
Program
P.S. 261 Playground Boerum Hill, Brooklyn September 19, 2013
Absorbs up to one inch of precipitation per storm event.
That’s 500K gallons per year!
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Dozens of new playgrounds in NYC
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The QueensWay Cultural Greenway
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From this(QueensWay Present Conditions)
To that(QueensWay Rendering)
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Climate Change: conservation & watershed protection
Cranberry Mountain WMA addition at South HollowPutnam County, NY - December 2013
Is green infrastructure the best defense against climate disasters?