As presented at the 2015 Great Marsh Coalition's Sea Level Rise Symposium

1. 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 Coalition
with support from a FEMA Coastal Resilience Grant

2. “NERRS”
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
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3. Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
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RESEARCH EDUCATION
TRAINING & ENGAGEMENT STEWARDSHIP

4. What We Learned From A Needs Assessment
Local officials want tools and resources to reach their
communities more effectively.

5. Closing the Education & Engagement Gap
Risks Community

7. 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 a
Transferable
Communication
Tool
Enhance Outreach in the Great Marsh Area and Beyond
Communicate About Adapting to SLR and Storm Impacts
HELP INSPIRE ACTION AND SUPPORT

8. 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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9. Some Elements of the Video
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GMC
Partnership
Local Voices Youth
Case studies –
What is being
done
Local
Leaders
What’s at
Risk
Multiple
Users
Iconic
Places

10. 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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11. Thank you