The Great Marsh Symposium will be held on November 8, 2012 at the Crane Estate in Ipswich, MA.
Great Marsh Coalition 2012 Symposium
The Great House at the Crane Estate in Ipswich, MA
November 8, 2012
Agenda
8:30 Registration and coffee
9:00 Welcome and Introduction
Ed Becker, Executive Director, Essex County Greenbelt Association
9:05-9:15 Importance of Sea Level Rise Adaptation for the Great Marsh
Bruce Tarr, Senate Minority Leader
Representative Brad Hill
9:15-9:35 Overview of the State’s Coastal Climate Change Adaptation Strategies
Bruce Carlisle, Director, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM)
9:35-9:45 Keypad Polling Questions
9:45-10:15 Potential Sea Level Rise Impacts to the Great Marsh
Anne Giblin, Senior Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
10:15-10:45 Coastal Inundation Mapping
Julia Knisel, Coastal Shoreline and Floodplain Manager, CZM
10:45-11:30 Infrastructure Impacts to Great Marsh Communities
Peter Phippen, Coastal Coordinator, 8 Towns and the Great Marsh/Merrimack Valley Planning Commission
Sam Cleaves, Senior Regional Planner, Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
Lisa Pearson, Planning Director, Salisbury
Michelle Rowden, Conservation Agent, Salisbury
11:30-12:30 LUNCH—Posters in Hall
12:30-1:30 Local Adaptation Case Studies
1. Hull Freeboard Incentive
Anne Herbst, Town of Hull, Conservation Administrator
2. Scituate, Marshfield, and Duxbury Adaptation Planning Project
Paul Halkiotis, Town of Marshfield, Town Planner
3. Using the COAST Tool to Evaluate Strategies to Reduce Loss
Julie LaBranche, Rockingham Planning Commission
1:30-2:00 Panel Discussion on Resources and Next Steps
Kathryn Glenn (moderator), CZM, North Shore Regional Coordinator
Ed Becker, Essex County Greenbelt Association
Peter Phippen, 8 Towns and the Great Marsh
Sam Cleaves, MAPC
Julia Knisel, CZM
2:00-2:10 Concluding Keypad Poll
2:10-2:20 Wrap-ups: Technical Assistance and Other Resources
2:20 Visual Tour of the Great Marsh from the Roof of the Great House (optional)
Garry Dow, The Trustees of Reservations, Field Educator
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