Land Trust Alliance

Marshes on the Move

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Marshes on the Move provides a basic understanding of parameters, uncertainties, and appropriate uses of model results depicting potential future impacts of sea level rise on coastal wetlands.

Adapting to Climate Change: A Planning Guide for State Coastal Managers

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Adapting to Climate Change: A Planning Guide for State Coastal Managers is a new guide being offered by OCRM to aid in the development and implementation of adaptation plans. The guide provides science-based information on climate change to set the context for adaptation planning and includes steps for setting up a planning process, assessing vulnerability, devising a strategy, and implementing the plan. Web-only publication

Coastal Vulnerability Maps and Study – U.S. East Coast and Texas

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Coastal Vulnerability Maps and Study – U.S. East Coast and Texas shows the elevation of coastal areas from Massachusetts to Florida. A sea level rise planning study – which integrates information related to land use, zoning, and anticipated development to determine the future likelihood of shore protection and prevention of inland wetland migration – is also included. This study covers coastal areas from Massachusetts to Florida, and Texas.

Coastal Inundation Toolkit

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Coastal Inundation Toolkit assists users with planning and abatement of inundation. The tools included throughout the Toolkit help coastal communities evaluate and visualize inundation changes with their local infrastructure and aid residents in creating plans for adaptation. The Toolkit is designed to help communities determine their coastal flooding vulnerability and what steps they can take to reduce this risk and can be a valuable resource for incorporating climate change impacts into conservation planning.

Rolling Easements

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Rolling Easements presents vision, in which future development of some low-lying coastal lands is based on the premise that eventually the land must give way to the rising sea. The EPA provides a primer on more than a dozen approaches for ensuring that wetlands and beaches can migrate inland, as people remove buildings, roads, and other structures from land as it becomes submerged. Collectively, these approaches are known as rolling easements.

Coastal Inundation Mapping Primer

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Mapping can be a very important part of understanding inundation issues and preparing for the assessment process. Inundation mapping can be viewed as a four-step process, which is detailed in the Coastal Inundation Mapping Primer: Obtain and Prepare Elevation Data; Prepare Water Levels; Map Inundation; and Visualize Inundation.

Coastal Inundation Mapping

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

Coastal Inundation Mapping is a hands-on computer course. Land conservation is a method for mitigating storm and flood impacts. Identifying areas susceptible to flood inundation will help conservation planners and floodplain managers prioritize conservation efforts. This course teaches participants about the different types of coastal inundation, ways to map flood areas in the coastal environment, data and methodology limitations, and practical ways to apply this information to support state and local planning efforts.

The Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) View

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

The Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) is an internet tool that allows the public to view simulations of sea level rise. This program is designed to help people understand the potential impacts of climate change on sea levels. This web browser-based application displays map pairs of the same area, each at different sea levels. The strength of this tool is its ability to visually show the modeling of sea level rise predictions, allowing people to see the impacts in a more intuitive way.

Coastal County Snapshots

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

The Coastal County Snapshots turn complex data into easy-to-understand stories, complete with charts and graphs. Users select a coastal county and snapshot of interest to get a quick look at the county's flood exposure, ocean jobs, or wetland benefits. This information helps local planners and conservation organizations in prioritizing conservation areas to abate the impacts of floods and maintain important ecosystem services that natural resources provide. It can also assist in communicating the importance of conserving areas that provide ecosystems services and will better enable climate adaptation. For more information, contact the Digital Coast.

CanVis

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-07T22:20:00Z

CanVis is a simple software program that allows users to visualize potential impacts of coastal development or climate change (inundation, SLR) allowing conservation planners and stakeholders to better understand the impacts of their decisions. Training is available on how to use this tool and information on the training can be found here or contact NOAA Coastal Services Center. For general information on CanVis contact NOAA CSC here.

Coastal Lidar

Kimberly Seese — 2012-03-01T14:10:00Z

Coastal Lidar or elevation is a primary data consideration for management activities in the coastal zone, including conservation. Elevation data can be examined in relation to other factors and climate change stressors, such as sea level rise, storm inundation, lake-level drops, or drought across the landscape and seascape, illuminating critical areas that may need to be protected or conserved. For more information, contact the Digital Coast.