Coastal Habitat Conservation in a Changing Climate: Strategies and Tools for Southern California Workshop
Nov. 16-17, 2011
Costa Mesa, CA
Coastal habitats in the United States and the valuable ecosystem services that they provide are already impacted by multiple stresses, and climate change will further exacerbate these existing challenges. Coastal habitat managers and other decision makers at the federal, state, and local level need additional information, tools, and capacity to support the management and conservation of coastal habitats under changing climatic conditions. While efforts are underway to address some of these needs, additional effort is needed to build capacity, experience, and collaboration to assess the vulnerability of natural habitats that coastal species depend upon and plan for cooperative actions to adapt to climate change impacts.
To that end, NOAA worked with partners to host a Southern California-focused workshop on climate change and coastal habitats. This workshop included representatives from federal, state, local, tribal, and nongovernmental organizations directly involved in the planning and implementation of coastal habitat conservation activities in the region, including habitat protection and restoration efforts.
We are currently preparing a workshop summary report. Please check back soon.
Workshop Presentations
Session I: Climate Change in Southern California - What We Know and What it Means for Coastal Habitats
- Jeff Crooks, Climate Change Implications for the Management and Restoration of Southern CA Tidal Wetlands
- Dan Reed, Ecological Implications of Climate Change on Shallow Rocky Reefs in Southern California
- Jenny Dugan, Considering Climate Change for Sandy Beach Ecosystems in southern California
Session II: Vulnerability Assessment - Introduction
- David Revell, Coastal Hazards Impacts and Making Room
- Melinda Koslow, Conducting a Vulnerability Assessment
- Emily Young, Assessment to Action: Opportunities for Philanthropy, Local Governments, and Business to Work Together
Session III: Vulnerability Assessment - Modeling and Tools
- John Rozum, An Introduction to Decision Support tools for Climate Adaptation Planning
- Richard Gersberg, SLAMM Modeling of the Effects of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Wetlands
- Patrick Barnard, Applying the Coastal Storm Modeling System to Assess the Physical and Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
Session IV: Adaptation Planning
- Jessi Kershner, Using the Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) Website toFacilitate Adaptation Action in CA
- Jeremy Pal, Ballona Wetlands Climate Ready Estuary Research: Implications for Restoration Planning
Session V: Data Tools Cafe
Session VI: Moving Forward - Policy and Planning Perspectives
- Paul Bunje, Regional Climate Action Planning in Greater Los Angeles
- Jason Giffen, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation - A Local Government Perspective
- R. Grandpre, Systems Approach to Geomorphic Engineering
- Debra Schlafmann, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative
- Wendy Goodfriend, Climate Change & Shoreline Infrastructure: The Adapting to Rising Tides Project
Session VII: Moving Forward - Monitoring, Research and Tool Development
- Terri Hogue, Evaluating Regional Watershed Sensitivity to Climate Change: Future Runoff and Sediment Variability in Southern California
- Tony Koslow, CalCOFI - The Influence of Regional Ocean Climate on Coastal Habitats and Communities
- Irina Irvine, The Effect of Nitrogen Enrichment on C1-cycling microbes and methane flux in salt march sediments
Workshop Sponsors
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For more information
Juliette Hartjahart@usc.edu
213.740.1937
National Focus Area
Healthy Coastal EcosystemsSustainable Community Development
Hazard Resilient Coastal Communities
Safe and Sustainable Seafood Supply
