New York Sea Grant has recently posted 17 project profiles demonstrating the benefits of its work with waterfront communities and business owners, municipalities, agencies, K-college educators and students, anglers and fisheries managers, and environmental engineers. The profiles are online at www.nyseagrant.org/successstories.
“This 2017 project impact series demonstrates the diverse ways New York Sea Grant Extension professionals develop new means to meet the scientific and technical needs of their communities. We look forward to working with coastal residents, teachers, businesses and local governments to continue this success in 2018,” said New York Sea Grant Associate Director Katherine Bunting-Howarth, an assistant director of Cornell University Cooperative Extension, Ithaca, N.Y.
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| High water erosion along Lake Ontario, 2017; photo: Coastal Flooding Survey Project, Cornell University and New York Sea Grant |
. waterfront stakeholder request for standardized high water impact reporting
. resiliency training to assist municipalities in anticipating, preparing for, withstanding, and recovering from extreme weather events
. visioning workshops for how a community might look under various scenarios including flash flooding, ice, wind or snow storms, or the loss of a major employer
. the need for guidelines for retrofitting a community to add green infrastructure
. small grants funding to support stakeholder-driven efforts to restore and revitalize New York’s Great Lakes region by applying ecosystem-based management practices
. standardized training and resources for an ever-expanding network of watercraft inspection programs statewide
. teach-the-teacher and Science Exploration Day programming and Great Lakes Basin Bins to equip teachers to engage students as the next generation of Great Lakes-literate citizens
. extension of shoreline management techniques to help stakeholders, agencies, and engineers improve Great Lakes coastal restoration project design and implementation
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| Round goby; photo: Jesse Lepak/NY Sea Grant |
. development of a NYSG king salmon video, showcasing the application of pop-off satellite tagging to better understand the sportfish that constitutes arguably the most important Lake Ontario fishery.
Profiles for the downstate marine district highlight projects focused on sustainable NY fisheries and aquaculture, seafood and shellfish industry education, Long Island Sound coastal restoration, and building localized climate resiliency for New York City communities and schools.
New York Sea Grant is a cooperative program of Cornell University and the State University of New York, with Great Lakes offices in Oswego, Newark, and Buffalo, NY. For updates on activities and resources, www.nyseagrant.org has RSS, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube links.
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