Climate Adaptation Academy
The Second of a Three Part Series held on June 24, 2015.
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| 8:30-9:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast (Academic Building Rm 106) |
| 9:00 | Introduction/Purpose of workshop/Series (5 min)
Juliana Barrett, Connecticut Sea Grant |
| 9:05-10:00 | Geology of Connecticut and why it is important to consider with Living Shorelines
Ralph Lewis, UConn |
| 10:00-10:30 | Living Shorelines and Ice
Brian Majka, GEI Consultants |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:15 | US Army Corps of Engineers and federal permitting of living shorelines |
| 11:15-11:45 | Shellfish Concerns and Living Shorelines
David Carey, CT Bureau of Aquaculture |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch (Branford House) |
| 1:00-2:00 | The Living Shoreline Experience in Maryland
Bhaskar Subramanian, State of Maryland |
| 2:00 – 2:45 | LESSONS LEARNED
Interdisciplinary Approach to Living Shorelines Varoujan Hagopian, GEI Consultants Laura Schwanof, GEI Consultants |
| 2:45 – 3:00 | Break |
| 3:00-3:20 | Cape Cod area living shoreline projects
Seth Wilkinson,Wilkinson Associates |
| 3:20-3:40 | An example of a living shoreline installment at Stratford Point: Lessons learned after one year
Jennifer Mattei,Sacred Heart University |
| 3:40-4:00 | More living shoreline examples
Mickey Marcus, New England Environmental Inc. |
| 4:00-5:00 | Discussion Session: Branford House Terrace – come join us on the shore of Long Island Sound for a chance to talk and discuss living shorelines with workshop participants |