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A conversation among communities, scientists, and managers in Coastal Virginia and Maryland

Provide long term data, information, tools and educational resources, derived from local observations collected at sentinel sites to improve planning and management decisions regarding relative sea levels, inundation and associated ecological changes.

Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Cooperative Mission

Science à Service à Stewardship

Assateague NSS Blackwater NWR CBNERR-VA CBNERR-MD Poplar Island SERC VCR

Our Sentinel Sites

Monitoring at the Sentinel Sites

Surface Elevation Tables Meteorological Data Vegetation Sampling Water Levels Water Quality

Partners

A marsh sweet spot

Erosion Migration Invasive species Inundation

But we can expand

Road abandonment Smithville Urban sentinel sites Property values

More partners. YOU.

Bring stakeholders to the table What works What’s on the horizon Research priorities Calls to action

Why we want a summit

Biggest issues

Sea level rise Human land use development Conservation policies and regulations

Biggest barriers

Uncertainty in restoration performance Funding for research/implementation Lack of community engagement

Sessions and discussions

Marsh migration Environmental markets Co-benefits of marsh conservation Community resilience Management Techniques Dredge and beneficial use Living shorelines and thin layering Agriculture and industry

* Who all do we bring to the table in order to conserve and/or manage marshes holistically? * What are major knowledge gaps and how are we working to fill them? * What do you view as priority research needs and next steps?

Our job

* Pursue research we need to understand marshes’ and communities’ future * Create collaborative research initiatives with high impact * Help communities adapt to sea level rise impacts

A roadmap forward

Thank you