NC State University – June 10, 2013
A webinar on Incorporating Emergency Preparedness and Hazard Mitigation into Adaptation Plans will be held on June 10, 2013 as part of the NC State University virtual symposium. Natural disasters related to climate variability and more intense development in risky areas seem increasingly common, more costly and are placing communities at progressively more risk. Events like floods, tsunamis, storm surges, hurricanes, & tornadoes can destroy homes and other infrastructure, shut down power sources, and damage water supplies. Emergency planning and hazard mitigation/climate adaptation steps taken in advance - pre-disaster planning - is critical to addressing these issues. Panelists in this webinar will offer examples of progressive emergency planning and solutions that promote community resiliency in the face of natural disasters. Attendees will also hear about the EPA's climate change adaptation efforts related to controlling potential hazardous contaminant release during disasters. For more information and to register for this webinar, click here.
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ELI – June 17, 2013
Webinars in the Wetlands, Wildlife Habitat, and Flood Hazards in the Rock River Basin series will be held at 3 p.m. on June 17, July 15, August 19, and September 16. Scientists and managers have long recognized the utility and efficiency in connecting floodplain management, flood hazard mitigation, and wetland management, but government resources are not allocated in such a manner as to foster collaboration among these institutions. Funding is often tied to specific agency priorities and hazard mitigation and habitat conservation staff rarely collaborate. The goal of the Wetlands, Wildlife Habitat, and Flood Hazards in the Rock River Basin webinar series is to identify opportunities for emergency, floodplain, and wetland management agencies to work together to maximize the flood control and ecosystem service benefits of our wetlands, thereby saving financial and environmental resources and building community resilience to climate change. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Emergency Management, and other local and state agencies and organizations all have a hand in shaping our landscape and mitigating flood hazards, but there is room to improve the coordination of their efforts in order to maximize shared priorities and benefits. For more information and to register, click here. |
National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center – May 30, 2013
The National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center is partnering with the National Conservation Training Center to offer the "NCCWSC Climate Change Science and Management Webinar Series" to highlight NCCWSC sponsored science projects related to climate change impacts and adaptation. This webinar series was developed to inform scientists, land managers, and the general public about potential and predicted climate change impacts on fish and wildlife and to help guide resource management decisions across the United States. Instructions for joining the webinars will be provided in advance on the corresponding pages (see below). Video recordings with closed captioning are made available approximately 1-2 weeks after each presentation. The first webinar on Impacts of Climate Change and Melting Glaciers on Coastal Ecosystems in the Nearshore Waters of the Gulf of Alaska will be held on May 30, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern. Other webinars in this series will include Mammals Take On The Rapture Hypothesis, Jacob's Ladder, And Other Notions Of Doom, Gloom, And Predictable Uniform Change In High Elevation Ecosystems In The Sierra Nevada Range Part 1 which will be held on June 11, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. Easter; Can Camouflage Keep up with Climate Change? Connecting Downscaled Climate Models to Adaptation for a Key Forest Species to be held on July 9, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern; and Modeling and Projecting the Influence of Climate Change on Texas Surface Waters and their Aquatic Biotic Communities will be held on July 30, 2013 at 3;30 p.m. Eastern. For more information on this webinar series, click here.
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NOAA NCDDC– May-June, 2013
NOAA National Coastal Data Development Center's (NCDDC's) Metadata team will be providing a number of metadata training courses from May 14-June 25, 2013 in an online format. A general description of the content of each course can be found here. The table provides tabbed navigation to each course, providing details for each session that includes title, date and time, as well as links to the course registration site and the course material download site. The first webinar on Introduction to Geospatial Metadata - FGDC CSDGM Metadata will be held on May 14, 2013 from 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. CDT. This course presents the concept, principles, and value of metadata in adherence to the Federal Geographic Data Committee Core Curriculum (FGDC). It provides the content and structure of the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) in detail, along with methods for writing quality metadata. Students receive hands-on metadata record creation and validation training with a variety of available software tools, including NCDDC's Metadata Enterprise Resource Aid (MERMAid) tool. Trainers may customize the training course based on any organization's specific requirements or data holdings. Designed as a two-day session, training managers can compress or expand the course to meet user needs. Organizations can also schedule training for individuals for specific NCDDC-related projects. All NCDDC trainers qualify for listing in the FGDC trainer registry. For more information, click here. For webinars on Transitioning from FGDC CSDGM Metadata to IS 191** Metadata to be held from July 9-August 20, 2013, click here. |
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NCCWSC – July 30, 2013
The National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center will hold a webinar on Modeling and Projecting the Influence of Climate Change on Texas Surface Waters and their Aquatic Biotic Communities on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. EST. For more information, click here.
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The Ohio State University – June 13, 2013
The Ohio State University will hold a webinar on June 13, 2013 from 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Responding to severe storms that impacted the Milwaukee region in 2008, 2009 and 2010, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) approved a 2035 Vision that has helped them to make significant achievements in the area of climate preparedness and water sustainability. Our speaker will outline the steps that the MMSD is taking to meet the goals of their 2035 Vision. This webinar will provide information about:
- How Milwaukee’s is using both “green” and “grey” infrastructure approaches to become more resilient to changes in climate, increase energy efficiency, and maintain stellar regulatory compliance.
- Techniques Milwaukee has used to foster local leadership and collaboration in order to launch green infrastructure forward as they continue to build a strong economy.
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The Ohio State University – May 21, 2013
The Ohio State University will hold a webinar on the Economics of Green Infrastructure: Strategies for Flood Mitigation on May 21, 2013 from 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. EST. As the climate continues to change, it is predicted that the Great Lakes region will see an increase in severe rain events which is likely to cause increased flooding in local communities. Understanding the cost of these flooding events, and how to help lessen and even prevent them, is a critical need for Great Lakes communities. This webinar will provide information about how economic information can be used to help communities understand and make more informed decisions about reducing the impacts of flooding; how green infrastructure can be an important tool to help reduce flooding; and case studies from three pilot areas in the Great Lakes: Green Bay, WI, Duluth, MN, and Toledo, OH. For more information and to register, click here.
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EPA & NOAA – May 30, 2013
Join EPA and NOAA for a webinar on Coastal Wetlands Restoration: Policy, Practice, People on May 30th from 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EST. as they highlight current restoration practices and needs in our nation’s coastal wetlands. They will first discuss the Coastal Wetland Reviews completed by EPA and NOAA to identify stressors to coastal wetlands and successful strategies currently being used to protect and restore them. Representatives from Bayou Rebirth will then showcase how thousands of volunteers have worked to plant grasses and trees at wetland sites while learning about the plight of the Louisiana coastal system, and discovering fun and engagement with ecosystem restoration. Becoming advocates for Louisiana’s coast, volunteers become rooted in their experience that environmental restoration can achieve multiple benefits, including personal growth. Bayou Rebirth maintains wetland plant nurseries in sites around the urban area and facilitates a wetlands education program for local students focused on growing out plants for restoration. Bayou Rebirth recently began installing rain gardens and is also currently developing a retail native plant nursery that will engage the public in environmental stewardship in their backyards. To register, click here. |
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