Rachel Hogan Carr is the executive director of the Nurture Nature Center and also serves on its board of directors. She led the seminal Flood Safety Education and Awareness Campaign in the Delaware River Basin (“Focus on Floods”), a cooperative project with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service, which secured five local and national awards. Carr was named 2011 Informal Science Educator of the Year by the American Meteorological Society for her role in developing the Focus on Floods education campaign with National Weather Service. Carr has spoken widely about how to engage the community in understanding and addressing the risks they face, including engagements for: American Meteorological Society; the Pennsylvania Floodplain Managers Association; the New Jersey Emergency Preparedness Association; NOAA Science Days; FEMA Region III; FEMA TMAC; and others
10:45 - Development of a Multidimensional Coastal Wetland Migration and Maintenance Data Layer for NJ ResTOrS Kimberly McKenna; Dr. Thomas Herrington; Dr. Richard Lathrop; Dr. Joshua Moody 11:00 - Integrated Modeling to Assess Delaware River Basin Water Resource Vulnerability to Drought Aubrey Dugger; Hedeff Essaid 11:15 - Risk & Resilience : Sea Level Rise Scenario Visualization for Adaptation and Mitigation Practices Chris Feinman; Matthew Konfirst 11:30 - City of Wilmington GHG Reduction Program: Working to Achieve 50% Reduction By 2030 Alison Quimby 11:45 - Q&A
10:45 - Coastal Marsh Restoration: An Ecosystem Approach for the Mid-Atlantic - Joint Agency Guidance Bartholomew Wilson; Jonathan Watson 11:00 - CHARRM: Finding Efficiencies Among Mid-Atlantic Resource Managers, Restoration Practitioners and Research Scientists in the Mid-Atlantic Region Danielle McCulloch; Jessie Murray 11:15 - Organizing a Collaborative Statewide Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Network and Initiatives in Delaware Kayla Clauson; Brittany Haywood 11:30 - Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Monitoring and Restoration Efforts in Delaware's Inland Bays Taylor Hoffman; Jazz Petersen; Andrew McGowan 11:45 - Creating Resilient Marsh and Beach Habitat in Delaware Bay: The Evolution of a Regional Restoration Strategy in the Face of Climate Change Alek Modjeski
10:45 - Community Engagement and Nature Based Solutions in the Face of Historic Flooding in Eastwick Erin Lacour; Lamar Gore 11:00 - Community-Driven Modeling for Flood Risk Resilience in the Darby-Cobbs Watershed Jazmin Ricks; Ahmad Haseeb Payab 11:15 - Hurricane Ida: An Interstate Flood Resilience Plan for the Brandywine in Delaware and Pennsylvania Grant DeCosta; Gerald J. Kauffman, Jr.; Seung Ah Byun 11:30 - Monitoring and Modeling of Urban Creeks in Philadelphia Anish Mahat; Eileen Althouse; Kinman Leung; Zachary Eichenwald 11:45 - Community Science Data Informs Restoration in an Urban System Matt Sarver, Katie Bird
1:30 - Foundational Support for Evaluating Flood Risk Management and NYC Water Supply Reliability in the Catskill and Delaware Watersheds Jennifer Garigliano 1:45 - Climate Change Projections for NYC Watershed and Upper Delaware Headwaters Region Jerry Mead 2:00 - Future climate to intensify extreme floods and shift flood generating mechanisms in the Delaware River Basin Ning Sun; David Judi; Hongxiang Yan; Mithun Deb; Zhaoqing Yang 2:15 - Using a Hydro-Terrestrial Modeling Framework to Investigate the Impacts of Climate, Land Use, and Sea Level Change on Hydrology and Salinity during Drought in the Delaware River Basin Aubrey Dugger; Salme Cook; Liv Herdman; Jared Smith; Hedeff Essaid; Andreis Prein 2:30 - Enhancement of Methodology for Calculating Net Carbon Emissions for Natural and Working Lands Brett Wiley; Kirk Raper; Metthea Yepsen; Chris Barry; Daniel Clark; Olga Lyandres; Alissa Benchimol
1:30 - Oh, the places you'll go...Delaware Marsh Migration Model Kenny Smith 1:45 - Making a Splash in Southern New Castle County: Restoring a Historical Seasonal Pond Complex Brigham Whitman; Matt Sarver 2:00 - Salt Marsh Vegetation Composition and Habitat Change at Black-Crowned Night Heron Nesting Sites on Historic Dredge Mounds Julie Blum; Samantha Collins; Lisa Ferguson 2:15 - The Importance of Patch Shape at Threshold Occupancy: Functional Patch Size Within Total Habitat Amount Jeff Keller; Patrick Sullivan 2:30 - Q&A
1:30 - Creation of an Outdoor Exploration Space Alison Quimby; PDE Staff 1:45 - ASAP: The Apprenticeship In Shellfish Aquaculture Program Jenny Shinn; Diana Burich; Michael Acquafredda; Lisa Calvo 2:00 - Overview of The New Jersey Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) Reference Document: A Tool to Help Municipalities, Non-Profits, and Decision Makers in the Development, Implementation, and Monitoring of Effective NBS to Address Climate Hazards Janine Barr; Ashlyn Spector; Elizabeth Semple; Katie-Rose Imbriano; Paolo Mora Villacres 2:15 - Ecological uplift potential of green bulkheads Taylor Beck 2:30 - Q&A
3:15 - Seaports on the East Coast are Victims of Their Success James Dennis 3:25 - A New Conceptual Sediment Budget for Delaware’s Sandy Estuarine Beaches Justin Shawler; Aleksandra Ostojic; Sean McGill; Alexander Renaud; Ashley Elkins 3:50 - Q&A
3:15 - Improving Ecosystem Rehabilitation through a Mosaic Approach – Advancing a Regional Philosophy in New Jersey Terry Doss; Josh Moody; Meredith Comi; Martha Maxwell-Doyle 4:15 - Q&A
3:15 - Upstream Opportunities - A listening approach to early public engagement in DRBC climate resilience planning Kristen Bowman Kavanagh; Sarah Beganskas, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Koniers Brown; Avery Lentini; Chris McCann; Kevin Pregent 3:30 - Northeast Rising: Implementing Climate Resilience through Community Building on the Brandywine River in Downtown Wilmington, Delaware Karen Igou; Gerald Joseph McAdams Kauffman 3:45 - City of Wilmington Urban Pollinator Corridor and Food Resilience Project: A Community Approach to Conservation and Sustainability at the Neighborhood Level Kerry Wilson; Michele Wales; Tannicka Johnson 4:00 - Breaking Down Barriers: Making the Outdoors More Accessible in the Delaware River Watershed Michelle Barakat 4:15 - Q&A
