Tags: climate change

Speakers: Jaclyn Rhoads and Mike Hunninghake, Pinelands Preservation Alliance
Description: The purpose of this program is to provide residents and activists with a comprehensive overview of sound community design techniques that can be implemented in the Pinelands and throughout New Jersey. Topics include: mixed-use centers and walkable/bikeable neighborhoods; energy conservation measures and alternative energy solutions; green building; water quality and conservation; stormwater management; protecting open space and natural resources; historic preservation; transit-oriented development, and the Sustainable Jersey program.

These programs are FREE. Registration is required. Please RSVP to Becky at (609) 859-8860 x21 or becky@pinelandsalliance.org

Join Conservancy ecologist Joe Smith for a look into New Jersey's past, present and future as it relates to changes in sea level. Joe has been studying how rising sea levels in our area have led to changes in plant communities along the coast.

Follow Joe on his scientific journey as he outlines the causes and effects of this phenomenon, ending with a caravan to sites where the evidence of sea level rise will wow you!

Registration/Fee:
This event is free. Reservations strongly recommended. Please contact Alyssa Jones at (609) 861-4120 or alyssa_jones@tnc.org to register.

Presenter: Melanie Reding, Education Coordinator, Jacques Cousteau Coastal Education Center

How will climate change affect the way of life in the Barnegat Bay watershed? What effect does sea level rise have on coastal plants and animals? Learn some of the key concepts of climate change and improve your "climate literacy" as we move forward in addressing this global challenge.

Part of the LBI Foundation Science Saturday program. FREE.

Increased flooding, storm events and residential losses have become common in New Jersey and along the coastal United States. Municipalities of coastal New Jersey have begun to evaluate current and future tidal flood and storm impacts.

This workshop will give municipalities the information and contacts needed to assess the potential storm impacts in their towns. Federal, State and local programs and guidance for local zoning ordinances will be covered.

The costs of responding to a sea-level rise of 50cm by 2100 are estimated at between $20 and $200 billion in the United States alone (Shriner & Street, 1998). The wide range in this estimate reflects the different options, extent and timing of response.

Adaption measures such as the construction of bulkheads, dikes and pumping systems can protect property, but these measures are likely to result in further loss of wetlands and beaches with detrimental effects on fish and wildlife, recreation and tourism. (Union of Concerned Scientists, 2004).

WORKSHOP PROGRAM

• Are We Getting Wet Yet?A Consideration of Impacts in Coastal New Jersey
  Dr. Norbert Psuty, Rutgers Univ. Director of Sandy Hook Cooperative Research Program, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
• State Pilot Assistance to Coastal Towns, Dorina Frizzera, NJDEP Coastal Zone Management Program

Climate Change and Coastal Hazards - Rutgers University Conference

Ocean County Library, Mancini Hall, 101 Washington Street, Toms River, NJ 08753

To register call 732-349-6200

Register by clicking on the Register Online button above. You may also go to www.theoceancountylibrary.org and click on Events and News. When registering, please include your name, organization (if applicable), phone number, and e-mail address. Those who submit e-mail addresses will receive a reminder before the conference.