Day 1 Presentations

An audience of more than 300 applauds speakers as they present research and restoration efforts in Jamaica Bay and discuss the impacts of Hurricane Sandy on its ecosystem and watershed.  More than 20 speakers presented on the first day of the two day symposium.

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Day One Presentations

The Welikia Project: A Natural History Context for Resilience in Jamaica Bay in New York City

Eric Sanderson, Senior Conservation Ecologist, Wildlife Conservation Society

The Jamaica Bay Communities: A Shifting Mosaic of Uses and Attachments

Kristen Van Hooreweghe, Professor, Department of Sociology / Environmental Studies, Potsdam State University of New York

Reading the Landscape: Community use of parks and open spaces in a post-Sandy Jamaica Bay

Erika Svendsen, Social Scientist, US Forest Service & Gillian Baine, Strategic Programs Director, NYC Urban Field Station

Community Action: Marsh Island Volunteer Replanting at Rulers Bar and Black Wall

Dan Mundy Jr., Vice President, Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers & Don Riepe, Director, American Littoral Society Northeast Chapter

Water Quality Monitoring in Jamaica Bay: Past, Present and Future

Brett F. Branco, Assistant Professor, Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center, Brooklyn College

Eelgrass Demonstration Project

Chris Pickerell, Director and Habitat Restoration Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, Marine Program

Marine Program Oyster restoration - What's Next?

Gregg J. Rivara, Aquaculture Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, Marine Program

Jamaica Bay Ecological Atlas – Planning Tool for the Ecological Restoration Practitioner

John McLaughlin, Director, Office of Ecological Services, NYC Department of Environmental Protection

Belt Parkway Stormwater BMPs

Ted Brown, Water Resources Engineer, Biohabitats

Paerdegat Basin Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Facility and Improved Water Quality

Keith Mahoney, Division Chief of Regulatory Planning, NYC Department of Environmental Protection

Factors Controlling Algal Blooms and Water Quality in Jamaica Bay

Christopher Gobler, Professor, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University

Citywide Wastewater Infrastructure Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation

Pinar Balci, Director, Bureau of Environmental Planning and Analysis, NYC Department of Environmental Protection

NYC Salt and Tidal Marsh Vulnerability Assessment – A Framework for Prioritizing Restoration and Protection Needs

Marit Larson, Director of Wetlands and Riparian Restoration, NYC Parks & Recreation

Coastal Geomorphological Evolution at Plumb Beach: Sediment Budget and Management

Norbert Psuty, Director of Sandy Hook Cooperative Research Programs of the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University

Storm Surge Adaptation Modeling

Philip Orton, Research Scientist, Stevens Institute of Technology

The Bright Side of Sandy: Shorebirds, Habitat and Hurricanes on National Park Serivce Rockaway Beaches

Hanem Abouelezz, Biologist, National Park Service

Coastal Restoration - Example Partnering Efforts (Past, Present, Future)

Peter Weppler, Supervisory Biologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District

Restoration - Marsh updates (coming soon)

Patricia Rafferty, Coastal Ecologist, National Park Service and James C. Lynch, Biologist, National Park Service

Gerritsen and White Island updates (coming soon)

Michael Feller, Chief Naturalist for Natural Resources Group, NYC Parks & Recreation

Protecting communities – Howard Beach (coming soon)

Bill Ulfelder, New York Executive Director, Nature Conservancy

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