Living Shoreline Collaborative October 2021 Virtual Summit
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
The third Living Shoreline Summit of the Living Shoreline Collaborative (LSC) was held on October 13th, 2021 as an online gathering. The Living Shoreline Summit included several informative panel presentations and interactive sessions for participants to network and learn about other exciting initiatives and projects beyond their watershed and Virginia. Panel presentations celebrated partnerships in the lower James River Watershed to implement living shorelines, highlighted approaches and best practices to prioritizing communities in high-risk areas to build equity more intentionally into living shoreline work, and featured living shoreline case studies from other parts of Virginia and beyond. During the Living Shoreline Summit, participants also had the opportunity to engage with presenters and each other through robust question and answer sessions, as well as interactive sessions in small groups where participants networked with each other and shared their own experiences, reflections, and approaches for working with communities in high-risk areas.
Summit Recordings
In case you missed it, below are the video recording from the Summit.
Part 1: Welcome & Introductions, James River Living Shoreline Partnerships Panel
Presenters include:
Emily Hinson, James River Association
Christine Gyovai, Dialogue + Design Associates (and team)
Shereen Hughes, Wetlands Watch and Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals
Karen Duhring, VIMS Center for Coastal Resources Management
Kati (McCarter) Grigsby, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Scott Smith, City of Hampton
October 2021 Summit: Part 1
Part 2: Prioritizing Communities in High-Risk Areas Panel
Presenters include:
Joe Rieger, Elizabeth River Project
Bhaskaran Subramanian, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
October 2021 Summit: Part 2
Part 3: Living Shoreline Leaders in Virginia & Beyond Panel
Presenters include:
Ken Williams, Environmental Quality Resources, LLC
Robyn Woolsey, Colonial Soil and Water Conservation District
Ian Cheyne, Northern Neck Master Gardeners
Bhaskaran Subramanian, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
October 2021 Summit: Part 3
Featured Resources
Elizabeth River Environmental Justice Tool (a collaboration of the Elizabeth River Project and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science)
Living Shorelines on the Nansemond River (a collaboration of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Nansemond River Preservation Alliance)
LSC's Social Pinpoint : join the conversation!
Summit Materials
LSC Resources
Acknowledgments
Thank you to following groups for their contributions in planning this Summit:
Living Shoreline Collaborative Steering Committee
Summit Planning Team
The Living Shoreline Collaborative's funding partner, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
