Coastal Resilience In Action - Connecticut Town Begins to Prepare
New Haven Register
By Susan Misur
GUILFORD — The Board of Selectmen heard detailed plans this week on protecting the town’s vulnerable shoreline from impacts of coastal changes, such as sea level rise, erosion and extreme storms.
The report from Town Planner George Kral and a Nature Conservancy representative comes a few weeks after resident Sid Gale complained that officials aren’t doing enough to prepare for climate change and offered his own memo of suggestions.
Kral said the Nature Conservancy is studying storm and sea level rise predictions to determine how climate change will affect the tax base, residential and commercial development, public and private properties, natural habitats, and infrastructure, such as septic systems. The organization chose to work with Guilford last year to develop a Community Coastal Resilience Plan, which would then serve as a model to other shoreline towns.
According to Kral and Nathan Frohling, director of Connecticut coastal and marine initiatives for the Nature Conservancy, long-term goals of the project include spreading awareness of coastal vulnerability and generating support for town action; assessing risks and ensuring public safety; examining options to address those risks, and creating an action plan.
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The town is applying to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for a grant of $20,000 to $30,000 to use in creating the Coastal Resilience Plan. Once the document is complete, it will be incorporated into the Plan of Conservation and Development and into a recently developed plan determining the most damage-prone areas in town.
Full article here:
http://nhregister.com/articles/2011/11/24/news/shoreline/doc4eceee586baa4510381365.txt
Posted by Anne Wallach Thomas on Monday, November 28, 201110:23PM
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