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Lunch & Learn: Assessing Shoreline Protection & Oyster Habitat

February 2 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Wetlands Watch is inviting you to a free virtual lunch and learn: “Assessing Shoreline Protection and Oyster Habitat provided by Oyster Castle®  Living Shorelines: Tools, Approaches, and Preliminary Results.”

Lunch & Learn Description: Living shorelines are promoted for their capacity to build coastal resilience and provide a wide range of ecological benefits typically associated with natural habitats. In Virginia, a primary goal of living shorelines is to provide coastal protection (e.g. wave attenuation and shoreline stabilization), whereas a common secondary goal may include salt marsh and/or oyster habitat creation. While a large proportion of living shoreline research has focused on evaluating ecological processes, the consistency and extent to which living shorelines provide coastal protection services requires further research to ensure projects are meeting primary and secondary goals for short-term and long-term ecological benefits. In this presentation, tools and approaches employed to assess shoreline protection and oyster habitat creation will be discussed and preliminary results will be shared to inform best practices and living shoreline designs.

Presentation Speaker: Sierra Hildebrandt, a Ph.D. student at Old Dominion University along with a shared Graduate Research Fellow at Virginia Sea Grant and Wetlands Watch.

Details

Date:
February 2
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Website:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtdeiqqT0uHtSE7Wd2-2aYRu-7HipLiXsC#/registration

Venue

ZOOM