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Virginia Sea Grant facilitates research, educational, and outreach activities promoting sustainable management of marine resources. We are part of a larger network of Sea Grant programs housed in 31 colleges and universities around the country.
Webcast: Adapting Cities to Floods with Dr. Kristina Hill
(part of the Visiting Scholar Seminar Series)
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
3:00p.m. Eastern
Broadcasting from Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences
Watermen's Hall, Rm A/B
Gloucester Point, Va. 23062
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Dr. Kristina Hill is Associate Professor and Director of the Program in Landscape Architecture at UVA. Her research studies innovations in urban water systems that address climate change adaptations as well as social justice. Hill holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in landscape architecture from Harvard University. She earned a bachelor’s degree in geology from Tufts University. Hill was a Fulbright Scholar in 1990 and was appointed a Fellow of the Urban Design Institute in 2003. She was named an Honorary Fellow of the new Institute for Green Professionals (IGP) in 2008.
Visiting Scholar Seminar Series is a regular series that focuses on issues of marine science and public policy. This edition of the Series is presented by Virginia Sea Grant and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science School of Marine Science.
Workshop: Understanding Storm Tides and Sea Level Change
Every hurricane season, residents watch storms travel along the coast and are left to wonder, How will storm-related flooding impact my community?
On July 30, 2009, Virginia Sea Grant sponsored "Understanding Storm Tides and Sea Level Change." The workshop highlighted researchers from Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences and their work in tide monitoring and storm tide prediction. Drs. John Boon, John Brubaker, and David Forrest are currently working to put on-going tide monitoring data online, giving communities access to information on water levels in the lower Chesapeake Bay.
Audio and slides from these presentations are now available for download.
For more information, check out these online resources.
Planning for Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding
Forecasting the Rising Tide
Preliminary Strategic Plan Posted!
We've embarked on an ambitious strategic planning process that will help chart the course for the next four years at Virginia Sea Grant. A preliminary draft of the VASG strategic plan is now available for comment. We'd greatly appreciate your feedback on the draft. It consists of an introduction, vision, mission, and organizational information, followed by goals and objectives in four focus areas:
- Safe and Sustainable Seafood
- Healthy Coastal and Ocean Ecosystems
- Sustainable Community Development and Hazard Resilience
- Coastal and Ocean Literacy
The goals and objectives were created by workgroups consisting of staff, researchers, and stakeholders in each topic area. The draft plan will be available for comment for the next four weeks, a second draft draft will be posted for a shorter public comment period, and a final plan will be released in mid-to-late June.
You can submit comments in one of three ways:
- Send an email to thartley@vims.edu
- Post a comment to this blog entry
- Respond to this open-ended online survey (allows anonymous responses)
VASG would like to thank all of you who have commented and contributed to this document to date. We are committed to hearing from our stakeholders and setting a strategic course for the next five years that is responsive to the needs and opportunities faced by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Virginia Marine Resource Bulletin
The Spring 2009 issue is now available online with articles on storm tide prediction, migrant workers in Virginia's seafood industry and much more. Read more...
Visiting Scholar Seminar Series on Climate Change
This pair of talks on April 17, 2009, explored public attitudes toward climate change science and policy, as well as the possibility of regional governmental response to climate change impacts.
 Audio, video, and slides from the presentations are now posted.
Virginia Clean Marina Website
 The new site features facts on the program, links to regulatory infomation and current news tarageted to marina operators and boaters. Clean Marina and Clean Boater are voluntary programs promoting the wise and sustainable use of our public waterways. Visit the site...
New Contact Information for Virginia Sea Grant
Virginia Sea Grant
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
P.O. Box 1346
Gloucester Point, Virginia, 23062
804-684-7530 (Sea Grant office)
804-684-7161 (FAX)
Troy Hartley, Virginia Sea Grant Director
Frances Lee Larkin, Assistant Director
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