Chris Bruce, the GIS Manager for TNC Virginia, and Amy Ferguson, an M.S. Candidate at University of Virginia, recently presented award-winning posters that document the study sites, field methods, data analysis, and finally some results that are incorporated into various Coastal Resilience applications specific to Virginia’s eastern shore.
Cleaner water and safer communities in Puget Sound and around the world are getting a huge boost thanks to a new grant and technology partnership from Microsoft to The Nature Conservancy.
Today, we are pleased to announce a new grant to The Nature Conservancy that will enable this highly-regarded organization to do even more to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.
NOAA’s Digital Coast website is turning 10 this year! TNC is a founding partner in what started as an innovative experiment designed to bring focused data, tools, and training to the people charged with addressing development and environmental challenges in coastal communities.
An unlikely group of conservationists, engineers and insurance risk experts joined forces to study the impact of Sandy and other storms on property damages in work supported by the Lloyd’s Tercentenary Research Foundation. The results show that natural storm defenses such as coastal wetlands help reduce waves and storm surge, protecting people and property.
In March 2017, The At the Water’s Edge Project hosted Reef Week, a week of awareness activities to educate the communities within the project site about coastal resilience.