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**Annual Ocean and Coastal Program Managers' Meeting**

**February 23-26, 2009**

**Washington Marriott**

**1221 22^nd^ Street NW**

**Washington, DC 20004**

**Phone: 202-261-9713**

**DRAFT AGENDA (as February 17, 2009)**

**Monday, February 23, 2009**

7:30am-2:00pm **Registration** *(Second Floor Lounge - outside of
meeting rooms)*

9:00am-5:30pm **National Estuarine Research Reserve Association
Meeting** *(Georgetown I)*

8:30am-5:30pm **Coastal States Organization Membership Meeting**
*(Dupont)*

5:00pm-8:00pm **CSO Legal Council Meeting** *(Salon E)*

**Tuesday, February 24, 2009**

7:30am-5:00pm **Registration** *(Second Floor Lounge)*

8:00am-8:45am **Opening Plenary: Welcome & Charge for the Hill** *(Salon
ABC)*

> *David Kennedy, Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
> Management*
>
> *John H. Dunnigan, Assistant Administrator, NOAA National Ocean
> Service*

8:45am-9:30am **Legislative Priorities and Hill Training** *(Salon ABC)*

> *Kristen Fletcher & Andrea Geiger, Coastal States Organization*
>
> *Matt Menashes, National Estuarine Research Reserve Association*

**TRACK 1: CSO and NERRA Capitol Hill Coast Day**

9:30am **Depart for Capitol Hill Coast Day**

10:00am-5:00pm **Capitol Hill Coast Day**

*CSO/NERRA delegates and members*

3:00pm-5:30pm **NOAA-State Leadership Forum *(by invitation only) ***

**Department of Commerce Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 4830**

*Mary Glackin, Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere*

> *John H. Dunnigan, Assistant Administrator, NOAA National Ocean
> Service*
>
> The NOAA-State Leadership Forum is primarily an informal, yet
> strategic, dialogue between NOAA and State Executives. The primary
> objectives are to share key NOAA and State coastal climate priorities
> and to identify critical items for a high-level action agenda that
> will help inform NOAA's coastal and climate agenda, and around which
> NOAA and the State executives should commit to remain engaged in order
> to address mutual priorities over the next year. Highlights will be
> shared during the Closing Plenary.

**TRACK 2: Concurrent Sessions at Hotel**

> Roundtable discussions/presentations on products/services/abilities
> related to various aspects of climate change and hazards and smart
> growth. Case studies will be used where appropriate. Full session
> descriptions are included with this agenda. The following topics will
> be offered:

10:00am-11:30am **Concurrent Roundtable Discussions A**

> Session 1: Sea Level/Lake Mapping 101 *(Georgetown I)*
>
> Session 2: Assessing your Community's Risk and Vulnerability (S*alon
> D)*
>
> Session 3: Smart Growth and the Water's Edge *(Salon E)*

1:30pm-3:00pm **Concurrent Roundtable Discussions B**

> Session 1: Guidelines for CZ Managers Developing Adaptation Plans
> *(Georgetown I)*
>
> Session 2: Climate Modeling 101 *(Salon D)*
>
> Session 3: Assessing Vulnerability *(Salon E)*

3:30pm-5:00pm **Concurrent Roundtable Discussions C**

> Session 1: Adapting to Climate Change *(Georgetown I)*
>
> Session 2: Marine Spatial Planning *(Salon D)*
>
> Session 3: Smart Growth and the Water's Edge *(Salon E)(Repeat)*
>
> Session 4: Guidelines for CZ Managers Developing Adaptation Plans
> *(Salon ABC) (Repeat)*

6:00pm-8:00pm **Coastal & Ocean Celebration *(325 Senate Russell
Building)***

> The Coastal States Organization\'s sixteenth annual Coastal & Ocean
> Celebration presents a wonderful opportunity to raise awareness of
> ocean and coastal issues on the Hill.  It provides a relaxed venue for
> Congressional staff, Administration officials, and ocean and coastal
> colleagues to gather to discuss the importance of the oceans and
> coasts to the nation.

**Wednesday, February 25, 2009**

7:30am-5:00pm **Registration** *(Second Floor Lounge)*

8:00am-5:00pm **Programmatic Meetings:**

> **Coastal Programs** *(Salon AB)*
>
> **National Estuarine Research Reserves** *(Salon CD)*
>
> **Marine Protected Areas Center Staff Retreat** *(Logan)*
>
> Programs will meet to discuss business and issues. Separate agendas
> for Coastal Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves are
> provided the registration package. Please follow specific agendas for
> breaks and discussion topics.

11:30am-1:15pm **Q&A Drop-in Session on CELCP** *(Salon G)*

> Please join the OCRM CELCP staff for an informal gathering during
> lunch Wednesday February 25th in Salon G.  We will plan to give
> program updates, answer questions, and/or discuss any other CELCP
> items that may be on attendees\' minds.  Bring your lunch over and
> talk CELCP!

4:00pm-5:00pm **Q&A Drop-in Session on the National System of MPAs**
*(Logan)*

> Have questions about the nomination process? Curious about whether or
> not your site is eligible, or just would like more info on the
> national system? Then stop by this informal question and answer
> session, sponsored by the National Marine Protected Areas Center (MPA
> Center). MPA Center staff will be available to answer any questions
> you may have, and provide additional resources/guidance.

5:00pm-6:00pm **Joint Meeting of CSO Climate Change Committee and NERRS
Climate Change Workgroup** *(Logan)*

> Exploring Opportunities and Needs for Climate Change Extension and
> Training

6:00pm-7:30pm **NOAA Reception** *(Salon ABCD)*

**Thursday, February 26, 2009**

9:30am-11:30am **Closing Plenary:** *(Salon DE)*

> **Reflections on What We've Heard and Discussion on Where We Go From
> Here**
>
> The panel will reflect and present key points from the week's
> discussions and meetings, including visits to Capitol Hill and the
> NOAA-State Leadership Forum, and present a strategy to move forward
> 2-3 key actions over the coming year. The panel will engage the
> audience to get additional points on both reflections from the week
> and input and thinking on the 2-3 key strategic actions.
>
> **Panel:** *David Kennedy, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
> Management*
>
> *Ted Diers, New Hampshire Coastal Program*
>
> *Jaime Kooser, San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve*

12:00 **Adjourn!**

**CONCURRENT ROUNDTABLE SESSION ABSTRACTS**

**Roundtable Discussions A: 10:00-11:30am**

**Sea Level/Lake Level Mapping 101** ***(Georgetown I)***\
\
This session will explore various water level mapping examples exposing
the range of uses and possible constraints. Data considerations will be
presented including resolution, accuracy, vertical datums, and data
sources. Sample mapping elements such as model fields and datasets will
be highlighted. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss their
experiences and learn from their peers.\
\
[Presenters/Facilitators:]{.underline}\
Doug Marcy, NOAA, Coastal Services Center\
Susan White, NOAA, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science\'s Center
for Human Health Risk\
Allison Castellan, NOAA, Office of Coastal Resource Management

**Assessing Your Community's Resilience and Vulnerability *(Salon D)***

The NOAA Coastal Services Center is enhancing their Community Resilience
and Vulnerability Assessment Toolkit (CRVAT) and needs your input.
Decisions-makers have to address so many aspects of hazards management
running the gamut from risk, vulnerability, resilience, climate change
to adaptation planning. What does it all mean? How do you assess these
issues? Where does this planning fall among so many other priorities?
What's our role in this process? What's your role?

During the first half of the session, you will learn about the CRVAT
initiative and how it's being designed to help your community assess
their risks and vulnerabilities and adapt to climate change and
variability. During the second half of the session, participants will
explore and identify how communities can use the CRVAT, partnership
opportunities, and implementation strategies.

[Presenters/Facilitators]{.underline}

Tashya Allen, The Baldwin Group, NOAA, Coastal Services Center

Darlene Finch, NOAA, Coastal Services Center

**Smart Growth and the Water\'s Edge *(Salon E)***\
\
Coastal Smart Growth: Smart Growth at the water's edge requires a
tailored approach that recognizes the unique opportunities and
challenges of waterfront and coastal development. The first half of this
session will provide an overview of: 1) the Waterfront and Coastal Smart
Growth Elements developed by NOAA, EPA, and the International
City/County Management Association; 2) a state coastal smart growth
program; 3) the Coastal Community Planning and Development Training
offered by CSC; and 4) free software that can be used to investigate
potential visual impacts from coastal development. During the second
half of the session, participants will identify and discuss
opportunities and challenges to addressing coastal hazards and climate
change impacts when implementing smart growth.

[Presenters/Facilitators]{.underline}

Lynn Desautels, EPA, Smart Growth Program\
Sarah van der Schalie, NOAA, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management\
Tricia Ryan, NOAA, Coastal Services Center\
Andrea Cooper, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management,
Shoreline Floodplain Management Coordinator

**Roundtable Discussions B: 1:30pm-3:00pm**

**Guidelines for CZ Managers Developing Adaptation Plans *(Georgetown
I)****\
*\
OCRM is drafting a guide to help state coastal managers develop and
implement climate change adaptation plans to reduce the risks associated
with climate change impacts. A climate change adaptation plan identifies
and assesses the impacts that are likely to affect the planning area and
develops goals, objectives, and actions to best minimize these impacts. 
OCRM leads for the project will present a framework overview of the
guidelines and solicit feedback from managers with respect to gaps in
content, usability and recommendations for how best to package the
guidelines.  \
\
[Presenters/Facilitators]{.underline}\
Kate Barba, NOAA, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management\
Allison Castellan, NOAA, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management\
Alison Hammer, NOAA,  Special Projects Office\
Tonya Kane, NOAA, Special Projects Office

**Climate Modeling 101 *(Salon D)***

Moderator: Marjorie Ernst, OCRM

1:30 -- 2:15 p.m. Computer modeling\'s contribution to the climate
research challenge

Dr. Keith W. Dixon, Research Meteorologist

Climate Dynamics & Prediction Group/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Laboratory/NOAA

Princeton, NJ

Using state-of-the-art supercomputers as their laboratories, climate
modelers employ mathematical models of our planet\'s global climate
system to conduct climate variability and change research. This
presentation will illustrate how, by incorporating what is known from
observations, fundamental physical laws, and nascent theory, climate
models have been used to deconstruct and explore the relative effects of
different anthropogenic and natural factors involved in driving climate
change and variability.  Some of the robust findings derived from
climate modeling experiments, as well as remaining uncertainties, will
be illustrated by drawing upon national and international scientific
assessment reports and work done at NOAA\'s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Laboratory. Particular attention will be given to the challenge of\
projecting future sea level change.

2:15 -- 3:00 p.m. Sea-Level Rise Rectification Program and seawater
inundation model for

aiding climate change assessment

Dr. Thomas W. Doyle, Systems Ecologist

National Wetlands Research Center/ U.S. Geological Survey

Lafayette, LA

The Sea-Level Rise Rectification Program (SLRRP) is a software program
designed to generate a suite of future sea-level projections from
various Global Circulation Models (GCM) and emission scenario options
obtained from IPCC (2001), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
The SLRRP model allows the user to select a region-based tide station,
GCM model, and emission scenario to generate a graph and output file of
future sea-level change. SLRRP rectifies the historical tide record and
future eustatic sea-level rise into a common vertical datum (default =
NAVD88). SLRRP has the added feature of showing the inundation process
and period for which sea level will overtop a given landscape feature or
elevation under a future changing climate. Selected uses of the SLRRP
model for climate change assessments and ecosystem model forecasts will
be presented.

**Assessing Vulnerability *(Salon E)***

Mark Crowell from FEMA\'s Mitigation Directorate will discuss an ongoing
study of the impact of climate change on the National Flood Insurance
Program that includes analyzing potential changes in sea level rise and
coastal storms. He will also discuss related efforts to determine
whether policy and methodologies for mapping coastal special flood
hazard areas should be revised. Ultimately, the results of these efforts
will provide a clearer picture of the vulnerability of our nation\'s
coasts to climate change, sea level rise and coastal storms in
particular.

John Haines from USGS's Coastal and Marine Geology Program will address
coastal mapping and research programs addressing coastal change and
assessment of vulnerability due to storms, erosion, and sea-level rise.
He will discuss existing vulnerability products for storm and sea-level
response, their application by coastal managers in our National Parks
and Seashores and elsewhere, and future directions for development of
more comprehensive products.

Charles Chesnutt from the USACE\'s Institute for Water Resources will
discuss recent Corps experience that highlights coastal vulnerabilities.
He will also talk about several of the USACE efforts underway to better
incorporate Sea Level Rise and other climate change impacts into USACE
project planning, design and management.

[Presenters]{.underline}

Mark Crowell, FEMA Mitigation Directorate

John Haines, USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Charles Chesnutt, USACE Institute for Water Resources

**Roundtable Discussions C: 3:30pm-5:00pm**

**Adapting to Climate Change in our Nation\'s Estuaries *(Georgetown
I)***\
\
Estuaries face a host of increasing threats from a variety of climate
change related stressors that range from sea level rise to increased
incidence of invasive species.  In addition to mitigating such impacts,
coastal managers will also have to consider an array of adaptation
strategies and approaches in order to preserve the ecosystem services of
these regions. This session will highlight three approaches being taken
by the EPA and the National Estuarine Research Reserve System that begin
to address this pressing management need.  Topics will include: 1)
EPA\'s Climate Ready Estuary Program; 2) Planning for Climate Change - a
new workshop on tools and approaches; and 3) Adapting Shorelines to
Climate Change: Preserving Ecosystem Services.\
\
[Presenters]{.underline}\
John Wilson and Jeremy Martinich, EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and
Watersheds\
Cathy Angel, Coastal Training Program Coordinator, Padilla Bay (WA)
National Estuarine Research Reserve\
Betsy Blair, Manager, Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve

**Marine Spatial Planning *(Salon D)***\
\
Hundreds of competing interests, policies, and jurisdictions impact
ocean and Great Lake waters.  Coastal states and nations are turning to
marine spatial planning (MSP) for solutions.  This session will
demonstrate how MSP is being used to help site alternative energy
development, map human uses of ocean space, and facilitate state level
comprehensive planning, with a focus on the data and tools that support
the process.  Participants will have the opportunity to engage in
facilitated discussion, look at maps being used in current projects, and
learn about resources available to MSP practitioners.\
\
Presenters/Facilitators\
Brian Smith, IM Systems Group, NOAA Coastal Services Center\
Charlie Wahle, NOAA, Marine Protected Areas Center\
William Waskas, Minerals Management Service, Alternative Energy Program\
Bruce Carlisle, MA Office of Coastal Zone Management\
Grover Fugate, RI Coastal Resources Management Council\
Cory Riley, NOAA, Office of Coastal Resource Management

**Smart Growth and the Water\'s Edge *(Salon E) - REPEAT***\
\
Coastal Smart Growth: Smart Growth at the water's edge requires a
tailored approach that recognizes the unique opportunities and
challenges of waterfront and coastal development. The first half of this
session will provide an overview of: 1) the Waterfront and Coastal Smart
Growth Elements developed by NOAA, EPA, and the International
City/County Management Association; 2) a state coastal smart growth
program; 3) the Coastal Community Planning and Development Training
offered by CSC; and 4) free software that can be used to investigate
potential visual impacts from coastal development. During the second
half of the session, participants will identify and discuss
opportunities and challenges to addressing coastal hazards and climate
change impacts when implementing smart growth.

[Presenters/Facilitators]{.underline}

Lynn Desautels, EPA, Smart Growth Program\
Sarah van der Schalie, NOAA, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management\
Tricia Ryan, NOAA, Coastal Services Center\
Andrea Cooper, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management,
Shoreline Floodplain Management Coordinator

**Guidelines for CZ Managers Developing Adaptation Plans *(Salon ABC) -
REPEAT****\
*\
OCRM is drafting a guide to help state coastal managers develop and
implement climate change adaptation plans to reduce the risks associated
with climate change impacts. A climate change adaptation plan identifies
and assesses the impacts that are likely to affect the planning area and
develops goals, objectives, and actions to best minimize these impacts. 
OCRM leads for the project will present a framework overview of the
guidelines and solicit feedback from managers with respect to gaps in
content, usability and recommendations for how best to package the
guidelines.  \
\
[Presenters/Facilitators]{.underline}\
Allison Castellan, NOAA, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management\
Alison Hammer, NOAA,  Special Projects Office\
Tonya Kane, NOAA, Special Projects Office