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HomeAboutNOS Fiscal Year 2016 Year in Review

# Office for Coastal Management

## NOS Fiscal Year 2016 Year in Review

## Ports Resilience Index Bolsters Preparedness 

            -  **Supports NOS priority**: coastal resilience,coastal intelligence 

The Ports Resilience index is a user-friendly tool for maintaining port and marine transportation operations during and after disasters

Ports play an important  role in waterfront community resilience.  A new tool, the Ports Resilience Index,  is a simple and inexpensive means of undertaking a readiness assessment for  maintaining port and marine transportation operations during and after  disasters.         Ports that have completed  this self-assessment include the Port of Corpus Christi Authority in Texas, the  Jackson County Port Authority Mississippi, the Port of Lake Charles Harbor and  Terminal District in Louisiana, and Port Tampa Bay in Florida. The Office for  Coastal Management funded this project, which was a partnership effort led by  the Gulf of Mexico Alliance and coordinated by the Louisiana Sea Grant.   Other partners included Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant, Dewberry, seven  Gulf of Mexico ports, the Gulf Ports Association of the Americas, and industry  partners.  The nation’s seaports move  over $1.5 trillion in cargo each year, supporting port-side employment of more  than 420,000 persons that pays $30 billion in wages each year. Keeping ports  safe (and working) represents an important aspect of the nation’s economic  health.

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## Ft. Lauderdale Climate Adaptation Plan Approved 

            -  **Supports NOS priority**: coastal resilience 

Several years ago Ft.  Lauderdale was a pilot community in a National Coastal Zone Management Program  initiative focused on preparing communities for sea level rise and coastal  flooding. New policies were enacted that included infrastructure improvements  and incorporating sea level rise projections into the design of new  construction capital projects. This baseline effort continues to pay dividends  today, as the city’s FY2017-2021 Proposed Community Investment Plan identifies  16 adaptation action areas and 40 projects identified for funding. These  projects include stormwater, park, and seawall repairs and improvements. A  public survey associated with these efforts found 75% of the respondents saying  they had observed coastal water level increases and 72% have observed increased  flooding.

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## Building  the Capacity of the Coastal Management Community

            -  **Supports NOS priority**: coastal resilience 

While NOAA  is the nation's premier coastal science information agency, simply providing  the information is not enough.  Over 5,000 professionals  took advantage of the coastal management educational opportunities  provided by NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management. Follow- up surveys revealed  that 71 percent of the 1,600 professionals who participated in the formal  training programs are using their new skills to make coastal communities more  resilient.  Over 3000 people engaged in peer-to-peer learning at  various events such as the Pacific Risk Management 'Ohana (PRiMO) conference,  workshops focused on FEMA’s Community Rating System, the Social Coast Forum,  and “Our Florida Reefs,” a community planning initiative. Technical  assistance was also provided via three fellowship programs.

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## Investing in New York’s  Green Infrastructure

            -  **Supports NOS priority**: coastal resilience, coastal intelligence 

Infographic showing application and benefits of green infrastructure

Green infrastructure, the  use of nature-based solutions to minimize flooding, is gaining traction  throughout the coastal zone. NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management provided  funding ($410,000) and assistance to develop an information tool that is  guiding green infrastructure investments in Staten Island and Jamaica Bay. The  tool incorporates research on green infrastructure performance during  Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy, and integrates data on future flooding scenarios,  vulnerable populations, and critical infrastructure.  The tool is being used by The Trust for Public  Land and the City of New York to identify the most suitable and effective green  infrastructure investment locations, as they made decisions about the best way  to use the $176 million in disaster resilience funds New York received from the  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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## Great Lakes States Joining Forces to Improve Coastal Resilience 

            -  **Supports NOS priority**: coastal intelligence 

Heavy precipitation event caused riverine flooding, and erosion and runoff into Lake Superior in 2008

Wisconsin and Minnesota are  working together to make coastal communities safer. Recent Wisconsin  legislation requires coastal communities to create resilience plans, and the  state identified green infrastructure (nature-based approaches) as a viable  alternative to seawalls and other built structures. The Lake Superior National  Estuarine Research Reserve provided scientific research and expertise, and  helped create the partnerships communities needed to successfully apply for  funding assistance. One of these partners was the city of Duluth, Minnesota, as  this city was also seeking green infrastructure solutions. The reserve used  both social and natural science to provide the information needed, and the two  states developed a successful joint application for a NOAA-funded project.

###### **OCM** Highlights

            - **Ports Resilience Index Bolsters Preparedness 
            - **Ft. Lauderdale Climate Adaptation Plan Approved
            - ** Building the Capacity of the Coastal Management Community
            - ** Investing in New York’s Green Infrastructure
            - ** Great Lakes States Joining Forces to Improve Coastal Resilience 

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