Forum on Coastal Resilience and Sea Level Rise

January 28th at 10:00 am at Poquatuck Hall and broadcast on Zoom (see below)

Coffee and mini muffins served!

The Orient Association will be hosting a forum on Coastal Resilience and Sea-Level Rise. The guest speaker will be Elizabeth Hornstein.

More information on the Coastal Resilience and Sea Level Rise Forum.

Elizabeth is a Sustainable and Resilient Communities Extension Professional with New York Sea Grant. She is supporting Suffolk County communities within the Long Island Sound watershed with sustainability and resilience planning and implementation of projects. The goal of this work is to help communities
anticipate and overcome disturbances caused by a changing climate. Elizabeth will discuss sea level rise and environmental threats affecting Orient, as well as opportunities to increase resilience.

Elizabeth has a master’s degree in marine science from Stony Brook University and over ten years of experience working in the marine and environmental conservation fields, leading projects to restore coastal habitats and fish, increase shoreline resilience, and improve water quality.

Masks Encouraged

Zoom Info:

Topic: FORUM ON COASTAL RESILIENCE AND SEA LEVEL RISE
Time: Jan 28, 2023 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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