SCDRP Newsletter: March 13, 2025 | |
Annual Meeting Session Highlight: Resilience Updates from the States & Territories | |
Things We're Excited About | |
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New Consensus Study Report from the National Academies for Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Forecasting the Ocean: The 2025-2035 Decade. of Ocean Science
This report provides recommendations on advancing ocean research and improving the forecasting of ocean processes through a multifaceted approach, incorporating the utilization of AI and machine learning, existing underwater infrastructure, and strategic partnerships and collaborations. Three focus areas within ocean research emerged as important in improving forecasting of ocean processes: Ocean and Climate, Ecosystem Resilience, and Extreme Events.
Read the report summary here.
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Collaboration Corner & Partner Announcements | |
Do you have an announcement, question, or a request for information, resources, or connections that you’d like to send out to SCDRP’s wide network of disaster resiliency and climate professionals? Email us at scdrp@secoora.org with your request and contact information, and it may be featured in our next newsletter!
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Join us! Discover SCDRP Membership options and benefits by clicking below: | |
See Below for Job Opportunities, Upcoming Webinars/Events, Funding Opportunities, and Helpful Resources!
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Job Opportunities, Internships, and Fellowships | |
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FEMA
Emergency Management Specialist (Preparedness) (Closing March 17 or when 100 applications received)
Washington DC
$101,401 - $156,755 per year
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
FISHERIES & WILDLIFE BIO SCIENTIST III (Closing March 18)
Holt, FL
$45,000 per year
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Director of the Suncoast Youth Conservation Center (Closing March 18)
Apollo Beach, FL
$53,665 Annually
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Conservation Engagement and Education/Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network
Operations & Management Consultant (Closing March 18)
Tallahassee, FL
$55,000 - $65,000 per year
NC State Parks
Chief of Natural Resources (Closing March 18)
Wake County, NC
$67,852 - $105,000 per year
Mecklenburg County Land Use and Environmental Service Agency
Environmental Specialist II (Apply by March 19)
Mecklenburg County, NC
Gwinnett County Government
Sustainability Project Coordinator (Closing March 24)
Gwinnett County, GA
$81,401.00 - $95,647.00 Annually
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The Nature Conservancy
Coastal Strategy Director (Closing April 1)
Job ID 56385
Remote in Florida
$88,000 – 108,000 per year
Senior Climate Scientist | Environmental Defense Fund
Remote
$118,000 - $125,000 per year
Program Associate, Adaptation and Resilience - ClimateWorks Foundation
Remote
$75,000 - $80,000 annually
Jacobs
Workforce Development Specialist
Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, United States
$70,000 to $85,000 per year
Foundation for Puerto Rico
Program Facilitator (Planner)
San Juan, PR
$40,000.00 to $50,000.00 per year, plus a $5,000 yearly car allowance.
Deloitte
Hazard Mitigation Grant Specialist
Tallahassee, FL
ICF
CDBG Project Manager (Florida Remote /Hybrid) - Disaster Recovery
Remote in Florida
$97,656.00 - $166,016.00
South Florida Water Management District
Supervisor-Environmental Scientist
Fort Myers, FL
$62,961-$107,910 per year
Internships, Fellowships, and Early Career:
USDA ORISE Fellowship:
Exploring Hurricane Effects, Response, and Resilience in Forest and Agriculture Systems in the Caribbean (Closing April 11)
San Juan, PR
$72,000 per year
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ASFPM Foundation Projects
The American Society for Floodplain Management Foundation Projects Committee is dedicated to supporting initiatives that align with the Foundation's mission of fostering flood risk reduction and resilient communities. The committee identifies and funds projects that contribute to this goal, working in collaboration with ASFPM, its chapters, and members. By supporting projects that address critical flood risk management issues and promote community resilience, the ASFPM Foundation Projects Committee contributes to the Foundation's efforts to create a safer and more sustainable future for all. The project must be led or co-sponsored by an ASFPM Chapter.
Applications close April 4, 2025.
North Carolina Resilient Coastal Communities Program
The N.C. Division of Coastal Management is taking applications from local coastal-based governments to participate in the state Resilient Coastal Communities Program’s phases 1-4. The Resilient Coastal Communities Program aids communities in getting a better understanding of and enhancing coastal resilience at the local level. Phases within the program guide communities in assessing local risks and vulnerabilities, engaging representative stakeholders, and collaborating to identify and prioritize projects and actions to enhance resilience and protect critical assets. County and municipal governments within the 20 Coastal Area Manage Act, or CAMA, counties and contractors who provide technical assistance to the localities selected may apply.
Applications close April 25, 2025.
Closing Soon:
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Beach Conditions Reporting System: The Beach Conditions Reporting System by Mote Marine Laboratory provides condition reports for beaches and coastal recreation areas. This citizen-science program is supported by volunteer Beach Ambassadors that undergo training to make accurate condition reports. Community members can also submit reports that are validated by other users. There are several sites located along the east and west coasts of Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and the Gulf coast.
SECOORA Data Portal: Use this portal to:
- Search and download real-time data
- Search historical data
- Compare datasets from different stations
- Generate and share custom data views (how to coming soon!)
- Access metadata for SECOORA stations
- Access to regional and sub-regional models, including coastal circulation, water quality and fisheries habitat models.
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Workshops, Trainings, and Events | |
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Just Added :
ARSET - Landslide Monitoring and Risk Assessment Using NASA Earth System Data
March 11,13, & 18, 2025
Time: 10:00 -11:30 or 2:00-3:30 EDT; There will be identical sessions at two different times of the day. Participants need only to register and attend one daily session.
SC Resilience Conference
Greenville, SC, April 7-9, 2025
Upcoming events:
WRRI Annual Conference
March 19-20, Raleigh, NC
Duke Oceans Week | The Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
March 24-28, 2025, Durham, NC and Virtual
Caribbean Conservation Community of Practice Annual Meeting
March 25-27, St. Thomas, USVI
Addressing Extreme Heat through Faithful Community Resilience | The Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
March 27, 2025 - 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Goodson Chapel, Duke University Campus, Durham, NC
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American Planning Association
National Planning Conference
Denver, CO March 29-April 1
Online April 23-25
2024-25 Community DAC (Direct Air Capture) Workshop Series
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Underground Storage: Technology, Uncertainties & Risks
April 1, 2:00 - 4:30 PM EST (virtual)
Register Here
North Carolina Coastal Federation: 2025 Coastal Summit
Raleigh, NC, April 8-9, 2025
From Billions to Trillions: Catalyzing Private Investment in Climate Solutions The Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
April 9, 2025: Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
2025 Housing Summit
April 9, 2025, Savannah, GA
National Hurricane Conference
April 14-17, 2025, New Orleans, LA
Super South
April 15-17, 2025, Atlanta, GA
NOAA Digital Coast Training Calendar
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Calls for Information, Comments, Surveys, Applications:
SASMI Project Identification Survey This questionnaire is a tool to identify and gather information about potential Salt Marsh conservation, protection, and restoration projects along the Georgia Coast.
Sentinel Landscapes Partnership: Accepting applications
The Sentinel Landscapes Partnership is a coalition of federal agencies, state and local governments, and non-governmental organizations that work with willing landowners and land managers to advance sustainable land use practices around military installations and ranges.The partnership aligns the objectives of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Defense (DOD), Department of the Interior (DOI), and Federal Emergency Management Agency to strengthen military readiness, conserve natural resources, bolster agricultural and forestry economies, increase public access to outdoor recreation, and enhance resilience to future environmental conditions. Sentinel landscape designation provides a myriad of benefits for local partnerships, including support to hire a sentinel landscape coordinator and offering priority consideration for certain federal funding opportunities.
Apply by April 9, 2025
RCC National Environment Leadership Fellowship (NELF) - Rachel Carson Council
All RCC Fellows receive a $2,000 stipend distributed throughout the academic year.
Deadline to Apply is April 15, 2025.
Join FEMA’s Youth Preparedness Council (YPC)
The intent of the Youth Preparedness Council is to bring together young leaders who have an interest in making a difference in their communities and in advancing disaster preparedness efforts on a national and local level. Youth Preparedness Council members complete disaster preparedness projects that help improve the disaster resiliency of the nation. The application cycle will be announced shortly.
The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) is seeking applicants and internship partners for the new Professional Science Master (PSM) degree as part of UVI’s Marine and Environmental Science program (MMES).
NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) is gathering input from users of tidal datums and coastal tools, like flood forecasting models and inundation maps, on the upcoming National Tidal Datum Epoch (NTDE) update. This quick, 3-minute survey will help NOAA understand how these changes may affect coastal practitioners and guide the creation of resources to better support communities facing coastal flooding and other challenges. Your feedback will be valuable in shaping tools to meet the needs of those working along our coasts.
The Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC) requests feedback on "Expanded Caribbean Section of Southeast Quarterly Impacts and Outlook Report"
The American Society of Adaptation Professionals invites its members and organizations with experience in environmental justice and community advocacy to sign-up to provide technical assistance for communities impacted the most via the EPA Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers (“TCTAC”) Program.
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