SCDRP Newsletter: February 28, 2025

The deadline to sign up for an SCDRP Committee is today, February 28! Email us at scdrp@secoora.org to sign up for the Partnership, Governance, or Development Committee.

Missed yesterday's Partnership Meeting?

Watch the recording below!

The SCDRP February Partnership Meeting entitled "Department of Defense Building Resilience Across the Fences" featured a presentation by Dr. Michelle Covi, Coastal Resilience DoD Liaison at University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant. Dr. Covi discussed successful DoD initiatives to build resilience at DoD installations and in communities.

The following resources were shared during the meeting:

• Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation
• REPI Program
• SERPPAS
• Coastal Resilience and Regional Adaptation | SERPPAS
• South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative
• Sentinel Landscapes 
• Engineering With Nature : natural infrastructure for mission readiness at U.S. Navy and Marine Corps installations
• Tyndall AFB
• The Base of the Future taking shape at Tyndall AFB

Opportunity alert: The 2026 Sentinel Landscape Designation Cycle is now open! Proposals are due April 9, 2025. Learn more here.

Interested in learning more about the Tyndall Air Force Base, which was discussed in the February Partnership Meeting? Watch the recording of SCDRP 9th Annual Meeting Session 3: Co-Benefits/Permitting of Living Shorelines, Nature-Based Solutions, and Nearshore Coastal Armoring below!

In this session, Hollie Schmidt from Jacobs discusses the rebuilding of Tyndall Air Force Base to be more resilient to future threats. Hollie led the overall rebuild strategy, pre-design guidance and integrated land management approach for the reconstruction of Tyndall AFB. This session also features a discussion of the South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative (also referenced in the February Partnership Meeting) and Living Shorelines, led by Georgia Busch from the North Carolina Coastal Federation. Dr. Sofía Pérez-Guzmán from the Georgia Institute of Technology moderated this session.

NOAA is seeking partner organizations interested in bringing a new workshop, “Let’s Talk About Trust,” to their community. “Let’s Talk About Trust” is a collaborative learning workshop. It includes a combination of group discussion, partnered activities, and individual reflection. We explore existing resources on trust, discuss key concepts among peers, and identify successful strategies to overcome challenges.

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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Resources

The South Carolina Water Monitoring Portal - S.C. Sea Grant Consortium

The South Carolina Water Monitoring Portal is an ArcGIS-based, geospatial application that displays statewide water quality data on an interactive map.

The Portal is a user-friendly tool and makes data more accessible to assist researchers, technical managers, and extension professionals in protecting our state’s waters.

NOAA Office for Coastal Management 

Green Infrastructure Effectiveness Database

Workshops, Trainings, and Events

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.

The Natural Hazards Center is inviting researchers from all disciplines to submit abstracts focused on any topic related to hazards and disasters for the 2025 Researchers Meeting, which will be held July 16-17, 2025 in Broomfield, CO. Researchers may present research or lead a roundtable discussion. Deadline to submit abstracts is February 28, 2025.

The Ocean Innovator Award recognizes and promotes innovative ocean-related research and applied solutions. This award is open to early career individuals (loosely defined as up to 3 years into your career) in ocean, coastal, or estuarine fields, including current students, with a particular interest in projects that create unique solutions to salient ocean and coastal topics, such as renewable energy, conservation, and beyond. Top winners will be selected based on the quality and originality of their research. Winners will receive a cash prize up to $2,000 and be featured on an Ocean Innovators Webinar to elevate their work across the nation. Applications are due March 2, 2025.

Inland Ocean Ambassadors Training Program: The Inland Ocean Ambassador Training Program is a 5-session, 5-week online program offered twice per year that prepares individuals to take action to protect our ocean and waterways.

Applications due March 12

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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