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Public Outreach, Education, and Extension
Projects
Coastal Processes Extension
Woods Hole Sea Grant’s Coastal Processes
Extension program helps to identify the risks and impacts associated
with the region’s coastal natural hazards. Partners include
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Cape Cod Cooperative Extension (CCCE),
Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management (MCZM), the Cape Cod Commission,
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and coastal communities
throughout Massachusetts.
Coastal Erosion on
NPR
Jim O'Connell, Sea Grant's coastal processes
specialist, was recently interviewed by Mindy Todd for the NPR program
"The
Point." To listen to the broadcast, click
here.
 Shoreline
Change
Woods Hole Sea Grant, working with USGS, CCCE, and MCZM, generated
long-term shoreline change data along 856 miles of the Massachusetts
shore. Working with the regional planning agency, the Cape Cod Commission,
Woods Hole Sea Grant analyzed the data and produced a Barnstable
County-wide map identifying erosion-prone areas as part of the FEMA-funded
Pre-disaster Mitigation Initiative. Sea Grant Extension staff continue
to actively work with local communities in identifying erosion control
mitigation methods to reduce the environmental and economic impacts
associated with shoreline change. Photo by Jim O'Connell, Woods
Hole Sea Grant/CCCE
Cape Cod Landforms and Coastal Processes
Poster
Woods Hole Sea Grant, working with CCCE, produced a large-format
poster to illustrate how coastal landforms function in response
to coastal natural processes and the impacts that human activities
impart on these beneficial functions. The poster expands science-based
coastal processes knowledge that will lead to prediction of potential
impacts from human activities along the shore and thus further protection
of coastal resources. For more information, click
here.
 Beach
and Dune Profile Monitoring
Beaches, dunes and near-shore areas are the most dynamic areas on
the face of the earth, changing constantly in response to winds,
waves, tides, storms, relative sea level rise, and human activities.
Yet the complex interactions that produce such changes are not well
understood or documented. Recognizing this data gap in monitoring
beach and dune changes, Woods Hole Sea Grant and CCCE established
a volunteer monitoring program for beach and dune profiling. Volunteers—including
citizens, waterfront homeowners, town officials, students, and teachers—monitor
monthly, seasonal, and pre- and post-storm beach and dune changes
at several Massachusetts beaches. The goal is to document changes
and make correlations to long-term shoreline changes. A beach and
dune profile monitoring training DVD has been produced to help train
and expand participation in the project. Photo by Jim O'Connell,
Woods Hole Sea Grant/CCCE
 Technical
Assistance
Woods Hole Sea Grant’s coastal processes outreach focuses
on providing the most up-to-date scientific and technical information
relating to erosion control, flooding, human impacts on the beneficial
functions of coastal landforms, relative sea level rise, and other
coastal issues. We routinely work in the field with local officials
in identifying and suggesting alternatives to minimize potential
impacts from proposed shoreline development. We also provide workshops,
field trips, training, lectures and one-on-one discussions. Photo
by Sheri DeRosa, Woods Hole Sea Grant
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