<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:579291175;
mso-list-type:hybrid;
mso-list-template-ids:-1758329672 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:"Courier New";}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:none;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
font-family:Wingdings;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Webinar date/time: Wednesday, March 31, 2021; 12-1pm ET</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Duration: 1 hour</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">What will you learn?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#3C4043;letter-spacing:.15pt">As coastal communities strive to safeguard themselves from increasing storm risks, they are looking for ways to maximize the protective powers of their natural features
such as coastal wetlands. This project closely examined one marsh complex that lies adjacent to Piermont Village along the Hudson River Estuary in New York. Village residents wanted to better understand how Piermont Marsh would buffer their village from storm-induced
flooding and waves, and whether a proposed plan to restore native cattails within a small area of the Phragmites-dominated marsh would lessen its buffering capacity.</span><span style="color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#3C4043;letter-spacing:.15pt">In this webinar, two members of the project team will explain how the team used state of the art modeling methods to simulate marsh
vegetation and storm impacts produced by a series of past and future storm scenarios. By looking back at Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and projecting how much worse the damage could have been without the marsh, the research team was able to put a dollar value on
Piermont Marsh’s buffering services. They will share key takeaways from the research and explain how the findings are informing planning for the marsh and shoreline infrastructure. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#3C4043;letter-spacing:.15pt">Speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">*Y. Peter Sheng, Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Research Professor, University of Florida</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#3C4043;letter-spacing:.15pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">*Sarah Fernald</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">, Research Coordinator, Hudson
River National Estuarine Research Reserve</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">Details:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">More info and registration: https://nerrssciencecollaborative.org/event/marshes-storm-buffer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222">Webinar presented by
</span><span style="color:#8496B0"><a href="https://www.noaa.gov/">NOAA</a></span><span style="color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>