Piermont

Marsh Fact-Finding

Mee3ng 3, January 7, 2015

Photo: Erik Kiviat/Hudsonia, 1982

Update: Where are we in the process?

3. Plan
Development

1. Goal SeBng

What are the objecAves

and approaches for
achieving goals?

What are the goals for

marsh management?

2. Fact Finding
What do we know, and
what do we sAll need to
nd out?

4. Plan
Implementa3on
and adapAve
management as needed

Fact-Finding Topics
Piermont Marsh habitats and biological diversity (9/30/14)
Water quality and the marsh (11/13/14)
The marsh and storm protec3on (1/7/15)
Marsh vegetaAon management
Presenta(ons available at: www.hrnerr.org

Mee9ng 3: Agenda

What do we know about Community Resilience and Piermont Marsh?

6:00 6:10

Welcome Betsy Blair, Mayor Sanders

6:10 6:45

Introduc3on: hydrology, SWaTH network, storm risks Ron Busciolano, Sacha Spector

6:45 7:05

The protec3ve func3on of marshes Peter Sheng

7:05 7:25

Storm Observa3ons of Piermont Marsh Klaus Jacob

7:25 7:50

Piermont Waterfront Resilience Task Force Sacha Spector

7:50 8:40

Ques3ons for the speakers (from audience and from index cards)

8:40 8:45

Next steps

See presentaAons and meeAng summary at: www.HRNERR.org/piermont-marsh/

Please submit a feedback form to help us improve future meeAngs

Next Steps
Make available a meeAng summary and the presentaAons on the HRNERR
website (www.hrnerr.org/piermont-marsh/)
Incorporate meeAng feedback into planning the next meeAngs
Next fact-nding meeAng: VegetaAon management approaches
Use the informaAon presented at this meeAng to inform the objecAves of
the management plan

Photo: Dorothy Peteet, 1998