1.
Science
and
Resilience
Ins-tute
at
Jamaica
Bay
Jamaica
Bay
Task
Force
Mee-ng
May
6,
2014
Peter
Vancura,
program
manager
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2.
1. Ins-tute
organiza-on
2. Mission
3. Research
project
updates
5. Outreach
–
summer
lecture
program
6. Website
7. NPS
funding
6.
Resilience
Prac-ce
Assessment
Report
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3.
SRI@JB
Consor-um
• City
University
of
New
York
• Columbia
University
• Cornell
University
• Ins-tute
of
Marine
and
Coastal
Sciences,
Rutgers
University
• NASA
Goddard
Ins-tute
for
Space
Studies
• New
York
Sea
Grant
• Stevens
Ins-tute
of
Technology
• Stony
Brook
University
(SUNY)
• Wildlife
Conserva-on
Society
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4.
4
Public
Agency
Council
Reps
from
all
relevant
agencies
including
non-­‐
primary
players
Jamaica
Bay
Conservancy

5.
Dra
Mission
Statement
The
mission
of
the
Science
&
Resilience
Ins2tute
at
Jamaica
Bay
is
to
increase
understanding
of
how
disturbances
impact
natural
and
human
systems
in
urban
watersheds
through
resiliency-­‐focused
research
of
Jamaica
Bay,
and
to
engage
government
and
community
stakeholders
in
the
transla2on
of
that
knowledge
toward
a
more
resilient
system.
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6.
Switching
into
Next
Gear
What
is
the
Ins-tute:
genera-ng
new
knowledge,
hos-ng
unique
programs
and
ac-vi-es,
and
coordina-ng
and
facilita-ng
engagement.
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7.
PROJECT
UPDATES
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8.
SRI
Resiliency
Workshops
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9.
SRI
Resiliency
Workshops
• Resiliency
Prac-ce
-­‐
Held
on
Feb
17
and
April
7
• Resiliency
Thinking
-­‐
ExploRE
workshop
on
April
4th
Team:
John
Waldman
(Queens
College)
and
Bree
Branco
(Brooklyn
College),
with
assistance
from
Oksana
Mironova

10.
ExploRE
Workshop
–
April
1
Focus
was
on
understanding
the
term
resilience
as
used
across
disciplines
Par-cipants
were
asked
ques-ons
about
resilience
in
Jamaica
Bay:
– “What
does
resilience
in
Jamaica
Bay
look
like?”
– “Resilience
of
what?”
– “Resilience
to
what?”
– “Resilience
for
whom?”
Next
steps:
Larger
workshops,
broader
venue
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11.
Community
Resilience
-­‐
Needs
Assessment
and
Extension
Framework
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12.
Community
Resilience
-­‐
Needs
Assessment
and
Extension
Framework
What
are
the
resilience
needs
of
Jamaica
Bay
communi-es?
•
Survey
being
distributed
•
Demographic
analysis;
Maps;
Literature
review;
Preliminary
interviews;
Community
profiles
Next
steps:
How
can
an
Ins-tute
extension
program
help
meet
these
needs?
•
Define
best
prac-ces
•
Stakeholder
interviews
and
targeted
focus
groups
Team
-­‐
Laxmi
Ramasubramanian
(CUNY),
with
support
from
Gretchen
Ferenz
(Cornell),
and
research
support
from
Monica
Barra,
Mia
Brezin,
Leah
Feder,
Dr.
Mike
Menser

13.
NPS
funding
for
fundamental
science
research
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14.
NPS
funding
for
fundamental
science
research
DOI/NPS
funds
for
Consor-um
projects
-­‐
Part
of
Hurricane
Sandy
Mi-ga-on
Funding
– Statements
of
interest
ranged
from
sea-­‐level
rise,
water
quality
monitoring,
bivalve
ecology,
salt
marsh
sustainability
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15.
Resiliency
Prac-ce
in
the
Jamaica
Bay
Watershed
Building a Research and Policy Agenda
for Action
Science
and
Resilience
Ins-tute
at
Jamaica
Bay
Ins-tute
2014
Report
•
Resilience
Prac-ce
Assessment
Interim
Product
–
31
December
2014
•
Converge
streams
of
research
•
Create
a
document
of
record;
cumng
edge
assessment
of
science;
policy
relevant
not
prescrip-ve
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16.
Resiliency
Prac-ce
in
the
Jamaica
Bay
Watershed:
Building
a
Research
and
Policy
Agenda
for
Ac-on
Structure
and
Chapters
Execu-ve
Summary
–
Scien7fic
Advisory
Council
1. Introduc-on
–
Ins-tute
Board
2. Resilience
Prac-ce
in
Urban
Watersheds
-­‐
Brent
Branco
and
John
Waldman
3. Jamaica
Bay
Systems
(Ecological
Systems,
Physical
Systems,
Social
System)
–
Stephen
Handel,
John
Marra,
CLA
TBN
4. Socio-­‐Ecological
System
Transforma-on
in
Jamaica
Bay
–
Shorna
Brouusard
Allred
and
Bill
Solecki
5. Resilience
Indicators
and
Monitoring
–
Arnold
Gordon
and
CLA
TBN
6. System
Modeling
in
the
Bay
–
Philip
Orton
and
CLA
TBN
7. Building
Community
Resilience
Prac-ce
Capacity
–
Laxmi
Ramasubramanian
and
Gretchen
Ferenz
8. Jamaica
Bay
Decision
Tools
for
Resilience
Prac-ce
–
TBN
9. Recommenda-ons
and
Conclusions
–
Scien7fic
Advisory
Council
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17.
Summer
Lecture
Series
• SRI@JB
Summer
Saturday
Lecture
Series
• Every
Saturday
–
star-ng
June
through
September
–
Science
presenta-ons
for
public
audience
• Loca-on
–
FBF
or
possibly
NPS
Wildlife
Refuge
building
–
Noon-­‐2pm
• Scheduled
first
lecture
for
June
28th
at
1:00
PM
at
the
Refuge
with
Gretchen
Ferenz
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18.
Website
Updates
1. SRIJB.org
website
2. Developing
an
infrastructure
for
web
development
3. Outreach
vehicle
–
announcements,
news
ac-vi-es
4. Data
and
informa-on
dissemina-on
–
access
to
publica-ons
and
other
knowledge
form
including
databases
5. Collabora-ve
research
plaoorm
6. Other?
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19.
Contacts
Bill
Solecki,
Interim
Director
–
wsolecki@hunter.cuny.edu
Peter
Vancura,
program
manager
–
pvancura@gmail.com
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