Creating a Natural Resources Inventory

Webinar: Thursday Jan. 14, 2016, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Natural areas including forests, wetlands, and floodplains provide numerous benefits to communities and play a vital role in climate resilience, such as floodwater retention in wetlands and the reduction of heat impacts by urban forests. To develop climate change adaptation strategies and inform local land-use, municipalities need good information on the location and status of natural resources in their community. A natural resources inventory (NRI) provides an essential foundation for comprehensive planning that proactively considers a community’s land and water resources. This month’s Climate Smart Communities webinar will introduce a new guide to the process of creating an NRI, and discuss how your municipality can benefit from having an NRI to inform planning, conserve natural assets, and build resilience.

Please provide us with your name and community affiliation, either via email or telephone to the Office of Climate Change at climatechange@dec.ny.gov or 518-402-8448. In the event that we cancel or postpone this webinar, respondents will be notified.

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Webinar Agenda
10:30 AM   Introduction and Announcements   
10:45 AM   Creating a Natural Resources Inventory, Laura Heady and Ingrid Haeckel of the NYSDEC Hudson River Estuary Program/Cornell University
11:45 AM   Questions, Answers, and Discussion

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