Climate-Adaptive Designs for Kingston's Waterfront; Free Fishing on May 23

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Cornell landscape architecture student design for Kingston waterfront in 2080

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The Climate-adaptive Design (CAD) project links Cornell University students in landscape architecture with flood-risk Hudson riverfront communities to explore design concepts that envision climate-resilient and connected waterfronts. Last week during an open house in Kingston, New York, eight teams of students presented their inspirational concepts for the East Strand waterfront area of the city.

Cornell students explain their design concept for a waterfront neighborhood in KingstonThe four-month design process began with students studying the community’s cultural history, its watershed and estuarine setting, and New York State climate change projections. Students visited local sites and neighborhoods, attended workshops, and interviewed community stakeholders, while investigating options for waterfront reinforcement and adaptation, and relocation of infrastructure. PhD students from Cornell Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering provided guidance during the design process. The final designs provided innovative concepts to address neighborhood access to the river, flooding and sea-level rise.

The Climate-adaptive Design project is a research partnership with DEC’s Hudson River Estuary Program, Cornell Landscape Architecture and Cornell Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering. The CAD program was piloted in 2015 in the Village of Catskill and since then has worked with the City of Hudson, and the Village of Piermont. This is the third studio in Kingston, each of which has focused on a different area of the Rondout waterfront.

Free Fishing Event at Norrie Point Environmental Center May 23

fishing at Norrie PointWant to try your hand at fishing in the Hudson? Join our family-friendly, free angling program at Norrie Point Environmental Center on May 23rd, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. All equipment is provided - no license required!  DEC fisheries staff will be available to teach participants about fish identification, angling techniques, and fishing safety. Angling is wheelchair accessible, and adaptive fishing rods are available.

This program is sponsored by the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve and I Fish NY. Norrie Point Environmental Center is located in Mills Norrie State Park in Staatsburg, NY. For more information contact the Hudson River Research Reserve at 845-889-4745 x109.