February 27: Supporting Disaster Preparedness in Coastal Communities with NOAA Library, MIT Sea Grant + WI Sea Grant
NOAA Library Seminar
Supporting Disaster Preparedness in Coastal Communities: Lessons from Wisconsin and Massachusetts
Date: February 27, 2025 | 3-4 PM ET
Register to attend: https://vimeo.com/event/4893123
February 6th, 2025 by Cassandra Morris, NOAA Library – In 2021, NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration Disaster Preparedness Program teamed up with NOAA’s National Sea Grant Office to support Sea Grant program projects enabling communities to reduce disaster impacts and reach post-disaster recovery more quickly. Two of the projects selected in that competition have now concluded: Wisconsin Sea Grant’s “Developing Preparedness Capacity in Wisconsin Coastal Communities Against Combined Storm and Flood Events,” and MIT Sea Grant’s “Oil Spill Disaster Preparedness for Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Coastal Aquaculture Operations and Cultural Resources.” The project leads for these efforts will discuss their approach, outputs, and what others can learn from their experiences.
Speakers
Jackson Parr, Climate Hazards Planning Educator, University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension. David A. Hart, Associate Director for Extension, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. Danny Badger, MIT Sea Grant – Marine Extension Specialist.
About the Speakers
Jackson Parr works with rural communities in Wisconsin on extreme weather preparedness. He previously served as a Fellow with Wisconsin Sea Grant within the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he worked with communities on flood resilience planning in coastal Great Lakes cities. He holds a Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs and a Masters in Water Resources Management from the University of Wisconsin Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
David Hart directs a staff of outreach specialists who extend coastal science throughout Wisconsin. His research occurs at the intersection of geographic information science, urban planning, and coastal management with a focus on the application of geospatial technologies to promote resilience to natural hazards. David earned his doctorate in Land Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Master’s of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of New Orleans and a B.S. in Natural Resources from the University of Michigan. He has been a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners since 1988.
As the Marine Extension Specialist for MIT Sea Grant, Danny Badger supports sustainable aquaculture in Massachusetts, and beyond. Drawing heavily on over a decade of leading marine science education initiatives at the New England Aquarium, and degrees in Fisheries Science and Natural Resources from the Universities of Washington and New Hampshire, respectively, Danny seeks out the disconnects that inhibit aquaculture, and facilitates opportunities to expand its reach, value, and resilience.
Sponsors: NOAA Library and NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration Disaster Preparedness Program
Recordings: Recordings will be shared 24 hours after the event on the NOAA Library YouTube channel.
