Session 3: Implementation and Monitoring
TransCoastal Adaptations is hosting a three-part Managed Dyke Realignment workshop series as part of our project Making Room for Wetlands: Implementation of Managed Realignment for Salt Marsh Restoration and Climate Change Adaptation in Nova Scotia.
This workshop will focus on three components of Managed Dyke Realignment and will bring together key researchers and practitioners from Europe and North America. The purpose of this workshop is to connect practitioners and share Managed Realignment Best Practices, lessons learned, and innovations in design and monitoring. Through knowledge sharing with European counterparts, we hope to establish managed realignment as a key nature-based adaptation strategy.
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SPEAKERS
Colin Scott - Managed Realignment in the UK: a Brief History
Colin is an Associate consultant at ABPmer with 28 years’ experience in environmental consultancy. He specialises in advising on coastal habitat creation and restoration projects. He provides advice on selecting sites, designing schemes, securing consents for them and then monitoring how they perform. He also places a high degree of emphasis on communicating the lessons from completed projects by presenting and hosting conferences and training events as well as by managing and updating ABPmer’s online database (www.omreg.net) of completed restoration projects.
Jonathan Dale - Field-Based Monitoring to Assess the Influence of Former Land Use on the Post-Breach Morphological Development of Managed Realignment Schemes
Jonathan Dale is a geomorphologist based at Coventry University, UK. His research investigates the sedimentological evolution of coastal wetland restoration schemes through analysis of the hydrodynamics, surface and sub-surface physicochemical properties, and morphological change. Jonathan has applied these approaches to assess the impact site design and former land use have on the physical functioning of restored intertidal sites, in order to ensure the long-term delivery of the targeted range of ecosystem services.
Jennie Graham - Lessons Learned: Implementing Managed Realignment and Restoring Tidal Wetlands in Nova Scotia
Jennie is the Vice President and Senior Restoration Specialist at CB Wetlands and Environmental Specialists (CBWES Inc.), and focuses primarily on hydrology restoration design, with expertise in GIS analysis, field methodologies, and project management.
Jennie has a M.Sc. in Applied Science and an advanced diploma in Remote Sensing, and has contributed to the restoration of several hundred hectares of coastal wetlands over the past 8 years. She has co-authored scientific and technical papers, presented research at scientific conferences, and helped to supervise and guide students involved in projects at various sites.
TransCoastal Adaptations Team - Panelists
The TransCoastal Adaptations team includes Dr. Danika Van Proosdij, professor at Saint Mary's University, and Tony Bowron, CEO of CB Wetlands and Environmental Specialists and experienced tidal wetland restoration practitioner.
