Final Project Report

Planning for Sea Level Rise in the Matanzas Basin: Opportunities for Adaptation

Report Appendices

• Appendix A: Sea Level Rise Scenarios and Digital Elevation Model for the Matanzas Basin
• Appendix B: Storm Surge Hazus Modeling for the Matanzas Basin
• Appendix C: Application of the Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) in the Matanzas Basin
• Appendix D: Conservation Impacts and Priorities in the Matanzas Basin
• Appendix E: Matanzas Future Development Scenarios
• Appendix F: Land Conservation Policies and Programs
• Appendix G: Smart Growth and Low Impact Development (LID)
• Appendix H1: Integrated Adaptation Framework and Toolbox
• Appendix H2: Planning for Sea Level Rise Toolkit
• Appendix H3: Review of Local Comprehensive Plans and Other Documents Relevant to Sea Level Rise Adaptation Planning in the Matanzas Basin
• Appendix H4: Relevant Comprehensive Plan Language for Sea Level Rise Adaptation Planning in the Matanzas Basin
• Appendix I: Sea Level Rise in Florida: A Bibliographic Essay of Current Science
• Appendix J: GIS Database Guide

Project in the News

• Sea level rise: A looming threat , The Gargoyle, March 13, 2016
• Study spurs St. Johns County to plan for rising tides, Florida Times-Union, February 17, 2016
• Sea-level dilemmas quietly swelling on First Coast as planners chart steps, Florida Times-Union, December 8, 2014
• Progress is clear, challenges remain in planning for First Coast sea-level change, Florida Times-Union, September 8, 2014 (also ran in St. Augustine Record)
• Senator Tours Guana Reserve on Climate Road Trip, St. Augustine Record, April 27, 2014
• Think or Swim, Jonathan Lerner, Landscape Architecture Magazine, November 2013
• Scientists: Rising Seas Will Transform Matanzas Basin, St. Augustine Record, December 23, 2012
• Rising Sea Levels are Impacting St. Augustine, 1565Today.com, December 7, 2012
• Sea Level Rise in the Matanzas Basin, Historic City News, December 5, 2102
• Rising Sea Level to be Discussed on the First Coast, First Coast News, December 3, 2012
• Study Targets Sea-Level Rise; Flagler Reserve Key to Research, Daytona Beach News-Journal, November 20, 2011

Final Public Workshop: September 8, 2014, Whitney Lab, Marineland

Posters

• 01 Project Overview
• 02 Project Study Area
• 03 Collaborative Process
• 04 Objectives and Methods
• 05 Local Values
• 06 SLAMM
• 07 SLAMM Nat Comm Types
• 08 Development Impacts from SLR 1
• 09 Development Impacts from SLR 2
• 10 Storm Surge Poster
• 11 Adaptation Strategies for Developed Areas
• 12 Conservation Impacts and Priorities 1
• 13 Conservation Impacts and Priorities 2
• 14 Historic_Development_Patterns_Poster_edit
• 15 Future Development Poster C
• 16 Future_Development_Options_Poster
• 17 GTM Adaptation Options
• 18 Adaptive capacity POLL Results
• 19 Adaptive capacity SWOT

Presentation to Senator Whitehouse, Rhode Island: April 24, 2014, GTM Research Reserve Education Center

• Planning for Sea Level Rise in the Matanzas Basin presentation slides

Large Public Workshop: February 24, 2014 at the Whitney Lab, Marineland

• How will we develop? presentation slides

Stakeholder Workshop Materials: December 2012 and May-June 2013

• Project Introduction, Findings and Strategies
  • Note: The acres of impacted habitats and dry land are corrected to show acres rather than hectares.
• Sea level rise simulation videos
• Posters and maps: Project Overview, Study Area, Low-Lying Places, Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model, and Impacts and Adaptation Strategies

Master’s Theses

• Playing Games: Building Capacity for Coastal Adaptation Through Role-Play by Briana Ozor, Master of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning, 2013
• Engagement Through Visualization by Brad Weitekamp, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2012
• Communication of Past Adaptation: Using Local History in Rural Planning for Sea Level Rise by Forrest Eddleton, Master of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning, 2012

Participatory Public Outreach and Input Games

Sea Level Rise Adaptation Role Play Game

1. SLR Adaptation Role Play Game Instructions
2. SLR Adaptation Role Play Game Cards
3. Vulnerable areas map
4. Map explaining strategies
5. Individual and group post evaluations (see Ozor thesis above)
6. Also: Youth Version of SLR Adaptation Role Play Game

Planning for Growth Game

1. Planning for Growth Game Facilitator Instructions
2. Planning for Growth Game Player Instructions
3. Board pieces: page 1, page 2, page 3, and page 4
4. Game board map
5. Reference Card
6. Unit Record Sheet
7. Team Response Sheet
8. Density examples

Project Documents

   Planning for Sea Level Rise Project Brief

Sea Level Rise Adaptation Strategy Role-Play Game

Project Progress Reports

• Progress Report Planning for Sea Level Rise 090114
• Science Collaborative Progress Report 030114
• Science Collaborative Progress Report 09/01/2013
• Science Collaborative Progress Report 03/01/2013
• Science Collaborative Progress Report 09/01/12
• Science Collaborative Progress Report 02/29/12

Other Resources and Tools

General Sea Level Rise

• Sea Level Changes in the Southeastern United States
• NOAA Sea Level Rise Viewer
• Florida Climate Institute
• CAKE – Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange

Estuary and Coastal Ecosystems Adaptation

• Climate Ready Estuaries
• Marshes on the Move

Built Environment Adaptation

• Adaptation Tool Kit
• Florida Adaptation Planning

Water Supply Climate Adaptation

• Florida Water Management and Adaptation to Climate Change
• Climate Ready Water Utilities

Insurance and Economic Aspects