PM Fact-Finding Meeting 4 Agenda
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Piermont Marsh Planning Phase 2: Fact-Finding Meeting 4: Marsh Vegetation Management May 21, 2015 6:00pm – 8:30pm Piermont Village Hall, 478 Piermont Avenue Agenda Meeting Objectives: Share information about a range of methods used to manage marsh vegetation Share how various methods have been applied in other marsh vegetation management projects Address clarifying questions 6:00 – 6:05 Welcome and Update Betsy Blair, Mayor Sanders 6:05 – 6:20 Marsh management considerations Betsy Blair 6:20 – 6:50 Conspectus of Phragmites management techniques Erik Kiviat 6:50 – 7:20 Restoration of Phragmites dominated marshes along Gary Bickle the Delaware Estuary 7:20 – 7:50 Case Studies 7:20 – 7:35 Constitution Marsh – Garrison, NY David Decker 7:35 – 7:50 Ramshorn Marsh – Catskill, NY Chris Zimmerman 7:50 – 8:25 Clarifying Questions We will try to accommodate both questions from index cards and questions from the audience. 8:25 – 8:30 Next Steps – explain next steps and timeframe Please fill out a feedback form to help us improve future meetings. See http://www.hrnerr.org/piermont-marsh/ for presentations from the fact-finding meetings. Contact Betsy Blair ([email protected]) or Ed McGowan ([email protected]) with further questions. Speakers: Gary Bickle AKRF, Inc. Betsy Blair NYS Department of Environmental Conservation David Decker Constitution Marsh Audubon Center & Sanctuary Erik Kiviat Hudsonia Ltd. Chris Zimmerman The Nature Conservancy
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Agenda for the 4th Fact Finding Meeting for Piermont Marsh, NY
Transcript of PM Fact-Finding Meeting 4 Agenda
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Piermont Marsh Planning Phase 2: Fact-Finding Meeting 4: Marsh Vegetation Management May 21, 2015 6:00pm 8:30pm Piermont Village Hall, 478 Piermont Avenue Agenda Meeting Objectives:
Share information about a range of methods used to manage marsh vegetation Share how various methods have been applied in other marsh vegetation management projects Address clarifying questions
6:00 6:05 Welcome and Update Betsy Blair, Mayor Sanders 6:05 6:20 Marsh management considerations Betsy Blair 6:20 6:50 Conspectus of Phragmites management techniques Erik Kiviat 6:50 7:20 Restoration of Phragmites dominated marshes along Gary Bickle the Delaware Estuary 7:20 7:50 Case Studies
7:20 7:35 Constitution Marsh Garrison, NY David Decker 7:35 7:50 Ramshorn Marsh Catskill, NY Chris Zimmerman
7:50 8:25 Clarifying Questions We will try to accommodate both questions from index cards and questions from the audience. 8:25 8:30 Next Steps explain next steps and timeframe
Please fill out a feedback form to help us improve future meetings. See http://www.hrnerr.org/piermont-marsh/ for presentations from the fact-finding meetings. Contact Betsy Blair ([email protected]) or Ed McGowan ([email protected]) with further questions.
Speakers: Gary Bickle AKRF, Inc. Betsy Blair NYS Department of Environmental Conservation David Decker Constitution Marsh Audubon Center & Sanctuary Erik Kiviat Hudsonia Ltd. Chris Zimmerman The Nature Conservancy
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More information about the Piermont Marsh management planning process
Update: Where are we in the process?
Goals for Marsh Management Based on input from leaders, residents, scientists, marsh managers and environmental groups 1. Sustain the presence of native marsh communities and the biological diversity they support 2. Promote marsh resiliency to sea level rise 3. Maintain or enhance the marsh's ability to provide storm protection for the Village of Piermont 4. Increase both scientific knowledge and public understanding of the marsh
Fact-Finding Objectives Address some of the questions and concerns raised by the community Establish a shared foundation of scientific information Identify subregions of the marsh with different characteristics Identify research and monitoring priorities Inform the objectives of the marsh management plan Fact-Finding Topics Piermont Marsh habitats and biological diversity (9/30/14) Water quality and the marsh (11/13/14) Role of the marsh in providing storm protection for the Village (1/7/15) Marsh vegetation management (5/21/15)
Timeline:
Piermont Marsh PlanningPhase 2: Fact-FindingMeeting 4: Marsh Vegetation ManagementMay 21, 2015 6:00pm 8:30pm
Update: Where are we in the process?Fact-Finding ObjectivesFact-Finding TopicsTimeline:
