The National Wildlife Federation, in cooperation with the Association of State Floodplain Managers, is putting out a call for climate change adaptation case studies to highlight in a national report on ecological approaches to natural hazard risk reduction to human communities. We’re particularly interested in hearing about innovative uses of natural and nature-based features to reduce impacts from floods, heavy precipitation and storms, sea level rise, erosion and related hydro-meteorological hazards to human communities. For this project, the National Wildlife Federation is specifically interested in hearing about projects that reduce risks to human communities while generating ecological co-benefits to fish and wildlife habitat. Potential areas of focus for the case studies include, but are not limited to:
· *Conservation of existing natural systems* · *Restoration or management of ecological processes (e.g. water or sediment flow, plant community succession)* · *Ecosystem restoration* · *Risk reduction measures that include nature-based features that mimic natural processes* · *Hybrid gray**-green infrastructure for stormwater management and flood risk reduction * · *Living shorelines projects **that incorporate ecological processes and use site-appropriate biological materials.* · *Community relocation efforts, moving people out of harm’s way* · *Community efforts to prevent at-risk development in floodplains* · *Policy innovations **that preserve, promote, protect, natural systems for flood risk reduction* · *Local zoning and land use policy that intentionally incorporates natural buffers to flood hazards* · *Managing fish, plant, or wildlife species in ways that increase ecological and community resilience.* If you are interested in seeing a particular effort highlighted, please send a brief (500 word limit) summary to Nicole Holstein at [email protected] <[email protected]> and [email protected]. Inquiries may be directed to Karl Schrass [[email protected]], Stacy Small-Lorenz [ [email protected]] or Alan Lullofff ([email protected]). The deadline for submissions is Monday, November 30th *Nicole Holstein* 304-437-5876 [image: Follow teststamp on Twitter] <http://www.twitter.com/nicoleeoli12> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleholstein/>
