[Watersheds] Building a Better Coastline Through Collaboration

[Panciera, Ernie (DEM)]

See below for upcoming programs from the SNEP Network
(Please note that some events have already happened)
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Building a Better Coastline Through Collaboration, Innovation, and Restoration
with the Southeast New England Program (SNEP)

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SNEP Watershed Grants fund stormwater management to protect clean coastal waters, such as this installation at Ropes Beach in Barnstable, MA.
Photo: Gerald Beetham for Association to Preserve Cape Cod


Southeast coastal New England offers a splendid sense of place and nature, with bountiful coastal embayments, open waters, ponds and rivers, sandy and rocky beaches, extensive protected salt marshes, wetlands, fields and forests, charming villages and breathtaking vistas. Its natural beauty and variety have been shaped by a long chain of inhabitants who have all left their mark, shaping the iconic landscape of towns and waters we know and love today. Fishing, shipping, manufacturing, seafaring, sport --- the history of the region is one of evolving uses of land, water, and sea. But this long history has left damaged ecological systems and vulnerable communities in its wake. Climate change threatens the very attributes that make Southeast New England so unique.

The good news is that we are also home to some of the most innovative, educated, and resourceful people and institutions in the country --- and Congress has charged the U.S. EPA in Region 1 to work with them and other stakeholders to take on these challenges under the aegis of SNEP, the Southeast New England Program. Since 2012, SNEP has pursued coordinated action to increase our region’s capacity to address complex issues at the ecosystem scale while acting locally to develop and fund sustainable restoration solutions in Rhode Island, the Southeastern coastal areas of Massachusetts, and the islands of Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket.

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This bi-state area includes dozens of government agencies and hundreds of local governments, environmental organizations, and advocacy groups. To achieve the challenge set out by Congress, SNEP seeks to engage these groups in an overall planning framework and action agenda that builds on and complements their unique local capacities, relying on their on-the-ground presence and credibility to not only inform its policy, science and funding decisions through participation on SNEP committees, but also to partner on projects with local implementers. Key to this agenda is the annual funding provided by Congress. Since 2014, SNEP has distributed almost $30 million in various forms of assistance throughout its geographic region to address pressing restoration needs and build technical and financial capacity in order to achieve SNEP’s vision of a resilient ecosystem of safe and healthy waters, thriving watersheds and natural lands, and sustainable communities.


Upcoming Highlights from the SNEP Network:

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Oct. 21: Special 4-part Training for Elected/Appointed Officials & City/County Managers in Southeast New England [https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://greeninfrastructureri.us16.list-manage.com__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!YJV1bHzOfCpZUg0cx1-dJXlyocFpwwzV-Ti9I61Hnys2CZOycmFYMYmk6Vvn8vgMkpu29bz5$ [greeninfrastructureri[.]us16[.]list-manage[.]com]]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/greeninfrastructureri.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fae3db84aeadb985e6bbc3c7a&id=83175c4ce5&e=81652ca07f__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!fRimoF270jJiS7jgqnmnVYDtoFN1fg6UauPoghvW7lWo5pEfFZ_7MMqWBAhoKcMxjZg$>

Oct. 23: Green Stormwater Project Construction Oversight [https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://greeninfrastructureri.us16.list-manage.com__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!YJV1bHzOfCpZUg0cx1-dJXlyocFpwwzV-Ti9I61Hnys2CZOycmFYMYmk6Vvn8vgMkpu29bz5$ [greeninfrastructureri[.]us16[.]list-manage[.]com]]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/greeninfrastructureri.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fae3db84aeadb985e6bbc3c7a&id=58839f023e&e=81652ca07f__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!fRimoF270jJiS7jgqnmnVYDtoFN1fg6UauPoghvW7lWo5pEfFZ_7MMqWBAhom8Csohs$>

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Dec. 2: Revitalizing Waterfront Communities through Comprehensive Redevelopment [https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://greeninfrastructureri.us16.list-manage.com__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!YJV1bHzOfCpZUg0cx1-dJXlyocFpwwzV-Ti9I61Hnys2CZOycmFYMYmk6Vvn8vgMkpu29bz5$ [greeninfrastructureri[.]us16[.]list-manage[.]com]]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/greeninfrastructureri.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fae3db84aeadb985e6bbc3c7a&id=d509686e99&e=81652ca07f__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!fRimoF270jJiS7jgqnmnVYDtoFN1fg6UauPoghvW7lWo5pEfFZ_7MMqWBAhoC9OWLzE$>

Jan. 6, 2021: Smart Growth and Strategic Zoning for Livable Communities [https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://greeninfrastructureri.us16.list-manage.com__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!YJV1bHzOfCpZUg0cx1-dJXlyocFpwwzV-Ti9I61Hnys2CZOycmFYMYmk6Vvn8vgMkpu29bz5$ [greeninfrastructureri[.]us16[.]list-manage[.]com]]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/greeninfrastructureri.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fae3db84aeadb985e6bbc3c7a&id=1fdf91f180&e=81652ca07f__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!fRimoF270jJiS7jgqnmnVYDtoFN1fg6UauPoghvW7lWo5pEfFZ_7MMqWBAho6EpRGqw$>

These efforts are advanced primarily through two vehicles: the SNEP Watershed Grants program and the SNEP Network, currently administered by SNEP grantees Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) and the New England Environmental Finance Center (NE-EFC), respectively. The Watershed Grant program focuses on integrated or interdisciplinary approaches to water quality and ecosystem restoration as well as holistic, sub-watershed wide planning; to date it has supported projects ranging from green infrastructure stormwater controls, to planning and implementing habitat restoration, to testing of innovative environmental technologies such as permeable reactive barriers. Complementing the Watershed Grants program, the SNEP Network is a collaborative association of partners that brings no-cost specific expertise and technical assistance at the request of communities, tribes and other local organizations to improve their capacity to protect, maintain and restore healthy watersheds, implement stormwater solutions, and build long-term climate resilience by building capacity at the local level to sustainably finance those efforts.

Three other regional planning organizations - the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program, the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program, and the Cape Cod Commission - are also important SNEP implementation partners and provide valuable project assistance. Finally, the EPA SNEP team itself carries out applied research to understand key challenges and potential solutions in the SNEP region through contracts with experienced consultants or with agreements with other federal agencies. These focus on innovative approaches and technologies that, once piloted, can be implemented across the region. The EPA SNEP team also shares information about effective solutions to regional challenges through its SNEP newsletter, webinars, forums, workshops and website.

All these efforts, while vitally necessary, are just the first in many steps. Environmental improvement is a long journey. It cannot happen overnight, nor can it be sustained without the commitment and engagement of environmentally conscious citizens in our region!

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