Prioritization of Critical Marsh Conservation and Restoration Areas based on Future Sea Level Rise Scenarios

Summary

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will produce new Sea Level Affecting Marsh Models (SLAMM) scenario models of the project site based on the results of the Bureau of Economic Geology’s new Lidar acquisitions and other available datasets. TNC will integrate high resolution Lidar data into SLAMM models and identify priority restoration/conservation areas. High and low resolution SLAMM models will be compared. Economic and ecological indices and maps will be created. Project results will be disseminated through two stakeholder workshops and all project data and deliverables will be published online.