A Coastal Restoration Online Toolkit - Helping Non-Professionals Go from Idea to Restoration Project
Presentation Abstract
Staff at public agencies and non-profit organizations often receive phone calls or applications from individuals outside the professional restoration community (e.g. NGOs, municipalities, or individuals) who have a sincere desire to restore local habitats, but have difficulties figuring out where to begin. Restore America’s Estuaries has developed an online “Toolkit” to support coastal residents and citizen scientists who identify problems with their local coastal environment and have an interest in transforming the idea into a project. The Toolkit enables community members who aspire to improve their local ecosystem, but who need the information and guidance to go from project idea, to design, to implementation. This talk will describe the process we went through to develop this online tool, including listening sessions and focus groups around the country, and will debut the online toolkit, going through the different elements and modules and describing how it can be used to further restoration projects.
Session Title
Track: Education, Community & Social Science – Posters
Conference Track
Education, Community & Social Science
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2020 : Online)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
2020_abstractID_2769
Start Date
21-4-2020 9:00 AM
End Date
22-4-2020 4:45 PM
Type of Presentation
Oral
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Estuarine area conservation--United States; Restoration ecology--Citizen participation--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Geographic Coverage
United States
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author's written permission.
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
vnd.ms-powerpoint
Included in
Fresh Water Studies Commons, Marine Biology Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Commons
A Coastal Restoration Online Toolkit - Helping Non-Professionals Go from Idea to Restoration Project
Staff at public agencies and non-profit organizations often receive phone calls or applications from individuals outside the professional restoration community (e.g. NGOs, municipalities, or individuals) who have a sincere desire to restore local habitats, but have difficulties figuring out where to begin. Restore America’s Estuaries has developed an online “Toolkit” to support coastal residents and citizen scientists who identify problems with their local coastal environment and have an interest in transforming the idea into a project. The Toolkit enables community members who aspire to improve their local ecosystem, but who need the information and guidance to go from project idea, to design, to implementation. This talk will describe the process we went through to develop this online tool, including listening sessions and focus groups around the country, and will debut the online toolkit, going through the different elements and modules and describing how it can be used to further restoration projects.
