Evaluating Living Shoreline & Wetland Restoration ...
Evaluating Living Shoreline & Wetland Restoration Projects for Nature & People New Jersey Resilient Coastlines Initiative
Joshua Moody, [email protected] Restoration Coordinator Partnership for the Delaware Estuary January, 2017 Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit
Metthea Yepsen, [email protected] Coastal Projects Manager The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey
Need for Coastal Habitat Restoration
Photo: Chris Neil
Photo: Rachel Ewing
Need for Monitoring and Socioeconomic Studies Nature.org
• Assess project performance • Inform adaptive management • Capturing and sharing lessons learned • Improve future project design • Greater understanding of the ecological and socioeconomic benefits • Increased funding and support for nature‐based solutions and restoration
science.nature.nps.gov
Testing New Restoration Techniques Living Shorelines
Photo: Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
Elevation Enhancement – Dredged Sediments
Photo: Metthea Yepsen, TNC
Evaluating Living Shoreline & Wetland Restoration Projects for Nature & People A Framework for Developing Monitoring Plans for Coastal Wetland Restoration and Living Shoreline Projects in New Jersey V1 2016 This document is the product of the New Jersey Measures and Monitoring Workgroup of the NJ Resilient Coastlines Initiative, whose members contributed extensively to the content, writing, and preparation of the report.
• NJ Resilient Coastlines Initiative: Measures and Monitoring Workgroup • ~15 people variety of sectors • NGOs, NEPs, NWRs, NOAA, NJDEP, Academic, Private
• User‐Friendly Guide • Variety of Audiences
• Based on Theoretical Framework Developed by DE LS Committee
Monitoring Plan Development Project Type and Goals Relevant Metrics Appropriate Methods Monitoring Plan
Project & Goal-Based Metric Selection
Project type metrics – core and conditional
Goal metrics‐ core and conditional for each stated project goal
Metrics for monitoring plan
Two Project Types Living Shorelines
Photo: Dale Gerhard www.pressofatlanticcity.com
Tidal Wetland Restoration
Photo: Metthea Yepsen
Five Project Goals Erosion Control Water Quality Habitat Hydrological Socioeconomic
Living Shoreline Metric Table Class
Metric categories
Method options
Additional user considerations
RTK GPS (m/y)
Technical expertise; cost/expense; specialized equipment
Aerial photograph (m/y)
Technical expertise; temporal requirements; cost/expense; specialized equipment
LiDAR
Technical expertise; cost/expense; specialized equipment
Horizontal vegetative obstruction
Temporal requirements; specialized equipment
Vertical light attenuation
Temporal requirements; specialized equipment
Cover per m2
Suited for all user groups; temporal requirements
Number of stems per m2
Temporal requirements; collection time investment
Core
Position of living shoreline structure AND Lateral Position Surveying Instrument (barcode Technical expertise; cost/expense; specialized equipment of Shoreline (i.e., horizontal leveling) change, erosion) Distance from installed post or Suited for all user groups perm structure
Vegetation Structure
Observation Structural integrity of materials (e.g. how well is the Photograph (fixed point) breakwater holding together)
Suited for all user groups Suited for all user groups
Build Project Specific Metrics Tables Living Shorelines Metric
Socioeconomic Metric Number of homes or structures benefitting (#)
Socioeconomic
Wave energy
Conditional
Survival of planted species (e.g., plants or oysters) Nuisance species
User Considerations
Core
Conditional Metric
Method
Socioeconomic Metric
Difference in cost between hardened structure and a living shoreline ($)
Putting It all Together: Monitoring Plan Development
Figure. Questions to be answered in a project specific monitoring plan (Adapted from the Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM), Dickenson College). http://www.dickinson.edu/info/20173/alliance_for_aquatic_resource_monitoring_allarm/2911/volunteer_monitoring
Resources Provided by Framework
• One table for each goal and one for each project type • Description of metrics and methods • Citations for collection of more specific monitoring method protocols.
Measures and Monitoring Framework Next Steps
NJDEP feedback
Workgroup feedback
Document case studies
Revise framework and strategies
Planning Spring Workgroup Meeting Now!!! See me to get on email list or for a copy of the framework
Questions?
[email protected] [email protected]
Photo: Matt’s Landing, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
Joshua Moody, [email protected] Restoration Coordinator Partnership for the Delaware Estuary January, 2017 Delaware Estuary Science and Environmental Summit
Metthea Yepsen, [email protected] Coastal Projects Manager The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey
Need for Coastal Habitat Restoration
Photo: Chris Neil
Photo: Rachel Ewing
Need for Monitoring and Socioeconomic Studies Nature.org
• Assess project performance • Inform adaptive management • Capturing and sharing lessons learned • Improve future project design • Greater understanding of the ecological and socioeconomic benefits • Increased funding and support for nature‐based solutions and restoration
science.nature.nps.gov
Testing New Restoration Techniques Living Shorelines
Photo: Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
Elevation Enhancement – Dredged Sediments
Photo: Metthea Yepsen, TNC
Evaluating Living Shoreline & Wetland Restoration Projects for Nature & People A Framework for Developing Monitoring Plans for Coastal Wetland Restoration and Living Shoreline Projects in New Jersey V1 2016 This document is the product of the New Jersey Measures and Monitoring Workgroup of the NJ Resilient Coastlines Initiative, whose members contributed extensively to the content, writing, and preparation of the report.
• NJ Resilient Coastlines Initiative: Measures and Monitoring Workgroup • ~15 people variety of sectors • NGOs, NEPs, NWRs, NOAA, NJDEP, Academic, Private
• User‐Friendly Guide • Variety of Audiences
• Based on Theoretical Framework Developed by DE LS Committee
Monitoring Plan Development Project Type and Goals Relevant Metrics Appropriate Methods Monitoring Plan
Project & Goal-Based Metric Selection
Project type metrics – core and conditional
Goal metrics‐ core and conditional for each stated project goal
Metrics for monitoring plan
Two Project Types Living Shorelines
Photo: Dale Gerhard www.pressofatlanticcity.com
Tidal Wetland Restoration
Photo: Metthea Yepsen
Five Project Goals Erosion Control Water Quality Habitat Hydrological Socioeconomic
Living Shoreline Metric Table Class
Metric categories
Method options
Additional user considerations
RTK GPS (m/y)
Technical expertise; cost/expense; specialized equipment
Aerial photograph (m/y)
Technical expertise; temporal requirements; cost/expense; specialized equipment
LiDAR
Technical expertise; cost/expense; specialized equipment
Horizontal vegetative obstruction
Temporal requirements; specialized equipment
Vertical light attenuation
Temporal requirements; specialized equipment
Cover per m2
Suited for all user groups; temporal requirements
Number of stems per m2
Temporal requirements; collection time investment
Core
Position of living shoreline structure AND Lateral Position Surveying Instrument (barcode Technical expertise; cost/expense; specialized equipment of Shoreline (i.e., horizontal leveling) change, erosion) Distance from installed post or Suited for all user groups perm structure
Vegetation Structure
Observation Structural integrity of materials (e.g. how well is the Photograph (fixed point) breakwater holding together)
Suited for all user groups Suited for all user groups
Build Project Specific Metrics Tables Living Shorelines Metric
Socioeconomic Metric Number of homes or structures benefitting (#)
Socioeconomic
Wave energy
Conditional
Survival of planted species (e.g., plants or oysters) Nuisance species
User Considerations
Core
Conditional Metric
Method
Socioeconomic Metric
Difference in cost between hardened structure and a living shoreline ($)
Putting It all Together: Monitoring Plan Development
Figure. Questions to be answered in a project specific monitoring plan (Adapted from the Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM), Dickenson College). http://www.dickinson.edu/info/20173/alliance_for_aquatic_resource_monitoring_allarm/2911/volunteer_monitoring
Resources Provided by Framework
• One table for each goal and one for each project type • Description of metrics and methods • Citations for collection of more specific monitoring method protocols.
Measures and Monitoring Framework Next Steps
NJDEP feedback
Workgroup feedback
Document case studies
Revise framework and strategies
Planning Spring Workgroup Meeting Now!!! See me to get on email list or for a copy of the framework
Questions?
[email protected] [email protected]
Photo: Matt’s Landing, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
