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Monitoring and Site Assessment for Post Sandy Coastal Resilience Projects in New Jersey NJ Bayshore & Vicinity: Planning, Projects, Resiliency January 24, 2017
Martha Maxwell-Doyle
Angela Padeletti
Barnegat Bay Partnership
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
Implementation Planning Secaucus
Spring Lake
Brigantine Atlantic City Margate Somers Point
Downe Cape May Lower
Upper
Pre and Post Project Implementation Monitoring Monitor for Project Specific Goals using relevant and appropriate methods; e.g. • Mid‐Atlantic Coastal Wetlands Assessment (MACWA) • NJ living shorelines monitoring framework • DOI Hurricane Sandy Mitigation and Resilience Program Monitoring Recommendation Standardized monitoring plan, data collection forms and QA/QC. Provide opportunities for future citizen monitoring
Sampling Design Type of Sampling: Targeted Plots Stratified Plots Random Plots Site Level Sampling Transects Contours
Metric Class Photos
Metric
Method
Municipality
Appearance
Fixed Photo Points
Secaucus Brigantine Upper Spring AC
Stream Flow Creek/Channel Morphometry
Staff or Crest‐Stage Gage
Secaucus
RTK GPS Survey
Secaucus
Position and initial slope of constructed structure RTK GPS Survey Observation Logging on Data Structural integrity Sheets Physical
Biological
Chemical
Brigantine Upper Spring AC Brigantine Upper Spring AC
Position of Contiguous Vegetated Shoreline (Horizontal Change)
RTK GPS Survey
Secaucus Brigantine Upper Spring AC
Position of Contiguous Vegetated Shoreline (Horizontal Change)
Fixed Photo Points
Secaucus Brigantine Upper Spring AC
Elevation
RTK GPS Survey
Water levels HOBO water level loggers Vegetation: Survivorship of Counts Logged on Data Planted Plugs Sheets Measurement of Blade Vegetation: Growth Height with Meter Stick Vegetation: Robustness‐ Measurement with light Light Attenuation meter logged on data sheet Target Species: Shellfish Counts Logged on Data Presence Sheets Target Species: Mummichog Counts Logged on Data Presence Sheets Water Temperature and YSI or other Acceptable Salinity Equipment
Brigantine Upper Spring AC Brigantine
Spring
Secaucus Brigantine Upper Spring AC Secaucus Brigantine Upper Spring AC Secaucus Brigantine Upper Spring Upper
AC
Upper Secaucus Brigantine Upper Spring AC
Examples of Monitoring Metrics Used:
Vegetation – Monitored at peak growing season (July) – Edge and platform plots – Measured: – Light Attenuation – Bearing Capacity – Vegetation Growth – Mussel Presence
Will be compared to regional (MACWA) reference data to establish condition
Examples of Monitoring Metrics Used (cont.):
Elevation - Real Time Kinematic Global Navigation Satellite System - Contours and Transects
Site Specific Project Goals and Monitoring Objectives: Atlantic City Gardner’s Basin Living Shorelines Construct a vegetated berm to close a gap in the bulkheads (flood protection), Shoreline stabilization, habitat enhancement/creation (horseshoe crab, red knots and pollinators), tidal flood mitigation, public outreach and education.
Monitor position of established shoreline • Monitor extent of biological (shellfish and vegetative) communities • Monitor topography within project area • Monitor ability of materials to persist over time • Photo Documentation
Site Specific Project Goals and Monitoring Objectives Brigantine: 4 Sites‐ Hydrangea Way, Magnolia Way, S. Cherokee Blvd., Unnamed Thoroughfare. Provide storm surge protection, stormwater management infrastructure, shoreline stabilization, habitat enhancement and public education. Monitoring Objectives: • Tidal water levels on waterward side of berms, especially storm events • Runoff and drainage of precipitation on landward side of berm • Position, slope, and elevation of berm • Extent and robustness of floral communities • Berm longevity and resilience against storm and rain events • Photo Documentation
Site Specific Project Goals and Monitoring Objectives: Secaucus Tidal drainage ditch restoration and enhancement to protect valuable infrastructure and low lying areas from minor tidal surges and periodic flooding by enhancing drainage capacity of pre‐existing tidal ditches. Monitoring Objectives: • Topography of drainage channels • Extent of biological (vegetative) community • Stream volume • Photo Documentation
Site Specific Project Goals and Monitoring Objectives: Spring Lake‐ Wreck Pond To reduce flooding of infrastructure by grading the shoreline, creating marsh habitat, and planting native plants in the riparian area. Public Education/Outreach Monitoring Objectives: • Position of graded shoreline • Extent of biological (vegetative) communities • Topography within project area • Ability of materials to persist over time • Photo Documentation
Site Specific Project Goals and Monitoring Objectives: Upper Township (Strathmere) Shoreline stabilization, habitat enhancement, provide flood protection to local infrastructure. Public Education and Outreach Monitoring Objectives: • Position of established shoreline • Extent of biological (shellfish and vegetative) communities • Topography within project area • Ability of materials to persist over time • Photo Documentation
Education, Outreach and Volunteer Monitoring • Contractor Training • Formal Classroom Student Curriculum Development • Long‐term Citizen Project Monitoring/Assessment Opportunities
Monitoring for Better Coastal Resilience Outcomes Ultimate Goals ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Increase Collective Knowledge Basis Standardized Monitoring and Metrics (Data Comparability) Connecting projects with regional condition metrics Continue to evolve innovative ecological engineering solutions Better Projects and Use of Limited Resources Better Decision Making
More Resilient Communities and Ecosystems!!
Monitoring and Site Assessment for Post Sandy Coastal Resilience Projects in New Jersey Questions? Martha Maxwell-Doyle
Angela Padeletti
[email protected]
[email protected]
Sampling Design‐ Example Restoration Type and Goal
Class of Metrics
Metric
Method
Reasoning
Photo
Appearance
Fixed Photo Points
Provides visual documentation of project and site over the course of the monitoring timeline
Stream Volume
Staff or Crest‐Stage Estimates of water volume in channel, Gage/ Measure water possibly provide info on highest volume depth since last reading
Physical Creek/Channel Morphometry Tidal Stream Restoration and Enhancement
Biological
Measure changes in morphometry of channels as a result of changes in flow and channel depth along cross sections
Position of Contiguous Vegetated Shoreline (Horizontal Change)
RTK GPS Survey Fixed Photo Points
Measure changes in the horizontal extent of the vegetative community over time as a result of the treatment
Vegetation: Survivorship of Planted Plugs
Counts Logged on Data Sheets
Measure persistence of planted vegetation within the treatments
Vegetation: Growth
Measurement of Blade Height with Meter Stick
Measure above ground growth of vegetation within the treatments
Measure above ground growth of vegetation to determine canopy robustness of vegetation within the treatments Measure local conditions within which Water Temperature and YSI or other to frame the results of other data Salinity Acceptable Equipment collected
Vegetation: Robustness‐ Light Attenuation
Chemical
RTK GPS Survey
Measurement with light meter logged on data sheet
Monitoring and Site Assessment for Post Sandy Coastal Resilience Projects in New Jersey NJ Bayshore & Vicinity: Planning, Projects, Resiliency January 24, 2017
Martha Maxwell-Doyle
Angela Padeletti
Barnegat Bay Partnership
Partnership for the Delaware Estuary
Implementation Planning Secaucus
Spring Lake
Brigantine Atlantic City Margate Somers Point
Downe Cape May Lower
Upper
Pre and Post Project Implementation Monitoring Monitor for Project Specific Goals using relevant and appropriate methods; e.g. • Mid‐Atlantic Coastal Wetlands Assessment (MACWA) • NJ living shorelines monitoring framework • DOI Hurricane Sandy Mitigation and Resilience Program Monitoring Recommendation Standardized monitoring plan, data collection forms and QA/QC. Provide opportunities for future citizen monitoring
Sampling Design Type of Sampling: Targeted Plots Stratified Plots Random Plots Site Level Sampling Transects Contours
Metric Class Photos
Metric
Method
Municipality
Appearance
Fixed Photo Points
Secaucus Brigantine Upper Spring AC
Stream Flow Creek/Channel Morphometry
Staff or Crest‐Stage Gage
Secaucus
RTK GPS Survey
Secaucus
Position and initial slope of constructed structure RTK GPS Survey Observation Logging on Data Structural integrity Sheets Physical
Biological
Chemical
Brigantine Upper Spring AC Brigantine Upper Spring AC
Position of Contiguous Vegetated Shoreline (Horizontal Change)
RTK GPS Survey
Secaucus Brigantine Upper Spring AC
Position of Contiguous Vegetated Shoreline (Horizontal Change)
Fixed Photo Points
Secaucus Brigantine Upper Spring AC
Elevation
RTK GPS Survey
Water levels HOBO water level loggers Vegetation: Survivorship of Counts Logged on Data Planted Plugs Sheets Measurement of Blade Vegetation: Growth Height with Meter Stick Vegetation: Robustness‐ Measurement with light Light Attenuation meter logged on data sheet Target Species: Shellfish Counts Logged on Data Presence Sheets Target Species: Mummichog Counts Logged on Data Presence Sheets Water Temperature and YSI or other Acceptable Salinity Equipment
Brigantine Upper Spring AC Brigantine
Spring
Secaucus Brigantine Upper Spring AC Secaucus Brigantine Upper Spring AC Secaucus Brigantine Upper Spring Upper
AC
Upper Secaucus Brigantine Upper Spring AC
Examples of Monitoring Metrics Used:
Vegetation – Monitored at peak growing season (July) – Edge and platform plots – Measured: – Light Attenuation – Bearing Capacity – Vegetation Growth – Mussel Presence
Will be compared to regional (MACWA) reference data to establish condition
Examples of Monitoring Metrics Used (cont.):
Elevation - Real Time Kinematic Global Navigation Satellite System - Contours and Transects
Site Specific Project Goals and Monitoring Objectives: Atlantic City Gardner’s Basin Living Shorelines Construct a vegetated berm to close a gap in the bulkheads (flood protection), Shoreline stabilization, habitat enhancement/creation (horseshoe crab, red knots and pollinators), tidal flood mitigation, public outreach and education.
Monitor position of established shoreline • Monitor extent of biological (shellfish and vegetative) communities • Monitor topography within project area • Monitor ability of materials to persist over time • Photo Documentation
Site Specific Project Goals and Monitoring Objectives Brigantine: 4 Sites‐ Hydrangea Way, Magnolia Way, S. Cherokee Blvd., Unnamed Thoroughfare. Provide storm surge protection, stormwater management infrastructure, shoreline stabilization, habitat enhancement and public education. Monitoring Objectives: • Tidal water levels on waterward side of berms, especially storm events • Runoff and drainage of precipitation on landward side of berm • Position, slope, and elevation of berm • Extent and robustness of floral communities • Berm longevity and resilience against storm and rain events • Photo Documentation
Site Specific Project Goals and Monitoring Objectives: Secaucus Tidal drainage ditch restoration and enhancement to protect valuable infrastructure and low lying areas from minor tidal surges and periodic flooding by enhancing drainage capacity of pre‐existing tidal ditches. Monitoring Objectives: • Topography of drainage channels • Extent of biological (vegetative) community • Stream volume • Photo Documentation
Site Specific Project Goals and Monitoring Objectives: Spring Lake‐ Wreck Pond To reduce flooding of infrastructure by grading the shoreline, creating marsh habitat, and planting native plants in the riparian area. Public Education/Outreach Monitoring Objectives: • Position of graded shoreline • Extent of biological (vegetative) communities • Topography within project area • Ability of materials to persist over time • Photo Documentation
Site Specific Project Goals and Monitoring Objectives: Upper Township (Strathmere) Shoreline stabilization, habitat enhancement, provide flood protection to local infrastructure. Public Education and Outreach Monitoring Objectives: • Position of established shoreline • Extent of biological (shellfish and vegetative) communities • Topography within project area • Ability of materials to persist over time • Photo Documentation
Education, Outreach and Volunteer Monitoring • Contractor Training • Formal Classroom Student Curriculum Development • Long‐term Citizen Project Monitoring/Assessment Opportunities
Monitoring for Better Coastal Resilience Outcomes Ultimate Goals ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Increase Collective Knowledge Basis Standardized Monitoring and Metrics (Data Comparability) Connecting projects with regional condition metrics Continue to evolve innovative ecological engineering solutions Better Projects and Use of Limited Resources Better Decision Making
More Resilient Communities and Ecosystems!!
Monitoring and Site Assessment for Post Sandy Coastal Resilience Projects in New Jersey Questions? Martha Maxwell-Doyle
Angela Padeletti
[email protected]
[email protected]
Sampling Design‐ Example Restoration Type and Goal
Class of Metrics
Metric
Method
Reasoning
Photo
Appearance
Fixed Photo Points
Provides visual documentation of project and site over the course of the monitoring timeline
Stream Volume
Staff or Crest‐Stage Estimates of water volume in channel, Gage/ Measure water possibly provide info on highest volume depth since last reading
Physical Creek/Channel Morphometry Tidal Stream Restoration and Enhancement
Biological
Measure changes in morphometry of channels as a result of changes in flow and channel depth along cross sections
Position of Contiguous Vegetated Shoreline (Horizontal Change)
RTK GPS Survey Fixed Photo Points
Measure changes in the horizontal extent of the vegetative community over time as a result of the treatment
Vegetation: Survivorship of Planted Plugs
Counts Logged on Data Sheets
Measure persistence of planted vegetation within the treatments
Vegetation: Growth
Measurement of Blade Height with Meter Stick
Measure above ground growth of vegetation within the treatments
Measure above ground growth of vegetation to determine canopy robustness of vegetation within the treatments Measure local conditions within which Water Temperature and YSI or other to frame the results of other data Salinity Acceptable Equipment collected
Vegetation: Robustness‐ Light Attenuation
Chemical
RTK GPS Survey
Measurement with light meter logged on data sheet
