The Collaboratory for Coastal Adaptation over Space and Time, or C-CoAST, made up of coastal practitioners, stakeholders and researchers, hosted two virtual listening sessions in February with residents and stakeholders to better understand long-term priorities, and look at how short-term decision making can support or undermine priorities.
What the network learns during these sessions will help inform collaborative efforts to assist North Carolina coastal communities in meeting future challenges.
Register online or visit https://c-coast.org/activities/listening-sessions.Organizers encourage encourage attendance for the full session that will be held via Zoom, last 90 minutes, and include breakout groups. Participants will also be asked to complete a short survey that takes about 15 minutes before the workshop to kick off the conversation.
Technical professionals attend a living shoreline workshop field trip to a demonstration site in Wilmington. Photo: N.C. Coastal Reserve
A new research network funded by the National Science Foundation wants to hear from coastal residents and stakeholders to better understand their long-term priorities and to explore the ways that short-term decision making can support or undermine these priorities.
The Collaboratory for Coastal Adaptation over Space and Time, or C-CoAST, has scheduled virtual listening sessions to hear about the priorities and concerns that are part of decision-making in coastal communities. The input is to be used to inform collaborative efforts to assist North Carolina’s coastal communities in meeting future challenges.