Restore America’s Estuaries Summit to Examine Management Approaches for a Changing Climate

Pew experts will discuss nature-based solutions, blue carbon, coastal resilience

Restore America’s Estuaries Summit to Examine Management Approaches for a Changing Climate
A salt marsh meadow hugs the shore of Apalachicola Bay, within the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve in Florida’s Panhandle. The bay was once a top oyster fishery until environmental degradation led to a steep decline in oyster populations and ultimately a halt to harvesting in 2020. Now staff from the reserve and officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aim to accelerate the bay’s recovery via an updated reserve management plan.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts works to address the twin challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss through the conservation and restoration of coastal ecosystems. That’s why Pew is proudly sponsoring and participating in the Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) 2024 Coastal and Estuarine Summit: “Capitalizing on Our Coasts.”

RAE sessions featuring Pew

Our subject matter experts will moderate or participate in the following sessions:

Monday, Oct. 7

  • 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EDT, Conference Theater, “From Theory to Application: Integrating Blue Carbon Into Coastal Conservation and Restoration,” Jazmin Dagostino, moderator.
  • 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EDT, Room 7, “Marshing Forward: Implementing and Sustaining the South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative’s Regional Plan,” Lora Clarke, panelist.
  • 2-3:30 p.m. EDT, Conference Theater, “Blue Carbon at the State Level,” Sylvia Troost, moderator

Wednesday, Oct. 9

  • 1:30-3 p.m. EDT, Room, 8, “Making Natural Resource Management Climate-Ready: Key Elements, Challenges, and Opportunities,” Justin Grubich, moderator.

Meet the Pew team in Arlington, Virginia

Visit Booth 18 to connect with an expert: 

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