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JC NERR’s Coastal Training and Engagement program provides coastal professionals and decision-makers with up-to-date science, tools, and skill-building opportunities to address critical coastal management issues. Program formats include virtual and in-person seminars, hands-on skills training, and participatory workshops through which participants can share experiences and network.
Key Focus Areas
- Climate change impacts and adaptation
- Nature-based solutions
- Tidal wetland and watershed restoration
- Stormwater management
- Floodplain management and risk reduction
- Sea level rise research and tools
Upcoming Training & Events
Rain Garden Design Workshop for Environmental Commissions
March 11 5:30 – 8:00 PM
JC NERR Coastal Education Center
130 Great Bay Blvd, Tuckerton, NJ 08087
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Learn more about our Coastal Training & Engagement Program!
Program Objectives
- Provide science-based resources for management of coastal ecosystems and communities.
- Develop and utilize decision-support tools and products to support coastal decision-making.
- Provide training and technical assistance that builds community capacity for science-based decision-making in response to local and regional needs.
- Implement performance measures and program evaluations to guide and improve JC NERR products, programs and services.
Program Partners
A vast network of partners help deliver and promote programs, provide funding, and act as resources for science, best practices, and other coastal management information.
- Rutgers Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis
- Rutgers Bloustein School of Public Policy and Planning
- Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute
- Rutgers Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
- Rutgers Climate Change Resource Center
- Rutgers NJ Agricultural Experiment Station
- Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program
- NJDEP Coastal Management Program
- NJDEP Watershed and Land Management Program
- NJ Bay Islands Initiative
- NJ Coastal Resilience Collaborative
- NOAA Digital Coast
- FEMA Region 2
- Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute
- NJ Future
- The Nature Conservancy – New Jersey
- NJ Sea Grant
- New Jersey Association of Floodplain Managers
- Sustainable Jersey
Current Projects
Coastal Resilience Tools & Resources
We have a bunch of tools you can use to help build coastal resilience in your community. Check them out!
Past Projects, Trainings, & More!
Check out our archive or past projects, trainings, tools, and more aimed to increase coastal community resiliency!