Mass ECAN May News
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Happy Spring! See below for news specifically curated for our community of practice:
Please forward this newsletter and invite colleagues to join us!
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Save the Date!
Mass ECAN Field Trip to Pelham Lake Park, Rowe
July 22nd at 10am
This event is co-hosted by our Forest Expert Work Group, the Forest Stewards Guild and Mass Audubon.
Stay tuned for more details!
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Every month, we highlight someone in our community of practice so you can learn about a variety of adaptation work and "meet" a new colleague!
Julianne Busa, PhD
Senior Resilience Scientist
Fuss & O’Neill
Bio: Julie works with municipalities to develop, fund, and implement cutting edge projects that improve communities' capacity to respond to changing climate conditions, as well as the needs of their most climate-vulnerable populations. She focuses on nature-based approaches to climate resiliency, stormwater and watershed management, and stream and wetland restoration. She also co-leads our Mass ECAN Slow the Flow Work Group. Julie is a self-proclaimed ‘Beaver Believer’ (believing in the value of working with beavers for flood resilience), and an avid gardener whose ¼ acre yard features 100+ species and two hand-built rain gardens.
Climate adaptation project: As a certified MVP provider and co-lead of Fuss & O'Neill's MVP practice, Julie has worked with over two dozen communities on a variety of MVP Planning and Action Grant projects including the Little River Dam Removal project in Haverhill; development of a beaver management approach for Belchertown; Town-wide culvert assessments for 6 communities; wetland and floodplain restoration projects in Belchertown, South Hadley, Brockton, and Andover; and development of a City-Wide Green Infrastructure Master Plan and Cherry Street pilot project in her hometown of Easthampton. Contact Julie to learn more.
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Funding Opportunity - Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) FY23 Planning Grant. The MVP Program offers planning grants to municipalities to assess their vulnerability, prepare for climate impacts, build community resilience, and receive designation as an MVP Community. Submit applications here by 6/7.
Funding Opportunity - Coastal Resilience Grant Program. The MA Office of Coastal Zone Management is seeking proposals for innovative and transferable local and regional projects to address coastal flooding, erosion and sea level rise. See the RFR here and apply by June 13.
Funding Opportunity - National Estuary Program Coastal Watersheds Grant. Restore America’s Estuaries administers this program to support projects that address urgent and challenging issues threatening the well-being of coastal and estuarine areas, to build more resilient communities, particularly with respect to climate change and sea level rise. See the RFP and submit Letters of Interest by 5/27.
Event - Networking on the Trails: Mass Audubon's Climate Initiatives. Join the Environmental Business Council and Sustainable Solutions Lab's Climate Adaptation Forum at Mass Audubon’s Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary in Natick. Register here. 5/11, 3:30pm - 5:00pm.
Event - Science Bringing Solutions: Delivering Environmental Improvement to Southeastern Coastal New England. Join the EPA Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Research Symposium to learn about and share progress on understanding and solving environmental challenges throughout the region. Register here. 5/18, 8:30am - 5:00pm.
Event - Tribal & Indigenous-Based Climate Adaptation Priorities in the NE CASC Region. Join the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center to learn about Tribal Nations, discuss climate change impacts and concerns, and share examples of Tribal-led climate adaptation. 5/18, 4:00pm.
Event - Illustrating Climate Resilience – Scenario Planning. Hosted by the Environmental Business Council, this event will describe illustrating what resilient futures look like to clients, particularly regional and local governments, and explore various applications of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Scenario Analysis process. Register here. 5/25, 2:00pm - 4:30pm.
Event - Sweltering Heat Waves and Increasing Drought: Can the Northeast handle the heat? The Climate Adaptation Forum will bring in a diverse panel of speakers to learn from practitioners across the country who are already feeling the impacts of extreme heat, as well as hear what our region is doing to reduce these critical threats. Register to attend virtually or in-person in Boston. 6/3, 8:30am - 12:00pm.
Request for Conference Proposals - Regional Conservation Partnership (RCP) Network Gathering. As part of the RCP conference events, submit proposals for panels, webinars, and field trips that share how you are advancing Climate Justice and Resilience — for making land more accessible, more useful for nature and people, and more resilient to the impacts of climate change for the benefit of others.
Job - Climate Change Associate: Natural and Working Lands, Abt Associates, Cambridge. Grow Abt's practice in the area of natural and working lands, focusing on climate solutions for farming, forestry, and other sectors.
Job - Climate Change Program Manager, City of Somerville, Somerville. Design and execute programs and projects that continually work toward the City’s goal of an equitable, resilient, and carbon-neutral City.
Job - Climate Resilience Engineer/Designer, BSC Group, Worcester. Join a team that provides clients with multi-disciplinary engineering and science-based solutions for flood risk reduction, urban heat mitigation, green infrastructure, and coastal resilience solutions.
Job - Policy Analyst, Conservation Law Foundation, Boston. Work in the Healthy and Resilient Communities program to advance CLF’s work on urban forestry, urban agriculture, public waterfront access and climate resilience.
Job - Senior Resilience Engineer, AECOM, Chelmsford. Work with multidisciplinary teams on climate adaptation and resilience projects for local, state, and federal government and other public sector clients.
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