Articles

• Adapting to shifting sands
• 5 Questions on Engagement
• MASGC shares in Gulf Guardian Award
• Program to certify nature-tour operators
• Bruening recognized for outstanding service
• Symposium to feature adaptive management
• Water-access committee nears end of mission
• Volunteers grow 45,000 oysters for restoration
• Potential end-users test tool for sea-level rise planning
• Fink joins Office of Coast Survey in Mobile
• Featured Publication
• From the Director

Sea Briefs is a report on the results of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium.

Editor: Melissa Schneider

Frontpage graphics: Matthew Capps

This newsletter is available in PDF format from:
masgc.org/seabriefs

MASGC supports applied, interdisciplinary marine science research, education and outreach efforts to foster the sustainable development and management of the Mississippi and Alabama coasts and nearshore ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico

Mississippi-Alabama
Sea Grant Consortium
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
Phone: 228-818-8838
E-mail: seabriefs@masgc.org
MASGP 09-011-04

Potential end-users test tool
for sea-level rise planning

Natural resource managers, scientists and industry professionals attended a Biloxi meeting in October to critique a sea-level-rise model that is under construction. The model simulates what would happen to coastlines and waterfront areas with 3 feet or 6 feet of sea-level rise.

About 30 people offered feedback on the project, which is being developed in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the United States Geological Survey and the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium.

“It’s a tool that will help coastal resource managers plan for future development and help community leaders keep sea-level rise in mind,” said Tracie Sempier, outreach coordinator of the NOAA Gulf of Mexico Coastal Storms Program.

The visualization tool, which is a pilot project, includes coastal areas of Alabama and Mississippi.