2019 Hudson River Symposium: Ecosystem Response to Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise in the Hudson Estuary

Vassar College - College Center - Villard Room Wednesday May 8, 2019-8 am to 5 pm Registration: 8 am. - Talks start at 9 a.m. - Poster session: 4 pm

8:00 Registration 9:00 Introduction – Lucy Johnson, President, Hudson River Environmental Society 9:15 Climate Change Session o Introduction – Emilie Hauser, Hudson River NERR o Assessing the Risk: Climate risk in the Hudson Valley - Daniel Bader, Program Manager, Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast at Columbia University Earth Institute o Adapting to New York’s wetter climate - Mark Lowery, Assistant Director Office of Climate Change NYSDEC

10:35 Break

11:00 Fisheries Session o Introduction - David Yozzo, HDR, Inc. o Processes underlying climate driven shifts in mid-Atlantic Bight fish: Distributions inferred from sustained collaborative research within two winter fisheries- John P Manderson, NOAA/NEFSC Oceans & Climate and Cooperative Research Branches o Adaptation to climate change: Can we better equip Hudson River fishes to succeed? - David H. Secor, Professor, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory University of Maryland o Historical and projected changes in spawning phenologies of American shad and striped bass in the Hudson River Estuary - Christopher C. Nack, SUNY ESF and O'Brien and Gere, a part of Ramboll

12:50 Lunch

1:50 Tidal Wetlands o Introduction – Stuart Findlay, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies o Monitoring Hudson River tidal wetlands for climate change resilience - Sarah Fernald, Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve o Conserving Hudson River tidal wetlands in an age of sea-level rise - Nava Tabak, Director of Science, Climate, & Stewardship, Scenic Hudson, Inc. o Sediment depositional history at three Hudson River tidal wetlands during 19-20th damming of tributaries - Jon Woodruff and Brian Yellen UMASS, Dept. of Geosciences o Using dredged material to enhance New Jersey salt marshes - Joel A. Pecchioli, Research Scientist, Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection (remote attendance) 3:40 Concluding Remarks: Karin Limburg SUNY ESF

4:00 – 5:00 Poster Session, Reception and Student Travel fund Raffle

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