Coastal Area Restoration
Webinar Details
When:
Mar 24, 2015 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 00:59 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Christopher Miller, Manager/Plant Materials Specialist, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Cape May Plant Materials Center, Cape May Court House, NJ
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Participants will learn about plant selection for coastal areas as well as be stimulated to think about innovative, proactive approaches to developing planting recommendations in this dynamic environment.
The three day Nor’easter storm of March 1962 devastated the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England coastline. This was the storm of record prior to Superstorm Sandy in October 2012. Coastal plant materials were not readily available in the 1960’s for revegetation purposes. Consequently, the Cape May Plant Materials Center was established by the USDA Soil Conservation Service in 1965 to test, select, and release plants to the commercial marketplace for re-establishing vegetation on dunes, shorelines, streambanks and other highly disturbed sites. Participate in this training session to learn more about the selection of coastal adapted plant species, innovative uses of these plants, and opportunities for growing alternative specialty crops on marginal lands in coastal areas.
This webinar is presented by USDA NRCS Science and Technology.
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