Many of you had the opportunity to meet and get to know Dr. Rebecca French over the last 3 years while she was the Director of Community Engagement at CIRCA. In April, Dr. French left CIRCA for a new job as the Director of a large and important program at the CT Dept. of Housing. She […]
Sea Level Rise Projections for the State of Connecticut
SEA LEVEL RISE | FINAL REPORT & PUBLIC MEETING The final report, Sea Level Rise in Connecticut, authored by CIRCA Executive Director and Professor of Marine Sciences, James O’Donnell was released in October 2018 and incorporated comments from a draft report release in 2017. An Executive Summary of the final report is shown below along with public […]
Creating a Resilient Connecticut: A CIRCA Forum on Science, Planning, Policy & Law | May 11, 2018
Friday, May 11, 8:15 am to 4:30 pm UConn School of Law Reading Room, William F. Starr Hall 45 Elizabeth St. Hartford, CT 06105 REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED View the AGENDA for more information SUPPORTING MATERIALS: Sea Level Rise Projections for the State of Connecticut Floodplain Building Elevation Standards Height Restrictions on Elevated Buildings Oceanfront State Coastal Management […]
April 6 Workshop: Implementing a Drinking Water Resilience Plan for Connecticut
UConn Avery Point Groton, Connecticut April 6, 2018 9 am-3:30 pm On Friday April 6, 2018 CIRCA conducted a workshop for the Dept. of Public Health Drinking Water Vulnerability Assessment and Resilience Plan at the UConn Avery Point Campus in Groton, CT. Workshop attendees received training on identifying vulnerabilities to flooding, extreme weather and drought […]
Connecticut Flood Symposium | March 14, 2018
Connecticut Flood Symposium Wednesday, March 14, 2018 UConn School of Law, Starr Hall 45 Elizabeth Street, Hartford, CT 06105 8 am – 4:30 pm Registration is closed. **Registration by March 8, 2018 is required to attend this event.** Breakfast and Lunch Provided Please join us for a day of discussion on flood resilience and climate […]
Sea Level Rise in Connecticut: Planning for 20 in/50 cm in 2050
By Rebecca A. French, Ph.D., CIRCA Director of Community Engagement On October 19, 2017, CIRCA released an Executive Summary of its locally updated sea-level rise scenarios and recommendations on how Connecticut should adapt to the mean sea level changes projected in a 2012 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report (Parris et al, CPO-1 Report, 2012): […]
A Resilient Gingerbread House
Every year UConn Avery Point hosts a competition to make a gingerbread house. This year CIRCA entered and built a resilient coastal home or as resilient as it could be when it was made out of candy and cookies. How to make a resilient gingerbread house: Home Elevation The lowest occupied floor of our gingerbread […]
CIRCA Awards Four Municipal Resilience Grants
Author and contact: Katie Lund, CIRCA Project Coordinator (katie.lund@uconn.edu) CIRCA’s Municipal Resilience Grant Program (MRGP) awards municipal governments and councils of government for initiatives that advance resilience, including the creation of conceptual design, construction of structures, or the design of practices and policies that increase their resilience to climate change and severe weather. These projects […]
Connecticut Living Shorelines: Projects into Practice Workshop
Monday, November 20, 2017 Workshop Presentations: Workshop overview and related projects and resources, Rebecca French – CIRCA, Director of Community Engagement, CIRCA overview Overview of Connecticut living shoreline permit process – Tonia Selmeski and John Gaucher, Environmental Analysts CT DEEP Land and Water Resources Division, SW District, DEEP overview Hepburn Dune and Marsh, Fenwick, Marilyn Ozols – Land Use Administrator, Borough […]
9:30-11am on October 19 Public Meeting on CIRCA Updated Projections of Sea Level Rise for the State of Connecticut
Please note that the time changed for this event from an earlier post due to the rescheduled meeting of the Governor’s Council on Climate Change. 9:30-11 am is the new time. Apologies for any inconvenience that this may cause. When: Thursday, October 19, 2017 9:30-11 am Where: Remote Attendance: Register for Webinar In […]