Resilient Marinas Make Resilient Working Waterfronts | Working Waterfronts

On this episode of the Working Waterfronts Podcast we turn our attention to Marinas. For Marinas all over the country directly exposed to intense  storms, flooding, and land loss, being resilient means being able to reduce damage and resume business. There is a growing trend of stronger storms, accelerated erosion, record floods and longer droughts that create a lot of issues for coastal communities. Marinas are on the fronts lines, but this means that they can be the leaders in the face of a changing climate and rising sea levels. On this show, we are going to hear from three amazing professionals that work with communities on the coast to help them build more capacity to be resilient to a changing climate. The regions we will be exploring are the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico- two vastly different regions at first glance. But also very similar in the issues they are dealing with and the strategies that are being implemented to combat them. Today, host Ashley Bennis will be sitting down with Sarah Orlando, Clean Marinas Program Manager with Ohio Sea Grant, located off of Lake Erie; Jody Thompson, the Environmental Extension Associate at MS-Al Sea Grant, A multi-state collaboration; and, Rhonda Price, the Deputy Director at the Office of Restoration and Resilience in the MS Department of Marine Resources. Rhonda has served as part of the Coastal Resilience Team at the Gulf of Mexico Alliance, a partnership that was created among all five of the Gulf states to increase regional collaboration on the ecological and economic health of the Gulf of Mexico. This show is sponsored by the National Working Waterfront Network.