Gulf Star Funding to Support Leveraged Application of the Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment
As the title implies, this project built off the pre-existing Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment to develop a broad, initial strategy for a GCARP. The Project Final Report contains a summary of actions the Alliance undertook in support of the development of an initial GCARP strategy, as well as the initial strategy itself.
The initial strategy was intended to identify the technical steps needed to develop information that would constitute a GCARP. The Alliance is receptive to review of and comments on the strategy by all of its Gulf partners. It welcomes any suggestions for additions, deletions, and the identification of projects already undertaken that would meet the steps in the strategy.
Gulf of Mexico Alliance Gulf Star – A Public-Private Partnership Advancing Conservation
Funding for this project was provided by the USFWS to begin implementing the Initial Strategy to develop a Gulf Coast Adaptation and Resilience Plan. The Alliance’s Coastal Resilience, Habitat Resources, and Wildlife & Fisheries Priority Issue Teams met during the June 2019 All Hands Meeting in Gulf Shores, Alabama, to discuss and decide on priority project ideas. The three teams decided to commission the development of an online training curriculum for Gulf Coast managers and stakeholders, titled Adapting to a Changing Gulf Region.
The Project Final Report contains details on the course development, administration, and evaluation.
Climate Adaptation and Resilience Course Final Report
Climate Adaptation and Resilience Course Final Report- Appendices 1-5
Climate Adaptation and Resilience Course Final Report Appendices 6-8
Climate Adaptation and Resilience Course Final Report- Appendix 9
Climate Adaptation and Resilience Course Final Report Appendices 10-11
Gulf Coast Adaptation and Resilience Plan (GCARP) Implementation, Phase II
Funding for this project was provided by the USFWS to continue implementing the Initial Strategy to develop a Gulf Coast Adaptation and Resilience Plan. The specific technical activities of this project are still under discussion by the Alliance and USFWS, but will likely involve the development of a new, or augmentation of an existing web-mapping portal, populated by priority datasets identified in the Initial Strategy. The goal is for local, state, and federal stakeholders to use information in the portal to make more comprehensive management decisions that account for interacting habitat, human community, and wildlife and fisheries resources.