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Shared Solutions for Stronger Coasts & Communities

The 2026 Cape Coastal Conference highlighted efforts to restore saltmarshes, wetlands, and seagrass, promote the beneficial use of dredged materials, strengthen biodiversity and local commercial fishing economies, and develop practical equitable strategies for flood adaptation and measuring project success.

AGENDA

Agenda

Speaker Biographies

Student/Early Career Poster Abstracts

A National Synthesis of Tidal Marshes to Detect Impacts of Climate Change across Multiple Scales

A National Synthesis of Tidal Marshes Protocol Recommendations

How to Guide for Synthesizing NERRS Marsh Monitoring Data

Developing New Ways to Analyze Reserve Monitoring Data

Rising to the Challenge: Will Tidal Marshes Survive Rising Seas?

Oysters and Nitrogen Removal Graphic

OPENING KEYNOTE: Restoring Balance: Mashpee Wampanoag Vision for Land and Water

Panel Discussion: Chief Earl Mills, Chief Sagamore Vernon “Buddy” Pocknett, Jason Steiding, Talia Landry

From Vision to Impact: Metrics for Tracking Project Success

Resilience Metrics Workshop for Decision-Makers
Susanne Moser, Ph.D., Susanne Moser Research & Consulting

From Knowledge to Action – Applying Today’s Restoration Science

Panel Discussion: Martha Craig, Cape Cod Conservation District, April Wobst, Association to Preserve Cape Cod, Chris Miller, Town of Brewster, Thomas Andrade, P.E., Town of Dennis

 CLOSING KEYNOTE: Is Hope Enough? Transformative Resilience Building in an Increasingly Challenging World

Susanne Moser, Ph.D., Susanne Moser Research & Consulting

Biodiversity Goals for the Commonwealth
Beth Lambert, Division of Ecological Restoration,
MA Department of Fish and Game