Digital Coast Connections Newsletter

Disaster Recovery, Accessing Data, and More

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Tech Topics: Trouble Downloading from the Data Access Viewer? We Can Help!
Stories From Your Peers: Partnership Preserves Over 400 Acres of Public Game Lands in North Carolina
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Plan for a Resilient Recovery Before a Disaster Strikes
Fast Fact: High Tide Flooding

Water Quality, Economic Analyses, and More

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Hurricane Helene: Aerial Imagery Now Available
Tech Topics: Delve into Water Quality Data
Stories From Your Peers: Government-Industry Collaboration Driving Kelp Aquaculture Innovation
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Economic Approaches for Decision-Making
Fast Fact: Natural Infrastructure

Communications Tips, Marsh Restoration, and More

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Staff Picks: Communication-Focused Newsletter
Tech Topics: Go Deeper with 3D Lidar
Stories From Your Peers: Restoring Padilla Bay’s Vital Tidal Marsh
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Home Elevation Program Helps Demystify the Process
Fast Fact: Research Reserves

Tropical Cyclone Data, Watershed Management, and More

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Product Highlight: Tropical Cyclone Data Help Planners Understand Damaging Winds
Staff Picks: Historical Hurricane Tracks Tool
Tech Topics: Take Five for Green Infrastructure
Stories From Your Peers: Using Land Cover Data to Inform Watershed Management in Florida
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Finding Critical Data for Community Risk Assessment
Fast Fact: Hurricane Costs

Elevation Data, Natural Infrastructure, and More

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Tech Topics: Plan Ahead for High Tide Flooding
Stories From Your Peers: Transforming New York’s Hudson Riverbanks
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Innovative Green Infrastructure Project Has Diverse Funding and Financing Portfolio
Fast Fact: Marine Economy

Economic Data, Risk Communication, and More

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Tech Topics: New Ocean Economy Data for the U.S. Territories
Stories From Your Peers: Improving our Coasts with High-Resolution Land Cover Data
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Connecting through Risk Communication
Fast Fact: Blue Carbon

Storm Surge, Building Partnerships, and More

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Tech Topics: Get Lots of Data from Multiple Links in a Snap
Stories From Your Peers: Modeling Storm Surge on the U.S. Territorial Island of Guam
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Build Partnerships Based on Trust
Fast Fact: Climate Change Predictions

Land Cover Data, Coastal Adaptation, and More

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Tech Topics: Downloading Large Data Sets – Tips for Making It Manageable
Stories From Your Peers: Assessing a South Carolina City’s Urban Heat Areas and Street Canopy Equity
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Take Five Steps in Coastal Adaptation Planning
Fast Fact: U.S. Ports

Great Lakes Resources, Lidar Data, and More

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Tech Topics: Obtaining Historical Hurricane Data
Stories From Your Peers: Using Ocean Data for Aquaculture Siting
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Understand the Lidar Landscape
Fast Fact: Great Lakes

Coral Science, Land Cover Data, and More

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Tech Topics: Using the Sea Level Rise Viewer
Stories From Your Peers: South Carolina Community Lowers Flood Insurance Premiums Using NOAA’s Land Cover Data
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Navigate Virtual Facilitation with Finesse
Fast Fact: Research Reserve

Marsh Migration, Tidal Crossings, and More

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Tech Topics: Identify When and Where Marshes Will Migrate
Stories From Your Peers: New Hampshire Towns Upgrade their Tidal Crossings
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Find a Project Champion
Fast Fact: Coral Reefs

NOS' New Strategic Plan, Partner Product Highlight, and More

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Tech Topics: Shoreline Stabilization Techniques
Stories From Your Peers: Revolutionary Land Cover Data for Alaska
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Determine the Value of Your Local Marine Economy – Then Protect It
Fast Fact: Hazard Mitigation Value

Vessel Traffic Data, Building Partnerships, and More

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Tech Topics: Get Data for a Specific Shape, Like a Watershed
Stories From Your Peers: Building the Partnership Bench
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Setting Up an Environmental Impact Bond
Fast Fact: Wetland Benefits

Risk Communications, Stranded Turtles, and More

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Products You Can Use: Data Access Viewer
Tech Topics: Risk Communication Tip: Consider Worldviews
Stories from Your Peers: Rescuing Stranded Turtles – the Public’s Role
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: From Gray to Green: Lessons Learned from Replacing a Bulkhead
Fast Facts: Hurricane Costs

Digital Coast Connections: Land Cover Data, Flood Mapping, and More

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Products You Can Use: High-Resolution C-CAP Land Cover Data
Tech Topics: Flood Mapping
Stories from Your Peers: Increasing Aquaculture Potential in Federal Waters
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Implementation is a Work in Progress
Fast Facts: Land Cover Change

Staff Picks, Case Studies, and More

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Tech Topics: High-Resolution Land Cover Data
Stories from Your Peers: Investing in Waterfront Access
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Collaborate Early, Collaborate Often
Fast Facts: Tourism and Recreation

Staff Picks, Sea Level Data, and More

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Tech Topics: Tips for Using Sea Level Rise Data
Stories from Your Peers: Promoting Ecotourism to Conserve a Watershed
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Code, Categorize, and Sort: Qualitative Data Analysis
Fast Facts: Marine Debris

Staff Picks, Risk Assessments, and More

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Tech Topics: To Create a Community Risk Assessment, Get Community Input
Stories from Your Peers: Community Actions Lower Citizen Flood Insurance Rates
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Funding and Financing Approaches for Your Next Project
Fast Facts: Marine Economy

Staff Picks, Climate and Justice Tool, and More

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Tech Topics: Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool
Stories From Your Peers: Promoting Ecotourism to Protect a Watershed
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Relationships and Trust Combine for a Successful Hazard Mitigation Plan
Fast Fact: High Tide Flooding

Staff Picks, Collaborative Science, and More

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Staff Picks: U.S. Interagency Elevation Inventory
Tech Topics: Finding the Economic Impact of Your Working Waterfront
Stories from Your Peers: Identifying Open Space to Improve Resilience and Earn Community Rating System Credit
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: If You Build It, They Might Not Use It
Fast Facts: Great Lakes

Staff Picks, Economics, and More

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Staff Picks: OceanReports
Tech Topics: Calculating Coastal Flood Frequency
Stories from Your Peers: Assess and Expand Working Waterfront Economies
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Don’t Just Tell, Show!
Fast Facts: Research Reserves

Staff Picks, Risk Communication, and More

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Staff Picks: Sea Level Rise Viewer
Tech Topics: Reduced Flooding AND Cheaper Insurance Premiums
Stories From Your Peers: Analyze and Address Stormwater Pollution Threats
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Invest Time to Engage Residents About Risk
Fast Fact: Natural Infrastructure

Staff Picks, Water Quality, and More

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Tech Topics: Using Land Cover Data as a Water Quality Indicator
Stories From Your Peers: Efficiently Modeling Storm Surge
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Understand Your Audience to Communicate Risks
Fast Fact: Coral Reefs

Staff Picks, Funding Sources, and More

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Tech Topics: Analyzing Ecosystem Benefits
Stories From Your Peers: Work with Tribal Partners for the Best Results
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Put Green Infrastructure to Work in Your Community
Fast Fact: Hazard Mitigation Value

Staff Picks, Ecosystem Benefits, and More

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Tech Topics: Historical Hurricane Tracks Tool—20 Years Later and Still Just as Relevant
Stories From Your Peers: NOAA-Supported Series Brings First-Generation College Students into theFold
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Creative Funding Sources
Fast Fact: Wetland Benefits

Hurricane Tracks, Oyster Data, and More

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Tech Topics: Work with Large Amounts of Data, without Downloading
Stories from Your Peers: Largest-Ever West Coast Oyster Data Map
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Take the Mystery Out of Management
Fast Facts: Hurricane Costs

Lidar Data, Seagrass Restoration, and More

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Tech Topics: Good Ol’ Rockyweb
Stories from Your Peers: 3D Elevation Models Inform Seagrass Restoration Projects
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: After the Basics, Put Lidar to Work
Fast Facts: Tourism and Recreation

Vessel Traffic Data, Public Access, and More

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Tech Topics: Get Exactly the Vessel Traffic Data You Need
Stories from Your Peers: Programs Improve Public Access for All
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Give Everyone in Your Community a Seat at the Table
Fast Facts: Marine Debris

Lidar Data, Beach Renourishment, and More

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Tech Topics: Access Lidar in New Ways
Stories from Your Peers: Examining Sediment Transport Following a Hurricane
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Make a Fan of Your Opposition
Fast Facts: Marine Economy

Funding Resilience Projects, Economics, and More

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Tech Topics: Wonky Values in Your Economic Data? Let Us Explain
Stories from Your Peers: “Green” Expertise Meets New Infrastructure Era
Tips from the Digital Coast Academy: Learn How to Fund and Finance Your Coastal Resilience Project
Fast Facts: Land Cover Change