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With: Michael Simpson

Class Fee: Free / registration required

Class Size: Maximum of 50 / Adults

With projections of a higher frequency of extreme rainfall events, warmer winters, longer growing seasons, and extended drought periods, climate change is unfolding at a rate and scale that will challenge natural resource managers and affect public works, planners and businesses alike. This talk will encapsulate the latest climate projections for northern New England and discuss some possible ramifications for communities over the next few decades. The discussion will close by touching on the possible economic ramifications of building resilience into human activities on the landscape versus not preparing for such changes.

Michael Simpson is the Director of the Resource Management and Administration graduate program, within the Environmental Studies Department at Antioch University New England. He also is the founder of the Center for Climate Preparedness and Community Resilience. His research, funded by NOAA and the US EPA, focused on assessing the vulnerability of riparian corridors and their associated infrastructure from a changing landscape within the context of a changing climate.