Kick-off workshop for new project assessing saltmarsh and mangrove resilience implementation techniques

July 19, 2021

The University of Florida Center for Coastal Solutions is collaborating with the GTM Research Reserve, City of St. Augustine, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Wood Engineering on a National Fish and Wildlife Federation grant. The project “Designing Innovative Saltmarsh Restoration and Protecting Coastal Community Infrastructure” will assess the potential of saltmarsh resilience implementation techniques […]

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New paper by CCS researchers and partners on sustaining coastal wetlands and oyster reefs in the southeastern U.S.

July 6, 2021

In a new paper in the Journal of Environmental Management, CCS affiliates Drs. John Jaeger, Mark Clark, Director Christine Angelini, and partners from across sectors in the entire region identify the greatest contemporary threats to coastal wetlands and oyster reefs across the southeastern United States (Mississippi to North Carolina), by summarizing recent population growth and […]

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U.S. Senate floor shout out to UF/CCS and our collaboration with USACE on Engineering With Nature

June 29, 2021

On June 24, 2021, Dr. Todd S. Bridges, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Senior Research Scientist & National Lead of Engineering With Nature® gave testimony to the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works during a hearing entitled “The Role of Natural and Nature-Based Features in Water Resources Projects.” The hearing was devoted […]

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CCS welcomes new interns Colson Douglas and Savannah Peltrau to support FSG/WCIND project

June 14, 2021

CCS’s summer student interns, Savannah Peltrau (B.S., Environmental Sciences) and Colson Douglas (J.D. Candidate, Law) are teaming up to support a project with Florida Sea Grant under a contract with the West Coast Inland Navigation District (WCIND) to update the District’s five year strategic plan.

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CCS Partners with SAS to Expand Artificial Intelligence Efforts in Coastal Communities

June 8, 2021

The University of Florida’s Center for Coastal Solutions (CCS) and SAS Institute (SAS) entered a strategic partnership to develop tools, training programs, curriculum and research that will continue to trailblaze around the UF AI initiative and the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. The partnership began in January to integrate the center’s cutting-edge research and SAS’ […]

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Dune restoration experiments under way by Hallie Fischman from the Angelini Ecology Lab

June 2, 2021

Hallie Fischman is an Environmental Engineering Sciences PhD student in the Angelini Ecology Lab studying the restoration of coastal ecosystems. She is currently researching how facilitation and mutualistic interactions can improve coastal restoration. Hallie’s been busy in the field recently, planting dune grasses as part of a restoration study, and she took a break from […]

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2021 Florida Legislation and Budget Appropriations of Interest to Coastal Stakeholders

May 12, 2021

Summary of bills and budget allocations passed during the 2021 legislative session of relevance to coastal stakeholders.

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Welcome Matthew DePaolis! Our New FSG/CCS Coastal Policy Analyst Fellow

May 5, 2021

We are excited to announced that we have hired Matthew DePaolis as the Florida Sea Grant/Center for Coastal Solutions Coastal Policy Analyst Fellow for the 2021/2022 academic year.

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CBS news video on CCS and Ocean Conservancy ‘Rapid Response’ effort to study Piney Point impacts

April 27, 2021

Piney Point rapid response research is underway thanks to our partnership with Ocean Conservancy, Florida Sea Grant, and the Tampa Bay and Sarasota Bay Estuary Programs Check out this news video and article featuring our Director Dr. Christine Angelini. Excerpt from CBS article “Researchers Launch ‘Rapid-Response Team’ To Track Environmental Impacts Of Piney Point Leak” […]

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Article on water access by CCS Advisory Board member Tom Ankersen

April 27, 2021

Professor Tom Ankersen, CCS Affiliate Faculty and Director of the UF Conservation Clinic, wrote a fantastic article, Water as Freedom: Fluid Freedom, for the latest issue of Florida Humanities FORUM Magazine: Written in Water. Check it out!

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