PCSWMM is a professional tool providing stand-alone GIS and time series management for all aspects of water management. PCSWMM includes:
The PCSWMM platform lets water managers explore solutions such as:
The Hampton Roads region of Virginia is experiencing the highest rate of sea level rise on the East Coast. In addition, rainfall rates in Virginia Beach have increased by 10% since the last publication of the NOAA Atlas 14 (a 2006 report detailing national precipitation levels) causing recurrent flooding of roads, homes and businesses, and an assortment of water quality problems.
To advance ocean conservation and climate adaptation for the 44 million people who call the Caribbean home, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and partners used innovative technologies to develop a set of maps including satellite imagery, airborne imagery, and data from drones and divers.
Pittsburgh, located in southwestern Pennsylvania where the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers meet, is known for its steel town heritage and its diverse culture. In the early 1900s, the city extensively improved its infrastructure to support the growing metropolitan area by installing underground sewers and water lines, as well as new power lines and roads.
This free, easy-to-use website provides interactive maps, charts, and resources for the entire United States and can help communities understand, explore, and reduce wildfire risk. It uses the best available science to identify, and provides resources to help communities manage and mitigate, risk.
The tool is intended to be a starting point to help answer questions about community risk. It can help communities answer questions about how their risk compares to other communities in their county, state, or nationally.
Collectively, the toolkit is designed to help policymakers:
Tidal marshes provide key ecosystem services, but they are threatened by sea level rise. For these ecosystems to survive, it will require active management to increase tidal marsh resilience. Thin-layer placement (TLP), an emergent adaptation strategy that mimics natural sediment deposition processes, is one of the only viable options to protect tidal marshes in their current footprint.
Healthy floodplains and wetlands provide critical ecosystem services to local and downstream communities by retaining sediments, nutrients, and floodwaters. Land conversion and degradation diminish floodplain functionality and services. By assessing, quantifying, and valuing the ecosystem services provided by floodplains, we can estimate how floodplains influence human well-being. We can also inform decision makers about the tradeoffs associated with development pressures and conservation priorities.
This resource is a companion to The Nature Conservancy’s Coastal Resilience tool and the related Restoration Explorer, a web-based application that allows users to visualize which living shoreline techniques are most appropriate for reducing erosion at specific sites along New Jersey’s coastline.
The Southeast Conservation Blueprint is the primary product of the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy (SECAS), a regional conservation initiative that spans the Southeastern United States and Caribbean. The Southeast Blueprint is a living, spatial plan that identifies important areas for conservation and restoration.