WEDNESDAY
20
SEP 2017
Western Ohio CRS for Community Resilience Workshop
Locations:
Ottawa County, OH
Time:
Wednesday, Sep 20, 2017, 8:00 AM - Wednesday, Sep 20, 2017, 12:00 PM
Details:
On Wednesday, September 20, the Association of State Floodplain Managers' Flood Science Center and the Coastal States Organization in partnership with the Chagrin River Watershed Partners, the Ohio Floodplain Management Program, the Old Woman Creek NERR, and the Ohio Coastal Management Program hosted a half-day CRS workshop at the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. This workshop was dedicated to disseminating information from the CRS Green Guide, sharing CRS success stories from communities in region, showcasing tools and resources that could be useful to participants, and conducting exercises with participants that can help them to enhance their performance in the CRS program. All workshop materials have been posted below for your review.
Workshop Follow-up Materials
Materials:
Slides:- "Introduction to the Community Rating System" by Robyn Wiseman and Amanda Gowans
- "Why use the Green Guide" by Robyn Wiseman
- "Selling the CRS to Local Officials" by Robyn Wiseman
- "CRS Activity 420: Open Space Preservation" by Robyn Wiseman
- "NOAA Open Space Credit Calculation Tool Workflow" by Elaine Vaudreuil
- "Shelby, Ohio Experience in the CRS" by Joseph Gies
- "CRS Activity 520: Acquisition and Relocation" by Robyn Wiseman
- "Floodplain Buyouts to Achieve Resilience through the CRS" by Steve Ferryman
- "Clean Ohio Program in Western Ohio" by Donna Kirkbride