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This virtual webinar featured the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) new Compound Flood Hazard Assessment Mapper. Municipal staff, state agencies, and other partners joined to learn how USGS developed this new tool and how they could utilize it in planning and decision-making.

This webinar was hosted by New York Sea Grant, Connecticut Sea Grant, and the U.S. Geological Survey, with funding from Long Island Sound Partnership.

For questions or more information, email Kathleen Fallon.

A recording of the webinar along with webinar slides and a Q&A and references document is available below.

Join us to learn about the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) new Compound Flood Hazard Assessment Mapper. During this virtual webinar, geared towards municipal staff, state agencies, and other partners, you will learn how USGS developed this new tool and how to utilize it in planning and decision-making. 

This webinar is hosted by New York Sea Grant, Connecticut Sea Grant, and the U.S. Geological Survey, with funding from Long Island Sound Partnership.

For questions or more information, email Kathleen Fallon.

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and their contractor Whiteout Solutions have released a groundbreaking high-resolution dataset capturing over 12,000 acres of coastal saltmarsh and adjoining upland buffer in the state of Connecticut. The new dataset, available to the public via Whiteout’s web-based geospatial application geoSAP, includes:

• Topobathymetric LiDAR data, capable of capturing elevation points even below the water’s surface.
• Multispectral and RGB imagery detailing the complex structure of marshland vegetation and terrain.
• Landcover classification of the seven most common saltmarsh plant species derived from multiple overlapping datasets to aid in habitat monitoring and planning.

All data layers can be viewed and downloaded through geoSAP.