The client for this fall 2020 Bloustein resilience studio course is the state OPA and the studio focus is on supporting OPA’s effort to incorporate resilience into the Plan Endorsement process pursuant to Executive Order 89. The studio will accomplish this objective by working with two towns in Monmouth County undergoing Plan Endorsement by supporting […]
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EAC Group’s Jeanne Herb featured in The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Coastal Habitat Learning Series

Jeanne Herb of the Bloustein School’s EAC Group will be a speaker on the upcoming Pew Charitable Trusts’ Coastal Habitat Learning Series. Ms. Herb will be joined by Lisa Auermueller of the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve to present their work on the state’s “A Seat at the Table” initiative to develop guidance, […]
Auermueller, environmental justice, Herb, Pew, Seat at the Table, social justiceOp-Ed: COVID-19, Racial Injustice and Climate Change Require a Bold Approach, Not Incrementalism

With a nation rattled by a public health emergency, a deep recession that has left thousands jobless, and growing signs of climate change, it may be time for bold new ideas to address those crises. Read this NJSpotlight opinion piece co-authored by EAC Executive Director Jeanne Herb that summarizes discussions at a recent virtual convening. https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/07/op-ed-covid-19-racial-injustice-and-climate-change-require-a-bold-approach-not-incrementalism/
Climate, COVID, Herb, NJCAA, racial injusticeA Seat at the Table: Integrating the Needs and Challenges of Underrepresented and Socially Vulnerable Populations into Coastal Hazards Planning in New Jersey
As documented in this report, through a NOAA national Project of Special Merit, researchers from Rutgers University have developed decision-support tools, resilience planning guidance, and training and policy options to advance efforts to address the needs of socially vulnerable populations as part of coastal climate resilience planning. Click here to access the report Herb, J. […]
2020, Auermuller, coastal hazards, Herb, NJDEP, planning, socially vulnerableA Seat at the Table: Integrating the needs and challenges of underrepresented and socially vulnerable populations into coastal hazards planning in New Jersey

Herb, Jeanne, Lowrie, Karen, Auermuller, Lisa Findley, Patricia. (2019). A seat at the table: Integrating the needs and challenges of underrepresented and socially vulnerable populations into coastal hazards planning in New Jersey. Submitted to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Climate Resilience. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ. […]
2019, Auermuller, Climate, coastal, Findley, Herb, NJDEP, NOAA, report, resilience, socially vulnerableEAC releases report with colleagues at Rutgers on engagement of socially vulnerable populations in climate resilience planning

EAC staff are collaborating with others at Rutgers and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to develop data, guidance and policy recommendations for integrating the needs of underrepresented and socially vulnerable populations into coastal climate change resilience planning. Supported as a Project of Special Merit by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the […]
Auermuller, Findley, Herb, Lowrie, NJDEP, NOAA, policy recommendations, PSM, socially vulnerable populationsEAC director Jeanne Herb to participate in new project designed to develop an interactive shellfish aquaculture siting tool for New Jersey

Jeanne Herb, Executive Director of the Bloustein School’s Environmental Analysis and Communications Group, will be working with Rutgers scientists David Bushek and Michale DeLuca, among others, to develop a GIS based tool for spacial planning and management of shellfish aquaculture in New Jersey. The project was one of 42 projects awarded funding by NOAA Sea […]
Rutgers researchers study state sea level rise policies

Rutgers researchers release report examining efforts in 15 states across the country designed to promote coastal resilience with an emphasis on sea-level rise programs and policies. The report “An Overview of State Coastal Zone Management Policies Designed to Promote Coastal Resilience” can be found here. Suggested citation: Herb, J, M. Kaplan, M. Campo, S. Kennedy, A. Wainwright, […]
EAC Group with Other Rutgers Experts Provide Recommendations on Climate Change Resilience

Rutgers experts, including Jeanne Herb of the Environmental Analysis and Communications Group, provide sound science and evidence-based recommendations on how to be more resilient to climate change-related impacts in four essays. Read their recommendations here and access online resilience tools that can help New Jersey, counties, towns, businesses and residents adapt to climate change-related impacts. […]
2019, Climate, coastal, Herb, resilience, Rising TideEAC’s Dr. Jennifer Whytlaw Produces Story Map to Inform Offshore Wind Planning

Dr. Jennifer Whytlaw produced a new story map that shows how the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal is being used to inform discussions on potential locations for offshore wind farms in the New York Bight. The story map was produced for Monmouth University’s Urban Coast Institute where Dr. Whytlaw is an Instructor of GIS. View the […]
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