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Wetlands Watch

Norfolk VA

Wetlands Watch works with state and federal policy advocacy and grass roots education and activism to influence local government land use and regulatory decisions.  To monitor flooding in the wetlands, the group created and uses a phone app that collects crowdsourced information about flooding and king tides. The app is available for anyone to use, and this group focuses on Virginia.  Provides detailed information about where flooding is happening on the street level to flood modelers, emergency managers, planners, as well as a special relationship with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to help their work on their Storm Sense modeling effort.

Categories
  • Coastal Change
  • Water Levels including King Tides
State
VA
City
Norfolk
Platform
Sea Level Rise
Project Status
Active
Tool type
GPS points
Audience

Participants include a large network of folks who have contributed to Catch the King events

Host

Wetlands Watch