Research Geographer
Email:
enwrightn@usgs.gov
Office Phone:
337-266-8613
Fax:
337-266-8513
ORCID:
0000-0002-7887-3261
Location
700 Cajundome Blvd.
Lafayette
, LA
70506
US
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Coastal management decisions are complex and include challenging tradeoffs. Decision science offers a useful framework to address such complex problems. We illustrate the process with several coastal restoration studies. Our capstone example is based on a recent barrier island restoration assessment project at Dauphin Island, Alabama, which included the development of geomorphological and ecological models that forecast environmental changes over a 10 year time period from 2015 to 2025. The proposed framework aims to serve as a tool to assist coastal managers with the process of restoration. Specifically, we discuss the importance of considering concepts and techniques from ecology, coastal geology, geomorphology,...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Adaptive Management,
Aquatic Biology,
Barrier Island,
Climatology,
Dauphin Island, Alabama, All tags...
Ecology,
Environmental Health,
Geography,
Geomorphology,
Geomorphology,
Hydrology,
Interdisciplinary Science,
Land Use Change,
Marine Geology,
Restoration,
Structured Decision Making,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
biota, Fewer tags
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This data release includes 2022 data for the Louisiana Outer Coast Restoration Project for Whiskey Island. Specifically, this data release includes a detailed habitat map, general habitat map, and georeferenced imagery. These habitat maps are developed using the methods and classification scheme from Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s (CPRA) Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) program. For more details on BICM habitat classes, see the Entity and Attribute Information section of the metadata. Please consult the accompanying readME.txt file for information and recommendations on the contents of this dataset (that is, dataset and recommended symbology). For more information about BICM...
Tags: Ecology,
Gulf of Mexico,
Land Use Change,
Louisiana,
Remote Sensing, All tags...
Terrebonne,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
environment,
geoscientificInformation,
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags
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The Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) program was developed by Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and is implemented as a component of the System Wide Assessment and Monitoring Program (SWAMP). The program uses both historical data and contemporary data collections to assess and monitor changes in the aerial and subaqueous extent of islands, habitat types, sediment texture and geotechnical properties, environmental processes, and vegetation composition. Examples of BICM datasets include still and video aerial photography for documenting shoreline changes, shoreline positions, habitat mapping, land change analyses, light detection and ranging (lidar) surveys for topographic...
Categories: Data Release - Revised;
Tags: Cameron Parish,
East Chenier Region,
Gulf of Mexico,
Louisiana,
Louisiana Coastal, All tags...
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Vermilion Parish,
barrier islands,
barrier vegetation,
beach,
coastal wetlands,
dune,
farming,
geoscientificInformation,
habitat map,
mangrove,
marsh,
planningCadastre,
remote sensing,
scrub/shrub, Fewer tags
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The Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) program was developed by Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and is implemented as a component of the System Wide Assessment and Monitoring Program (SWAMP). The program uses both historical data and contemporary data collections to assess and monitor changes in the aerial and subaqueous extent of islands, habitat types, sediment texture and geotechnical properties, environmental processes, and vegetation composition. Examples of BICM datasets include still and video aerial photography for documenting shoreline changes, shoreline positions, habitat mapping, land change analyses, light detection and ranging (lidar) surveys for topographic...
Categories: Data Release - Revised;
Tags: Cameron Parish,
Gulf of Mexico,
Louisiana,
Louisiana Coastal,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags...
West Chenier Region,
barrier islands,
barrier vegetation,
beach,
coastal wetlands,
dune,
environment,
farming,
habitat map,
mangrove,
marsh,
planningCadastre,
remote sensing,
scrub/shrub, Fewer tags
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Barrier islands provide important ecosystem services, including storm protection and erosion control to the mainland, habitat for fish and wildlife, and tourism (Barbier and others, 2011; Feagin and others, 2010). These islands tend to be dynamic due to their location along the estuarine-marine interface. Besides gradual changes caused by constant forces, such as currents and tides, barrier islands face numerous threats including hurricanes, accelerated sea-level rise, oil spills, and anthropogenic impacts (Pilkey and Cooper, 2014). These threats are likely to influence the future of barrier islands in the latter part of the 21st century, especially as climate-related threats to coastal areas are expected to increase...
Tags: Ecology,
Geography,
Geomorphology,
Gulf of Mexico,
Lower Alabama, All tags...
Mobile,
Monte Carlo,
Remote Sensing,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
barrier island,
dune,
elevation,
environment,
geoscientificInformation,
lidar,
vertical uncertainty, Fewer tags
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