Climate Change Adaptation : A Focus on Franklin County Local Official Workshop Series for FY 2017 Free trainings to build the skills of Franklin County local officials and community members
Presentation outline Kimberly Noake MacPhee, Context: State and local FRCOG Land Use/Natural Resources Program Manager Critical infrastructure Mary Chicoine, FRCOG Land Use/Natural Resources Planner Natural resources and climate resiliency Dan Nietsche, Emergency Preparedness Public health and private wells Coordinator Glen Ayers, Regional Health Agent
Intro • Our goal is to develop watershed-scale climate change adaptation plans for all of Franklin County. • Pilot plan is in the Deerfield
Intro • Current focus: Deerfield River Watershed • Strategies applicable to all towns in Franklin County
Why is this project important? Intro
MA Climate Change Adaptation Report Summary
PRIMARY SECTORS Human Health and Welfare Local Economy and Government Natural Resources and Habitat Key infrastructure Coastal Zone and Ocean Photo credit: MA Climate Change Adaptation Report Summary: Human Health and Welfare
PRIMARY SECTOR: Human Health and Welfare FOCUS AREAS PROJECTED VULNERABILITIES / IMPACTS • • Public health More heat-related illnesses and diseases • • Air and water quality Changes to drinking water quality • • Agriculture and food systems Loss of food crops due to drought / floods • Vulnerable populations PREPARATIONS WE CAN MAKE • Incorporate climate change into all public health planning • Conduct education and outreach • Protect land upstream of farms for flood storage • Inventory private wells and related water issues MA Climate Change Adaptation Report Summary: Human Health and Welfare
PRIMARY SECTOR: Local Economy & Government PROJECTED VULNERABILITIES / IMPACTS FOCUS AREAS • • Increased demand on health care, local Manufacturing • government and emergency responders Health care • • Flooding of structures along rivers Cultural resources • • New diseases / pests for food crops Local government buildings • • Change in growing seasons/crops Farming and forestry • • Change in forest tree species Natural resource-based tourism PREPARATIONS WE CAN MAKE • Provide technical assistance to farmers and foresters • Develop carbon trusts to provide incentives to protect forests • Flood-proof and/or retrofit structures • Provide workforce development for health care, green industry and other jobs Photo credit: The Recorder MA Climate Change Adaptation Report Summary: Local Economy and Government
PRIMARY SECTOR: Natural Resources & Habitat PROJECTED VULNERABILITIES/IMPACTS • Increased forest pests and diseases FOCUS AREAS • Changing forest composition • Clean drinking water • Changing water quality and quantity • Stormwater management / flood control • Droughts and flooding decreasing ground • Carbon storage water recharge • Forest products • Tourism PREPARATIONS WE CAN MAKE • Protect large blocks of forests for flood storage and habitat • Provide incentives for private land owners to keep forests intact • Manage invasive species • Protect land where stream headwaters are located • Protect river corridors and flood plains Photo credit: Evan Gregg MA Climate Change Adaptation Report Summary: Natural Resources and Habitat
PRIMARY SECTOR: Key Infrastructure FOCUS AREAS PROJECTED VULNERABILITIES / IMPACTS • • Wastewater treatment plants Culverts undersized • • Town halls, police & fire, libraries, shelters Facilities’ flood -proofing obsolete • • Culverts, dams, drainage pipes Road wash outs • • Roads and bridges Damage to transmission lines • • Telecommunications facilities and lines Damages to public records / historical • Energy production, transmission, storage documents PREPARATIONS WE CAN MAKE • Improved stormwater management, flood-proofing structures • Inventory and map key infrastructure • Upgrade sizes of infrastructure when replacing • Protect land upstream for flood storage • Digitize important records / documents Photo credit: The Recorder MA Climate Change Adaptation Report Summary: Key Infrastructure
Everyone lives downstream Strategies are being developed at the town and watershed scale. MA Climate Change Adaptation Report Summary: Human Health and Welfare
Critical Infrastructure
Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) CIKR? What is he talking about? • Culverts/Road Crossings • Department of Public Works Buildings • Town Halls • Emergency Operation Centers (EOCs) • Wells • Schools • Public Health Facilities • Police and Fire Department Buildings • Critical Response Equipment Critical Infrastructure
Data – Lots of Data The blue icons show plotted culvert data Critical Infrastructure
How am I gathering this data? • Using local knowledge to document assets that are not in historical documents or current databases. I will be traveling to your town in the spring and summer. • Visit the sites to record data and photograph the assets • Use data contained in already built tools. There are about 1000 culverts in the Deerfield River Watershed!!!! Me Before Me After Critical Infrastructure
What has been done so far? • Culverts - Thanks to North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative (NAACC), Trout Unlimited and UMASS Amherst nearly all the culverts and road crossings have already been documented. • Facilities – Police and Fire Departments – Schools – Town Halls – Hospitals – DPW Facilities Critical Infrastructure
Project Scope of Work • Creation of a database to access this information. Flood Inundation Map • Documenting CIKR – Where and what • Mapping the assets – Include elevation – Indication if the asset is in the floodplain (if possible) – Estimate what storm event might negatively impact the asset. Critical Infrastructure
Project Scope of Work Continued… • Database of Response Equipment – Response Vehicles – Medical Equipment – Bottled water supplies – Variable message boards • Debris Management Memorandum of Agreement Critical Infrastructure
The Importance of Documenting CIKR The Emergency Management Cycle Critical Infrastructure
Preparedness Response • Knowing what is in your • Able to increase your community is more than operational effectiveness half the battle when knowing the characteristics planning for incidents and of your trouble spots as events. issues arise. – Especially when thinking • Leverage the dataset to about how storms are going to effect your town in the improve your plan when future. deploying response assets • The information in the data by anticipating roads or base will allow you to see areas that might not be the whole picture of your accessible. vulnerabilities when you are planning for incidents. Critical Infrastructure
Recovery Mitigation • You will have • Planning documentation on the – Use the information to plan specifications your facilities for climate change. and structures were made – Hazard Mitigation Plan to. Writing. – This means your town may be able to take advantage of • Inclusion of vulnerabilities into FEMA’s 406 Mitigation a Capital Improvement Plan. Program. • Having the documentation • In preparation for hazard means faster project worksheet approval. This mitigation grant opportunities! means FEMA will reimburse $$$$ you quicker. Critical Infrastructure
Database Feedback What keywords would you think to use when you search? What data are you most interested in seeing? How are you going to use this information? Critical Infrastructure
Climate Change Adaptation and Resiliency for What people in Franklin County Franklin County say about climate change survey results resiliency and their towns. Focus on critical infrastructure, natural resources and flooding. www.surveymonkey.com/r/ClimateChangeFranklinCounty2017
In which town do you live or work? Climate Change Adaptation and Resiliency for Franklin County survey results
What is your relationship with the town? 80 respondents (check all that apply) Climate Change Adaptation and Resiliency for Franklin County survey results
Are any of your town’s critical facilities or roads 88 respondents located in areas prone to erosion and/or flooding? 83% 5% 15% Major culverts, dams or bridges 3% 80% 16% Dirt / gravel roads 80% 5% 13% Paved roads 46% 26% 28% Wastewater treatment plant 34% 66% 11% Town Hall 25% 31% 33% Public water supply 21% 65% 14% Fire department 18% 68% 14% Police department 13% 46% 41% Shelters or cooling centers 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% Yes No Not sure Climate Change Adaptation and Resiliency for Franklin County survey results
Rate how important you think the following strategies are for your town to consider implementing to protect critical infrastructure from flooding: 89 respondents Climate Change Adaptation and Resiliency for Franklin County survey results
Rate how important the following strategies are for your town to consider implementing to protect the flood mitigation benefits that natural resources provide: 80 respondents Climate Change Adaptation and Resiliency for Franklin County survey results
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