Decision Support for Adaptive Tidal Wetland Restoration and Management

To be successful, natural resource managers need to synthesize diverse information on the effects of management actions, climate change and other stressors on wildlife populations at appropriate scales. The project team will develop a Decision Support Tool (DST) that integrates the results of multi-disciplinary, multi-taxa modeling allowing users to project outcomes of conservation actions, accounting for effects of climate change and other stressors. This DST builds on work to improve a sea level rise tool for adaptive tidal wetland restoration and management. The DST will provide information on how restoration can increase population resilience and long-term persistence at multiple scales for multiple species throughout the estuary and will work closely with ongoing efforts such as Our Coast-Our Future, the Baylands Goals Climate Change Technical Update and Adapting to Rising Tides to maximize conservation benefit.