54570 Data Set Published / External 47021 NERRS Project Completed To build capacity for blue carbon in Alaska, the Kachemak Bay Reserve drew on the expertise of Waquoit Bay Reserve and their Bringing Wetlands to Market initiative to develop approaches for long-term blue carbon research and stakeholder engagement in the Lower Kenai region. Researchers from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and professionals from Silvestrum Climate Associates provided technical expertise on peatland assessments and protocols, and context for carbon markets, respectively. The project offers a novel way of thinking about building conservation programs that preserve multiple benefits of wetlands and make economic sense. This science transfer project was funded by NOAA through the National Estuarine Research Reserve System Science Collaborative to promote the use of science. It did not produce any new data. The Kenai Lowlands cover 9,400 square kilometers and include huge expanses of wetlands, predominantly peatlands and tidal saltmarshes at river mouths and coastlines. These wetlands sequester large stores of carbon and provide numerous other ecological services. However, population growth and development increasingly put the privately owned and unprotected public lands of the Kenai Lowlands at risk. In response, local communities have begun to explore proactive conservation measures to keep these wetlands intact and the carbon they store out of the atmosphere. In 2016, at the request of the Kachemak Bay Community Council, a group of municipalities, government agencies, and local nonprofits, the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve partnered with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center to conduct pilot tests of saltmarsh carbon sequestration. The results spurred interest in blue carbon valuation throughout the region. Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 10143, 10-31-2017 15:31 ==Project Lead Coowe Walker Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (907) 235-4792 cmwalker9@alaska.edu ==Project Type Science Transfer – promoting the use of science ==Project Partners Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Alaska Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Massachusetts Silvestrum Climate Associates Theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > ESTUARY Spatial Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > ALASKA Spatial Kachemak Bay NERR, AK Data Set None Planned The distributor does not assume liability. Metadata Contact 2017-10-31 Person Cothran, Jeremy jeremy.cothran@gmail.com Originator 2017-11 2019 Person Walker, Coowe cmwalker9@alaska.edu Ground Condition -151.9 -150.83 59.85 59.32 Kachemak Bay, AK NERR Range 2017-11-01 2019-03-01 Unclassified None Cite this dataset when used as a source: NOAA retains the right to analyze, synthesize and publish summaries of the NERRS/NSC data. The NERRS/NSC retains the right to be fully credited for having collected and process the data. Following academic courtesy standards, the NERR site where the data were collected should be contacted and fully acknowledged in any subsequent publications in which any part of the data are used. The data enclosed within this package/transmission are only as accurate as the quality assurance and quality control procedures that are described in the associated metadata reporting statement allow. The user bears all responsibility for its subsequent use/misuse in any further analyses or comparisons. The Federal government does not assume liability to the Recipient or third persons, nor will the Federal government reimburse or indemnify the Recipient for its liability due to any losses resulting in any way from the use of this data. Requested citation format: NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) Science Collaborative(NSC). http://www.nerrssciencecollaborative.org/project/Walker18 Online Resource This site provides a project overview and links to all associated products, including data. gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:54570 Jeremy Cothran 2018-11-01T11:16:52 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2022-08-09T17:11:42 2019-11-08 Office for Coastal Management OCM 1002 Public No No 2019-11-08 1 Year 2020-11-08