54570
Assessing Kachemak Bay’s Blue Carbon Resources - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative)
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.
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==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
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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
2019-11-08
1 Year
2020-11-08