Restore America's Estuaries Summit Examined Critical Conservation Issues

Pew experts participated in discussions on resilience, coastal habitats, blue carbon

Event December 4-8, 2022

The Pew Charitable Trusts is committed to protecting and restoring our coastal ecosystems to address the twin challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss through nature-based solutions that sequester carbon and improve communities’ climate resilience. That’s why Pew was a proud sponsor of the Restore America’s Estuaries’ 2022 Coastal and Estuarine Summit in New Orleans.

Lora Clarke

Officer

Lora Clarke supports Pew’s efforts to improve the adaptation and resilience of coastal ecosystems and human communities in the Southeast United States. In leading Pew’s work on the South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative, Clarke focuses on conserving 1 million acres of the important habitat stretching from North Carolina to east central Florida. Previously, Clarke worked to advance sustainable fishing policies in the U.S. south Atlantic.

Alex Clayton Moya

Officer

Alex Clayton Moya works to incorporate conservation and restoration of coastal blue carbon and peatland habitats in state and national climate policies for Pew’s U.S. conservation project. She leads efforts to engage primarily with state agencies as they seek to incorporate wetlands into their climate change planning, helping to connect science and research to the policy choices of decision-makers.

Kristiane Huber

Officer

Kristiane Huber works to advance state-level climate resilience planning with Pew’s U.S. conservation project. She engages with state and local leaders to develop and enact policy and resilience planning to address disaster risk from flooding, wildfire, drought, and extreme heat. Huber also manages the State Resilience Planning Group, a forum for collaboration among government officials leading statewide resilience initiatives.

Cameron Jaggard

Officer

Cameron Jaggard works to protect biodiversity, advance habitat connectivity, and improve adaptation and resilience of ecosystems and human communities in the United States’ Southeast coastal states. Jaggard leads Pew’s river reconnection and restoration efforts and supports coastal habitat resilience planning in Florida. As a member of the South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative leadership team, he advances state and federal efforts to conserve 1 million acres of salt marsh stretching from North Carolina to east central Florida. Jaggard previously led Pew’s efforts to protect the largest seagrass meadow in the Gulf of Mexico, known officially in the U.S. as the Gulf of America, and to advance ecosystem-based fishery management in the Atlantic and Gulf coast states.

Mathew Sanders

Senior Officer

Mathew Sanders leads state-level efforts to plan for and build resilience to current and future climate-related disaster impacts for Pew’s U.S. conservation project. In this role, he works directly with state governments and community leaders to advocate for, develop, and implement comprehensive policies and plans for various risks, including floods, wildfires, extreme heat, and droughts.

Sylvia Troost

Project Director

Sylvia Troost works on natural climate solutions, with an emphasis on coastal blue carbon and other wetland habitats, resiliency planning, and federal coastal policy, for Pew’s U.S. conservation project. Her portfolio includes advancing nature-based approaches to climate mitigation. She previously supported Pew’s coastal habitat and oceans conservation work through strategic planning, operations and budgets, and campaign management.

RAE Sessions With Pew

Our subject matter experts moderated or participated in the following sessions on an array of topics.

Featured resources and research

Blue Carbon

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Flood resilience

Salt Marsh

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Seagrass

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Coastal Zone Management Act

Along America’s Coasts, Little-Known Law Has Potential for Big Impact

EVENT DETAILS

Date:

December 4-8, 2022

Location:

New Orleans, LA

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Featured resources and research

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