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At a luncheon, sponsored by the Resilient Counties Advisory Board, a panel of North Carolina officials discussed their reaction to and recovery from Hurricane Matthew, and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) launched its Naturally Resilient Communities Guide, a follow-up to a focus group discussion at NACo’s 2016 annual conference.
TNC’s guide uses the way nature works to address flooding problems, according to Nate Wolwode, a risk reduction and resilience project manager at TNC. Escambia County, Fla. used a natural infrastructure approach to deal with the damage caused to Pensacola Bay by Hurricane Ivan and to prevent severe storm damage in the future.
Escambia Commissioner Grover Robinson showed how the county reduced wave energy and reinvigorated the bay’s ecosystem by installing breakwater barriers and building islands beyond the barriers. Escambia’s “Project GreenShores” typifies the kinds of projects applicable to every community in the country, Wolwode said.
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County Countdown – May 7, 2024
Every other week, NACo’s County Countdown reviews top federal policy advocacy items with an eye towards counties and the intergovernmental partnership.