The CanVis tool offers coastal managers the opportunity to visualize future changes related to sea level rise, storm surges, and flooding. 

Focused on reefs dominated by Acropora corals, this guidebook covers coral gardening and other restoration techniques. A special emphasis is given to increasing genetic diversity within coral colonies.

This tool lets users project the carbon reduction potential of different actions from the COMET - Planner tool (WRG048) ad extrapolate up to the national level.

Spanning restoration techniques and a variety of case studies, this guide catalogs the challenges and successes of riparian restoration in the Southwest United States. By exemplifying the lessons learned from each project, the authors aggregate collective knowledge on riparian restoration.

This library lets users browse case study reports and best practice articles from across FEMA's areas of expertise. You can search by title or keywords, select additional content filters, or jump to a collection. These include mitigation best practices and preparedeness grant case studies that could be useful for designing NBS projects. 

Document that lays out steps planners have taken to manage floodplains in California’s Central Valley. This resource includes case studies on levee setback, flood management, and incorporating climate change into floodplain planning.

This guide goes through a variety of factors that need to be taken into consideration when restoring a riparian buffer, including soil quality, buffer width and streamside stabilization. The authors describe the relationship between riparian buffers and their surrounding land uses, including forestry, agriculture, and urban development.

This chapter provides in-depth specifications for deciding what tree species to plant. It does not include a species list but explains what to look for at the site to determine what species to consider.

The EPA's Clearinghouse for Environmental Finance offers a trio of catalogues of funding and finance resources and programs for Air, Water and Land improvement. Each clearinghouse includes a navigable directory of resources, and an interactive map that lets users choose their state, tribal land or territory to see what resources/funding programs/financing options are available in their area.

This report includes the Urban Forest Climate and Health Adaptation Menu, which presents information
and ideas for optimizing the climate and human health outcomes of urban forestry projects and provides
professionals who are working at the intersection of climate, public health, and urban forestry with resources
to support climate adaptation planning and activities. Notably, it does not provide specific recommendations or
guidance for any particular place; rather, it offers a range of action opportunities at different scales that can be

Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) is a tool that assists water sector utilities in assessing climate-related risks to utility assets and operations. Throughout CREAT’s five modules, users consider climate impacts and identify adaptation options to increase resilience. Modules include: climate awareness, scenario development, consequences and assets, daptation planning, and risk assessment. 

Identifies geographic areas within which seeds and native plants can be transferred based on current and future climate data.

This website is organized into 10 chapters describing different elements essential for communities interested in implementing coastal and waterfront smart growth. By clicking on the individual chapters on the left side bar, you will get a description of each Coastal and Waterfront Smart Growth Element, how this relates to the Coastal and Waterfront Issues, Tools and Techniques you can use in your community, and Case Studies of successes.

The Coastal Adaptation Strategies Handbook summarizes the current state of NPS climate adaptation at the time of publication (2016) and key approaches that were currently in practice or being considered for climate change adaptation in coastal areas. The handbook is intended to provide consideration for and guide adaptation planning in coastal parks. The chapters focus on policy, planning, cultural resources, natural resources, facility management, and communication and education.

A primary goal of the NCBN (Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network) coastal geomorphological program is to provide information to park managers and to improve the understanding of the dynamic nature of coastlines, including the temporal and spatial patterns of change in NCBN parks, for use in management decisions and in describing the condition of marine and coastal areas.

This online tool, with recently added data sets and functionality, provides an easy way to better understand county resilience in terms of flood hazards, critical facilities, jobs, businesses, and more.

Users choose their county and topic of interest and the tool does the rest, automatically combining complex data sets to create county-specific insights. The resulting charts and graphics are easy to understand and are used to show community leaders and the public where the county is most vulnerable.

This guide covers the main dune restoration techniques as well as helpful graphics to visualize the restoration process. Additional topics covered include maintenance, conserving shorebird habitat, and managing pedestrian use.

Focusing on the role that dunes play in the larger coastal system, this guide details the techniques of dune construction, improvement, and repair. A special emphasis is placed on maintaining beach access, including the construction of dune walkovers.

This tool creates a collection of user-defined maps that show the people, places, and natural resources exposed to coastal flooding. The maps can be saved, downloaded, or shared to communicate flood exposure and potential impacts.

This course provides baseline information about the various types of flooding and teaches methods for mapping current flooding and potential coastal inundation scenarios using a GIS. Hands-on exercises will help participants understand and apply the spatial methods covered in this course. Students connect to Web map services, access elevation and water level data, convert between vertical datums, create and manage digital elevation models, map inundation model output, develop inundation zones, and map sea level rise using modeled tidal surfaces.