RISING Cross-State Workshop

Resilience Implementation for Salt-INtruded Geographies (RISING)

The goal of RISING Mid-Atlantic is to significantly improve the resilience and well-being of rural coastal communities in Maryland (MD), Delaware (DE) and New Jersey (NJ) who are impacted by saltwater intrusion (SWI) and sea-level rise (SLR). We will achieve this by developing and implementing coordinated, community-engaged solutions for two important coastal economic sectors: farming and forestry. RISING Mid-Atlantic is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and is a collaborative project among The University of Maryland, The University of Delaware, and the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (Rutgers University).