EBC New Hampshire Chapter Program:
Adaptation Strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change
October 22, 2013
Coastal Conservation Center
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Greenland, New Hampshire
Agenda
8:00 a.m.
Welcome – Robert Hasevlat, Chair, EBC New Hampshire Chapter
Business Development Manager, Normandeau Associates, Inc.
Introduction – Pete King, Program Chair and Moderator
Associate, Geosyntec Consultants
8:05 a.m.
Historical Perspective of Climate Change and Regulatory Response in NH
 Robert Varney, Executive Vice President, Normandeau Associates, Inc.
8:30 a.m.
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in Coastal New Hampshire
 Cameron Wake, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor
Climatology and Glaciology, University of New Hampshire
9:00 a.m.
Building Climate Preparedness in the Coastal NH Area
 Steve Miller, Co-Chair, NH Coastal Adaptation Workgroup
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Coastal Training Program
9:30 a.m.
City of Portsmouth Coastal Resilience Initiative
 Peter Britz, Environmental Planner/Sustainability Coordinator
City of Portsmouth
10:00 a.m.
Networking Break
10:30 a.m.
New Hampshire Initiatives
 Sherry Godlewski, Co-Chair, NH Coastal Adaptation Workgroup
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
11:00 a.m.
Green Infrastructure as a Climate Adaptation Measure
 Robert Roseen, P.E., Ph.D., Associate, Geosyntec Consultants
11:30 a.m.
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Peter King, Associate, Geosyntec Consultants
Panel members:
 Peter Britz, City of Portsmouth
 Sherry Godlewski, NH Department of Environmental Services
 Steve Miller, Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
 Robert Roseen, Geosyntec Consultants
12:00 p.m.
Adjourn
Program Chair
Peter M. King, P.E., LSP, LEP, Associate
Geosyntec Consultants
43 Constitution Drive, Bedford, NH 03110
(603) 801-7691 // pking@geosyntec.com
Mr. King is an associate engineer based in New Hampshire who focuses on the integration of
environmental regulations and policies with his clients’ industrial, institutional, and commercial business
objectives, sometimes balancing the competing interests of a wide range of project stakeholders. He has
almost 30 years of engineering experience with expertise in water supply and treatment, site
assessment, and remediation of soil and groundwater. He is a past president of the NH Society of
Professional Engineers and a current board member of the New Hampshire Chapter of the American
Council of Engineering Companies.
Speakers
Peter Britz, Environmental Planner/Sustainability Coordinator
City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire
1 Junkins Avenue, Portsmouth, NH 03801
(603) 610-7215 // plbritz@cityofportsmouth.com
Peter Britz is the Environmental Planner/Sustainability Coordinator for the City of Portsmouth, where he
works on environmental planning and permitting and coordinates the City’s sustainability efforts as an
ecomunicipality. He serves on the City’s Technical Advisory Committee and provides staff support to the
Conservation Commission and the Committee on Sustainable Practices. Most recently he has
completed the Coastal Resilience Initiative, a project that created maps of areas vulnerable to sea level
rise, looked at adaptation strategies for climate change and developed recommendations which will be
incorporated into City’s master plan and Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Sherry Godlewski, Environmental Program Manager
NH Department of Environmental Services
29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03302
(603) 271-6801 // Sherry.Godlewski@des.nh.gov
Sherry Godlewski has worked for NH Department of Environmental Services for 16 years, and has
experience in the water, air, waste, and environmental health programs. She currently works on Climate
Change Adaptation efforts. She served as facilitator for the Governor’s Climate Change Policy Task
Force Adaptation Working Group. Sherry currently serves as co-chair of both the Coastal Adaptation
Workgroup and the Upper Valley Adaptation Workgroup. She also participates in and connects the
various adaptation initiatives taking place in New Hampshire. She represents New Hampshire in regional
adaptation workgroups. Sherry has a M.S. in Environmental Communication and Administration from
Antioch University.
Steven J. Miller, GBNERR Coastal Training Program Coordinator
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Great Bay Discovery Center, 89 Depot Road, Greenland, NH 03840
(603) 294-0146 // Steve.Miller@wildlife.nh.gov
The Coastal Training Program provides science based training resources to individuals and
organizations that are responsible for making decisions that affect coastal resources. The goal is to
ensure that coastal decision makers have the tools and information they need to address resource
management issues. Mr. Miller is also the Co-Chair for the NH Coastal Adaptation Workgroup.
Robert M. Roseen, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE., Associate
Geosyntec Consultants
289 Great Road, Acton, MA 01720
(603) 686-2488 // rroseen@geosyntec.com
Dr. Roseen is an Associate with Geosyntec Consultants, and has managed project ranging from
fundamental research in stormwater to design and implementation of innovative stormwater practices.
Dr. Roseen has studied municipal vulnerability to flooding and climate change in multiple communities in
coastal NH. Dr. Roseen’s area of expertise is broadly in water resources engineering, land use and
pollutant loading assessment, stormwater management, Green Infrastructure/ LID design, gravel
wetlands, and porous pavements. Dr. Roseen has participated in many significant and award winning
green infrastructure projects.
Robert W. Varney, Executive Vice President
Normandeau Associates, Inc.
25 Nashua Road, Bedford, NH 03110
(603) 472-5191 // rvarney@normandeau.com
Mr. Varney is Executive Vice President of Normandeau Associates, an environmental science consulting
firm based in Bedford, NH with 19 offices in 12 states. He is former head of EPA New England,
Commissioner of the NH DES, Director of NH OSP and Executive Director of the Nashua and Upper
Valley – Lake Sunapee RPC’s. Widely recognized as a national leader on the issue of climate change
and its potential impacts on states and local communities, Mr. Varney was responsible for New
England’s first regional conference on climate adaptation issues and strategies.
Cameron P. Wake, Ph.D, Research Associate Professor
Climatology and Glaciology, EOS; and
The Josephine Lamprey Faculty Fellow in Climate and Sustainability
University of New Hampshire
Morse Hall - Room 236, 8 College Road, Durham, NH 03824-3525
(603) 862-2329 // cameron.wake@unh.edu
Dr. Wake leads a research program investigating regional climate and environmental change through the
analysis of ice cores, instrumental data, and phenological records, with a focus on the northeast United
States, the Arctic, and central Asia. His collaborative research on several regional climate assessments
in the northeast United States has been shared with state and federal agencies and representatives, has
been covered widely in the media, and has been cited by several as motivation for policy action. He is an
author on over 65 papers published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature and dozens of reports, and
has provided hundreds of interviews for state, regional, and national media.
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