Community Corner
Webinar On New Norwalk Digital Conservation Mapping Dec. 1
Learn about your neighborhood and the city of Norwalk and how to better understand the conservation issues it faces.
Press release from Norwalk Public Library:
Nov. 16, 2020
The Norwalk Public Library is pleased to join with the Coalition of Norwalk Neighborhood Associations (CNNA), Norwalk Land Trust, Norwalk River Watershed Association, and the Hudson to Housatonic (H2H) Regional Conservation Partnership to sponsor a webinar, presenting New Digital Conservation Mapping for Norwalk Neighborhood and City Planners, Tuesday, December 1, at 6:30 p.m., on Zoom. Please register in advance for this program at:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvfu2gpjsqEtCQTB25MK8_rpSU7vAPD2Eq.
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You will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.
Learn about your neighborhood and the city of Norwalk, as Common Council representative and member of the Norwalk Land Trust Lisa Shanahan, and H2H Coordinator Katie Blake, demonstrate how to use these maps to better understand the conservation issues Norwalk faces. Data considered in the creation of these maps included: wildlife habitat connectivity; ecology; urban heat island effect; equity and social factors; flood risk; recreational opportunities; and public health.
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These maps are a resource available to help you plan and advocate for your community.in the following ways:
- Identify priority open space to protect
- Ensure equitable access to nature
- Create connected corridors of wildlife habitat
- Address areas most vulnerable to climate change
The maps are the result of The Norwalk Urban Conservation Mapping Pilot Project, an initiative of the H2H Regional Conservation Partnership in partnership with the Norwalk Land Trust. They were born out of a need for a new conservation mapping model that could be used by cities and towns across the H2H region to identify priority locations in need of conservation, protection, or restoration.
For additional information, please contact Sally Nacker at: snacker@norwalkpl.org
This press release was produced by Norwalk Public Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.
