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Resources

Community Resilience

U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit Southeast

A preview of the homepage for the US Climate Resilience Toolkit

A summary of climate impacts in the Southeast, as well as a collection of climate-focused case studies, tools, reports and training for the region.

A Seat at the Table: Training for Whole-Community Climate Resilience Planning

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This online guide helps coastal resilience planning practitioners incorporate the needs and perspectives of socially vulnerable populations into resilience planning. The resource provides helpful checklists, visuals, and examples, and an overview of whole-community planning with resources for identifying and engaging socially vulnerable populations.

Coastal County Snapshots

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An online tool to better understand county resilience in terms of flood hazards, critical facilities, jobs, businesses, and more. Data and insights show community leaders and the public where their counties are most vulnerable.

Green Infrastructure Effectiveness Database

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An entire database of resources to help you reduce the impacts of coastal hazards, such as hurricane erosion and sea level rise, through green instrastructure.

Communication and Process Skills

Building Risk Communication Skills

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A resource to help you gather information on how flooding, storms, and other risks affect your community.

Rock Your Virtual Presentation

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Do you need to communicate research, regulations, or other complex topics via virtual presentations? This two-part course is for scientists and agency or municipal staff who want to knock their next outreach webinar, virtual conference or online meeting presentation out of the park. The TEC Coordinator will also host this training once a year with registration open to any SC coastal decision maker.

Techniques for Facilitating Virtual Meetings

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Planning a virtual meeting? This document, developed by NOAA, will walk you through strategies that work well and help you attain your meeting objectives.

Funding and Financing


How to Design a Compelling Grant Proposal and Presentation

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This recorded webinar training goes over key basics for writing grant proposals and creating accompanying presentations.

Funding and Financing Coastal Resilience Webinars & Resources

A preview of the Funding and Financing Coastal Resilience Webinars

Created by NOAA, this series builds foundational knowledge about funding and financing approaches used to support coastal resilience activities. Learn from experts, who will demystify this complex topic by sharing traditional and emerging approaches, project examples, and lessons learned, and by answering your questions.

Grant Proposal Development Resources

A preview of the Funding and Financing Coastal Resilience Webinars

Use these quick references to help find, prepare, and submit federal grant applications. Outline your own grant proposal using a worksheet with guidance to draft your project goals, plan, budget, and outreach

Habitat Conservation

Living Shorelines Regulations and Research

A preview of the living shorelines training documents

Recorded training and supplemental materials for living shorelines regulations and research. Information from NOAA, FEMA, SCDES, SCDNR, and more.

Coastal Wetland Buffers: Science and Design Considerations

A preview of the wetlands training recording

Watch a recording of training hosted on February 4, 2021 to understand the science supporting wetland buffer protections. Webinar starts at 28:00 minutes.

Coastal Wetland Buffers: Putting Buffers into Practice

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Watch a recording of a training hosted March 3, 2021 for case studies showing how to put buffers into practice in your community.

What is a Wetland?

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This video is an introduction to the basic characteristics of wetlands in coastal SC: hydrology, hydric soils and hydrophytic vegetation.

Wetland Habitats of Coastal SC

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This video is an overview of the wetland habitats of coastal South Carolina.

Cultural History of Wetlands in SC

South Carolina Wetlands

This series talks about the historic and modern human importance of wetland ecosystems in South Carolina

Water Quality

Stormwater Pond Management

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A collection of resources to help you maintain a healthy stormwater pond and solve common problems.