IAN continues to foster strong relationships with its partners and is achieving goals related to products and dissemination. However, goals are not being met in the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice, and Education and Outreach categories, and for including Core Categories of Indicators in assessment projects. IAN also needs to promote more teaching and training opportunities.

This community-level resilience report card examines the preparedness of the Eastport neighborhood in Annapolis, MD to threats like severe weather and flooding. After surveying community members to identify priority concerns in the neighborhood, indicators to assess threats and resilience around those concerns were selected to give the community a preparedness score. This report card recommends individual and community-wide actions that can reduce vulnerability in areas of concern.

Elizabeth's Landing's living shoreline was installed and funded by the community, who came together to assess the need for this living shoreline, raised funds, and planted the area with native marshes. This sign was installed on the shoreline to inform the community about the various benefits of a living shoreline, ensuring the area remains a valuable asset for generations to come.

In the annual IAN Report Card, IAN staff reflect on accomplishments from 2023. The self-assessment is based on indicators in four categories: socio-environmental impacts; education and outreach; diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice; and partner engagement. IAN received an overall grade of C- (70%), a moderate score.

In the annual IAN Report Card, IAN staff reflect on accomplishments from 2023. The self-assessment is based on indicators in four categories: socio-environmental impacts, education and outreach, DEIJ (diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice) and partner engagement. IAN received an overall grade of C- (71%), a moderate score.

The 2010 Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load was established for the water quality and ecological restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. In 2017, the latest science, data, and modeling tools were used to develop revised Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs).

In the annual IAN Report Card, IAN staff reflect on accomplishments from 2022. The self-assessment is based on indicators in three categories: social impacts, ecological outcomes, and partner engagement. Overall, IAN received an overall grade of B (83%), a good score.

Global change has converted many structurally complex and ecologically and eco- nomically valuable coastlines to bare substrate. In the structural habitats that remain, climate-tolerant and opportunistic species are increasing in response to environmental extremes and variability. The shifting of dominant foundation species identity with climate change poses a unique conservation challenge because species vary in their responses to environmental stressors and to management.

This is the full abstract booklet for ISBW14, organized by session and including poster abstracts.

This is the full program booklet for ISBW14. Here you can view talk and poster sessions, workshops, and field trip descriptions.