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Cleaning Up: Involving Community and Ecology in Remediation Projects

At its core, remediation efforts are designed to protect communities from the impacts of historical contamination through cleanup efforts. Land managers and agencies alike are increasingly recognizing the value of incorporating biodiversity and community considerations into both the cleanup itself as well as the end-use of the land. In this webinar you will hear from our expert speaker about selecting these kinds of beneficial outcomes for remediation sites, featuring a case study of a landfill where both community and ecological considerations are being incorporated into the site’s use.

You’ll learn:

The kinds of ecological end uses that can be pursued as part of remedial efforts
What tools are available to land managers to model potential ecological outcomes and make decisions about the best ones to incorporate into a remediation site
How to work with the community to select and implement ecosystem services and beneficial end uses for remediation sites

Who should take this webinar:

Land managers wishing to involve the community or incorporate ecological outcomes into the cleanup process or end-use for the land
Regional and corporate-level managers who oversee a portfolio of remediation projects
Agencies, NGOs and other partners interested in working with companies on remediation projects

Presenters:

Leah Sharpe, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Tammy Newcomer-Johnson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Enhancing Habitat Connectivity Through Corporate Conservation

The Private Sector Role in Reconnecting Habitat for Ecosystem Health and Resiliency
Sponsored by Bruce Power

Healthy habitats are necessary for plants and animals to survive and thrive. One measure of the health of a habitat is the degree to which it is isolated from other habitats by land management practices or development, commonly referred to as fragmentation. Fragmentation is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity across the planet, as it can prevent species from moving to hunt, mate, disperse to new areas or escape predators. When corporate landowners engage in ecological connectivity initiatives to reduce fragmentation, they are contributing to landscape-scale efforts that have benefits beyond the corporate footprint and across the entire ecoregion.

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Transforming Remediation Sites Into Conservation Assets

How Companies Leverage Business Needs for Positive Environmental Outcomes
Sponsored by Boeing

Companies involved in remediation are moving beyond meeting regulatory requirements and increasingly adopting conservation-based approaches to site cleanup and reuse. In doing so, they are not simply returning sites to their former states, but leveraging conservation to transform liabilities into ecological, community and corporate assets.

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Remediation Project Guidance

Introduction

Remediation involves the cleanup of contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment or surface water, with the goal of protecting human health and the environment. The cleanup process can be subject to an array of regulatory requirements from a variety of overseeing agencies and legislation. Remediation projects can occur in urban, rural and suburban environments and have the ability to be transformative for both habitat and community.

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Building a Program on Your Remediation Site

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This course is tailored to those considering a habitat enhancement or education based program on their remediation sites. WHC is seeing an increased desire from companies to involve their closed or legacy site locations into WHC programs. These sites present many opportunities, but with challenges such as a lack of employee presence or negative community perceptions, how can a team successfully advance their habitat or education goals?

Join us for this one hour session to hear guest speakers from Bridgestone Americas, Inc., The Boeing Company, and BASF Corporation as they share their insights into creating successful wildlife habitat and education programs on their corporate remediation sites. This course will focus on the value and benefits of creating a habitat or education program on a remediation site, ways to engage the community in outreach and education initiatives, examples of successful projects, and strategies for overcoming common obstacles that are specific to the remediation context.

Learning goals:

Learn the value and benefits of implementing habitat initiatives on remediated sites
Learn ways to overcome common obstacles and challenges when implementing habitat initiatives on remediated sites
Learn strategies for community engagement through outreach and education initiatives related to your remediation program
Learn examples of successful programs implemented on remediation sites

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