A New Tool to Aid Coastal Resilience Planning
NatureServe contributed essential data to the Coastal Resilience Evaluation and Siting Tool (CREST), a tool that identifies areas of open space where valuable natural resources and habitats can provide protection to human populations and critical infrastructure that face the greatest risk of flooding from coastal storms and changing sea levels.
"...this new tool will help conservation nonprofits, government agencies, and local communities identify areas where they can maximize return on investment and achieve multiple community resilience and conservation outcomes." -Jeff Trandahl, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation