This Operating Committee shall establish priorities for natural resource restoration, longer term adaptation (such as coastal marsh transgression or migration corridors), and climate-adaptive measures (such as erosion and shoreline protection, stream daylighting, and floodplain restoration) that provide added benefits for fish and wildlife and aligned regional economic activities (such as commercial and recreational fishing, oyster and crab fisheries, and port functioning). The Committee shall annually assess available funding for restoration and adaptation activities and serve to coordinate work among Network members. Generally, projects for restoration and adaptation may require longer timelines to plan and complete than conservation land acquisition or best management practices. Consequently, this Committee’s planning should be based on a rolling three-year basis with annual assessments on funding available.

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Leadership

• Chair: Owen Bailey, Director of Land Use and Policy, Eastern Shore Land Conservancy (obailey@eslc.org)

• Co-chair: Jen Merritt, Grant Administrator, City of Crisfield                   (jmerritt@crisfieldcityhall.com)