Press Releases
Impacts of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage, 2/29/16
Conference Addresses Major Threat to Coastal Communities, 3/1/16
Model Approach to Sea Level Rise is Funded, 1/21/16
Announcement, 12/7/15
Narratives
Why Museums Are Tackling Climate Change, Pieter Roos, executive director at the Newport Restoration Foundation
Preservation Leadership Forum, National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Postcards From The Edge, Victoria Herrmann is the U.S. director of the Arctic Institute
- Hazard Mitigation: Expecting the Unexpected, Roderick Scott is a certified floodplain manager with L & R Resources LLC
- Continuing to Keep History Above Water, Margot McIlwain Nishimura, deputy director for collections, programming and public engagement at the Newport Restoration Foundation
- Climate Heritage Coalition Enters Second Year, Jeana Wiser, resilient communities manager at the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Preservation Green Lab
“Continuing the conversation about preservation and climate change,” Kelsey Mullen, coordinator for academic programs & special projects at the Newport Restoration Foundation
In the News
“Protecting Heritage Resources from Flooding – the US Experience,” FloodList, Ed Hill, 12/21/16
“CNU, New England Chapter Announces 2016 Urbanism Awards,” 10/19/16
“Conference Website Receives Museum Publication Honors,” New England Museum Association, 6/1/16
“Keeping History Above Water,” AASLH History News, Sarah Sutton, Summer 2016 Vol. 71, #3
“Unwanted Water,” Center for the Future of Museums, Sarah Sutton, 5/31/16
“Sea to Rising Sea: Archivists Responding to Climate Change,” Project_ARRC, 5/13/16
“Global Concern for Safeguarding Africa’s Cultural Heritage,” Voice of America, audio interview with Adam Markham and Margot Nishimura, 5/5/16
“City Leaders at Conference Share Steps They’ve Taken on Sea Level Rise,” The Capital Gazette, Annapolis, MD, 4/17/16
“Battle with the sea: Rising tides threaten historic properties,” Ambar Espinoza, RINPR, 3/17/16
“How will sea level rise affect Newport,” Pearl Macek, The Mercury, 3/16/16
“Newport Sees First Hand Threat of Climate Change,” The Providence Journal, Sunday, 3/15/16
“Drowning History: Sea Level Rise Threatens U.S. Historic Sites,” The Associated Press, 3/11/16
“Climate change, preservation among topics at ‘Keeping History Above Water’ conference,” The Providence Journal, 3/4/16
“Ocean State Urged to Adapt to Rising Seas Now,” ECO RI News, 3/2/16
“Newport Restoration Foundation Will Host Groundbreaking Conference on the Impacts of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage,” What’sUpNewp, 3/2/16
“Flooding in Newport Points to No Easy Solution,” Patch, 2/10/16
“Newport Hit with Flooding After Storms, High Tide,” GoLocalProv, 2/9/16
“Report Forecasts Newport’s Economic Losses Caused by Climate Change,” Ambar Espinoza, RINPR, 1/26/16
“Some state battle Obama on climate change; others try to address it,” McClatchy DC, 11/9/15
Reports
High-res Images
Collection of conference photographs by Ryan T. Conaty
NRF’s 74 Bridge Street Project workshop, 1/21/16: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Speakers: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse | Mary Rowe | Adam Markham | Tom Dawson
Christopher Townshend House at 74 Bridge Street (composite showing dry & flooded conditions)
Predicted sea level rise in Newport (animation)