Climate Resiliency

75-Minute Education Session

SAT-C03 - Greenways to Gene-Ways: A Call To Action

1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW, ISA

Lead Speaker(s)

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  Vaughn Rinner, FASLA, SITES AP

  Owner
  Vaughn Rinner Landscape Architect

Speaker(s)

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  Charles Flink, II, FASLA

  President
  Greenways Incorporated
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  Keith Bowers, FASLA

  President
  Biohabitats

Climate change is altering species' habitat. As temperatures and precipitation change, ecosystems become out of sync, and flora and fauna no longer survive in their historic ranges. This session is a call to action for a national “gene-ways” system to facilitate species migration in response to changing landscape conditions.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the importance of connected migration corridors and learn the meaning and definition of “gene-ways.”
• Understand the 100-year history of America’s system of greenways and trails that have determined corridor establishment.
• Consider the plight of plants and animals as climate change disrupts historic ecosystem synchronicities.
• Gain insight into opportunities and strategies landscape architects can use to advance the gene-way development.