Training 2

Local Policy & Ordinances for Nature-Based Solutions

Upcoming Training Dates

MARCH 19, 2025

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Kimbel Lodge at Hobcaw Barony

22 Hobcaw Road, Georgetown, SC 29442

Agenda

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Course Instructors will include Evan Patrohay (SC Department of Natural Resources), Liz Fly, PhD (The Nature Conservancy), and local case study experts.

Registration Fee:

  • $50 without the purchase of a printed Compendium

  • $75 with the purchase of a printed Compendium

Registration closed.

Please note: If you register and are unable to make the training, registration fees will not be reimbursed. However, your registration can be transferred to another party.

This training is supported by funding from the Therblig Foundation.

This event is co-hosted by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

FEBRUARY 10, 2025 | Port Royal Sound Foundation, Okatie, SC

  • Agenda

  • Course Instructors: Taylor Brewer (Beaufort County), Liz Fly, PhD (The Nature Conservancy), Andrea Moreno (Town of Bluffton), Evan Patrohay (SC Department of Natural Resources), and Juliana Smith (Beaufort County)

  • Continuing Education Credit Information

  • This training was supported by funding from the Therblig Foundation.

About the Training

This one-day training on local policy and ordinances for nature-based solutions will teach participants the importance of local policies in creating and maintaining effective nature-based infrastructure. It will also dive into strategies for developing policies that will best facilitate nature-based designs in development and redevelopment opportunities.

During this training, participants will:

  • Learn how to write and incorporate policies that encourage nature-based principles into city planning and engineering design

  • Learn the key ways the language of policies can facilitate or inhibit nature-based solutions and maintain, enhance, restore, or mimic ecosystem functions

  • Learn and discuss examples of comprehensive policies that facilitate and incentivize specific nature-based solution and design needs

  • Identify the strengths and weaknesses of anonymous policies from ordinances along the US coast

  • Learn how the existing policy landscape of coastal SC was utilized in nature-based design for local case studies

Please note that general content will remain the same across repeated training offerings. However, at each training location we will strive to pull in local experts who can share local and relevant case studies based on the training location.

Past Training Dates

NOVEMBER 7, 2024 | SC Department of Natural Resources, Charleston, SC

  • Agenda

  • Course Instructors: Julie Binz (SC Department of Natural Resources), Liz Fly, PhD (The Nature Conservancy), J.R. Kramer (Remark Studio), Katie McKain (City of Charleston), Kim Morganello (Weston & Sampson), Philip Overcash (City of Charleston), and Evan Patrohay (SC Department of Natural Resources)

  • Continuing Education Credit Information

  • This training was supported by funding from the Therblig Foundation.