The National Association of Wetland Managers (NAWM) holds eight webinars per year for members. NAWM Member webinars cover a variety of topics encompassing wetland science, policy, program implementation, and legal issues. These webinars, including recordings for past webinars are available to NAWM members.
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Strategies for Communicating About Water and Nature
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Wednesday, September 30, 2026 - 3:00pm-4:00pm ET
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Potential Energy Coalition partnered with the Walton Family Foundation to conduct qualitative research, quantitative research, and a social media landscape analysis on effectively communicating about water, nature, and nature-based solutions. We'll share insights from this analysis, focusing on our learnings about wetlands.
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As Strategy & Insights Manager at Potential Energy Coalition, Sarah conducts research and analyzes data to better understand how to effectively communicate about climate change. Prior to joining Potential Energy Coalition, Sarah led the North American Insights & Analytics team at KIND Snacks and worked as a Middle School Math Teacher.
The Value of Wetlands in Reducing Riverine Flood Losses
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026 - 3:00pm-4:00pm ET
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Wetland conservation is a potentially effective but undervalued strategy in managing growing flood risk under climate change. We address this challenge by quantifying the effects of wetlands in reducing riverine flood losses across the U.S. using flood insurance claims data and annually observed changes in wetland area between 1985 and 2023. We find that claim amounts for individual properties increase by 0.01 - 0.03% per hectare of upstream wetland loss. Based on these effects, we estimate that wetland loss since 1985 has increased flood insurance claims by a total of $10.1 billion or 9.0%. We also calculate the marginal value of wetlands in reducing riverine flood losses for each sub-watershed in the U.S. In 16% of sub-watersheds, the marginal benefits of flood mitigation outweigh the marginal costs of land conservation. Policymakers can use this information for conducting regulatory impact assessments, designing land-use policies, and pricing flood insurance.
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Dr. Jesse Gourevitch is an environmental economist and Fellow at Resources for the Future. His research focuses on the economic and financial risks associated with climate change, and seeks to understand the effectiveness of a range of strategies and policy interventions in managing these risks. This work primarily centers on the intersection of climate-related disaster risk and housing, insurance, and mortgage markets. Across his research, Dr. Gourevitch places a strong emphasis on evaluating distributional impacts among demographic and socioeconomic groups across the U.S. Prior to joining RFF, Dr. Gourevitch was an Economist at the Environmental Defense Fund. Dr. Gourevitch holds a Ph.D. in natural resources from the University of Vermont and a B.A. in environmental studies from Carleton College.
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