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Emergency preparedness is also at risk because evacuation routes sometimes run right through the flood zone. What can Maine towns do to prepare for waterfront challenges brought on by climate change?<\/p>\n<p>Guests<\/p>\n<p>Judy East, Washington County Council of Governments<br \/>\nTora Johnson, University of Maine at Machias<br \/>\nJennifer Curtis, Maine Floodplain Management Program<br \/>\nPete Slovinsky, Maine Geological Survey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An important conversation for Washington County coastal communities: Coastal Conversations Radio Program: Waterfront communities prepare for climate change impacts Waterfront Communities Prepare for Climate Change Coastal Conversations show: December 23, 2016, 10 a.m. WERU 89.9 in Blue Hill and 99.9 in Bangor Host: Natalie Springuel, Maine Sea Grant Listen to the show on WERU archives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":3111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"academic-area":[],"umaine-feed":[],"region":[],"class_list":["post-3108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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