On June 17, 2016 the Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute (MERI) hosted the Measurement of Tidal Wetlands Impairments for Acquisition and Enhancement workshop, a study that was sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The workshop was held at the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority Headquarters in Lyndhurst, NJ and was attended by federal and NJ state officials as well as environmental professionals and NGO’s. After the workshop participants took a boat tour of the Meadowlands. Presentations were made by the following participants:
- Francisco Artigas, MERI. Opening Comments and Conclusion
- Ross Feltes, NJSEA. Institutional Perspective
- Claus Holzapfel, Rutgers University. Patterns of Diversity in Urban Tidal Marshes
- Sal Kojak, MERI. Topography and Hydrology
- Ildiko Pechmann, MERI. Hyperspectral Image Classification and Habitat Fragmentation