Three Town of Orleans citizen advisory committees and several nonprofits will host a free program at Snow Library on Friday, June 14th from 2:00-4:00 pm on “Water and Climate Change - What You Should Know.”

According to the United Nations, “Water and climate change are inextricably linked. Climate change affects the world’s water in complex ways. From unpredictable rainfall patterns to shrinking ice sheets, rising sea levels, floods, and droughts - most impacts of climate change come down to water.”

You are invited to attend in person at the Snow Library, Orleans in the Craine Room or via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85682954829 ID: 85682954829

Program participants will learn about the following:

1. Overview of climate change big picture

2. What are the specific impacts of climate change on marine and fresh water in Orleans and on the Cape?

3. What is the Town of Orleans doing in response?

4. What should you be doing as an individual?

Speakers include Rich Delaney, Executive Director of the Center for Coastal Studies; Katie Castagno, Director of Land-Sea Interaction Program of the Center for Coastal Studies; and Mark Reil, Assistant Town Manager, Town of Orleans. Shelly McComb, Coastal Resilience Specialist, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant, will moderate the program.

Organized by the Orleans Marine and Fresh Water Quality Advisory Committee. Co-Sponsors include the Orleans Shellfish and Waterways Improvement Advisory Committee, the Orleans Energy and Climate Action Committee, the Orleans Pond Coalition, the Orleans Conservation Trust, and the Orleans Climate Action Network.