BATH

The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust will present its annual environmental lectures, “Adapting Our Home,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, at the Maine Maritime Museum, located at 243 Washington St. in Bath.

The lectures will look at a global conservation issue of local relevance. The evening presentations “will explore how we should cease thinking of our town centers and nature as separate places.” Speakers will be from the City of Bath’s planning and development department, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Municipal Planning Assistance Program and Maine Geological Survey, and Wright-Pierce engineering firm.

The evening will begin with a presentation by Liz Hertz of DACF to help set the stage for understanding the intricate relationship between the built and natural environments. Bath planning officials will share a new study of how sea level rise is expected to impact urban Bath — physically and economically.

Pete Slovinsky, a marine geologist with the Maine Geological Survey, will cover the latest science on sea level rise and storm surge, share how sea level rise scenarios are mapped, and cover some of the potential impacts of sea level rise and storms along our slice of coastline.

Concluding the presentation is Joe McLean, project manager with Wright Pierce’s Civil/Infrastructure Practice Group, who will share how water impacts the built and natural environments and how the city may respond to threats with green infrastructure projects.

A $5 donation is suggested for the evening lecture. The discussion of green infrastructure and impacts of sea level rise will continue in Bath post lecture, on Nov. 3- 5, with a visit from the American Institute of Architects’ Design and Resiliency Team. Join town-hall style public workshops with a team of architecture experts to build on Bath’s character and strategize for future resiliency to climate change. For more information, contact Bath’s Planning and Development department at 443-8363.