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Cornell Cooperative Extension outlines resiliency steps for Clinton, urges vulnerability assessment and evacuation planning
Summary
A Cornell Cooperative Extension presentation to Clinton officials recommended a townwide vulnerability assessment, a follow-up climate adaptation plan, expanded community evacuation planning and targeted public-outreach measures to strengthen resilience against flooding, heat and extreme storms.
Impetayo Tyler, energy and environment program leader with Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County, presented findings from a Climate Smart Resiliency Planning Tool to Clinton municipal volunteers and task‑force members, and recommended the town undertake a full vulnerability assessment as the next step toward a comprehensive climate adaptation plan.
Tyler said the tool review found a number of strengths in Clinton, including what she described as the town’s bronze Climate Smart Communities certification (presenter noted certification in September 2024), a completed natural resource conservation plan and inventory in 2024, and an existing municipal evacuation plan that currently covers town employees. She said Clinton has also pursued federal and HUD grants to fund local projects.
“The vulnerability assessment will let us identify who and what is most at risk — from extreme…
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