by admin | Mar 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Foss Waterway, Tacoma, WA. Photo by Joe Mabel. By Doug Peters, Watershed Planner, Washington State Department of CommerceThere is growing awareness of the potential risks associated with another Cascadia subduction zone seismic event. We expect large-scale destruction...
by admin | Feb 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Randy Johnson, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Habitat ProgramFor a variety of reasons, humans are deeply attached to and highly value accretionary shoreforms, i.e. sand and gravel beaches, spits, and other low-angle, non-rocky shoreline features. These have also been...
by admin | Feb 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and Wells Fargo have launched a new initiative to enhance local capacity to plan and implement resilience projects: the Resilient Communities Program. This grant program will fund projects that use green infrastructure...
by admin | Feb 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Kevin ZerbeClimate impacts are becoming more apparent across the country, including in coastal areas dealing with sea level rise, higher rates of erosion, more frequent coastal storms, and so on. While attributing any single event to climate change is still a bit...
by admin | Feb 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Hansi Hals The sand spit and office buildings in Sequim Bay. There is a small, unnamed sand spit that I can see from my office window overlooking Sequim Bay. It is rare for high tides to reach across it, even partially, but now the entire spit is submerged. A few...