by admin | Mar 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Michael Levkowitz, Assistant Coastal Planner, Washington State Department of Ecology I know that human actions are the primary driver of climate change. I am about as confident in the fact that humans are causing climate change as I am in the fact that smoking...
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...
