by admin | Oct 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Few coastal management issues lend themselves to simple, easy-to-implement solutions. Managers face a myriad of obstacles beyond the technical elements of these issues when trying to select and implement a strategy to deal with any coastal management issue....
by admin | Oct 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
The CHRN planning team is excited announce the details for our upcoming special session at the 6th Annual Northwest Climate Conference taking place November 3-5th, 2015 in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho . The CHRN session, Washington State Coastal Resilience Efforts and...
by admin | Oct 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
Abstracts for the 2016 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference are due December 18, 2015. The conference is focused upon presenting the most up to date scientific research on the state of the Salish Sea Ecosystem and guidance for future actions to protect and restore the...
by admin | Sep 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Adapting to Rising Tides (ART) program has launched their ART portfolio website, that provides planning guidance, tools, and information that has been developed by the ART program do address the challenges of climate change. More specifically, the portfolio...
by admin | Sep 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
The NOAA Marine Debris program is currently offering several nationwide, competitive funding opportunities for marine debris projects. The types of grants include:Removal GrantsThese grants offer funding that supports locally-driven, community-based marine debris and...
by admin | Sep 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
This week we are highlighting the work of our TNC network members and the development of the Floodplains by Design Decision Support Tool!The Floodplains by Design partnership (FbD) is a collaborative effort to improve floodplain management in Puget Sound by aligning...
by admin | Sep 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
On August 26th, Federal, state, county and local officials were available to answer questions from Whidbey Island coastal residents about general flooding and the federal flood insurance rate maps newly issued by FEMA. The new maps, accurate to within 1-2 feet, are...
by admin | Aug 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
The CHRN planning team is proud to announce that our website now includes a Current Projects page that highlights some of the important work network members are doing to address coastal hazards and improve resilience! We are currently highlighting the following...
by admin | Aug 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
A public affairs session titled, “Floodmapping for Adaptation and Resilience: Sea Level Rise, Storms, and Coastal Response” is being convened at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall meeting. The AGU meeting will be held on December 14-18, 2015 in San...
by admin | Jul 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Along with the Army Corps and other federal, local government, academic and NGO partners, the Coastal States Organization (CSO) has released a new series of tools, website, and a primer on shoreline stabilization that promotes an engineering approach referred to as a...
