by admin | Apr 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
On March 25, CHRN members Jamie Mooney (WSG) and Jessie McGrath (WA Dept. of Ecology) presented on the Washington State Coastal Hazards Resilience Network for the 2015 Pacific Risk Management ‘Ohana in Honolulu, Hawaii. The presentation provided an overview of...
by admin | Mar 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last Friday, Aljazeera America did a news story on the rapid erosion issues of Washaway Beach. The story, Washaway Beach: a Disappearing Pacific Coastline, interviews both a resident and realestate agent of the area, in addition to providing background information and...
by admin | Feb 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last Friday we had our CHRN meeting at Ecology Headquarters in Olympia, Washington. About half of the network was present, providing great depth and expertise for both the presentations and discussion sections of the meeting. The brainstorming section gave members the...
by admin | Feb 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Washington’s Coastal Training Program (CTP) is part of a national initiative that aims to provide coastal managers a better understanding of environmental issues, science and environmental regulations. The CTP has released their spring schedule that includes...
by admin | Feb 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Since 2008, the Nature Conservancy and its partners have developed a host of online mapping decision support tools and apps that provide planners a process to guide decisions aimed to reduce both the ecological and socio-economic risks of coastal hazards while...
by admin | Feb 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Three short videos that highlight issues in adapting to climate change on the Oregon coast have been recently released: How Soon Do We Have to Think Differently? How Should We Adapt? Community Resilience: The Neskowin Case All three videos were produced by Oregon...
by admin | Feb 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
On January 8, the 2nd FEMA Resiliency meeting in Washington State took place in Pacific County, WA. This meeting had the same structure as the previous FEMA meeting for Grays Harbor County in October, consisting of two presentations followed by a break out session (to...
by admin | Jan 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
The storms in early January wreaked havoc on communities in Western Washington, closing schools and highways, knocking out power, and causing some neighborhoods to evacuate due to landslide warnings. In Grays Harbor county, Aberdeen and Hoquiam were hit especially...
by admin | Jan 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Thanks to CHRN member Bob Freitag for this announcement! The University of Washington (UW) is now accepting students for our floodplain management graduate degree program. The Floodplain program will be offered through the UW Department of Urban Design and Planning,...
by admin | Dec 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Ocean Shores Declares Emergency After Erosion Control FailsDuring the December 12th wind storm, large waves and high tides ripped open the geotubes that served as protection from erosion for a number of homes and condos in Ocean Shores. Ocean Shores Mayer Crystal...
