by admin | Sep 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
PNW Resilience Challenge: Reinventing our Cities How is our surge in urban growth being met by innovations in energy systems, buildings, transportation, and social networks? We are on the way to reinventing our regional cities and the panelists and participants will...
by admin | Sep 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) just launched a new crowdsourcing, citizen science application called “iCoast – Did the Coast Change?” that asks users to identify changes to the coast by comparing and tagging aerial photographs taken before and after storms. Your...
by admin | Aug 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
A spreadsheet of the funding sources that are available to state, local, county and tribal governments is available here in the Library and also by clicking right here.Some of these funding sources are also available to special districts, academic organizations,...
by admin | Jul 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday, the President’s Climate Task Force will meet. WA governor Jay Inslee is on the Task Force, and staff from the governor’s office and state agencies have contributed recommendations to the President that reflect coastal priorities such as...
by admin | Jul 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
Washington state Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island, has been re-appointed as an advisor to President Barack Obama’s National Ocean Council. The Ocean Council is charged with implementing National Ocean Policy. Ranker was first appointed to the council in 2011 and is...
by admin | Jun 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
In a conversation with the Oregon CRest grantees today, I learned about how they are creating a resilience framework for local coastal governments. The resilience framework will be based on interview data as well as two publications, How Resilient is Your Coastal...
by admin | Jun 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
From the Baltimore Sun:”The U.S. Department of Interior has awarded more than $7 million to four projects in Maryland aimed at guarding Chesapeake Bay shoreline and habitat against future severe storms. The funding is part of $107 million in “coastal...
by admin | Jun 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
From the Center for Climate Change communication: “…Global warming and climate change are used differently and mean different things in the minds of many Americans. Scientists often prefer the term climate change for technical reasons, but should be...
by admin | Jun 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Surging Seas announces their web tool is now available for 11 states including Washington. The Surging Seas team has announced their willingness to do an explanatory webinar; if one is planned, we will announce it through the Coastal Resilience listserv.The tool can...
by admin | May 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
What can coastal resilience teach Tornado Alley?Hint: it has to do with hurricane clips.Follow-up on climate change grants in MassachusettsWe reported in January that the Patrick Administration in MA was ready to start a $40m grant program for coastal communities to...
