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...
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...
by admin | Jan 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Lili BastianThe relevance of gender dynamics to coastal hazards resilience might not be immediately obvious. Globally, gender-based differences in social responsibilities and access to financial and political resources make men and women vulnerable to the impacts...
by admin | Dec 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Rolling Bay landslide on Bainbridge Island, 1997. Photo from http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/landslides/show/rollingbay.html By Hugh ShipmanTwenty years ago this month, the Puget Sound region was entering its second wet winter in a row. Western Washington had seen...
by admin | Dec 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Morgan Chow, Zach Ferdaña, and Laura Flessner The Nature Conservancy, Global Oceans, Climate Risk & Resilience – Coastal ResilienceIt turns out, a lot of people do. The increasingly devastating impacts of flooding are forcing communities to reconsider how and...
by admin | Dec 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Joel Darnell, P.E.If you are like me, you spent a fair bit of time in mid-October glued to your favorite weather blog or checking your trusty weather station to track the major series of storms barreling towards the Pacific Northwest. Predictions generally pointed...
