by admin | May 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Kevin Decker, Washington Sea GrantAt the northern shore of Willapa Bay in southwest Washington lies the community of North Cove. Currently, there is a battle going on between the residents of North Cove and the erosion that threatens their homes. These satellite...
by admin | May 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Bobbak Talebi, Coastal Planner, Washington State Department of EcologyAt the Department of Ecology, we have been working in partnership (with many CHRN members) to support community-led initiatives that build resilience to the physical, social, and economic...
by admin | Apr 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Janan Evans-Wilent, Marine Resource Management Master’s student at Oregon State University Many coastal communities are facing hard decisions and tradeoffs about how to protect their coastlines while planning for the realities of climate change, particularly...
by admin | Mar 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Ann Schnitz, Environmental Toxicologist at Baldwin Consulting Group Risk assessment, whether it be ecological or human health, considers the impacts of toxic constituents on people and the environment. It evaluates which receptors are affected via the potential...
by admin | Mar 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
The 8th Annual Northwest Climate Conference will be held this October in Tacoma, Washington! Each year, the Northwest Climate Conference is a highly-anticipated opportunity to share and learn with others working on climate-related issues in the Pacific Northwest, and...
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...
