by admin | Sep 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Melissa WatkinsonDuring my Hershman fellowship at The Nature Conservancy I have had the opportunity to work on bringing people more into the picture for the Washington Coast Restoration Initiative (WCRI). If you aren’t familiar with the program, WCRI was developed...
by admin | Aug 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Casey KramerHydraulic engineers across the nation are being asked to account for global climate change within the hydrologic and hydraulic (H&H) design practice. Current H&H design procedures typically rely on use of historical data that are assumed to...
by admin | Aug 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Clare Ryan, Professor at the University of Washington School for Environment and Forest Sciences Hello Everyone! I’m working on a WA Sea Grant funded project on Coastal Hazard Planning and Community Resilience, and hope your network members can help. Many...
by admin | Aug 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Janan Evans-WilentMany coastal communities in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) are at risk of coastal change and flood hazards during the winter, which are only expected to increase with climate change. At present, local decision-makers lack both the information and...
by admin | Aug 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
By: Heather WeinerHey All! The Coastal Monitoring & Analysis Program (CMAP) at the Department of Ecology has an article in this month’s issue of xyHt, a magazine for professional surveyors and those who work in geospatial disciplines. For those of you who are not...
by admin | Jul 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Michael LevkowitzThe 2016 Annual CHRN Meeting has come and gone, but we will not let it be forgotten! The morning began with 2-minute pop-up talks from all attendees, a discussion of potential changes and additions to the way the network functions, and a an...
by admin | May 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Department of Ecology is currently updating the rules that implement the Shoreline Management Act (SMA), including the Shoreline Master Program Guidelines (WAC 173-26).[i] Part of Ecology’s rulemaking scope[ii] is to consider including a new section on planning...
by admin | Apr 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
By: Michael LevkowitzEarlier this week the Tulalip Tribes hosted Making Sense of Sea Level Rise, a Tribal Climate Change Forum at the Seattle Mountaineers club. The Forum brought together representatives from Washington’s coastal tribes, state agencies, non-profits...
by admin | Apr 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Over the last few months, the CHRN has had a number of new additions, pushing our number of active members over 60! As we begin to plan for our annual meeting (preliminary information and save-the-date coming soon), we wanted to introduce our newest members, Mike...
by admin | Mar 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Michael Levkowitz Back in 2010, huge swaths of the American public doubted the evidence of global warming. Thanks in part to efforts by risk communication professionals to develop best practices for undoing misinformation (such as the freely available Debunking...
