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...
