by admin | Oct 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Bob Freitag, Director at the Institute for Hazards Mitigation Planning and Research, Affiliate Faculty at the University of Washingtonwith Katherine Faulkner and Mercedes Stroeve It’s mid-century, and a coastal neighborhood is responding to rising seas: some have...
by admin | Oct 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Lili Bastian, Marine Policy Fellow at WA Department of EcologyKing Tide season isn’t here yet, but this weekend should provide an early opportunity to witness some exceptionally high tides along the coast. In fact, the coming storm could bring some of the highest...
by admin | Sep 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Greg Curtiss, Golder Associates Inc.Hello everyone,I’d like to share a coastal change tool I came across recently. The Barrow Area Information Database (BAID) has released four web apps for mapping coastal change in Barrow. There is an Imagery Time Viewer, Coastal...
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 | Sep 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Morgan Mak, WA Emergency Management DivisionAdmit it. The word Resilience sometimes causes the same reaction as nails running down a chalkboard. I’m often asked my opinion on the difference between Mitigation and Resilience. Depending on how sassy of a mood I’m...
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...
