by admin | Nov 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) aims to aide local governance by “developing and fostering professional management to build sustainable communities”. In partnership with a number of federal agencies and other organizations, ICMA...
by admin | Oct 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
FEMA has released a draft of its forthcoming State Mitigation Plan Review Guide. This draft highlights changes in FEMA’s regulations including, for the first time, the need for states to assess their future risks to prepare for climate change, or risk losing...
by admin | Sep 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Chuck Matthews at Ecology for sharing a new tool from USGS: the Pedestrian Evacuation Analyst! This free, downloadable software is designed for use by researchers examining the pedestrian-evacuation potential of an at-risk community. In communities where...
by admin | Sep 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Please be aware that today HUD announced the Notice of Funding Availability for their National Disaster Resilience Competition grant opportunity, which makes $1 billion available to communities that have been struck by natural disasters in recent years. This means...
by admin | Sep 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
PNW Resilience Challenge: Reinventing our Cities How is our surge in urban growth being met by innovations in energy systems, buildings, transportation, and social networks? We are on the way to reinventing our regional cities and the panelists and participants will...
by admin | Sep 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) just launched a new crowdsourcing, citizen science application called “iCoast – Did the Coast Change?” that asks users to identify changes to the coast by comparing and tagging aerial photographs taken before and after storms. Your...
by admin | Aug 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
A spreadsheet of the funding sources that are available to state, local, county and tribal governments is available here in the Library and also by clicking right here.Some of these funding sources are also available to special districts, academic organizations,...
by admin | Jul 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday, the President’s Climate Task Force will meet. WA governor Jay Inslee is on the Task Force, and staff from the governor’s office and state agencies have contributed recommendations to the President that reflect coastal priorities such as...
by admin | Jul 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
Washington state Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island, has been re-appointed as an advisor to President Barack Obama’s National Ocean Council. The Ocean Council is charged with implementing National Ocean Policy. Ranker was first appointed to the council in 2011 and is...
by admin | Jun 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
In a conversation with the Oregon CRest grantees today, I learned about how they are creating a resilience framework for local coastal governments. The resilience framework will be based on interview data as well as two publications, How Resilient is Your Coastal...
