Updates on the Willapa Shoreline Erosion Protection Demonstration Project
By Felicia Olmeta-Schult, Washington Sea Grant State Fellow at Washington Dept. of Ecology, Shorelands & Environmental Assistance Program A community update meeting and exhibit on the Willapa Shoreline Erosion Protection Demonstration Project was held at the...Are Washington capital grant programs explicitly addressing climate change and sea level rise issues?
By Felicia Olmeta-Schult, Washington Sea Grant State Fellow at Washington Dept. of Ecology, Shorelands & Environmental Assistance ProgramWe reviewed the list of grant programs funded under the 2017-2019 State Capital Budget and 2018 Supplemental Budget. Programs...New Manual for Tsunami Vertical Evacuation Structures Just Released
By Michael Godfried, Senior Planner, UW Institute for Hazard Mitigation Planning & Research Washington State Emergency Management Division has just released the Manual for Tsunami Vertical Evacuation Structures. The Manual was produced by the University of...Updating Shoreline Master Programs to address Sea Level Rise
By Nicole Faghin, Coastal Management Specialist, Washington Sea Grant Washington State boasts 3,000 miles of coastline dotted with over 9,000 homes and critical infrastructure valued at more than $5.25 billion. The state’s Shoreline Master Programs (SMPs) play an...Mapping the future of flood risk for the Stillaguamish & Snohomish Rivers
By Guillaume Mauger, Research Scientist, Climate Impacts Group, UW Seattle Sea level rise isn’t the only factor driving changes in flood risk for Washington State: many rivers and creeks in the region are projected to see higher peak flows in the future. This is...Questions and answers: tsunami hazards
This year at the 2017-2018 CHRN annual meeting, tsunami and earthquake hazards for Washington were highlighted during a panel presentation. The panel included the following five local experts: Carrie Garrison-Laney of Washington Sea Grant, Randy LeVeque of the...Sea-level rise report contains best projections yet for Washington’s coasts
By Hannah Hickey and edited by MaryAnn Wagner A new report by the Washington Coastal Resilience Project team, entitled Projected Sea Level Rise for Washington State – A 2018 Assessment, provides new projections for more than 150 different sites along the Washington...Natural Hazards Mitigation and Risk Reduction Survey
By Alex Rosen, Assistant Coastal Planner, WA Department of Ecology As our ability to characterize hazardous areas improves with advances in science and technology, many communities have information to help identify vulnerability and risk to natural hazards along our...Understanding extreme total water levels and their corresponding impacts across the US West coast
By Katy Serafin, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford UniversityWhen a storm event is barreling down on the Washington coast, elevated sea levels often cause low-lying areas to flood, while coastal dunes may erode as they are pummeled by waves. A question many of...Coastal Hazards Resilience Events Calendar
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Tue
21
North Pacific Coast Marine Resource Committee meeting
May 21 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Mon
27
Wahkiakum County Marine Resources Committee meeting
May 27 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm