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...Oblique Shoreline Aerial Photos
By Hugh Shipman, Washington Department of EcologyThe Department of Ecology recently updated its popular shoreline photo website, improving access to multiple series of oblique aerial photos of Washington’s coast. These photos are a key element of Ecology’s Coastal...Weather Alert for Southwest Washington 1/17 – 1/18
NOAA’s National Weather Service has released a coastal flood warning for southwest Washington. The warning will remain in effect from midnight 1/17/2018 to midnight 1/18/2017. Significant surf and beach erosion are expected. Screenshot of the Regional PNW Wave and...Increasing Resiliency of Salmon and Steelhead using the Lower Columbia River by Enhancing Areas of Cold Water
By Catherine Corbett, Lower Columbia Estuary PartnershipThe importance of cold water refuges to Pacific salmon and steelhead migrating through the Columbia River Basin recently has been well documented. Summertime water temperatures in the mainstem Columbia River...Credits and Collaborators: Some Help When Preparing for Coastal Flooding
By John Rozum and Becky Lunde, NOAA Office for Coastal Management After a hot, dry summer, Washington communities were beset with a series of wildfires. Now Western Washington prepares for rain and catastrophic flooding. Along the coast, sea level continues to rise...Why developing a shared understanding of resilience is important
Tye Ferrell, Resilience Collaborative NW Earlier this year, I joined a team from the William D. Ruckelshaus Center to assess resilience efforts on the Washington State coast.* We knew it would be important to ask assessment participants how they defined resilience....Sea Level Rise Guidance for the Siting, Design and Maintenance of Restoration in Puget Sound
By Nicole Faghin, Washington Sea Grant When Island County staff recently evaluated where to spend public dollars for coastal restoration projects, they realized they needed more information on how each of the potential sites might be affected by future coastal...Working with Local Governments to Identify their Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Concerns
By Nicole Faghin, Washington Sea Grant When Washington Sea Grant and the Washington Department of Ecology embarked on the Washington Coastal Resilience Project (WCRP) in 2016, we wanted to know how we could rapidly increase local governments’ ability to support...What should we do with the rain?
By Paul Cereghino, NOAA Restoration Center In our green coastal crescent, around a billion liters of water falls on every square kilometer of land. It would form a waist-deep lake to the horizon, if it didn’t run to the sea. In the mountains, the deluge would cover...Coastal Hazards Resilience Events Calendar
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Mon
23
Wahkiakum County Marine Resources Committee meeting
December 23 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm