Grays Harbor County Coastal Futures Project
By Janan Evans-WilentMany coastal communities in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) are at risk of coastal change and flood hazards during the winter, which are only expected to increase with climate change. At present, local decision-makers lack both the information and...CMAP’s Dual-head Mapping
By: Heather WeinerHey All! The Coastal Monitoring & Analysis Program (CMAP) at the Department of Ecology has an article in this month’s issue of xyHt, a magazine for professional surveyors and those who work in geospatial disciplines. For those of you who are not...2016 Annual Meeting Summary
By Michael LevkowitzThe 2016 Annual CHRN Meeting has come and gone, but we will not let it be forgotten! The morning began with 2-minute pop-up talks from all attendees, a discussion of potential changes and additions to the way the network functions, and a an...Sea Level Rise & Shoreline Master Programs Workshop
The Department of Ecology is currently updating the rules that implement the Shoreline Management Act (SMA), including the Shoreline Master Program Guidelines (WAC 173-26).[i] Part of Ecology’s rulemaking scope[ii] is to consider including a new section on planning...Making Sense of Sea Level Rise Forum and Open Space Market Places
By: Michael LevkowitzEarlier this week the Tulalip Tribes hosted Making Sense of Sea Level Rise, a Tribal Climate Change Forum at the Seattle Mountaineers club. The Forum brought together representatives from Washington’s coastal tribes, state agencies, non-profits...New CHRN Member Introductions
Over the last few months, the CHRN has had a number of new additions, pushing our number of active members over 60! As we begin to plan for our annual meeting (preliminary information and save-the-date coming soon), we wanted to introduce our newest members, Mike...Shifting the Focus of Climate Change Communications
By Michael Levkowitz Back in 2010, huge swaths of the American public doubted the evidence of global warming. Thanks in part to efforts by risk communication professionals to develop best practices for undoing misinformation (such as the freely available Debunking...Considering the Importance of Explaining Current and Local Climate Change Impacts
By Michael LevkowitzAs Linden, Maibach and Leiserowitz argue in their paper Improving Public Engagement With Climate Change: Five “Best Practice” Insights From Psychological Science, many communication efforts about climate change focus on the future implications –...“Growing” Living Shorelines
As a part of an agency wide effort to encourage the use of Living Shorelines (also known as “Green Shorelines”), in October the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released Guidance for Considering the Use of Living Shorelines. According to the NOAA...Coastal Hazards Resilience Events Calendar
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Wahkiakum County Marine Resources Committee meeting
December 23 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm