By Kelly Biedenweg, Puget Sound Institute Throughout Puget Sound, government and non-government land management agencies are increasingly interested in considering the human aspects of restoration management. So far, this exploration has looked mostly at how humans influence the natural world: the pollution caused by failing septic systems or agricultural runoff or the decline in […]
September 27, 2012
Georeferencing the Burke Museum herpetology collection
The Puget Sound Institute recently collaborated with the Burke Museum at the University of Washington to georeference the museum’s herpetology collection.
September 27, 2012
PSI to convene study panel for forage fish
The Puget Sound Institute is assembling a study panel to focus on science priorities for regional forage fish conservation. The panel stems from a recent symposium at the University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Labs: Conservation and Ecology of Marine Forage Fishes in Puget Sound.
September 26, 2012
New papers from PSI researchers focus on ecosystem services and human ecology
New papers from Puget Sound Institute researchers run the gamut from studies of ecosystem services and management to human ecology and river recreation in the Puget Sound lowland.
September 26, 2012
Upcoming events: Encyclopedia of Puget Sound kickoff and panel discussion
The PSI’s Encyclopedia of Puget Sound is hosting a website kickoff event on October 24th! Join us for a panel discussion and reception to celebrate the launch of a new effort to synthesize and share scientific information about Puget Sound recovery.
September 18, 2012
PSI review finds minimal evidence for human impacts on Hood Canal hypoxia
An independent review convened by the Puget Sound Institute is featured in findings released by the Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Ecology that there is currently “no compelling evidence” that humans are the cause for recent trends in declines in dissolved oxygen in Hood Canal. [Read the Draft EPA and Ecology Report […]
August 21, 2012
PSI partners with UW Climate Impacts Group
If you ask a scientist what they consider to be the most significant threat to the health of the Puget Sound ecosystem, more often than not they will point to climate change. The impacts will touch almost every facet of Puget Sound ecology.
August 9, 2012
Action Agenda update adopted
The Puget Sound Partnership’s governing board has unanimously adopted the 2012 Action Agenda Update, a science-based “blueprint for restoring the health of Puget Sound by 2020.” View the final document at the Partership’s Action Agenda Update Center.
July 16, 2012
Tracy Collier named Science Director for Puget Sound Partnership
Tracy Collier has been named the new Science Director for the Puget Sound Partnership. Collier replaces outgoing Science Director Ken Currens, who returns to the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission after a two-year temporary appointment. Collier was most recently a member of the Puget Sound Science Panel, which serves as an advisory body to the Puget […]
July 5, 2012
PSP 2012 Action Agenda now available for review and comment
The Puget Sound Partnership has released for final review its 2012 Action Agenda Update, and is accepting comments from the public until July 13th. The Action Agenda is described as “a road map” for protection and restoration of Puget Sound, and is updated biennially. Visit the Partnership’s Action Agenda Update Center to view the entire […]