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November 1, 2024

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‘Finding Common Ground’ airs November 5th on TVW

The University of Washington Puget Sound Institute and TVW are proud to have partnered with more than 20 diverse organizations, including multiple tribes, to produce the film Finding Common Ground: Collaborative Leadership in Washington State. The new documentary, airing this Tuesday, November 5th on TVW, explores the inspiring history of collaborative governance of salmon and other […]
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Events

October 14, 2024

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November 5 roundtable will dig into Next Generation Urban Greening in San Francisco

Co-hosted with San Francisco Estuary Institute The Salish Sea Science Roundtable online speaker series continues on Tuesday, November 5 from 12:30 – 1:30 pm. In the San Francisco Bay Area, green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is being implemented at a large scale to comply with stormwater permit requirements and to provide multiple benefits. In San Francisco, in […]
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Events

September 20, 2024

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Publish or perish the thought: Orcas, seals, and a curious scientist

In 2022, more than three million scientific papers were published in about thirty thousand journals. This represented something like a 9% increase over the year before, and a 47% increase since 2016. “Academic publishing has a problem,” wrote Mark A. Hanson, the biologist at the University of Exeter who compiled these figures. “The last few […]
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Blog Post

September 19, 2024

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Film exploring collaborative approach to natural resource conflict to debut October 17

From the University of Washington Tacoma’s Puget Sound institute and TVW comes the film “Finding Common Ground: Collaborative Leadership in Washington State.”  Intense conflicts over natural resources — from fish to timber wars — often grab the headlines, but what happens after the dust settles? How do you overcome divisions and move forward with fair and […]
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Events

September 16, 2024

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Modeling climate resilience in coastal communities

Puget Sound Institute research scientist Caitlin Magel is Co-PI on a collaboration with Washington Sea Grant to support the Willapa-Grays Harbor Estuary Collaborative (WGHEC). The project receives $599,533 over 3 years (2024-2027) with funding from NOAA’s Climate and Fisheries Adaptation (CAFA) program. Magel will co-develop a qualitative network model to support scenario planning, management strategies, and adaptation pathways […]
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Grants

September 9, 2024

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October 1 roundtable will explore how genomics are being used to predict Chinook Salmon responses to climate change

Co-hosted with Fisheries & Oceans Canada The Salish Sea Science Roundtable speaker series continues on Tuesday, October 1 from 12:30 – 1:30 pm. Climate change is considered a leading threat to the future sustainability of salmon populations. Salmon can respond to short term climate events using behavioral or physiological means, but long term adaptation to warming […]
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Events

August 14, 2024

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Gauging threats to kelp and eelgrass

The Puget Sound Institute and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife are leading a spatially explicit risk assessment of the current and future threats to eelgrass and floating kelp habitats in Puget Sound. The findings can be used to evaluate the distribution of burdens associated with habitat risk and inform management actions. As part […]
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Research

July 16, 2024

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September 3 roundtable will share sea level rise resiliency tools

The Salish Sea Science Roundtable speaker series continues on Tuesday, September 3 from 12:30 – 1:30 pm. Washington Sea Grant works collaboratively with local communities and agency partners to assess and address coastal hazards. WSG staff Ian Miller and Sydney Fishman will share several examples of WSG’s sea level rise resiliency work. Highlighted projects will include […]
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