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January 23, 2015
Airport offers a glimpse at tightening stormwater regulations
How does one of the West’s busiest airports deal with extreme stormwater, and what does that mean for water quality standards in the rest of the state? Read the latest article from Salish Sea Currents in the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound.
January 11, 2015
Identifying priority science for Puget Sound recovery
In December 2014, the Puget Sound Leadership Council adopted the 2014-2016 Biennial Science Work Plan, a document identifying decision-critical science for Puget Sound recovery. PSI Research Scientist Nick Georgiadis was lead author on the report in collaboration with the Puget Sound Partnership and its Science Panel. In the report, Georgiadis addresses the challenge of managing large scale ecosystems in the face […]
January 7, 2015
New data could yield clues to herring declines
It was a treasure trove, waiting to be uncovered. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) had been surveying Puget Sound herring habitat for more than 40 years, but until recently, much of that data remained in the original logbooks, un-digitized and unused. Recent efforts by Puget Sound Institute Lead Ecologist Tessa Francis in collaboration […]
January 5, 2015
Scientists examine the ‘time of emergence’ for climate change in Puget Sound
Climate change, like politics, is local. “At least that is how you have to look at the impacts,” says Encyclopedia of Puget Sound topic editor Amy Snover. Snover is the Director of the Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington and has been conducting research on the expected ‘time of emergence’ for climate change in […]
December 20, 2014
Puget Sound stormwater fixes could cost billions
Pollution from stormwater has been called one of the greatest threats to Puget Sound. How much will it cost to hold back the rain? A new EPA-funded study says the price could reach billions per year, a figure that dwarfs current state and federal allocations. Read the article in Salish Sea Currents.
December 12, 2014
PSP appoints three new Science Panel members
The Puget Sound Partnership has appointed three new members to its advisory Science Panel, including Barbara Bentley, a former academic and now President and CEO of Noetica Naturalists; Robert Ewing, Director of Timberlands Strategic Planning for Weyerhaeuser; and Eric Strecker, Principal Water Resources Engineer and Fisheries Biologist with Geosyntec Consultants. Four current members of the […]
December 12, 2014
A role for decision science in Puget Sound recovery
The field of decision analysis studies and develops rigorous and practical methods for improving how we make decisions. Over the past three years, the Puget Sound Partnership has invested in decision science expertise in its ongoing role of supporting effective Puget Sound recovery. A new paper in the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound describes some of these efforts […]
December 11, 2014
The ecosystem is delicious
The shellfish industry is an economic cornerstone in Puget Sound, but the region’s famed mollusks provide more than just money and jobs. They offer what are called ecosystem services—a wide variety of benefits that humans derive from an ecosystem. Read Eric Wagner’s story in today’s Salish Sea Currents.
December 11, 2014
Leadership Council approves 2014-2016 plan for priority science
The Puget Sound Partnership Leadership Council has adopted the 2014-16 Biennial Science Work Plan, a technical document identifying and recommending priority science for Puget Sound recovery. Nick Georgiadis of the Puget Sound Institute led the drafting of the document in cooperation with the Puget Sound Partnership Science Panel. Download the full document.