A PSI report released in January describes a recent workshop to integrate the social sciences into Puget Sound ecosystem monitoring. Future work will focus in part on several of the Puget Sound Partnership’s designated ecosystem indicators, including categories such as Healthy Human Population and Human Quality of Life. Read the full report on the Encyclopedia […]
January 21, 2014
Salish Sea Shoreline Forum February 3
Washington Sea Grant and Futurewise present their second Salish Sea Shoreline Forum on February 3rd from 8:30-4:00 at the Edmonds Conference Center. This forum’s topic will be “Improving Permitting Efficiency and Effectiveness – Coordination, Communication and Mitigation that Works,” with a focus on single-family landowners. Register and view a draft agenda.
January 8, 2014
Event discusses plastic debris in Puget Sound
Our colleague Julie Masura discusses the growing significance of plastic debris in Puget Sound at tomorrow’s Surfrider event (1/9/14). The event starts at 6:30 p.m. at King’s Books, 218 St. Helens Ave. in Tacoma. Read more in the Tacoma News Tribune.
January 7, 2014
Governor names Sheida R. Sahandy new executive director for Puget Sound Partnership
Governor Inslee has named City of Bellevue administrator Sheida R. Sahandy as the new Executive Director of the Puget Sound Partnership. Sahandy, 44, is a former corporate attorney who has served as Bellevue’s Assistant to City Manager and Policy Advisor since 2006. As a city administrator, Sahandy worked to develop environmental indicators and targets, was […]
December 12, 2013
New Puget Sound Science Panel members announced
The Puget Sound Leadership Council has appointed four new members to the Puget Sound Science Panel, including two Canadian scientists. Ian Perry of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Terre Satterfield of the University of British Columbia join Nives Dolsak and Tim Essington of the University of Washington. Bill Labiosa was re-appointed. Their terms extend to […]
December 10, 2013
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference abstract deadline extended
The 2014 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference call for abstracts for presentations and posters has been extended to December 23rd.
December 6, 2013
Green roof staves off the cold at PSI
The current cold snap is no match for the green roof at PSI headquarters. Our own Kurt Marx has been monitoring roof conditions here at the Center for Urban Waters and gave us this graphic showing temperatures about 5 degrees Celsius warmer under the surface. Read more about the LEED Platinum Center for Urban Waters. Related item: […]
November 25, 2013
Director’s note: State of the Sound
Earlier this month, the Puget Sound Partnership released its third annual State of the Sound report, a comprehensive summary of the latest progress toward ecosystem recovery. While much remains to be done, the State of the Sound is an opportunity to step back from the day-to-day science and consider the whole picture in wide focus.
November 22, 2013
New paper applies invasion biology to social networks
Jeff Rice Social media now proliferates across almost every sector of the Web, from commercial enterprises like Facebook to crowd sourcing of science and medical data. New online communities are created constantly, but not all of these efforts succeed, and the Web is littered with failed attempts and false starts. How can you tell which […]
November 21, 2013
Burke exhibit traces Elwha restoration
This month, the University of Washington’s Burke Museum opens the exhibit Elwha: A River Reborn, based on the book by Seattle Times reporter Lynda Mapes, with photography by Steve Ringman. The exhibit tells the story of the largest dam removal in U.S. history, and PSI’s Jeff Rice spoke with Mapes about her experience covering the story, her […]