As we round out the year, check out “the current status of the ecosystem,” in the Puget Sound Partnership’s 2012 State of the Sound report.
October 1, 2012
New PSI website
The Puget Sound Institute website has a new look! Check it out at: http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/center-urban-waters/puget-sound-institute.
September 28, 2012
PSP’s 2012 Action Agenda update now available
By Alicia Lawver, Puget Sound Partnership The Puget Sound Partnership is excited to announce the 2012 update to the Action Agenda, which outlines the region’s priorities and actions to address the foundational elements of a healthy Puget Sound: our economy, environment, human health, and quality of life.
September 28, 2012
Welcoming new Puget Sound Partnership executive director
By Alicia Lawver, Puget Sound Partnership Col. Anthony Wright, retired Army Corps of Engineers district engineer, was appointed by Gov. Chris Gregoire in July to lead the Puget Sound Partnership.The Partnership is the backbone organization that coordinates the efforts of citizens, governments, tribes, scientists and businesses to set priorities, implement a regional recovery plan and […]
September 27, 2012
PSI welcomes three new researchers
The Puget Sound Institute is pleased to welcome three new researchers to the Center for Urban Waters this fall.
September 27, 2012
Exploring quality of life and human well-being in Puget Sound restoration
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 27, 2012
Studying nitrogen impacts from septic tanks and alder trees in Hood Canal
By Amelia Apfel, for the Puget Sound Institute As part of a series of long-term studies, Puget Sound Institute scientist Andy James is collaborating with Julie Horowitz of the Hood Canal Coordinating Council and Mike Brett and Mark Benjamin at the University of Washington to complete an evaluation of the fate of various human-associated nitrogen […]
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.