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 […]
June 19, 2012
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound now online
A beta version of the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound is now online. Find hundreds of descriptive articles, maps and other media related to Puget Sound ecosystem science at eopugetsound.org. Give us your feedback. Tell us what you would like to see on EoPS pages in the future, and find out how you or your organization […]
June 19, 2012
Puget Sound Institute welcomes Visiting Scholar Nicole Faghin
The Puget Sound Institute is pleased to welcome Nicole Faghin as a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Urban Waters. Faghin serves as a Coastal Management Specialist at Washington Sea Grant, and will act as a bridge between the two organizations, strengthening and developing potentials for collaboration. She will also coordinate the third National Working […]
June 19, 2012
Puget Sound is calling: Download EoPS ringtones
The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound has ringtones! Download free mp3 calls of select Puget Sound species to your smartphone.
June 19, 2012
CUW and PSI welcome summer interns
The Center for Urban Waters welcomes nine interns to kick off the second year of its summer internship program. Internships will include collaborations with several Puget Sound area organizations and programs, including the Puget Sound Institute, the Washington Stormwater Center, the Joint Institute of the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, and SoundCitizen. Projects will […]