Drawing the Line in Salmon Genetics
Drawing the Line in Salmon Genetics
At the Yakama Tribe’s innovative experimental hatchery, WSG researchers show what a difference a wild broodstock can make.
On the east side of Cle Elum, Washington, between Interstate 90 and the Yakima River, sits a tribal salmon-rearing ...
Rising Seas and a Plan to Deal with Climate Change
Rising Seas and a Plan to Deal with Climate Change
WSG’s Ian Miller helps the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe lead the way in climate planning.
Many native tribes in Washington are acutely exposed to the effects of climate change. From the Swinomish Reservation on Skagit Bay to...
Sally Brownfield: People of the Water
November 27, 2019
Washington Sea Grant is a proud sponsor of We Are Puget Sound: Discovering & Recovering the Salish Sea, a new book by David L. Workman, Leonard Forsman, Mindy Roberts and Brian J. Cantwell from Braided River (an imprint of Mountaineers Books). The following profile is an excerp...
Monster Seminar Jam with Dr. Katie Arkema
The NWFSC Monster Seminar JAM is a weekly seminar with presentations by Center scientists and guest speakers, and touches on variety of research fields, including landscape ecology, community ecology, genetics, wildlife biology, systematics, marine ecology, conservation biology, population biology a...
Scaling shoreline restoration to improve nearshore marine habitat for salmon and forage fishes
RESTORING SHORELINES TO IMPROVE FISH HABITAT
Scaling shoreline restoration to improve nearshore marine habitat for salmon and forage fishes
Researchers study the link between shoreline type (armored, restored, natural) and fish assemblages by conducting surveys and integrating their new d...
Coastal hazard planning: the role of governance in community resilience
Hazard mitigation for coastal infrastructure
Coastal Hazard Planning: The Role of Governance in Community Resilience
Researchers examined legal and policy factors affecting a coastal community’s ability to move vital infrastructure out of the way of tsunamis and other natural hazards....
Past Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowships
Past Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowships
Overview
The Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellowship offers a unique educational opportunity for soon-to-graduate or recently finished graduate students engaged in studies pertaining to ocean and coastal policy issues. This one-year, paid mar...
Hazards, Resilience and Climate Change Outreach
Hazards, Resilience and Climate Change
Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Course
Many major disaster declarations are due in whole or in part to flooding. But communities can adopt various corrective and preventive measures to reduce flood damage. The coastal flood r...
Webinar: Understanding Acidification Risks Across Habitats Through a 10-site Intertidal Network
Join us for our C-CAN Roundtable discussion
Presented by Dr. Micah Horwith, Washington Department of Natural Resources and hosted by Teri King, Washington Sea Grant.
Abstract:
In 2015, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources established the Acidification Nearshore Monitoring Network. T...
Shoreline restoration: community science to monitor effectiveness
July 10, 2023
Read on UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences News.
Jason Toft surveying for beach wrack. Photo courtesy of Jason Toft.
Jason Toft from the UW Wetland Ecosystem Team has been monitoring shoreline armor restoration in Puget Sound for over a decade at sites where artificial armor ...
Washington Coastal Resilience Project 2016-2018
Washington Coastal Resilience Project
Improving risk communication and leveraging existing programs in Washington State to build capacity and enhance resilience in coastal communities
The Washington Coastal Resilience Project was a 3-year effort to rapidly increase the state’s capacit...
King Tides Provide a Window into the Future of Washington Shorelines
From the autumn 2019 Sea Star print newsletter
By Andrew Chin, WSG Science Communications Fellow
On a quiet day in Oak Harbor last January, the surface of Puget Sound was as smooth as glass. The water gently reflected the winter sun as 45 pairs of eyes watched the tide slowly overtake the shoreline,...
Looking Underwater to Uncover the Marine Environment of Shellfish Aquaculture
From the winter 2021–2022 Sea Star print newsletter
Researchers use Go-Pro cameras to document life beneath the surface on shellfish farms
By Hannah Jeffries, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Two Go-Pros poised to capture life beneath the surface. Photo: Bridget Ferriss
Shellfish growers spend co...