Coastal Management

Coasts – Camera – Action: community-driven research for adapting to Willapa Bay’s rapidly changing north shore

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Roxanne Carini (Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington)

CO-INVESTIGATORS: Nicole Errett (University of Washington)

The north shore of Willapa Bay is on the front lines of climate change. For decades, erosion has claimed large swathes of its coastline, with devastating impacts to the traditional lands of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, the local economy, natural habitat, homes, and critical infrastructure. ...