WSG receives $1.59 million to boost Puget Sound habitat
The two WSG-led projects selected for funding will focus on sea level rise vulnerability and managing invasive European green crab
Two projects led by Washington Sea Grant (WSG) will receive a total of $1.59 million through the Puget Sound National Estuary Program’s Habitat Strategic Initiative, a partnership between Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Washington Department of Natural Resources.
Drone videos show height of tsunami based on UW modeling
An evacuation route in Westport, Washington gets a “tsunami eye” view
It started with a question: How can emergency managers and educators make tsunami evacuation maps and routes easier to remember for coastal communities?
Monitoring the Damage in the Heat Wave’s Wake
Washington Sea Grant rapidly provided funding to two projects to survey the impacts of the historic June 2021 heat wave on intertidal marine life
From the Autumn 2022 Sea Star
In June 2021, the peak of an unprecedented heat wave coincided with extremely low tides in the Salish Sea, wreaking havoc on intertidal ecosystems.
Sea levels are rising in Washington. What will the shorelines of the future be like?
A new report from the Washington Coastal Resilience Project evaluates the trade-offs between various strategies to manage the impacts of sea level rise
As sea levels continue to rise, coastal hazards such as flooding and erosion will become increasingly common.
How can we better prepare for natural hazards on our coasts? Inter-organizational collaboration to assist local efforts may be key
A newly completed project lays the foundation for a team to help Washington’s coastal communities be better prepared for floods, erosion and other coastal hazards
Floods. Erosion. Sea level rise. Tsunamis.
WSG receives funding to build coastal resilience in the Columbia River Estuary
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have awarded $259,888 from the National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) to the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership and partners, including Washington Sea Grant, for a project to develop community-based hazards and habitat resilience planning in the Columbia River Estuary.
Read moreHead outdoors this holiday season to help build a picture of the future by witnessing local king tides!
Instantly share photos of this season’s biggest tides with researchers and your community using the MyCoast app
Puget Sound, WA — King tides, the annual extreme-high tides that occur whenever the moon is closest to Earth, offer a glimpse of what our future in Western Washington may look like as sea levels rise.