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Category: Puget Sound Initiative
Stormwater Heatmap
May 09, 2022
Our stormwater community welcomes a new mapping tool, the Puget Sound Stormwater Heatmap, which can help users identify hotspots where stormwater pollution is generated. This will help stormwater managers decide where pollution interventions should be made to address the most contaminated parts of our landscape. This tool is a collaborative effort between The Nature Conservancy, […]
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Stormwater SIL Receives EPA Funding
January 07, 2022
READ THE FULL REPORT The Washington Stormwater Center is pleased to announce that EPA, through its National Estuary Program, has funded the Stormwater Strategic Initiative Lead Team (Stormwater SIL). This collaborative team of the Departments of Ecology and Commerce, with the Washington Stormwater Center, is working to identify and deploy strategic investments in stormwater in […]
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Puget Sound Recovery
Repost
State of the Sound Report
December 08, 2021
The Puget Sound Partnership recently released its State of the Sound Report. The Washington Stormwater Center, as part of the Stormwater Strategic Initiative Lead Team, participates on the Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program as well as supporting three Implementation Strategies: Toxics in Aquatic Species, BIBI, and Marine Water Quality. These strategies and the Team’s underlying […]
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Press Release
Puget Sound Initiative
Puget Sound Recovery
Got Stormwater? Got Ideas for Actions??
October 13, 2021
Please join us in a discussion regarding Puget Sound recovery this fall. The Puget Sound Partnership in conjunction with its partners is hosting 12 workshops in November and December that will elicit ideas about actions associated with strategies important in the stormwater world: Toxics, integrated land use, salmon, retrofits, and restoration as well as working […]
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Puget Sound Recovery
Training
Puget Sound Needs You! Join a Strategic Initiative Lead Advisory Team
October 01, 2021
Want to make your voice, lived experience, and perspectives support Puget Sound’s recovery as a place and community? Well, now’s your opportunity to apply for one of three advisory teams- called “SIATs”- Strategic Initiative Advisory Teams, which apply to three broad domains of Habitat, Shellfish, and Stormwater. Read the Full Article from The Puget Sound Estuary Program
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Puget Sound Initiative
Puget Sound Recovery
Repost
Toxics In Fish Strategy
June 09, 2021
The Stormwater Strategic Initiative Lead Team (SIL), of which The Washington Stormwater Center is a key partner, is pleased to announce that the Toxics in Fish Implementation Strategy is final and has been published. The documents can be accessed here. Drs. Jen McIntyre and John Stark, as well as SIL WSC lead Heidi Siegelbaum, have […]
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Puget Sound Initiative
Puget Sound Recovery – All Day Toxics in Puget Sound Workshop
January 19, 2021
Join us on February 5th for an all-day science workshop featuring short talks by researchers including Dr. John Stark and Dr. Jennifer McIntyre, synthesis presentations, and showcases of emerging research projects. This is a free event from the Stormwater Strategic Initiative Lead Team with funding support from The US EPA. Please RSVP to Heidi Siegelbaum […]
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Research
Toxics in Fish- A Strategy Waiting for You
November 10, 2020
Fixing the past and offering future opportunities Toxics in fish. How did the toxics get there? What happens to fish and people when they are contaminated? How can we correct past mistakes and pave the way for future opportunities and increase community health? The Toxics in Fish Implementation Strategy is a roadmap for preventing, managing, and cleaning up a range […]
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