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By Katrina Radach, Washington Sea Grant State Fellow at The Nature Conservancy. Between May 27th to May 31st in Lisbon, Portugal, 1,200 people around the world came together to discuss climate change adaptations. One major discussion throughout this conference was how communities adapt to climate change in regards to coastal hazards. In Lisbon, where the sun-kissed beaches and tourism are major economic industries for its communities, they are facing challenges of coastal erosion, extreme storms, and sea level rise. Sounds familiar right?
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By Felicia Olmeta-Schult, Washington Sea Grant State Fellow at Washington Dept. of Ecology, Shorelands & Environmental Assistance Program
A community update meeting & exhibit on the Willapa Shoreline Erosion Protection Demonstration Project was held at the Shoalwater Bay Community Center in Tokeland on Wednesday April 17, 2019. If you want to learn more about it, go to the Willapa Shoreline Erosion Protection Demonstration Project page on the CHRN website. You will have access to materials describing the shared information and recommendation of the project team. You will also find new photos of the project as well as a new section titled Willapa Bay in the News (at the bottom of the page). Happy reading! By Felicia Olmeta-Schult, Washington Sea Grant State Fellow at Washington Dept. of Ecology, Shorelands & Environmental Assistance Program
We reviewed the list of grant programs funded under the 2017-2019 State Capital Budget and 2018 Supplemental Budget. Programs were selected based on the language used within their description and mission statement. This effort resulted in a baseline inventory of 60 capital grant programs potentially funding projects in areas vulnerable to sea level rise (SLR). However, this list may not be exhaustive. We then assessed if the programs funding guidelines did mention or not terms such as sea level rise and climate change. Of the 60 programs, we found four which included climate and sea level rise language within their funding guidelines:
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