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Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network (ERN) Newsletter
A place to stay up to date on ecosystem recovery-related news, announcements, funding opportunities, job openings, events and more from around the Straits and the broader region.
NEXT STRAIT ERN QUARTERLY MEETING: Friday, September 20, 2024 - Red Cedar Hall <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=e505c8c19a&e=ef6991ce4e>
We will provide ample and delicious coffee and refreshments, please bring your lunch if you would like more substantial food!
Notes & next steps from our April 19th Quarterly meeting available HERE <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=452f8f4500&e=ef6991ce4e>
In this Newsletter:
1) Funding opportunities
2) Around the Straits
3) Around the Sound & Beyond
4) Job Opportunities
Funding Opportunities
PUGET SOUND RECOVERY FUNDING ACCELERATION FUNDING TOOL <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=661eed4f28&e=ef6991ce4e>
PS RAFT collects information about national, state, and regional funding opportunities in one central location. This tool makes it easier to find and apply for funding and helps to align
funding opportunities with funding needs. PS RAFT also provides a space to encourage collaboration and alignment among partners so that grant applications integrate multiple priorities
and have a greater chance for success.
Puget Sound Partnership Monthly Funding Update Calls
PSP Strategic Funding Team will provide an overview of the funding opportunities listed on PS RAFT <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=bc2c814567&e=ef69
91ce4e> , and space to discuss upcoming projects and Q&A. These calls will be on the first Monday of the month, 9 - 10:00 am. Sign up here to get the meeting invites: Funding Opportunities
Alert <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=647a3ad4cc&e=ef6991ce4e> .
Habitat, Stormwater and Shellfish Strategic Initiative Lead (SIL) funding
EPA National Estuary Funding (NEP) for Puget Sound Recovery
Shellfish SIL Funding: <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=df7a7a5fa8&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Funding targets work that addresses fecal pollution impacts to shellfish growing area classification protection and restoration, including supporting innovative solutions, regional
scoped work, and addressing impacts from wastewater treatment plants. See the RFP for a full list of investment priorities and objectives.
* Up to $5.3 million in total investment
* Closes October 23, 2024
Stormwater SIL Funding: <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=9dc744734d&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Piloting Solutions to CECs in Wastewater - OPEN NOW
* Objective: Investigate and pilot wastewater or pretreatment technologies that remove contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) from wastewater.
* $1 million available
* Closes October 22, 2024
Opening October 2024:
* Climate Resiliency in Stormwater Management ($2.5 million available)
* Developing Regional Facilities and Stormwater Parks ($1.6 million available) ● Toxics in Fish Combined RFP ($4.5 million available)
* Integrated Watershed Planning, Mapping, and Prioritization ($2 million available)
* Behavior Change Campaigns for Clean Stormwater ($1 million available)
The SIL RFP competition schedule is available on the SIL RFP webpage <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=cfced51f3f&e=ef6991ce4e> and
specific competition information will be listed on the Habitat RFP <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=8c821d55ff&e=ef6991ce4e> or Stormwater
RFP <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=2c925424b9&e=ef6991ce4e> webpages. The Department of Commerce Salmon Recovery Grant Program will
have information when available on the integrated watershed and stormwater planning webpage <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=d7d9bdcba2&e=ef6991ce4e
> . Follow the SIL RFP webpage <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=a29089959b&e=ef6991ce4e> or sign-up on the SIL blog <https://straitern.us13.list-man
age.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=3ca8e68a87&e=ef6991ce4e> to learn about additional competitions in 2024.
2024-2027 National Culvert Removal Replacement and Restoration Grant Program
The Federal Highway Administration announced the availability of least $196 million for Culvert AOP grants. <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=0378052d
b7&e=ef6991ce4e> The deadline to apply is Monday, September 23, 2024. Learn more and apply HERE <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=5d0eca7cb5&e=ef6991
ce4e> .
USDA Forest Service Inflation Reduction Act Forest Landowner Support: Landowner Payment Programs for Carbon Stewardship Practices (Link <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f
26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=8fdc90cdc4&e=ef6991ce4e> )
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* Description: This funding opportunity will solicit proposals for IRA provision Subtitle D, Sec. 23002 (a)(4), which provides the USDA Forest Service with funding for programs to provide
financial compensation to private forest landowners for the implementation of practices
* See who can apply here <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=407e36a22c&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Deadline: September 30, 2024
USDA Forest Service Inflation Reduction Act Forest Landowner Support: Landowner Cost Share Payment Programs for Climate Mitigation and/or Forest Resilience Practices (Link <https://straitern.us13.lis
t-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=4544e4db9e&e=ef6991ce4e> )
* Description: This funding opportunity will solicit proposals for IRA provision Subtitle D, Sec. 23002 (a)(1), which provides the USDA Forest Service with funding to support state-endorsed
programs to issue cost share payments
* See who can apply here <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=1b3d840b94&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Deadline: September 30, 2024
Rural Energy for America Program (Link <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=e4dad757b3&e=ef6991ce4e> )
* Description: The program provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or to make energy efficiency
improvements.
* See who can apply here <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=03c27ae860&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Deadline: September 30, 2024
Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Grant Program (Link <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=899fe611ab&e=ef6991ce4e> )
* Description: The RCN NOFO solicits grant applications for the Reconnecting Communities Pilot discretionary grant program, established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), and
for the newly created Neighborhood Access and Equity discretionary grant program, established by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Under the combined RCN Program, USDOT offers three
grant types:
* Capital Construction
* Community Planning
* Regional Partnerships Challenge
* See who can apply here <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=9b3e63a7c5&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Deadline: September 30, 2024
FY2024 Tribal Wetland Program Development Grants (Link <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=ab29b352d8&e=ef6991ce4e> )
* Description: Tribal Wetland Program Development Grants (WPDGs) assist tribal governments and intertribal consortia to develop or refine tribal programs which protect, manage, and restore
wetlands. All applications submitted under the funding opportunity must be for projects that develop or refine Tribal wetland programs. Tribes and intertribal consortia are eligible
to compete under the funding opportunity. States, territories, interstate organizations, local governments, and nonprofit organizations are not eligible to compete. The goals of the
wetland program include increasing the quantity and quality of wetlands in the U.S. by conserving and restoring wetland acreage and improving wetland condition. In pursuing these goals,
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks to develop the capacity of all levels of government to develop and/or refine effective, comprehensive programs for wetland protection
and management. In addition to developing and/or refining wetland protection and management programs, the EPA seeks to build wetland programs that incorporate climate change and environmental
justice considerations. Please see the funding opportunity for more information.
* See who can apply here <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=5f5b3fad8b&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Deadline: October 1, 2024
Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2025 Funding Opportunity (Link <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=7507780ba9&e=ef6991ce4e> )
* Description: NOAA Ocean Exploration is soliciting proposals for ocean exploration-related projects under two themes: Ocean Exploration and Maritime Heritage. By supporting exploration
(i.e., examining unknown or poorly understood areas of the seafloor, sub-bottom, or water column through initial assessments of the physical, chemical, geological, biological, archaeological,
or other characteristics), NOAA Ocean Exploration seeks to advance our basic understanding of the unknown ocean.
* See who can apply here <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=691ce9e583&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Deadline: October 3, 2024
Department of Energy’s (DOE) Grid Deployment Office (GDO) released a Request for Information (RFI) focused on West Coast offshore wind (OSW) transmission (Link <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com
/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=8d4f0d9d3a&e=ef6991ce4e> )
* Description: Supported by the Inflation Reduction Act, this RFI is part of a multi-tiered approach to gather information to address challenges and barriers to efficiently capturing
clean, reliable power from West Coast offshore wind resources and delivering it to communities that need it the most. Information gathered through the RFI, and the convening series
will be used to inform the West Coast Action Plan for Offshore Wind Transmission
Development which will include a set of recommendations for addressing near-, medium-, and long-term OSW transmission challenges.
* See who can apply here <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=7acd8c3dd4&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Deadline: October 3, 2024
USFWS NAWCA 2025 US Small Grants (Link <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=7b4300e902&e=ef6991ce4e> )
* Description: The U.S. Small Grants Program is a competitive, matching grants program that supports public-private partnerships carrying out projects in the United States that further
the goals of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act. Projects must involve only long-term protection, restoration, enhancement and/or establishment of wetland and associated upland
habitats to benefit migratory birds. The program requires a 1:1 non-federal match and research funding is ineligible. This program supports the DOI and FWS mission of protecting and
managing the nation's natural resources by collaborating with partners and stakeholders to conserve land and water and to expand outdoor recreation and access.
* See who can apply here <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=1ff41687ad&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Deadline: October 10, 2024
Washington Department of Ecology - Water Quality Combined Funding Program (FY2026)
Available funding ranges from $100 million to $200 million annually. This is an integrated funding program for projects that improve and protect water quality throughout Washington (OSS,
wastewater facilities, stormwater facilities, and nonpoint activities). There is one combined funding cycle, one application, one competitive rating process, and one list of funding
offers. Applicants submit just one application for all of the funding sources under the Water Quality Combined Funding Program. Closes October 15. Learn more and apply HERE <https://straitern.us13.l
ist-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=670b668a52&e=ef6991ce4e> .
Washington Department of Ecology - Air Quality in Overburdened Communities Grant Program
This is available for organizations serving overburdened communities and Tribes participating in Ecology’s initiative to improve air quality in overburdened communities. Organizations
can receive up to $700,000 is available per project. Closes October 24. Learn more HERE <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=f250983ab7&e=ef6991ce4e>
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* Informational Zoom sessions take place on
* Thursday, September 17 from2pm-4pm <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=00188166d3&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Thursday, October 3 from2pm-4pm <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=ac8b15cff0&e=ef6991ce4e>
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission: No Child Left Inside Grant Program
This grant program provides opportunities for underserved, underrepresented, and historically excluded youth to learn, play, and experience the outdoors. Applications are due on October
31, 2024. Learn more and apply HERE <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=8a54819388&e=ef6991ce4e> .
NOAA - Citizen Science for Improved Stock Assessments and Climate-Ready Fisheries Management
Funding will prioritize projects that provide information for use in stock assessments and increase understanding of current and/or future impacts of climate change on fish stocks and/or
fishing communities. Three to eight different citizen science projects will be funded at about $75,000 to $200,000 per project year. The funding award period is from FY 2025 TO FY 2026
and Proposals are due by November 4, 2024.Learn more and apply HERE <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=e80e81ac99&e=ef6991ce4e> .
Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants (Link <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=9b3a270908&e=ef6991ce4e> )
* Description: The Community Change Grants will fund community-driven projects that address climate challenges and reduce pollution while strengthening communities through thoughtful
implementation.
* See who can apply here <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=9a3596138a&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Deadline: November 21, 2024
National Fish Passage Program (Link <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=46d4e21641&e=ef6991ce4e> )
* Description: The National Fish Passage Program (NFPP) is a voluntary program that provides direct technical and financial assistance to partners to remove instream barriers and restore
aquatic organism passage and aquatic connectivity for the benefit of Federal trust resources. In doing so, NFPP aims to maintain or increase native fish populations to improve ecosystem
resiliency and provide quality fishing experiences for the American people.
* See who can apply here <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=1600c0d89b&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Deadline: December 31, 2024
Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program (Link <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=2f0c35e3f9&e=ef6991ce4e> )
* Description: This program was designed to assist Tribal Colleges in building institutional research capacity through applied projects that address student educational needs and meet
community, reservation or regional challenges. Eligible institutions may propose projects in any discipline of the food, agricultural or natural resource sciences.
* See who can apply here <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=b679b10a75&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Deadline: December 31, 2024
FY24 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Coastal Zone Management Habitat Protection and Restoration Competition (Link <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=d0ec
f25e4f&e=ef6991ce4e> )
* Description: The purpose of this notice is to solicit grant proposals from eligible state and territory Coastal Zone Management Programs (CZM Programs) for coastal habitat restoration;
coastal habitat restoration planning, engineering, and design; and coastal land conservation projects that support the goals and intent of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), the
Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP), and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law).
* See who can apply here <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=9e74185f8a&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Deadline: January 9, 2025
FY24 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law National Estuarine Research Reserve System Habitat Protection and Restoration Competition (Link <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f
2ba5e8307ed&id=6ae83a9ecc&e=ef6991ce4e> )
* Description: The purpose of this notice is to solicit grant proposals from eligible National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs or Reserves) for coastal habitat restoration; coastal
habitat restoration planning, engineering, and design; and coastal land conservation projects that support the goals and intent of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), the Coastal
and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP), and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Bipartisan Infrastructure Law).
* See who can apply here <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=b04407fce5&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Deadline: January 9, 2025
Marine Debris Removal (Link <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=167fa9cefb&e=ef6991ce4e> )
* Description: The NOAA Marine Debris Program will award up to $47 million through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support the removal of large marine debris throughout the coastal
United States, Great Lakes, territories, and Freely Associated States. These removal projects should focus on large marine debris, including abandoned and derelict vessels, derelict
fishing gear, and other debris that is generally unable to be collected by hand.
* See who can apply here <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=d5c9a32d9d&e=ef6991ce4e>
* Deadline: January 31, 2025
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Around the Straits
Volunteers needed to help with Real Learning Real Work field trips!
It is that season again and we are gearing up to get our middle school students out in the field to start off their restoration design project. We have several field trips coming up
in Clallam and Jefferson Counties this fall and are in need of volunteers to help guide students on their first field trip of the Real Learning Real Work program. During this field
trip they will be performing site assessments to identify habitat quality concerns for salmon and collecting data on their restoration plots.
Dates & Locations: Sequim & Chimacum are the largest schools we work with. This is our greatest need for volunteers – the more volunteers we have, the smaller we can keep student groups.
Students get way more out of the experience if they are able to work in small groups. Tentative timing is listed below, this may shift with bus schedules.
October 8th -- Blue Heron 7th at Salmon Creek, 8am - 2pm
October 10th -- Chimacum 7th & 8th at Salmon Creek, 8am - 2pm
October 16th -- OCEAN 6th, 7th & 8th at Salmon Creek, 8am - 12pm
October 17th – Sequim 7th at Dungeness River, 8am - 2pm
October 18th – Sequim 7th at Dungeness River, 8am - 2pm
Find Out More & Sign Up <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=13fdf4f47c&e=ef6991ce4e>
Volunteer for Orca Recovery Day!
Join NOSC October 19th for Orca Recovery Day as we team up with the Jefferson Conservation District to revegetate a portion of the Salmon Creek leading to Discovery Bay, home to ESA-listed
Hood Canal Summer Chum salmon and several other salmonids. Improving salmon habitat leads to increased numbers of fish, something the Southern Residents are in dire need of.
RSVP Here! <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=beb81ae36a&e=ef6991ce4e>
2027 Clallam County Parks and Recreation Comprehensive Master Plan- Opinion Survey
The Clallam County Parks, Fair, & Facilities Staff and Parks Advisory Board have commenced preparing an update for the 2016 edition of the Clallam County Parks and Recreation Comprehensive
Master Plan. The update will guide the county’s strategic park planning and management efforts through 2037. A component of the effort is eliciting public feedback via the Public Opinion
Survey early in the process. The survey, accessible through the link and QR Code below, will be active until Monday, March 31st, 2025. The county parks staff and advisory board will
use the survey results to develop a presentation that shares crucial findings, explains how the results will be used, and catalyzes productive dialogue at several community events yet
to be scheduled.
The entire Master Plan update process should be completed by late 2025 and adopted in the spring of 2026. For more information or comments, contact the Parks, Fair, & Facilities and
Parks Advisory
Board at web_parks@clallamcountywa.gov or 360.417.2291
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International Coastal Cleanup Day - Sat, Sep 21st
In partnership with Washington CoastSavers, the Port Townsend Marine Science Center is hosting a beach cleanup. To participate, visit the check-in location at Fort Worden State Park.
Folks will be directed to local beaches in the greater Port Townsend and Hadlock area to collect debris. For more information, visit the Coastal Cleanups website <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.
com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=c7b224246e&e=ef6991ce4e> or contact Mandi at 360-385-5582 x115.
Time: 9am-1pm | Location: 532 Battery Way, Port Townsend, WA 98368
Mark your calendars for the Salmon Coalition Annual Meeting October 15th!
We’re excited to share with you the work we’ve done over the past year, both in education and restoration projects. We have a great keynote speaker lined up to share about the connection
our work has to another unique part of our Pacific Northwest ecosystem – the Pacific Lamprey!
We invite you to bring a pie to share with the community to celebrate in true Salmon Coalition fashion! Savory pies are especially appreciated.
When: Tuesday, October 15th
Doors open at 5pm. The meeting will begin at 5:30pm.
Where: Dungeness River Nature Center
1943 W Hendrickson Rd, Sequim, WA 98382
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NOLT Harvest Celebration tickets are available now!
Just as November is a time to plan and plant for the future, we invite you to join us at this year’s Harvest Celebration fundraiser and sow the seeds for future land conservation.
Sunday November 3rd from 3 pm to 7 pm
Field Arts & Events Hall (201 W Front St, Port Angeles)
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Strait ECO Events Calendar
This monthly newsletter can be a great resource for planning ahead, especially as registration for some events fill up quickly. However, new opportunities can also pop up throughout
the month. Be sure to check the Strait ECO Events calendar <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=46b22a1a47&e=ef6991ce4e> from time to
time, so you don't miss out on any environmental education or stewardship opportunities on the Peninsula!
Around the Sound & Beyond
Habitat SIL Fall Forum: Planning for sea level rise and climate related hazards to nearshore habitat in Puget Sound.
This Forum is on Thursday, October 24 to Friday, October 25 in Lynwood, Washington. Consider attending this free event to discuss the protection and restoration of nearshore habitat
and biodiversity in Puget Sound in the context of sea level rise and climate change related hazards. Registration is required <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5
e8307ed&id=8fb13acd70&e=ef6991ce4e> .
Shoreline Management Act Rulemaking Fall Listening Sessions
On September 23, 2024, we will host two virtual public listening sessions. These meetings are open to all; please join us to ask questions and let us know your interests and concerns
regarding the rule update! WAC 173-26-27-Shoreline Management Act - Washington State Department of Ecology <https://straitern.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02015d57f26d1f2ba5e8307ed&id=023cf3ea
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Call for Nominations to the Puget Sound Salmon Science Advisory Group (SSAG)
This is an opportunity to provide scientific support to the Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Council and Puget Sound Partnership. The Science Panel is looking for individuals with knowledge
of salmon interested in advancing Puget Sound salmon recovery efforts to join the SSAG. Candidate nominations due October 4. Self-nominations due October 18. Learn more and apply HERE
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WDFW Statewide Fish Passage Prioritization Strategy Hybrid Fall Forums
WDFW is hosting two hybrid forums to share updates about and receive feedback on the statewide fish passage strategy. One will be in Seattle, WA on Wednesday, September 18 from 1-3:30pm
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RCO Satellite Summit 2024
The Washington State Recreation & Conservation Office (RCO) is hosting the 4th Annual Satellite Summit at the Natural Resources Building on October 9, 2024. Click here <https://straitern.us13.list-ma
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Register for the Winter Storms Forum - October 28th in Lacey, WA.
Join coastal decision-makers, planners, resource managers, researchers, and other practitioners for a day of knowledge sharing and partnership-building around the threats posed by winter
storms, how state and federal governments track the impacts, how local communities can document damages for FEMA reimbursement, and how to leverage mitigation funding to increase community
resilience. While this event is targeted towards coastal hazards and climate resiliency practitioners from local, state, and federal government agencies, Tribes, academic institutions,
consulting firms, and nonprofit organizations, anyone is welcomed to join.
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