Author: Joan Drinkwin
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Register for the 2026 Effective Estuary Restoration Symposium
Registration is OPEN for our 2026 Effective Estuary Restoration Symposium. This is a 2-day symposium held the mornings of May 20 and May 21 from 9:00AM to noon. The theme of Day 1 is Restoring ecological functions for multi-species benefits. The theme of Day 2 is Jump-starting process-based restoration. Both days will feature case studies…
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Emily Johnson, BLM, Joins PMEP Steering Committee
PMEP is excited to announce that Emily Johnson, Fisheries Program Lead for Oregon and Washington with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), has joined our Steering Committee! She oversees fisheries management and conservation strategies across BLM lands, ensuring healthy aquatic ecosystems and sustainable practices. As a member of PMEP’s Steering Committee, Emily will help guide PMEP’s…
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Heather Gliniak, CDFW, Joins PMEP Steering Committee
PMEP is excited to announce that Heather Gliniak, an environmental scientist working for California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) Marine Region in the State Managed Marine Finfish and Nearshore Ecosystems Program, has joined our Steering Committee. As a Steering Committee member, Heather will help map out PMEP’s strategic work and ensure that we are…
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Jason Nuckols Joins PMEP Steering Committee
PMEP is thrilled to announce that Jason Nuckols has joined our Steering Committee representing The Nature Conservancy. Jason Nuckols works in estuary and freshwater systems across Oregon. Since 2004, Jason has helped lead The Nature Conservancy’s Oregon freshwater and coastal programs in creating and implementing effective strategies for conservation of in-stream, floodplain, wetland, and estuarine…
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PMEP Visits Nearshore Restoration Sites
PMEP Steering and Science & Data Committee members visited five nearshore restoration sites in September when they held their annual meeting in Bellingham, Washington. The projects were led by the Northwest Straits Foundation and included the removal of hard shoreline armoring from both privately owned and public shorelines. Shown here are Lisa Kaufman, from the…
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PMEP Hosts Virtual Data Tools Training – November 4 & 5
PMEP and the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve Coastal Training Program are hosting a virtual data tools training on Tuesday, November 4 & Wednesday, November 5 from 10am-12pm PST. The training will be available for 20 participants. The training is designed for restoration practitioners, resource managers, and researchers and will cover the use and…
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PMEP Funds Assessment of Seagrass Restoration Effectiveness
PMEP has awarded FY25 funds from the National Fish Habitat Partnership to Oregion State University to assess the response of fish communities of seagrass restoration in Coos Bay and Yaquina Bay, Oregon. Researchers will evaluate diversity, abundance, and performance metrics of species at restoration sites in these estuaries and compare those metrics to natural seagrass…
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PMEP Funds Catalina Island Eelgrass Restoration, California
PMEP has awarded FY25 funds from the National Fish Habitat Partnership to the Santa Monica Bay Foundation to continue its work restoring eelgrass around Catalina Island. The Bay Foundation will restore critical fish habitat connectivity on Catalina Island by transplanting 60,000 square feet of native Pacific eelgrass (Zostera pacifica) to a cove that historically supported…
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May 6 symposium recordings available NOW
Presentations and recordings are available from our Promoting Effective Estuary Restoration May 6 virtual symposium/workshop focusing on Monitoring Guidance, Data Hubs, and Collaborative Platforms. Check them out on the PMEP YouTube channel!
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2025 Effective Estuary Restoration Symposium – Monitoring Guidance, Data Tools, and Collaborative Platforms
Back to all symposia The third Effective Estuary Restoration Symposium was on May 6, 2025. This one day virtual symposium brought together experts in the field of estuary restoration along the U.S. West Coast to explore tools available to restoration practitioners. Presentations and discussion covered estuary restoration monitoring guidance, compiled data available online for planning…