Author: Joan Drinkwin
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More website content for Effective Estuary Restoration
Exciting times for our Promoting Effective Estuary Restoration Project! Registeration is open for the May 6 virtual symposium/workshop focusing on Monitoring Guidance, Data Hubs, and Collaborative Platforms. And presentations and recordings from our March 4 Symposium on Blue Carbon and Estuary Restoration are now available. Check out May 6 speaker profiles and registration link and…
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2025 Effective Estuary Restoration Symposium – Blue Carbon
Back to all symposia The second Effective Estuary Restoration Symposium, March 4, 2025. This one day virtual symposium brought together experts in the field of estuary restoration along the U.S. West Coast to explore the role of Blue Carbon on fish habitat and estuary restoration. The symposiums are designed to support estuary restoration practitioners and…
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Monitoring guides, data hubs, & collaborative platforms workshop – Register NOW!
May 6, 2025 9:00AM – 12:00PM Pacific time Register Here! Exploring the design, methods, and monitoring of estuary restoration along the U.S. West Coast in the context of a changing climate. This half-day virtual symposium will bring together experts in the field of estuary restoration along the U.S. West Coast to explore tools available to…
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Blue Carbon and Fish Habitat Restoration Symposium – Register NOW!
March 4, 2024 9:30AM – 12:30PM Pacific time Register HERE. Exploring the design, methods, and monitoring of estuary restoration along the U.S. West Coast in the context of a changing climate. This half-day virtual symposium will bring together experts in the field of estuary restoration along the U.S. West Coast to explore the integrating: Blue…
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Increasing Recreational Fisheries Engagement Through the Fish Habitat Partnerships Request for Proposals
The Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership (PMEP) is partnering with NOAA to facilitate proposals for an informal funding opportunity in FY24 for Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership projects that support habitat conservation or restoration and engagement with the recreational fishing community. The total funding available is approximately $150,000. We are looking for projects that…
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Stan Allen Receives Stanley A. Moberly Award
Our own Stan Allen, Pacific Marine Fisheries Commission, was awarded the Stanley A. Moberly Award for Outstanding Contributions in Fish Habitat Conservation at the 2024 American Fisheries Society meeting in Honolulu, Hawai’i. The award was established in 2019 to annually recognize efforts of individuals, groups, or projects with an outstanding, long-term record of success in…
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Zangle Cove Bulkhead Removal named NFHP Waters to Watch
The PMEP-funded project, Zangle Cove Bulkhead Removal, was named a National Fish Habitat Partnership 2024 Waters to Watch Project. Managed by the Thurston Conservation Districti, this project removed 200 linear foot of bulkhead along the marine shoreline of South Puget Sound. The project restored spawning habitat for beach spawning fish (e.g., surf smelt and sand…
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PMEP is now accepting proposals for FY26 funding
Deadline for proposal submission is December 2, 2024. PMEP will award an estimated $250,000-$350,000 in FY2026 for projects that advance its mission. The exact amount of funding available varies annually and is not known at this time. In an effort to fund a diverse portfolio of projects, strong project proposals that request less than $100,000 are…
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SAVE THE DATES: Effective Estuary Restoration Symposiums set for March 4 and May 6, 2025
These half-day symposiums are the second and third in a series of virtual symposiums bringing together experts in the field of estuary restoration along the U.S. West Coast to explore effective estuary restoration topics. 2025 symposium will explore: Blue Carbon in the context of fish habitat Data and monitoring protocols and guidance Collaborative platforms for…
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PMEP Launches New Data Viewer
PMEP’s new West Coast Estuary and Nearshore Habitat Viewer is available now. Launched at the recent American Fisheries Society meeting, this new interactive tool combines our estuary datasets with our new nearshore habitat datasets into one easy-to-use platform. The Viewer supports users importing their own spatial data as well as data readily available at ArcGIS…