Author: Joan Drinkwin

  • Getting to Know PMEP!

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    PMEP Recently prepared this video for new members of the National Fish Habitat Partnership board of directors. Its a good overview of our focus and priorities and highlights our assessments and partners projects.

  • PMEP Funds Four New Projects in 2021

    PMEP Funds Four New Projects in 2021

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    PMEP is pleased to announce the following projects have been selected for funding through the National Fish Habitat Partnership.  These projects represent important conservation priorities of PMEP.  $175,956 has been awarded to the partnership through the Fish and Aquatic Conservation Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the following five projects: Blind Slough…

  • PMEP Releases U.S. West Coast Eelgrass Restoration Synthesis Report

    PMEP Releases U.S. West Coast Eelgrass Restoration Synthesis Report

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    PMEP is proud to announce the release of Eelgrass Restoration on the U.S. West Coast: A Comprehensive Assessment of Restoration Techniques and Their Outcomes. Eelgrass is an important foundation species along the U.S. West Coast, supporting a suite of ecosystem services and functions and providing food and shelter for many fishes and invertebrates. In 2018, PMEP…

  • PMEP-sponsored Point No Point Estuary Restoration Project Receives NOAA Angler Funding

    PMEP-sponsored Point No Point Estuary Restoration Project Receives NOAA Angler Funding

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    NOAA is funding four projects sponsored by National Fish Habitat Partnerships designed to enhance recreational fisheries engagement and restore habitat through the coastal National Fish Habitat Partnerships. PMEP is supporting the restoration of tidal influence to the Point No Point Estuary in Kitsap County, Washington. The Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group is collaborating with the…

  • Barriers to Tidal Connectivity Project HUB Site

    Barriers to Tidal Connectivity Project HUB Site

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    PMEP, in collaboration with the California Fish Passage Forum and the Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative, has launched a new Barriers to Tidal Connectivity data hub of resources developed through a collaborative project to improve our understanding of tidal connectivity issues along the US West Coast. The data hub includes a data catalog of West Coast…

  • Irma Lagomarsino, NOAA Fisheries, joins PMEP Steering Committee

    Irma Lagomarsino, NOAA Fisheries, joins PMEP Steering Committee

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    We want to give a warm welcome to our newest PMEP steering committee member, Irma Lagomarsino! Irma is a Senior Policy Advisor for the Oregon/Washington Coastal Office of NOAA Fisheries in Portland, Oregon, helping to build strategic collaborative solutions for salmon recovery with a particular emphasis in western Oregon. Previously, Irma served as the Assistant…

  • PMEP hosts Estuary Restoration & Mapping session at Oregon AFS Meeting

    PMEP hosts Estuary Restoration & Mapping session at Oregon AFS Meeting

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    Join PMEP for an in-depth look at estuary restoration and mapping along the US West Coast at the 2021 Oregon Chapter American Fisheries Society 57th Annual Meeting to be held March 3-5, 2021. PMEP’s session will happen on Wednesday, March 3 and will include presentations ranging from estuary mapping, to climate change considerations, salmon resiliency,…

  • Stan Allen elected to the Board of Directors of the National Fish Habitat Partnership

    Stan Allen elected to the Board of Directors of the National Fish Habitat Partnership

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    Congratulations to PMEP Steering Committee member Stan Allen, who was recently elected to the newly reformed Board of Directors of the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP)! Stan, who works for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, will be representing the Marine Fisheries Commissions/Councils on the NFHP board. Stan was a long-time member of the previous…

  • Marina Cazorla, California Department of Parks and Recreation, joins PMEP Steering Committee

    Marina Cazorla, California Department of Parks and Recreation, joins PMEP Steering Committee

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    We are happy to welcome Marina Cazorla, the Coastal Programs Manager for the California Department of Parks and Recreation in Sacramento, as the PMEP Steering Committee’s newest member! Before working for the parks department, Marina worked with the California Ocean Protection Council, the State Coastal Conservancy, and the Coastal Commission, as well as with an…

  • Funding for Habitat Projects Involving Anglers!

    Funding for Habitat Projects Involving Anglers!

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    PMEP is excited to share NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conservation and the Recreational Fisheries Initiative Request for Proposals for projects within coastal Fish Habitat Partnerships that protect or restore habitat AND engage recreational fishing partners. The National Fish Habitat Partnership and individual Fish Habitat Partnerships provide strategic opportunities to advance priority habitat conservation projects while also…