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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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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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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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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…
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PMEP presentation at American Fisheries Society meeting
Come learn about PMEP and other fish habitat partnerships around the country at the American Fisheries Society meeting in Honolulu. We’ll be participating in a symposium Tuesday highlighting the National Fish Habitat Partnership and multiple fish habitat partnerships. The session, Local, Regional, and National Collaboration to Conserve Aquatic Habitats, runs all day in room 307AB.
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PMEP supports Midcoast Watersheds Council tidal restoration project
PMEP is thrilled to provide FY24 National Fish Habitat Partnership funding to the Midcoast Watersheds Council to complete the design of its Bayview Oxbow Tidal Restoration in Alsea Bay, Oregon. When constructed this project will restore tidal conditions to one half of an old oxbow of the Alsea River, restoring about 34% of the tidal…
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FY2025 PMEP Request for Proposals is Now Live!
The Pacific Marine and Estuarine Fish Habitat Partnership (PMEP) requests proposals for projects that restore, enhance, or protect estuarine and nearshore marine fish habitat conservation and restoration along the West Coast. Restoration, acquisition, and assessment projects are eligible. PMEP will award an estimated $250,000-$350,000 in FY2025 for projects that advance its mission. In an effort…
