What's New for Washington Partners
Posted January 4th, 2012
Announcements
Puget Sound Science Review—new online resource
The Review is a web-based, moderated document representing the collective knowledge of leading authorities from state and federal agencies, academic institutions and Puget Sound area tribes. It is managed by the Puget Sound Institute at the University of Washington.
Washington PCJV bids farewell to dedicated steering committee member Jeanne Koenings
Jeanne Koenings has led the Washington Department of Ecology’s wetland stewardship program since October 2005 and has also played an important leadership role with the Washington PCJV. Jeanne will retire later this month, and partners will have a chance to wish her well at the January 18 meeting at the Nisqually National Wildlife refuge (see meeting info on this page). During her tenure at Ecology, Jeanne has successfully guided partners through highly competitive national grant processes, resulting in acquisition and restoration of 5,529 acres of critical wetland habitat.
Funding
Charlotte Martin Foundation: Wildlife and Habitat Grants
Deadline: January 31, 2012. Funds projects that are part of an established or larger design addressing ecosystem health and resilience; protect and preserve freshwater, marine and estuarine resources; and support wildlife migration corridors and critical habitat.
Recreation and Conservation Funding Board: important information on grant changes for 2012
Washington Coastal Protection Fund seeks proposals for projects to restore and protect natural resources impacted by oil spills in Washington State
Deadline: January 31, 2012
Request for Proposals: http://pcjv.org/pdfs/CPF%20Dec%202011%20RFP.pdf
Project proposal guidelines: http://pcjv.org/pdfs/CPF%20Project%20Proposal%20Guidelines%2012-11.pdf
Proposal form: http://pcjv.org/pdfs/CPF%20RFP%20form%20fill-in%208-08.pdf
CPF subaccount areas: http://pcjv.org/pdfs/CPF%20SubAcct%20areas.pdf
Puget Sound-related resources
Puget Sound Science Review—new online resource
A web-based, moderated document representing the collective knowledge of leading authorities from state and federal agencies, academic institutions and Puget Sound area tribes. It is managed by the Puget Sound Institute at the University of Washington.
NOAA Coastal Management Fellowship. Deadline for post-graduate candidates: January 27, 2012
A position with WA Dept. of Ecology in Bellevue is one of six NOAA fellowships offered this year. Fellowship will focus on Coastal Planning in Washington State: Providing Green Shorelines Guidance for State and Local Governments in Puget Sound. http://www.csc.noaa.gov/cms/fellows/pdfs/WA_2012.pdf
EPA announces $6,000,000 in Puget Sound Watershed Protection and Restoration grants
View the list of 18 grants for planning, restoration, outreach, demonstration projects and invasive species.
Puget Sound Partnership seeks comments on draft Action Agenda update and Biennial Science Workplan
Deadline: January 20, 2012
13th Annual Northwest Straits Marine Resources Committees Conference presentations now online
Sessions include Restoration Sampler, Sustainability in Marine Renewable Energy, GIS in the 21st Century, Forage Fish: Now Surfacing, and more.
Puget Lowlands landbirds
Winter 2011-2012 Steppingstones Newsletter (Department Of Defense Partners in Flight Program) features Washington birds
This issue features an article on studies of Vaux’s swifts at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
South Sound Prairies Working Group launches new website
The Center for Natural Lands Management officially took over the South Puget Sound Program of The Nature Conservancy in July 2011.The website is now focused more on general information - technical information will be handled by the Cascadia Prairie-Oak Partnership. That website will be up soon.
Habitat management
2011 Biennial State Land Acquisition Performance Monitoring Report
The Habitat and Recreation Lands Coordinating Group has published its first report that looks at how successful state agencies were at buying habitat and recreation land. Data from the report can be used to identify strengths and weaknesses in state acquisition processes and inform decision-making.
Invasive species
Reducing Accidental Introductions of Invasive Species: State Agency Field Work Protocols
Washington Invasive Species Council
For more resources, tools and grants, visit the PCJV Home Page
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