What's New for Washington Partners

Posted April 27th, 2011

Announcements

Public invited to Boundary Hearing for Lummi Island Natural Resources Conservation Area
Public Hearing: 7:00 p.m., May 5, 2011, Lummi Island Heritage Trust Resource Center
Comments welcomed until May 16

Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Call for Abstracts: Due May 27, 2011
Conference: October 25-27, 2011, Vancouver, BC

Salish Sea Science Prize: Call for Nominations
Deadline: June 15, 2011
Given every two years by the SeaDoc Society, this $2,000 prize is given to a prominent scientist or team of scientists whose work has resulted in the marked improvement of management or policy related to the conservation of marine wildlife and the Salish Sea marine ecosystem.

Comprehensive Conservation Plan Completed for Protection Island and San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuges

Data tools and resources

New land cover data and map for the Lower Columbia River Floodplain available
The data set is the culmination of a year-long Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership project that integrated high resolution satellite, innovative image processing techniques and field observations to classify the floodplain into more than 20 cover types. The land cover data will help land users and managers better understand and make decisions about restoration, land use, and development in the floodplain. To inquire about obtaining the land cover data set contact Keith Marcoe, GIS & Data Specialist, at 503.226.1565 x. 230.

WDFW Priority Habitat and Species (PHS) database—2010 updates
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s PHS data were updated in 2010 for the following counties in western Washington: Clark, Cowlitz, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Skamania, and Wahkiakum.

Birds and energy development

Northwest Wind Energy and Wildlife Workshop
June 7-8, 2011, Workshop in Portland OR
June 9 Wind Energy Facility Fieldtrip
Two days of information about the business of renewable wind energy development and the latest information about species conservation, permitting, and management plans.

Invasive species

A Baseline Assessment of Priority Invasive Species in the Puget Sound Basin (25 Mb PDF)
Washington Invasive Species Council, February 2011
Summarizes the status and trends of 15 priority invasive species; identifies data and management gaps.

Training

Puget Sound Bird Observatory’s Cascades Bird Banding Camp for Adults
August 6-12, 2011
The training follows North American Banding Council guidelines and includes six mornings of banding at various locations and six nights of camping at a semi-remote campground in the Naches Ranger District of the Wenatchee National Forest.

For more resources, tools and grants, visit the PCJV Home Page