In our first issue, get recaps of two regional events, a member highlight from the Tulalip Tribes, access to an interactive sea level rise data tool and more! No Images? Click here Welcome to the first Puget Sound Climate Preparedness Collaborative newsletter! This newsletter was created to share information, updates, and opportunities related to climate preparedness in the Puget Sound region. You are receiving this newsletter due to past participation in a Collaborative workshop, meeting, or other hosted discussion. For questions regarding this newsletter or the Puget Sound Climate Preparedness Collaborative, please contact Senior Program Officer, Russell Paez, at contact@pugetsoundclimate.org. News10th Annual Northwest Climate Conference RecapThe Northwest Climate Conference celebrated its 10th year this fall, bringing together more than 400 attendees from the public and private sector to share knowledge, ideas, and best practices related to climate change impacts and adaptation in the Pacific Northwest. The conference was held October 8-10 in Portland, Oregon. Washington Department of Natural Resources Climate Resilience Strategy Workshop RecapOn October 3rd, the Puget Sound Climate Preparedness Collaborative co-hosted a half-day workshop with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WA DNR) on their forthcoming climate resilience strategy and local level needs related to climate preparedness. Over 45 experts from various sectors, primarily from the central Puget Sound region, attended the workshop to better understand DNR’s approach and high priority climate-related risks and response. Additionally, the workshop helped to shape the planning process based on the challenges, needs, and opportunities we face in planning for and building climate resilience. Partner NewsMember Highlight - Tulalip TribesBy Phil North The Tulalip Tribes are the successors in interest to the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, and Skykomish and other allied bands signatory to the Treaty of Point Elliot of 1855. As part of the treaty, our ancestors ceded millions of acres of land in exchange for the recognition and protection of our inherent rights to sovereignty and self-determination. By signing and ratifying this treaty, the United States affirmed that the tribes had inherent sovereignty over the lands, waters, territories, and resources that they retained. The United States holds a trust responsibility to protect the Tribe’s rights and interests as reserved in the treaty. Tulalip is an anglicized Lushootseed word meaning “Far to the end” and refers to how one enters the inner Tulalip Bay by going around the sand bar. It is the name of the bay on which the reservation was established in the Treaty of Point Elliot of 1855. The Indian people who have lived on this land since time immemorial and now centered on the reservation are known as the Tulalip Tribes. Learn more about the Tulalip Tribes.
New Member- Puget Sound PartnershipThe Collaborative is pleased to welcome a new member, Puget Sound Partnership. The Puget Sound Partnership is the state agency leading the region’s collective effort to restore and protect Puget Sound. The Puget Sound Partnership brings together hundreds of partners to mobilize partner action around a common agenda, advance Sound investments, and advance priority actions by supporting partners. Learn more about the Partnership’s current priorities in the 2018-2022 Action Agenda for Puget Sound Upcoming EventsPlanning is underway for the Collaborative’s next convening, which will focus on climate change and public health. The convening, to be held in early 2020, will explore what we know (and don’t know) about climate change impacts on health, what’s being done to address climate change impacts on health, and opportunities for moving this work forward locally and regionally. Stay tuned for more details. Tools and ResourcesNew Interactive Sea Level Rise Data VisualizationsThe UW Climate Impacts Group, in partnership with Tableau, has developed a new interactive visualization tool for projected sea level rise in Washington state. Based on a 2018 assessment of sea level rise for 171 sites along the Washington coast, these visualizations provide a user-friendly way to access and view projected sea level change out to the year 2150. You can access the visualizations and more information here. |