There’s more sediment and more wood than expected coming out of the Elwha River as the Elwha dams are taken down — causing more than a few surprises. Read more about this in the Seattle Times.
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U.S. waterfronts account for over 6.75 million jobs, $284 billion in wages, and $645 billion in income. Yet across the United States, this real estate is getting squeezed. UW’s Washington Sea Grant is sponsoring a national event March 25-28 in Tacoma for citizens and maritime leaders to discuss waterfront challenges and creative solutions. Read more about this event and how you can participate on the conference website.
When you look around the streets of Seattle, you can expect to see less concrete and more greenery being put in over the next 12 years. The City is planning to dramatically increase its use of green infrastructure to treat stormwater runoff. Read more about these plans on KPLU.
Denis Hayes, president of the Bullitt Foundation and Earth Day-founder, says their building is open, airy and all the woods in it are sustainable. See a slideshow of the features that make this building so unique. Millions of cubic yards of sediment once trapped behind the dams on the Elwha River is moving downstream and into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The rapid formation of gravel bars since December has been gaining the attention of researchers, including OCEAN‘s Andrea Ogsdon and Emily Ediam. Read more about this process, and why scientists think that these changes are just a drop in the bucket compared to the changes to come. While its official opening is nearly three months away, the Bullitt Center is already being dubbed the greenest commercial building in the world, and the UW Integrated Design Laboratory is getting in on the ground floor, literally. Currently located just west of campus on Northeast Northlake Way, the lab is preparing to move into the first floor of the Bullitt Foundation’s new headquarters at 1501 East Madison Street between downtown and Capitol Hill in late April. Read more about this and the Bullitt Center itself. As part of an agreement between the Washington Department of Transportation, the Arboretum and Botanical Garden Committee, Seattle Parks and Recreation is receiving $7.8 million from the state to make improvements at the Arboretum as part of the 520 Bridge replacement project. Read more about this historic agreement! |
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