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Working Across Boundaries: Natural Resource Policy as Collaborative Crucible

Through an oral history of Washington’s great natural resource conflicts such as the “fish wars,” the Center for Urban Waters hopes to point the way forward on future challenges like climate change.

February 28, 2023
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New Project Forecasts Future of Puget Sound

Through a $4.8M effort, funded in part by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, the Puget Sound Institute will integrate existing environmental models to provide a cohesive picture of the entire Sound ecosystem under future conditions of climate change and population growth.

December 14, 2022
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Center for Urban Waters Work Highlighted as U.S. EPA Announces $36M in Puget Sound Funding

Local, state, federal and tribal science and policy leaders cited work by UW Tacoma/WSU’s Washington Stormwater Center to identify a toxic tire preservative.

October 21, 2022
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Puget Sound Institute to Host Scientific Forum on Low-Oxygen Problem

A UW Tacoma research group will bring together scientists from around the region to build consensus on solutions to a vexing and harmful water quality issue.

July 22, 2022
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Dr. Joel Baker Elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences

Dr. Joel Baker, holder of the Port of Tacoma Chair in Environmental Science, is one of 38 new members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences in 2021.

July 16, 2021
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UW Tacoma's Puget Sound Institute Launches Salish Sea Modeling Center

The Puget Sound Institute at UW Tacoma is launching a new program that will use supercomputers to advance ecosystem recovery of the Salish Sea.

July 23, 2020
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Scientists building crowdsourced encyclopedia to further Puget Sound recovery

The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound, a new tool for networked science, will be curated by the Puget Sound Institute at UW Tacoma.

October 16, 2012
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Puget Sound Institute receives $4 million from EPA

The Institute will facilitate the scientific study and interdisciplinary cooperation needed to maintain a healthy Puget Sound.

September 13, 2010
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Center for Urban Waters brings new research to Tacoma

The new Center for Urban Waters building on the Thea Foss Waterway will house two research initiatives, the Puget Sound Institute and the Storm Water Technical Resource Center.

March 3, 2010
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