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WASHINGTON’S WORKING COAST A Project Overview and Request for Assistance Rebekah Brooks, UW Olympic Natural Resources Center Pacific County Science Conference May 17, 2012
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WASHINGTON’S WORKING COAST
A Project Overview and Request for Assistance
Rebekah Brooks, UW Olympic Natural Resources Center
Pacific County Science ConferenceMay 17, 2012
Today’s Focus:
•Reminder of scope of project
•Overview of Phase One and progress to
date
•Overview of Phase Two
•Invitation to join Steering Committee
•Request for feedback and advice
Main Point of Project Tough economic times Communities share common challenges Need to develop a more detailed picture
of the marine based jobs Need to seek ways to sustain and expand
them
Scope of Project This project voted one of two top projects
by Coastal MRCs All coastal Washington counties Series of three phases; still in Phase One
Phase One: Establish information base Phase Two: Class project for graduate student
team Phase Three: Coastwide conference
Purpose of Phase One
Establish information base for Phase Two Create foundation of information
What’s in the information base? All available recent socio-
economic studies of coastal region
List of marine-based businesses List of industry leaders
Examples of Socioeconomic Studies
Compilation of Marine Resource-Based Businesses
by County
Phase Two: New Improved Economic Assessment
Targeting coastal MRC counties Following guidance of Steering Committee Critically review and improve on past
studies Conducted by Program on the Environment
team http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/index.php Cost effective way to conduct project
Program on the Environment team Capstone Project for Graduate Certificate in
Environmental Management A team of 5 to 6 graduate students Working September, 2012 to March, 2013 Supervised by faculty mentor MRC steering committee actively involved Students will travel to the coast to interview
industry leaders
MRC Funding Funding needed from next MRC project
round Vital if we are to use PoE students for this
work $13,000 needed
$10,000 for UW faculty mentor $3,000 for student travel to coast
Steering Committee
Steering Committee provides direction
Open/transparent process
Invitation to join Steering Committee (not yet fully formed)
Request for Feedback and Advice
Trying to cast as wide a net as possible!
Socio-economic studies we don’t know about? Interest in participating in the Steering
Committee? Business/industry leaders? Marine-based businesses in the area?
Thank you!Send additional questions/comments/feedback of any kind to:
Rebekah Brooks: [email protected] Wecker: [email protected]
