by FbD-CLadmin | Oct 21, 2019 | Project-specific Stories | 
By Kat Morgan, Associate Director for Puget Sound Conservation Seven years ago this fall, I wore a hard hat and safety vest to visit The Nature Conservancy’s Port Susan Bay Preserve as a major estuary restoration project was underway. 150 acres of former estuary was...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by FbD-CLadmin | Jun 6, 2019 | Program-wide Stories | 
By Heather Cole, TNC Community Relations Manager Taking on the challenge of how we re-imagine and re-design our rivers and floodplain systems is no easy task. But in just six years, Floodplains by Design (FbD) has taken on this challenge and changed a siloed approach...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by FbD-CLadmin | May 3, 2019 | Program-wide Stories | 
By Jordan Jobe, WSU Puyallup   In the Spring of 2018, myself – Jordan Jobe (WSU Puyallup), Kristin Williamson (South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group) and Harold Smelt (Pierce County Surface Water Management) participated in a Floodplains by Design...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by FbD-CLadmin | Dec 6, 2018 | Program-wide Stories | 
By Heather Cole, Community Relations Manager Integrated floodplain management takes patience, persistence and challenges our current paradigm to floodplain management. Floodplain Leaders- local practitioners that are engaged in doing integrated floodplain management,...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by FbD-CLadmin | Oct 26, 2018 | Project-specific Stories | 
By Jamie Robertson, Conservation Geographer, and Heather Cole, Puget Sound Community Relations Manager Imagine you’re a third-generation farmer in the Puget Sound. You’ve seen changes around your farm for years — neighboring farms disappear to urban sprawl and...