Thank you to all of the project sponsors and funders who attended the South Sound Riparian Workshop on June 7th, 2024. We had over 70 people in attendance on June 7th! It was incredibly inspiring and encouraging to see the strategic partnerships and collaboration that came out of this workshop. We want to sincerely thank the IGNITE speakers for sharing riparian project needs and funding gaps, as well as funders for their openness to best understand how to support riparian project development.
We are continuing to pull together the meeting notes and key takeaways to share with funding organizations. In the meantime, this page provides an overview of the presentations shared during the event. If you are looking to connect with other participants at the workshop, please let us know and we can facilitate a connection (we aren’t posting the participant list to help with privacy and email spam but are happy to make connections via email).
Nick Vira – Washington State Natural Resource Conservation Service. View presentation HERE. Nick can be contacted at nick.vira@usda.gov.
Nick Norton – Recreation and Conservation Office. Nick can be contacted at nicholas.norton@rco.wa.gov.
Paul Cereghino – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. View Presentation HERE. Paul can be contacted at paul.r.cereghino@noaa.gov.
Colin Hume – WA Department of Ecology. View presentation HERE. Colin can be contact at colin.hume@ecy.wa.gov or 425-395-5283.
Olivia Williams – U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services. Olivia can be contacted at Olivia_williams@fws.gov.
Josh Giuntoli– WA State Conservation Commission. View the Riparian Grant Program info sheet HERE. Josh can be contacted at jgiuntoli@scc.wa.gov.
Heather Green (HeatherG@piercecd.org) – Pierce Conservation District. View Heather’s presentation on Stewarding Riparian Plantings: Importance and Challenges HERE.
Evan Bauder (evan@masoncd.org) – Mason Conservation District. View Evan’s presentation on Challenges and Successes of Riparian Projects in Mason County HERE.
Keith Folkerts (Keith.Folkerts@dfw.wa.gov) – Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife. View Keith’s presentation on the Riparian Data Engine HERE.
Mark and Jake Heckert (MarkHeckert@Outlook.com) – South Sound Beavers. View their presentation on beaver habitat restoration HERE.
You can view the South Sound Riparian Workshop Agenda HERE.
You can view the slide deck HERE.