The City of Lakewood has turned to the expertise of UW Tacoma faculty member Jim Gawel to understand what is contributing to toxic algae blooms in Pierce County's Waughop Lake.
The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound, a new tool for networked science, will be curated by the Puget Sound Institute at UW Tacoma.
Twa-le Abrahamson, '02, air quality coordinator for the Spokane Tribe of Indians, is working to spread awareness of the hazardous legacy of the Midnite Mine on the Spokane Reservation.
Talk of stormwater and storm drains sounds so gray, so grimy, so boring. Yet mention stormwater to UW Tacoma’s Brian Hite, Jacob Moore and John Pelerine, and get set for an animated discussion.
The Environmental Program in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences was recognized by Pierce Conservation District with a 2010 Stream Team Group of the Year award.
An hour-long documentary written, produced and filmed by UW Tacoma faculty, staff and students, lays out the case: to clean up Puget Sound, start with the watersheds.
UW Tacoma's Environmental Science program was honored for its environmental stewardship work with a Husky Green Award.
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.
Dr. Joel Baker is the recipient of the 2010 Conservation Research Award from the Seattle Aquarium Society.
"Garden in the City" is a documentary video produced by Daniel Nash, '09, for a communication class at UW Tacoma in spring 2009.
