Successful natural resource damage (NRD) claims can be key to the success of important habitat conservation, creation, and restoration efforts. However, NRD claims often languish in the assessment process, sometimes for more than a decade, while restoration opportunities are lost. US regulations allow for the opportunity to expedite NRD settlements, but it is rarely taken…
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Windward Presents at Battelle 2023
At the end of March 2023, Annie Gibbs and Mike Johns provided a poster presentation at Battelle 2023: Innovations in Climate Resilience. Their research—Process for Developing a Targeted and Climate Resilient Natural Resource Damage Restoration Project—presented a case study for the Nelson’s sparrow population that resides in the high marsh habitat of Maine. This species…
Annual Summer Picnic!
Another successful Windward gathering! Delicious BBQ, great company, and a thrilling cornhole tournament! Congratulations to our winners, Warren and John, pictured here in their extremely stylish champions’ hats!
Earth Day Efforts!
For Earth Day this year, Windward joined others in the Green Seattle Partnership at Madrona Woods on Lake Washington. Madrona Woods is a huge success story for its more than 20-year history of removing ivy blackberry, holly, and other invasive and harmful plants. Windward participated in some of the much-needed tasks required for this ongoing…
Even Pre-completion, China Creek Project has Impact
China Creek, which runs through Centralia, Washington, floods on a regular basis, especially under sustained rainy conditions like those that occurred this January. It is also a tributary to the Chehalis River, which has experienced eight catastrophic flood events since 1970. In an effort to ameliorate the situation, Windward engineers and ecologists are helping to…