Save the Date! December 5th,

1-2pm via WebEx

Learn about Washington Stormwater

Center Research on Bioretention,

salmon, toxics in roofs, permeable

pavement

Webex login information is included below. If you have any questions, please contact Heidi Siegelbaum at (253) 445-4502 or Heidi.Siegelbaum@wsu.edu.

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A Winter Training And Education Forum

Intersections for Action: Stormwater Management, Urban Growth/Development, and Salmon Recovery

The Winter Forum is a pilot project funded through the Bullitt Foundation as part of their commitment to transform the “Emerald Corridor” into a global model of urban sustainability. The Washington Stormwater Center (WSC), along with its regional advisory team of agencies, jurisdictions and practitioners, is presenting a targeted workshop winter forum on the complex challenge of meeting growth management and stormwater goals while restoring salmon habitat. The purpose of this forum is to work through discussions, charrettes and resources addressing urban problems and three root causes: increases in toxic and eroding stormwater runoff, urban sprawl encroaching on healthy natural spaces, and the decline of healthy salmon populations. The forum structure will blend expert speakers and implementers with resource discussions and table exercises. The forum is designed for interdepartmental teams from local jurisdictions, led by their stormwater managers with city/county colleagues in planning, city council, engineering, economic development, transportation, urban outreach, tribal liaisons and others who can work together on actualizing and using the trainings, tools and dialogue from the forum.

BACKGROUND: The Washington Stormwater Center is conducting a Winter Forum for teams of jurisdictions. The credit for the foundation of this Winter Forum lies with a small and innovative group of state agencies, cities, environmental organizations and other interested professionals working over the past three years to produce new thinking and approaches for creating a new model for urban sustainability. Spearheaded by the Washington Department of Commerce and the South Central Local Integrating Organization, and working with Ecology and the City of Redmond, two guidance documents (Building Cities in the Rain; Stormwater Control Transfer Program) and a constantly developing Puget Sound Watershed Characterization Project were created. These guiding documents and tools highlight an emergent pathway toward creating resilient cities of the future. Speakers at the Winter Forum will include representatives from local agencies and jurisdictions which have created and utilized tools that are paving the way toward the vision of resilient cities, and will walk Forum attendees through discussions and activities that illuminate ways to approach the intersectionality of stormwater. A new section of the WSC webpage entitled “Stormwater U” will showcase strategies that guide this effort, resources, and preparation guides for the Winter Forum. These resources, webinars, case studies, and more will soon be available on the Stormwater U webpage. For more information, please contact Tanyalee Erwin at the WSC.   terwin@wsu.edu