Forum on the Proposal to Change the Name of Huxley College
Registration for the online zoom webinar coming soon...
Details on this forum TBA.
In addition to time for questions, comments and concerns, the WWU Legacy Task Force 2020-21 will provide:
- A summary of the Task Force's charge and role in the process
- A discussion on the types of materials the Task Force has been taking into consideration
Seabed Mining: A Threat to Washington's Waters, and our Successful Campaign to Ban this Practice
Seabed Mining graphic from Pew Charitable Trusts
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Tahoma’s Biggest Stories
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Did you know that Native Americans have traveled to Mount Rainier (Mount Tahoma) for over 9,000 years to gather resources unavailable near their lowland villages?
Did you know that the effects of climate change extend far beyond the mountain’s retreating glaciers?
Creating a Carbon Conservation Trust Movement
Carbon Market graphic from Land Trust Alliance, 2020
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Reconstructing Past Climate Using Tree-Ring Data from Ancient Bristlecone Pine
Archived video of this talk.
The annual growth rings from ancient Bristlecone Pine contain valuable information about climate variability extending back thousands of years. These proxies for variation in temperature and precipitation allow us to reconstruct past climates in a way that helps us understand the dynamics of the climate system and puts modern climate change into a long-term context.
How Interactions Belowground Make the Aboveground Possible
TBA
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Kelp in Washington: Why You Must Care!
TBA
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TBA (Hillary Franz)
TBA
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The Salish Sea Map: How Cartography Contributed to the Adoption of the Name Salish Sea
The Salish Sea & Surrounding Basin - Stefan Freelan, 2009
Archived video recording of this talk.
Cartographer and geographer Stefan Freelan will discuss the process of the “Salish Sea” becoming recognized as an official name and the role that his map, The Salish Sea and Surrounding Basin, played in this process.
“Our Hands Are Out”: Building Partnerships for the Future by Remembering the Past
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Who were we? Who are we now? How we will preserve our culture and our natural recourses. A brief history of the Northwest Indian Fish Commission and the Tribes of the Salish Sea.
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