Links
Here, we provide a few links to organizations and governmental entities in the Nisqually River basin and adjacent areas. These links are not comprehensive, just representative of what we consider to be the more important or useful web sites, whether your interests are recreational, scientific, or resource management. Nisqually Basin Bibliography of research and resource management reports, prepared by Nisqually Reach Nature Center and last updated in 2006. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Nisqually River Council and Nisqually River Management Plan Puget Sound Links Here, we provide links to a sampling of Puget Sound basin web sites which address issues, events, or other information pertinent to the Nisqually River. Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership is an interagency governmental program (which has gone through a number of names) for the development of an integrated scientific assessment and restoration plan. Shoreline Diversity Patterns in Puget Sound is a joint venture of Washington Sea Grant Program and the Washington Department of Natural Resources to investigate the ecological and physical processes that generate intertidal biodiversity patterns, and how modifications of these processes could lead to changes in our shorelines. King County's State of the Nearshore Ecosystem report is one of the first such estuarine assessments. People for Puget Sound is a private, non-profit organization devoted to protection and restoration of Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits. Full Disclosure: NRNC’s president, Doug Myers, is also employed as Director of Science by People for Puget Sound. Pacific Estuarine Research Society is a professional society for estuarine scientists and managers. Washington Coastal Atlas is a project of the Washington Department of Ecology. 2007 Georgia Basin Puget Sound Research Conference is the most recent in a series of biennial research conferences. |