FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 4, 2023
MEDIA CONTACT: Kevin Hyde, 360.819.3045, kevin.hyde@psp.wa.gov
The Puget Sound Partnership Science Panel will meet online on Wednesday, December 6, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
We’ll be providing an all-virtual livestream of this meeting, through TVW.
TVW web link: https://tvw.org/video/puget-sound-partnership-science-panel-2023121018/?eventID=2023121018
The full Science Panel agenda and meeting materials are available through our board meetings page at: https://psp.wa.gov/board_meetings.php.
Meeting highlights include:
- A presentation and discussion about the Puget Sound Institute's uncertainties process and the Grand Uncertainties Matrix. Planning and implementing regional recovery activities is based on an understanding of causal relationships between an action and an outcome that is based on experience, observation, and research. There remain gaps (“uncertainties”) in our knowledge of these relationships which can reduce the effectiveness of recovery. As such, Puget Sound Institute has been coordinating a process to identify research and monitoring priorities that are specifically applicable to Implementation Strategies. This presentation will include an overview of the process and the tools that the Puget Sound Institute uses, such as the Grand Uncertainties Matrix. Presentation by Sandra Dorning, research and monitoring coordinator, Puget Sound Institute, University of Washington Tacoma.
- A presentation and discussion about the Science Work Plan. The Science Work Plan, one of the Science Panel's primary products, identifies priority science work actions and broader recommendations for improving ongoing science. This session will include discussion about the process for creating the Science Work Plan for 2025-2029. Presentation by Katherine Wyatt, assistant science director at the Puget Sound Partnership; Scott Redman, Science and Evaluation program director at the Puget Sound Partnership; and Katie Love, Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellow at the Puget Sound Partnership.
- A presentation and discussion about the Puget Sound Federal Leadership Task Force Science and Monitoring Work Group. This session will include a discussion about the Puget Sound Federal Leadership Task Force Science and Monitoring Work Group and how it might coordinate with the Science Panel. Presentation by the co-chairs of the work group: Angela Adams, science lead, Geographic Programs Section, Puget Sound National Estuary Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10; Scott Hecht, fish ecology division director, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and Bill Labiosa, regional science coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey, Northwest-Pacific Islands Region.
- A presentation and discussion about the Puget Sound Future Scenarios Project. Future Scenarios is an exploratory scenario project that generates a suite of plausible futures to help plan for a future that is changing in significant ways – some of which we understand and many of which are uncertain. The project’s intent is to encourage creative and innovative thinking to both 1) help identify and/or improve recovery strategies to be effective across a range of futures and to 2) better communicate implications of present-day policy and management choices. This session will include a review of the Future Scenarios Project and the latest advancements in work; a recap of the Nov. 7 Science Policy Workshop; and a review of next steps for the big ideas that emerged from the workshop. Presentation by Katherine Wyatt, assistant science director at the Puget Sound Partership.
- A presentation and discussion about the Partnership's Shared Principles of Partner Respect and Engagement, a central guide and resource about the kind of conduct Partnership staff will exhibit in agency-sponsored meetings and expect others to reciprocate in that same spirit. This session will include discussion of the Core Principles in the document. Partnership staff will seek feedback from Science Panel members about the Core Principles. Presentation by Larry Epstein, deputy director of the Puget Sound Partnership.
- A presentation and discussion about the Science Panel's annual work plan. This session will include a review of progress made on 2023 annual work plan topics and discussion about developing the 2024 annual work plan. Presentation by Jillian Reitz, boards policy advisor at the Puget Sound Partnership.
The full Science Panel agenda and meeting materials are available through our board meetings page at: https://psp.wa.gov/board_meetings.php.
If you need special accommodations to participate in this meeting, please notify Special Assistant to the Boards Anna Petersen at 360.338.2384
About the Science Panel
The Science Panel's expertise and advice are critical to the Puget Sound Partnership’s efforts to develop a comprehensive, science-based plan to restore Puget Sound. The members, appointed by the Leadership Council, are chosen from the top scientists in Washington State.
About the Puget Sound Partnership
The Puget Sound Partnership is the state agency formed to lead the region’s collective effort to restore and protect Puget Sound. Working with hundreds of government agencies, Tribes, scientists, businesses, and nonprofits, the Partnership mobilizes partner action around a common agenda, advances Sound investments, and tracks progress to optimize recovery.
For more information, go to www.psp.wa.gov.
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