Salish Sea Stories:

Lessons Learned in Shoreline Development

Date: Friday, January 27, 2023

Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location: Online via Zoom

Registration:

PAW Member: $30

Non-Member: $40

PAW Student Member: FREE

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*This event is pending CM credit.

The Washington Counties Risk Pool (WCRP) will provide one (1) reimbursable scholarship per member-county to attend this training opportunity. Those wishing to take advantage of the offer are asked to contact your county risk manager. To learn if you are a WCRP member or if you have questions about scholarship opportunities, please contact MemberServices@wcrp.wa.gov.

About the Webinar

In this session we will share examples of developing public shorelines on the Salish Sea. The presentation will focus on Marine Park in the City of Blaine and will features themes of economic development, park capital planning and dynamic shoreline design. We will discuss some of the history of Blaine’s storied maritime industry and how the task of restoring Blaine’s waterfront overcame challenges of past legacies.

Webinar log-in information will be emailed to all registrants on Wednesday, January 25, 2023.

Please reach out to amy@aminc.org with any questions.

About the Speaker

Alex Wenger

Alex Wenger is the Economic Development and Tourism Coordinator for the City of Blaine. With over a decade of experience as a land use and environmental planner, Mr. Wenger utilizes a well-rounded planning background to pursue economic development for the City of Blaine, including park capital planning efforts. Some of his favorite projects have been developing new public beaches and creating a nautical themed playground on the City’s waterfront. Mr. Wenger has also managed the planning and construction of several new neighborhood parks including the redevelopment of the City’s skate park. Mr. Wenger is a graduate of Western Washington University, received his AICP credential in 2015 and served as the President of the Planning Association of Washington for four years. Mr. Wenger enjoys camping in the great Pacific Northwest with his family and is an enthusiastic novice boater.

Paul Pittman

Paul has over 27 years of experience in the field of geology, geomorphology and natural resource-watershed sciences in the Pacific Northwest. The emphasis of his expertise has been in the field of fluvial and coastal geomorphology for restoration and hazard-risk management. The focus of his expertise is with gravel bed river processes and response to disturbances and how morphologic processes relate to flood hazard management and aquatic ecology; however, his broad experience includes hill-slope processes, forestry management, and coastal shoreline processes and management. He has authored several geomorphology-based research articles and studies that have furthered the scientific knowledge and understanding of the region. He regularly performs analyses for channel migration, shoreline erosion and stabilization, hydrologic/hydraulic modeling, hazard and risk, restoration alternatives, and sediment transport as they relate to hydro-electric, flood, habitat, timber and infrastructure management issues and regulatory review. Mr. Pittman is also an avid sailor and explorer of the Salish Sea.