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Pacific Northwest Water Summit
The Idaho Department of Water Resources and Boise State University will host the Pacific Northwest Water Summit on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 8:30 am to 5 pm MT at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho.
To support this effort, state and regional partners from Washington and Oregon – including the Washington State Climate Office – will share impacts felt across the Pacific Northwest during the water year. The summit will also include: highlights on innovative water resource research via presentations and a student poster session, a recap of the 2025 water year including snowpack, the timing of irrigation demand, and the stored water remaining at the end of the water year, a 2026 outlook on how atmosphere and ocean conditions could impact snowpack and water supply in 2026, and an introduction to the annual PNW Water Year 2025 Impacts Survey to connect water year conditions to sector-specific impacts.
Please register below by October 30 to ensure an accurate catering count.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: climate@uw.edu. Event Types: Conferences.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 7:30 AM – 4:00 PM.
Boise, Idaho.
For more info visit www.drought.gov. Sharing Your Science with the Media to Highlight its Value to the Public
Sharing Your Science with the Media to Highlight its Value to the Public
- with Allison Agsten, Director of the USC Annenberg Center for Climate Journalism and Communication -
It’s never been more important to strengthen public support for the critical science that benefits society and our responses to climate change. In this webinar, Allison Agsten, Director of the Center for Climate Journalism and Communication at the University of Southern California Annenberg, will share practical steps for engaging with the media to communicate the value and impact of your science. Allison will walk through steps to find the story in your research, connect with media contacts, pitch your story and prepare for an interview. Join us and learn how to effectively share your stories with the public as an engaged scientist. This webinar is being co-hosted by the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center and the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group.
Please register below.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Darcy Gould | darcyjw@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Online (Zoom).
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Connecting the Dots from Forest and Estuary Management to Climate-Resilient Salmon
In this paired researcher-practitioner webinar, Michele Buonanduci (Postdoctoral Scholar, The Nature Conservancy & University of Washington) will present the findings of recent research into the impacts of forest and estuary management on the climate resilience of salmon in Washington’s Willapa basin, including the impacts of Spartina eradication. Chad Phillips (State Spartina Eradication Coordinator/Riparian Invasive Weed Projects Coordinator, Washington State Department of Agriculture, Plant Protection Division) will then provide details about Washington State Department of Agriculture’s Spartina management efforts. Hosted by the Northwest Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change (NW RISCC) Network ,
Register below.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: NWRISCC@gmail.com. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Online (Zoom).
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Northwest Weed Biocontrol in Changing Environments
The Northwest Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change (NW RISCC) Network will host a 1-hour multi-speaker webinar on the impacts of different climate variables on weed biocontrol agents and their success in the Northwest. We will begin with a brief overview of weed biocontrol, and then discuss how climate change may impact biocontrol systems at different stages of planning and implementation. Our speakers will highlight as examples the control agents and their host dynamics for St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum), purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), and knotweed (Reynoutria spp.). This event will also serve as the launching point for a working group to address knowledge gaps around Northwest biocontrol in a changing climate, including modeling population dynamics and geographic distributions of agents under different climate scenarios and developing a framework for collecting data to disentangle climate impacts from other drivers of population dynamics. Other potential working group topics include…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: NWRISCC@gmail.com. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Online (Zoom).
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Climate Impacts Group 30th Anniversary Celebration
Join us as we celebrate 30 years of climate resilience work, strong regional partnerships, cutting-edge climate research, influential impacts reports, and perseverance through uncertain times.
Cupcakes and light refreshments will be provided, and drinks are available for purchase. Toasts will begin around 6 PM.
This is a casual, community-focused event open to all ages (including children) are welcome!
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: cig@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Old Stove Brewing - Ship Canal
600 W Nickerson St, Seattle, WA 98119.
For more info visit events.uw.edu. International Invasive Species & Climate Change Conference
Please join us for the second annual International Invasive Species and Climate Change Conference organized by the Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (RISCC) Management Network on December 9 and 10, 2025.
This online conference is free to attend and will include sessions on management success stories, understanding and managing pathways of invasion, restoring to the future, and early career research, following the theme, "Better Together: Empowering People and Partnerships."
Register below!
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: info@naisma.org. Event Types: Conferences.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 – Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
Online (Zoom).
For more info visit naisma.org. Extreme Heat in the Pacific Northwest: Strategies for Next Summer and Beyond
Extreme heat disasters are becoming increasingly common. What are the strategies for long-term risk-reduction and extreme heat preparedness? This discussion will expand on an article co-written by our featured speakers, which was recently featured by The Conversation in a new collection of essays on how extreme weather events will impact the environment- and our lives.
Featured Speakers:
- Jason Vogel, Deputy Director, UW Climate Impacts Group
- Brian Henning, Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies, Gonzaga University
This webinar is part of the Climate Impacts Group "Our Climate Future" webinar series.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: cig@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, January 15, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Online (Zoom).
For more info visit washington.zoom.us.