{"id":6800,"date":"2015-02-22T11:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bvblog.wpengine.com\/?p=6800"},"modified":"2015-03-03T13:22:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T13:22:30","slug":"update-pacific-northwest-greetings-blue-ventures-outpost-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/update-pacific-northwest-greetings-blue-ventures-outpost-oregon\/","title":{"rendered":"Update from the Pacific Northwest: Greetings from the Blue Ventures outpost in Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[avatar user=&#8221;trevor&#8221; size=&#8221;thumbnail&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; link=&#8221;http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/author\/trevor\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; \/]\u00a0<em>by Trevor Jones<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/author\/madison\/\" target=\"_blank\">,<\/a>\u00a0Geospatial Analyst; Manager Blue Carbon Science,\u00a0USA<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Like the extensive channels of a mangrove ecosystem, it\u2019s been a long and meandering route since I moved to Madagascar in July, 2011 to help establish the Blue Ventures (BV) <a href=\"http:\/\/blueventures.org\/conservation\/blue-forests\/\">Blue Forests<\/a> project. Since beginning this relationship with BV, I&#8217;ve found myself stationed in dusty Toliara, secluded Besakoa and lush Ambanja, and more recently, the <a href=\"http:\/\/irsslab.forestry.ubc.ca\/\">Integrated Remote Sensing Studio<\/a> at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia (<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/greetings-pacific-northwest\/\">Canada<\/a>). As of last September, and after more than eight years living outside of the U.S., I found myself repatriating once more and moving south from Vancouver to Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>Here in Portland, I maintain what I like to refer to as the BV Pacific Northwest outpost. From this station, I remain closely involved with BV as both Senior Geospatial Analyst and Blue Forests Science Advisor; but also as an Affiliate Faculty member at Portland State University (PSU) (Department of Environmental Science and Management and Dynamic Ecosystems and Landscapes Lab).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6807\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6807\" class=\"wp-image-6807 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/1-745x478.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"700\" height=\"449\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/1-745x478.jpg 745w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/1-100x65.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/1-556x357.jpg 556w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/1-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/1-1200x770.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/1-1300x835.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/1.jpg 1430w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/449;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The skyline of Portland, Oregon, looking east to Mt Hood (Image from wheretowillie.com)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Admittedly, Portland is a very enjoyable place to live. From the mild (by my standards!) climate to the food carts serving inexpensive tacos, from the highest concentration of breweries anywhere on Earth to the close proximity of a natural wonderland (mountains, glaciers, temperate rainforest and gigantically ancient trees, desert, and the Pacific Ocean).<\/p>\n<p>But being stationed in Portland has also already offered up some exciting opportunities for showcasing BV\u2019s work to a diverse audience, including providing overviews of the Blue Forests project and learning about other\u00a0closely related work through:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A United States Forest Service (USFS) Forest Ecology &amp; Management Seminar series<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0PSU <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdx.edu\/sustainability\/events\/research-action-ecosystem-services?delta=0\">Research to Action: Symposium on Ecosystem Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Pacific Northwest Blue Carbon Biophysical Technical Team Workshop<\/li>\n<li>Teaching Science 345: Introduction to Old Growth Forest Ecology and Management. Through this introductory course, I include a mangrove ecosystem unit which used the Blue Forests project as a case study.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_6809\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6809\" class=\"wp-image-6809 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/2.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"500\" height=\"371\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/2-88x65.jpg 88w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/2-481x357.jpg 481w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/2-300x223.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/371;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">They grow them BIG out here! (Image from wilderness.org)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In addition, I&#8217;ve had the great pleasure of continuing to help diversify BV\u2019s relationship with Google. This past November, for the second year in a row, I attended the <a href=\"http:\/\/geoforgood2014.earthoutreach.org\/\">Geo for Good Summit<\/a> at the sprawling and in many ways wacky yet obviously hyper-productive Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. In addition to seeing (e.g., ball pits, stationary swimming pools) and experiencing (e.g., a slide down one of <em>those<\/em> slides &#8211; yes they do exist) a wide range of bizarre infrastructure; I again walked away from this event utterly impressed with the full scope and range of available tools, but equally, their exciting applications.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We now have more than 20 stories on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/earth\/explore\/showcase\/ocean.html\">Explore the Ocean<\/a> layer of Google Earth. Do you have Google Earth? If not, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/earth\/download\/ge\/agree.html\">get it here<\/a>. Once downloaded, under the Layers menu, look for the Ocean Layer. In the drop-down list from the Ocean layer, turn on the Explore the Ocean layer. If you navigate to Madagascar, you will see our stories!<\/li>\n<li>After months of<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/putting-madagascar-google-map\/\"> trekking throughout Madagascar<\/a>, as Google\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/views\/streetview?gl=us\">Streetview<\/a> partner in Madagascar; we are currently reviewing all of the 360\u00b0 imagery collected and are working towards the launch of this imagery later this year. Streetview is a fantastic opportunity to put some of the remote and beautiful places in which we work on the most viewed map in the word!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thankfully, not all of my time has been spent at computers far far away from actual blue forests! Late last year, and generously hosted by Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD), I <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/blue-carbon-in-abu-dhabi\/\">returned to the United Arab Emirates<\/a>\u00a0(UAE).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6808\" style=\"width: 654px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6808\" class=\"wp-image-6808 size-large lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/3-644x483.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"644\" height=\"483\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/3-644x483.jpg 644w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/3-87x65.jpg 87w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/3-476x357.jpg 476w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/3.jpg 1152w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 644px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 644\/483;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From mangroves, to mosques &#8211; BV in the UAE<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was a busy time in the UAE: I attended the <em>Eye on the Earth: Eye on Oceans &amp; Blue Carbon<\/em> meeting in Abu Dhabi, as well as the kick-off meeting for the <em>UNEP\/GEF Blue Forests Project<\/em> and took part in the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/bluecarbonportal.org\/?dt_portfolio=blue-carbon-first-level-exploration-of-blue-carbon-in-the-arabian-peninsula-uae\">Northern Emirates Carbon Survey<\/a><\/em>. Phew! Eye on the Earth: Eye on Oceans focusses on collecting data on oceans and coastal ecosystems and making them useful in the context of management related to climate change. BV has been a partner in these efforts since they began in 2012. It was during this meeting that I had the long overdue pleasure of finally meeting my BV colleague <a href=\"http:\/\/blueventures.org\/team\/leah-glass\/\">Leah Glass<\/a>\u00a0(after literally years of working with her remotely), as well as putting faces to long-recognised names and seeing again many already familiar colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>It was very special to be able to launch the UNEP\/GEF Blue Forests Project; this initiative brings together experts on coastal ecosystems from all over the world, and involves BV\u00a0and Madagascar as one of four methodological proving grounds (the other three being Ecuador, Mozambique and Indonesia).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6816\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6816\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6816 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/B2PcbCyIEAAtVpi.jpg\" alt=\"Opening ceremony of the UNEP\/GEF Blue Forests Project, with Leah Glass cutting the ribbon with representatives from the Mozambique and Indonesia intervention sites.\" width=\"600\" height=\"479\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/B2PcbCyIEAAtVpi.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/B2PcbCyIEAAtVpi-81x65.jpg 81w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/B2PcbCyIEAAtVpi-447x357.jpg 447w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/B2PcbCyIEAAtVpi-300x240.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/479;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Opening ceremony of the UNEP\/GEF Blue Forests Project, with Leah Glass cutting the ribbon with representatives from the Mozambique and Indonesia intervention sites.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As a follow up to the Abu Dhabi Blue Carbon Demonstration Project, the Northern Emirates Carbon Survey reunited me with my Malagasy colleague <a href=\"http:\/\/blueventures.org\/team\/raymond-raherindray\/\">Raymond Raherindray<\/a>, whom I had not seen since leaving Madagascar in June, 2013! Ray and I worked side-by-side with global mangrove expert Boone Kauffman (Oregon State University); supervising field activities and coordinating a diverse team of scientists, students and volunteers representing more than 13 different nationalities!<\/p>\n<p>As we push forward into 2015, I&#8217;m thrilled to be nearly four years in to my BV journey; and I hope this first series of chapters marks only the beginning of the book. While facing incredible challenges, we accomplished a great deal during <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/blue-forests-progress-made-and-looking-forward\/\">my time in Madagascar<\/a>\u00a0but what truly floors me is how much progress we&#8217;ve made <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/programmes\/blue-forests-projects\/\">since then<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I remain incredibly grateful and proud to be a part of this ever-more diverse team of community members, scientists, conservationists, and students. I look forward to all that 2015 (and beyond) will bring; both in terms of the progress being made on the ground in Madagascar, and the many opportunities for sharing our work and exciting collaborations I\u2019ll strive to continue to pursue through being based at the Blue Ventures Pacific Northwest outpost\u2026<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6806\" style=\"width: 654px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6806\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6806 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/5-644x483.jpg\" alt=\"Getting muddy with Raymond, Boone Kauffman, and a team of scientists, students and volunteers from around the work at a RAMSAR site in Khor Kalba, United Arab Emirates.\" width=\"644\" height=\"483\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/5-644x483.jpg 644w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/5-87x65.jpg 87w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/5-476x357.jpg 476w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/media\/2015\/02\/5.jpg 1152w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 644px; 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