Puget Sound River History Project

The Puget Sound River History Project at the University of Washington features historical topographic data for Puget Sound's river systems.  

Cassells Point, Duwamish River, WA, ca. 1891. View is to the east, with streetcar bridge crossing the Duwamish River near South Park in the background. Photo credit: University of Washington Special Collections, Frank Laroche Photograph Collection.
Cassells Point, Duwamish River, WA, ca. 1891. View is to the east, with streetcar bridge crossing the Duwamish River near South Park in the background. Photo credit: University of Washington Special Collections, Frank Laroche Photograph Collection.

The Puget Sound River History Project studies the historical landscape of Puget Sound's lowland rivers and estuaries as a dynamically linked geophysical, ecological, and human system. The historical emphasis is on conditions at the time of earliest Euro-American settlement in the mid-19th century, but also includes the landscape's post-glacial, Holocene (10,000 yrs BP) evolution and the last century and a half of change. We undertake interdisciplinary research that integrates archival investigations, field studies, and the tools of geographic information systems and remote sensing. We also apply the results to, and make data available for, regional problems of resource management, restoration and planning.

 

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About the Author: 
The Puget Sound River History Project is housed at the University of Washington and is a joint project of the Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model (PRISM), the Quaternary Research Center and the University of Washington Department of Earth and Space Sciences.

About this article

Article Type:
Resources
Author:
Puget Sound River History Project
Originally Published:
November 2018
Posted in EoPS:
11/08/2018
Topic Editor:
Charles Simenstad
Tags:
Geography, Physical environment, Estuarine habitat, Freshwater habitat, Floodplains