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At its last Council meeting of the year, the Pierce County Council made a commitment to increase behavioral health services in the county by approving a 1/10 th of 1 percent sales tax increase, and set in motion creation of a pilot program aimed at reinvesting more Medicaid dollars into Pierce County. In a 5-1 vote, Council passed the sales tax increase to fund behavioral health and therapeutic court services. At the same time members authorized creation of an Accountable Care Organization pilot program, and establishment of a Behavioral Health Advisory Board to create a behavioral health im...

Josephine Peterson: Pierce council to consider tax increase to fund behavioral health services, revamp Medicaid News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 12/22/2020 Josephine Peterson, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Dec. 22—A Pierce County Council vote Tuesday to increase taxes could bring funding to behavioral health services and change the entire local Medicaid system. Vice Chair Dave Morell (R-Lake Tapps) has co-sponsored a bill with Democratic council members Connie Ladenburg of Tacoma and Derek Young of Gig Harbor to increase sales tax by one-tenth of 1 percent to provide behavio...

Scientists look at where to reforest after wildfires In the aftermath of megafires that devastated forests of the western United States, attention turns to whether forests will regenerate on their own or not. Forest managers can now look to a newly enhanced, predictive mapping tool to learn where forests are likely to regenerate on their own and where replanting efforts may be beneficial. The tool is described in  a study published in the journal Ecological Applications by researchers from UC Davis; U.S. Geological Survey, Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest Service. “Huge fires are converting fo...

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 E-Mail Credit: Joseph Stewart, USGS/UC Davis In the aftermath of megafires that devastated forests of the western United States, attention turns to whether forests will regenerate on their own or not. Forest managers can now look to a newly enhanced, predictive mapping tool to learn where forests are likely to regenerate on their own and where replanting efforts may be beneficial. The tool is described in a study published in the journal Ecological Applications by researchers from the University of California, Davis; U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest Service. "H...