State Agency Public Outreach in the Age of COVID

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Outreach and Education: Examples of Approaches and Strategies from the Pacific Northwest" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Information dissemination in cultural resources during the Age of COVID has been facilitated by the rapid growth of online meetings and conferences. In-person-only conferences are going the way of the dinosaur and hybrid forms of meetings/conferences are the future, and the future is now. A hybrid meeting format that includes both in-person and online viewing opportunities is imperative for bringing as many people to the conversation and in the most equitable way possible. Organizations that insist on in-person-only meetings/conferences will continue to minimize their viewership and limit the reach of their message. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is an industry leader in its social media messaging in getting vital information to the traveling public in a timely manner. WSDOT’s public outreach with regard to their Fish Passage Program includes stakeholder meetings online and in the field to facilitate adaptive solutions that are designed to fix fish barriers located under the state’s interstates and highways.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Outreach and Education: Examples of Approaches and Strategies from the Pacific Northwest   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 35813.0