Jen McIntyre: New science documenting toxic impacts on salmon and other aquatic species
View the presentation here. This primarily focusses on coho salmon, mostly because of the phenomena of pre-spawn mortality that occurs[…]
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Bob McKane: Nisqually Community Forest VELMA modeling
View the presentation here. Working forests can also recover salmon. This talk describes several tools VELMA (Visualizing Ecosystem Land Management[…]
Read moreLindsey Hamilton: Exploring drivers of fecal coliform pollution trends in South Puget Sound
View the presentation here. Looking for fecal coliform in shellfish growing areas. Shellfish need to be protected! They even have[…]
Read moreLOTT’s Reclaimed Water Study: What we have learned so far about residual chemicals in our local waters
View the presentation here. Wendy Steffensen and Jeff Hansen- LOTT is a wastewater utility. They receive wastewater from Thurston County, Lacey,[…]
Read morePhill Dionne: Test batch tagging methods on nearshore forage fish
View the presentation here. Phill gave this talk at the Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference in Canada. The study took place[…]
Read moreMegan Moore: Steelhead smolt survival through Puget Sound
View the presentation here. Puget Sound steelhead have really declined over the last 30 years. Ouch! Steelhead telemetry is a[…]
Read moreBobbi Hudson: Modeling trophic interactions in South Sound
View the presentation here. Bobbi Hudson is the assistant director for the Pacific shellfish institute (PSI), a Washington based organization.[…]
Read moreWendy Welch and Andy Long: An updated groundwater model for regional planning – ChambersClover Creek Watershed, Pierce County
Hello! I’m your guest live blogger, Bonnie Becker from UW Tacoma. The purpose of this USGS project is to update[…]
Read moreJason Toft: The impacts of armoring on Salish Sea shorelines
Shoreline monitoring toolbox Shoreline Armoring Impacts and Beach Restoration Effectiveness Vary with Elevation View the presentation here. Results of their[…]
Read moreEric Christensen: Sea level rise, Budd Inlet
View the presentation here. Olympia’s’ Budd inlet has over two miles of shoreline, City policy in 2010 included protecting downtown[…]
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