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Assessing Water Treatment Residuals As A Filtration Media For Phosphorus Removal At Wapato Lake - Tacoma, Wa, Brian Hite, Megan Hintz
Assessing Water Treatment Residuals As A Filtration Media For Phosphorus Removal At Wapato Lake - Tacoma, Wa, Brian Hite, Megan Hintz
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Wapato Lake in Tacoma, WA is a 23-acre urban lake that has had problems of eutrophication and toxic algae blooms for over a hundred years. Inputs of phosphorus from both environmental and anthropogenic sources contribute to this problem. Much of the 900-acre watershed consists of residential or commercial development, increasing the amount of stormwater containing increased levels of phosphorus. Past management efforts designed to control eutrophication at Wapato included constructing a diversion structure to route phosphorus rich stormwater around the lake. This plan increased the retention time of Wapato to ≈ 8.5 years. We have been tasked by the City …
Deep Sea Incident: Oil Spill Response Capacity Enhancement Using Local Volunteers, Barbara Bennett, Eric Brooks, Richard Walker
Deep Sea Incident: Oil Spill Response Capacity Enhancement Using Local Volunteers, Barbara Bennett, Eric Brooks, Richard Walker
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Drawing on lessons learned from retrieval of the sunken derelict vessel, the Deep Sea, in Penn Cove, Island County, Washington, June 2012, and anticipation of the potential for an oil spill resulting from the operation, this presentation reflects interdisciplinary collaboration among official responders and community volunteers to enhance spill response capacity, build shared responsibility, and leverage local knowledge and skills. WA DOE Spill Response Section Manager, David Byers, led the incident response team in collaboration with U.S. Coast Guard Federal On-Scene Coordinator, MSTI Jason Munoz. Island County Emergency Management staff led by Eric Brooks informed the response team that the …
Nine Years Of Rockfish Surveys In The Strait Of Juan De Fuca, Shawn Larson, Jeff Christiansen
Nine Years Of Rockfish Surveys In The Strait Of Juan De Fuca, Shawn Larson, Jeff Christiansen
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For decades, biologists from the Seattle Aquarium have been informally monitoring bottom fish on rocky reefs in Neah Bay, Washington. Based on increasing concern over the long term stability of bottom fish populations in this area by both state and federal agencies, the Aquarium formalized monitoring in 2005 with diver-based video surveys to quantify bottom fish (rockfish and lingcod) diversity and abundance over time. Divers performed 100-meter video transects, devised to be non-invasive and repeatable, to assess diurnally active and relatively sessile bottom fishes over time. Transects were conducted in the Strait of Juan de Fuca each year in August …
Coastal Resilience For Habitats And Humans: Integrating Green And Grey Infrastructure Solutions, Roger Nathan Fuller, Eric Grossman
Coastal Resilience For Habitats And Humans: Integrating Green And Grey Infrastructure Solutions, Roger Nathan Fuller, Eric Grossman
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Communities are protected from floods and storms by both engineered infrastructure like levees, and natural habitat infrastructure like wetlands. We understand the performance and cost effectiveness of engineered or grey infrastructure well. However, recent natural disasters have illustrated both their insufficiency in protecting communities and the high repair costs. We know that green infrastructure, or natural habitats, also protect communities from river floods and coastal storms but we know little about their performance and cost. This knowledge gap leads to greater investment in grey at the expense of green. In addition, green infrastructure provide other benefits to human communities, and …
Estimating Socioeconomic Benefits From A Multiple Benefits Project: The Fisher Slough Case Study, Kris Knight, Polly Hicks
Estimating Socioeconomic Benefits From A Multiple Benefits Project: The Fisher Slough Case Study, Kris Knight, Polly Hicks
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The Fisher Slough Freshwater Tidal Marsh Restoration project, located in the Skagit River Delta, was designed to improve habitat for juvenile Chinook salmon as well as provide benefits to the Skagit agricultural community in the form of improvements to drainage, irrigation and flood protection infrastructure. This was the first estuary restoration project completed on private lands in the Skagit Delta. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) collaborated with local diking and drainage district partners to establish and ensure that the project met its common, and equal goals of; 1) Create tidal rearing habitat for juvenile Chinook salmon; 2) Improve passage for coho …
The 2006-2009 Puget Sound Land-Use/Land-Cover Change Map, Kenneth Pierce, Timothy P. (Thomas Peter) Quinn, Jeanne Miller, Kevin Samson
The 2006-2009 Puget Sound Land-Use/Land-Cover Change Map, Kenneth Pierce, Timothy P. (Thomas Peter) Quinn, Jeanne Miller, Kevin Samson
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Land cover change is associated with human development is one of the most important indirect stressors in the Salish Sea Ecosystem, and is a Vital Sings indicator for the Puget Sound Partnership. In January 2014, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife completed the first iteration of the Puget Sound land cover change map covering the 2006-2009 time period. The map was created from 1-m National Agriculture Imagery Program aerial imagery using a hybrid data mining-photo interpretation process developed for mapping change with high resolution imagery. The map depicts over 36,000 individual change events covering over 85,000 acres throughout the …
Improving Access To Regional Conservation Assessments Through An Online Encyclopedia, Jeff Rice
Improving Access To Regional Conservation Assessments Through An Online Encyclopedia, Jeff Rice
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Landscape and watershed-scale conservation assessments provide a foundational understanding of the Salish Sea ecosystem and are important tools for environmental protection and restoration. In recent years, many assessments have been created within the Puget Sound watershed, but there is currently no comprehensive source of information compiling or describing these efforts. In many cases, this information is widely scattered across the Web or is simply not available online. This presentation will describe how the University of Washington Encyclopedia of Puget Sound, in collaboration with the Puget Sound Partnership and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is creating an online compendium …
Applying Ecosystem Services Analysis To The Shellfish Industry, Marlene Meaders
Applying Ecosystem Services Analysis To The Shellfish Industry, Marlene Meaders
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Shellfish provide numerous essential ecosystem services that are valuable to humans, including nutrient uptake, water filtration, and provision of habitat for aquatic organisms. Ecosystem services analysis can be a valuable tool for examination and management of shellfish, and can be used in combination with other activities on a landscape-level. One example would be the examination of cumulative impacts within specific inlets of Puget Sound, which is especially relevant to the shellfish industry. Cumulative impacts analysis is a way to determine future use of an area given a variety of management decisions and projected growth within a water body. For example, …
Shellfish At Work: Nutrient Bioextraction Demonstration In South Puget Sound, Aimee Christy, Andrew Suhrbier, Bobbi Hudson
Shellfish At Work: Nutrient Bioextraction Demonstration In South Puget Sound, Aimee Christy, Andrew Suhrbier, Bobbi Hudson
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
This project explored the application of extractive aquaculture technologies using shellfish for nutrient mitigation in urban nearshore environments of Tacoma and Olympia, WA. Nutrient removal by shellfish, which are then harvested and removed from the system, has the potential to help address environmental issues such as excess inputs of nutrients (eutrophication), low dissolved oxygen, and reduced light availability. The research focus was to: 1) implement demonstration aquaculture systems; 2) determine nutrient removal services of mussels grown; 3) assess the feasibility of producing soil compost from the demonstration systems; and 4) increase local stakeholder awareness of and engagement in urban water …
Moving To World Class Land-Based Spill Preparedness And Response In British Columbia, Graham Knox, Ben Vandersteen
Moving To World Class Land-Based Spill Preparedness And Response In British Columbia, Graham Knox, Ben Vandersteen
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
In 2012, the Province of British Columbia called for world-class land-based spill preparedness and response. As part of this work it set out to meet with industry, First Nations, local governments, and other interested stakeholders in order to define what constitutes world class. As 2013 drew to a close the Province began to narrow in on what it believes would constitutes a world class regime for British Columbia. The focus of its presentation will be to discuss the history of B.C’s Environmental Emergency Program, outline the leading options for how land-based spill preparedness and response in British Columbia may change …
High Connectivity Among Brown Rockfish (Sebastes Auriculatus) Populations In Puget Sound: Evidence From Genetic Parental Identification, Otolith Microchemistry And Oceanographic Models, Lorenz Hauser, Maureen Hess, Larry Leclair, Raymond Buckley, Mitsuhiro Kawase
High Connectivity Among Brown Rockfish (Sebastes Auriculatus) Populations In Puget Sound: Evidence From Genetic Parental Identification, Otolith Microchemistry And Oceanographic Models, Lorenz Hauser, Maureen Hess, Larry Leclair, Raymond Buckley, Mitsuhiro Kawase
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Empirical data on recruitment and dispersal patterns of marine species can provide a scientific basis for conserving biodiversity and improving fisheries via marine reserves. We examined patterns of larval dispersal in brown rockfish (Sebastes auriculatus) using genetic markers (microsatellites). Tissue samples from 1,837 fish were collected in 2004 to 2009 from 18 sites in the Puget Sound, Washington. Genetic parentage analysis using maximum-likelihood and exclusion approaches identified seven offspring that assigned to a parent, with one offspring assigned to both parents. All offspring recruited and settled at the main study site, Point Heyer; four offspring originated from parents resident at …
Retrofitting An Urban Watershed To Protect Shellfish Beds, Mindy Fohn, Chris May
Retrofitting An Urban Watershed To Protect Shellfish Beds, Mindy Fohn, Chris May
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
In the 1960's shell fishing was abandoned in Dyes Inlet due to ongoing fecal pollution problems. In 1994 a stable and ongoing water quality monitoring program was established and identified polluted streams and near shore areas whereby a cooperative watershed effort resulted in numerous pollution correction projects. These efforts resulted in reclassification and upgrade of 1,500 acres of shellfish beds in 2003. However, polluted stormwater from the urban area of Silverdale has the potential to threaten the shellfish beds. Polluted stormwater was reduced by removing non-stormwater discharges from dumpster areas, enhancing road right of way storm system maintenance and working …
What Early Life History Tells Us About Restoration Success In Olympia Oysters, Bonnie Becker, Michael Behrens
What Early Life History Tells Us About Restoration Success In Olympia Oysters, Bonnie Becker, Michael Behrens
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Native Olympia oysters have been the subject of widespread restoration efforts across the west coast, including in the Salish Sea. The ultimate goal of restoration is to establish populations that are self-sustaining or even exporting new offspring to other appropriate habitats. It is difficult to study the early life history of marine invertebrates, which have a microscopic and planktonic larval form and often episodic settlement pulses. However, being able to predict larval behaviors and settlement preferences can allow practitioners to design habitats, choose sites, and distribute restoration networks more effectively. The purpose of this study, a collaboration among academic and …
12,000 Rain Gardens For Puget Sound: A Campaign To Empower All 12 Puget Sound Counties With Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Aaron Clark
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Between 2009 and 2011, the non-profit Stewardship Partners built over 100 rain gardens at schools, homes, parks and other highly visible areas, to demonstrate proof of concept and create early momentum around a simple but powerful tool for cleaning our waters. In 2011, that program became the 12,000 Rain Gardens for Puget Sound campaign, teaming up with Washington State University Extension offices in all 12 Puget Sound Counties. Now in it's second year, the 12,000 Rain Gardens Campaign has trained Master Gardeners in all 12 counties to offer technical support, education, and outreach to their communities and have registered over …
From Boat To Beach: Using Drift Cards To Improve Our Knowledge Of Ocean Currents, Areas At Risk And Oil Spill Trajectories., Andrew Rosenberger, Alexandra Woodsworth, Ross Dixon
From Boat To Beach: Using Drift Cards To Improve Our Knowledge Of Ocean Currents, Areas At Risk And Oil Spill Trajectories., Andrew Rosenberger, Alexandra Woodsworth, Ross Dixon
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
In October 2013, Raincoast Conservation Foundation and Georgia Strait Alliance launched 1644 drift cards from 9 locations along the shipping route through the Salish Sea to Vancouver, British Columbia. Drift cards are 4x6” pieces of marine plywood painted bright yellow and numbered. Drift cards have historically been used to assess the way in which floating objects move in various contexts, including potential oil spills from underwater pipelines, marine park planning, sewage outflows and more. In this case, these drift cards were released in the context of Kinder Morgan’s plans to twin the Trans Mountain pipeline, which if approved would see …
Collaborative Efforts To Pinpoint, Quantify And Proactively Manage Risk Through A Comprehensive Vessel Traffic Risk Assessment For Puget Sound, Todd Hass, Chad Bowechop, Jon Neel
Collaborative Efforts To Pinpoint, Quantify And Proactively Manage Risk Through A Comprehensive Vessel Traffic Risk Assessment For Puget Sound, Todd Hass, Chad Bowechop, Jon Neel
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Commercial vessel traffic through the shared waters of Washington and British Columbia is projected to increase over the next decade—rising by approximately 25% if a set of proposed projects are completed (e.g., Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project, Gateway Pacific Terminal, and several in Port Metro Vancouver). In 2013 the Puget Sound Partnership and Makah Tribe partnered with professional mariners and other stakeholders from the Puget Sound Harbor Safety Committee to significantly update a George Washington and Virginia Commonwealth University vessel traffic risk assessment (VTRA) study for the Sound. Using vessel tracks recorded in 2010 by the US and Canadian Coast …
The Role Of First Nations In Oil Spill Prevention, Preparedness, Response And Recovery In British Columbia, John Konovsky, Bridget Doyle, Pano Skrivanos, Carleen Thomas
The Role Of First Nations In Oil Spill Prevention, Preparedness, Response And Recovery In British Columbia, John Konovsky, Bridget Doyle, Pano Skrivanos, Carleen Thomas
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
The risk of oil spills from existing oil infrastructure and transport presents a threat to aboriginal environmental and cultural values. First Nations can play a significant role in oil spill response to protect those resources. In this presentation, the authors summarize the Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s involvement in this area and provide recommendations for developing capacity and maximizing effectiveness of First Nations’ participation in oil spill prevention, preparedness, response and recovery. Prevention: First Nations should have the opportunity for consultation with provincial and federal regulatory agencies to ensure standards are adopted that reduce to the maximum extent possible the risk of spill …
Human Dimensions Of Puget Sound Ecosystem Health And Recovery: Social Sciences Scale And Scope, Mary Rozance, Kathleen Wolf
Human Dimensions Of Puget Sound Ecosystem Health And Recovery: Social Sciences Scale And Scope, Mary Rozance, Kathleen Wolf
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
The Puget Sound Basin is surrounded by human settlements that range from small resource-dependent communities, to metropolitan areas that are experiencing rapid population growth. Scientific studies in the biophysical disciplines have documented the Puget Sound's ecological decline, established baseline conditions for recovery, and identified human-based sources of ecosystem impacts. The Puget Sound region is a complex socio-ecological system thus making equal attention to human dimensions an important goal, even a necessity. Social scientists across a variety of disciplines (such as economics, geography, anthropology, sociology, and psychology) can contribute to large-scale ecosystem health and recovery in two general ways. First, studies …
Reducing Disaster Vulnerability Of Coastal Communities On The Salish Sea, Stephanie Chang
Reducing Disaster Vulnerability Of Coastal Communities On The Salish Sea, Stephanie Chang
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This paper provides an overview of the disaster vulnerability of coastal communities on the Salish Sea. In addition to natural hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and floods (both riverine and coastal), coastal communities in this region are at risk from human-induced and technological disasters such as oil spills and terrorism threats. Vulnerability – or the propensity to suffer loss when a hazard event occurs – is affected by many factors related to geographic setting, the built environment, economic conditions, socio-demographics characteristics, and institutional context. In a case study of Metro Vancouver, this paper identifies and compares key vulnerability factors in …
The Role Of Citizen Science In Restoring Salmon And Salmon Habitat To The Suquamish Tribe's Port Madison Indian Reservation's Cowling Creek Watershed, Paul Dorn, Dick D'Archangel, Jill Wetzel
The Role Of Citizen Science In Restoring Salmon And Salmon Habitat To The Suquamish Tribe's Port Madison Indian Reservation's Cowling Creek Watershed, Paul Dorn, Dick D'Archangel, Jill Wetzel
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Cowling Creek is the largest watershed on the Port Madison Indian Reservation. The Reservation is located on the west side of Puget Sound across from Seattle, and is where Chief Sealth (Seattle) is buried. The Wild Fish Conservancy identified 5.46 miles of the 12.22 Cowling Creek stream miles as fish bearing in 2009. Intertidal culverts installed 75 years ago were 100% barriers and eliminated all historic coho, steelhead, sea run cutthroat, chum salmon and other fish populations. The culverts blocked safe wildlife access to the estuary. Additional older and newer culverts throughout the watershed further fragmented habitat accessibility for fish …
"An Uncultivated Waste”: Balancing Cultural Ecosystem Services And Differing Values In The Salish Sea Region, Nancy Turner
"An Uncultivated Waste”: Balancing Cultural Ecosystem Services And Differing Values In The Salish Sea Region, Nancy Turner
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
In Northwestern North America, as elsewhere in the world, First Peoples’ stories reflect the gifts of Nature to humans – what we now call “cultural ecosystem services” – and the ways in which places and species are imbued with cultural meaning. All around the Salish Sea, such stories, told in the range of Indigenous languages and dialects spoken across the area, have been passed from generation to generation since time immemorial: How the Salmon People came and taught the Saanich People how to fashion their reefnets of willow bark; How Xáls, the Creator, turned people who had transgressed cultural laws …
Use Of Flowcam Technology For Phytoplankton Monitoring In Central Puget Sound, Gabriela Hannach, Lyndsey Sandwick
Use Of Flowcam Technology For Phytoplankton Monitoring In Central Puget Sound, Gabriela Hannach, Lyndsey Sandwick
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
The entire Puget Sound region faces challenges from a growing human population and a changing climate that will likely exacerbate already critical threats to the health of the Sound. Recent efforts to restore and protect Puget Sound highlight a need for essential information concerning biodiversity and the seasonal dynamics of its marine inhabitants. The King County Marine and Sediment Assessment Group manages a long-term marine monitoring program designed to assess water quality in the Central Puget Sound Basin. Since 1995, data are collected monthly for physical, chemical, and biological (chlorophyll a) parameters at various locations and depths throughout the Puget …
The Relationship Of Oak Gall Size To Lichen Proximity On Quercus Garryana, Garrett Noyd, Alex Nelson
The Relationship Of Oak Gall Size To Lichen Proximity On Quercus Garryana, Garrett Noyd, Alex Nelson
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Oak galls are formed when a female gall wasp lays her eggs on the host plant. She then injects the host plant with a toxin that makes the plant form a tumor around her eggs, protecting them. Oak galls and lichen both use the same nutrients, resulting in competition for nutrition and space on a tree. Our data was collected at the Glacial Heritage Preserve in Thurston County, Washington. The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between oak gall placement and the presence of lichen on twigs. We measured the diameter of an oak gall and then …
Building The Encyclopedia Of Puget Sound: A New Resource For Ecosystem Recovery, Jeff Rice, Joel E. Baker
Building The Encyclopedia Of Puget Sound: A New Resource For Ecosystem Recovery, Jeff Rice, Joel E. Baker
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Advances in online communication and digital media are changing the way ecosystem information is shared and understood. New and emerging technologies provide opportunities for networked science that can greatly benefit Puget Sound and Salish Sea ecosystem recovery through improved information flow and unprecedented access to scientific literature and data. The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound (www.eopugetsound.org) is an online resource published by the University of Washington in collaboration with the Puget Sound Partnership. Its mission is to synthesize and document the state of the science of ecosystem recovery in the region. Through a topic editor system inspired by efforts such as …
Quantification Of Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products, And Perfluoroalkyl Substances In Elliott Bay Sediments (Seattle, Washington), Margaret Dutch, Sandra Weakland, Valerie Partridge
Quantification Of Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products, And Perfluoroalkyl Substances In Elliott Bay Sediments (Seattle, Washington), Margaret Dutch, Sandra Weakland, Valerie Partridge
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) are identified as Chemicals of Emerging Concern (CECs) in Puget Sound due to their potential to cause adverse toxicological, biological, and ecological effects when introduced into the environment. Characterization of sources, transport patterns, and the fate of CECs in the environment has been prioritized as part of the Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program toxics monitoring strategy. These chemicals have been detected in ground water, rivers, and streams in the Pacific Northwest and in influent, effluent, and biosolids from Puget Sound municipal wastewater treatment plants over the past decade. They were …
Drill, Baby, Drill: Invasive Oyster Drills Are The Main Driver Of Native Oyster Mortality At A Restoration Site, Emily Grason, Eric R. Buhle
Drill, Baby, Drill: Invasive Oyster Drills Are The Main Driver Of Native Oyster Mortality At A Restoration Site, Emily Grason, Eric R. Buhle
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
The success of native oyster (Ostrea lurida) restoration efforts depends on the establishment of self-sustaining populations. However, as juveniles and spat, oysters are vulnerable to both native and invasive predators, and reduced survival at this stage could prevent oyster reestablishment. We investigated the separate and combined effects of native crabs and invasive oyster drills on the survival of juvenile Olympia oysters over four months at a restoration site in south Salish Sea (Liberty Bay, Puget Sound). As potential predators of both oysters and oyster drills, native crabs could generate complex tri-trophic dynamics, resulting in either net positive or negative effects …
Multiple Stressors On The Potential Toxicity Of Heterosigma Akashiwo, A Fish-Killing Flagellate In The Salish Sea., Julia Matheson, William Cochlan, Charles Trick
Multiple Stressors On The Potential Toxicity Of Heterosigma Akashiwo, A Fish-Killing Flagellate In The Salish Sea., Julia Matheson, William Cochlan, Charles Trick
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
As a large, island rich, estuary, the Salish Sea is strongly influenced by a diversity of ocean water intrusions and by direct and indirect human activities. The consequences of these processes provide multiple stressors on incumbent species, such as the potentially economically damaging blooms of the fish-killing flagellate Heterosigma akashiwo. Here we present laboratory findings on the combination of increased ocean acidification (pH) and modified nutrient supply (N:P) on the toxicity of a Puget Sound isolate from the Salish Sea. The toxicity and growth responses of batch cultures, conducted at a range of initial concentrations of nitrate and phosphate (N:P …
Eyes Over Puget Sound: Producing Validated Satellite Products To Support Rapid Water Quality Assessments In Puget Sound, Brandon S. Sackmann, Christopher Krembs, Suzan Pool, Julia Bos, Tarang Khangaonkar
Eyes Over Puget Sound: Producing Validated Satellite Products To Support Rapid Water Quality Assessments In Puget Sound, Brandon S. Sackmann, Christopher Krembs, Suzan Pool, Julia Bos, Tarang Khangaonkar
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Eyes Over Puget Sound (EOPS) is a rapid communication and outreach product developed by the Washington State Department of Ecology that provides a concise synthesis of near real-time data sources in Puget Sound, WA. Monthly EOPS reports summarize aerial photographic surveys, in-situ ferry observations, satellite products, CTD profiles, and mooring data within 2-days of completing each aerial survey. To facilitate the rapid development and synthesis of satellite information products, EOPS developed a framework for producing regionally-tuned products; validated using coincident ferry-based measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence, turbidity, CDOM fluorescence, temperature, and salinity. Daily ferry transects provide a consistent suite of high-resolution …
What Goes Down The Drain Eventually Reaches The River: Characterizing Contaminants Of Emerging Concern (Cecs) In The Columbia River Basin, Jennifer Morace, Elena Nilsen
What Goes Down The Drain Eventually Reaches The River: Characterizing Contaminants Of Emerging Concern (Cecs) In The Columbia River Basin, Jennifer Morace, Elena Nilsen
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
Toxic contamination is a significant concern in the Columbia River Basin in Washington and Oregon. To help water managers and policy makers in decision making about future sampling efforts and toxic-reduction activities, the USGS did a reconnaissance to assess contaminant concentrations contributed directly to the Columbia River through wastewater-treatment-plant (WWTP) effluent and stormwater runoff from adjacent urban environments, as well as to evaluate instantaneous loadings to the Columbia River Basin from these inputs. Nine cities were selected in Oregon and Washington to provide diversity in physical setting, climate characteristics, and population density. Samples were collected from a WWTP in each …
Planning For Change: Climate Adaptation Survey Results, Jamie Erin Mooney
Planning For Change: Climate Adaptation Survey Results, Jamie Erin Mooney
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
In August 2012, Washington Sea Grant distributed a survey to the members of Washington Sea Grant’s Coastal and Shoreline Planner’s Group in coastal counties of Washington State. The survey assesses the current role of coastal practitioners and elected officials in the climate change adaptation process, the hurdles they have encountered, and the quantity and quality of information they have on local climate change impacts. The report also draws some limited comparisons between Washington, Oregon, and California by identifying similarities and differences in hurdles to climate adaptation in these three states. Findings from this survey will contribute to the National Sea …