Presentations

• PCB/PBDE Loading Estimates for the Greater Lake Washington Watershed – Curtis DeGasperi, Jenee Colton, and Richard Jack

• Development of Lake Washington PCB Fate and Bioaccumulation Models – Curtis DeGasperi and Greg Pelletier

• WRIA 9 Stormwater Retrofit Project: Modeling cost-effective solutions to meet flow and water quality targets – Olivia Wright
  For other reports related to this project, go to Project documents: Green River Stormwater Retrofit Project

• Strategies for Fixing Puget Sound’s Stormwater Problem – Jim Simmonds
  For other reports related to this project, go to Project documents: Green River Stormwater Retrofit Project

• Monitoring for Adaptive Management: Status and Trends Monitoring of Aquatic and Riparian Habitats in the Lake Washington  / Cedar / Sammamish Watershed – Scott Stolnack, Hans Berge, Dan Lantz, and Curtis DeGasperi along with Roger Tabor of US Fish and Wildlife Service

• Evaluation of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in Surface Waters from the Green River and its Major Tributaries – Deb Lester, Debra Williston, and Carly Greyell

• PCBs Associated with Suspended Solids in the Green River Watershed Debra Williston and Deb Lester

• Freshwater Bioassessment Tools for the Puget Sound Basin: Enhancing a Science- Based Performance Measure of Stream Condition – Deb Lester, Jo Wilhelm, and Elene Dorfmeier, with Leska Fore of Statistical Design and Bob Wisseman of Aquatic Biology Associates
  This project was funded by a US EPA Scientific Studies and Technical Investigation Assistance Program Grant.

• Development and utility of a Hydrologic Condition Index – Gino Lucchetti and Jeff Burkey

• The Lake Washington PCB/PBDE Reduction Study: Concentrations Measured in Stormwater and Other Major Pathways to the Lake Washington Watershed – Jenee Colton, Curtis DeGasperi, Richard Jack, and Carly Greyell

• Using B-IBI to Identify Puget Sound Watersheds for Restoration and Protection – Jo Wilhelm, Debra Bouchard, Chris Gregersen, Chris Knutson, Kate Macneale
  This project was funded by EPA federal pass through funds via the Washington State Department of Ecology as part of the Puget Sound Partnership.

• Spatial and Temporal Differences and Congender Content in Bulk Air Deposition of PCBs in the Green / Duwamish River Basin – Jenee Colton, Richard Jack, and Carly Greyell

• The Lake Washington Study: Modeling Bioaccumulation of  PCBs in lake Washington Fish – Carly Greyell. Jenee Colton and Richard Jack

Posters

• Invasive New Zealand mudsnails in mid-Puget Sound (Salish Sea) lowland watercourses – Sally Abella, Chris Knutson, and Jo Wilhelm
• Influence of the Duwamish River on water quality in Elliott Bay, Seattle, WA – Wendy Eash-Loucks
• The WRIA 9 Marine Shoreline Monitoring and Compliance Pilot Project – Kollin Higgins
• Effects of Small Barriers on the Distribution of Sculpins (Cottus spp.) in Puget Sound Lowland Streams – Daniel Lantz and Hans Berge, with Roger Tabor and Teal Waterstrat, USFWS.
• Long-term trends indicate bacteria contamination has declined but remains a problem in an urban river in Seattle, WA – Kate Macneale, Wendy Eash-Loucks, and Dean Wilson
• Puget Sound Phytoplankton, Nutrients, & Weather – Kimberle Stark and Gabriela Hannach
• Purple Martins Along the King County Marine Shoreline: Citizen Conservation Efforts – Jean Power, Kimberle Stark, Rich Siegrist, and Christopher Anderson

See Puget Sound Partnership Science and Evaluation site and The 2014 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference for more information. Additional resources are also available from the Puget Sound Institute and the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound.

For questions about the 2014 Salish Sea Conference, please contact Jennifer Vanderhoof, Senior Ecologist, Watershed and Ecological Assessment Unit.