Proceedings of the 2005 Puget Sound Georgia Basin Research Conference
Speaker Biographies
A
Lee Ann Acker
Undergraduate Student
University of Washington, Tacoma
12517 107th Ave Ct E
Puyallup, WA 98402
leeacker@comcast.net
Tel: (253) 307-4148
Fax: (253) 307-4148
The Effect of Heavy Metal Pollution in Aquatic Environments on Metallothionein Production in Mytilus sp.
(A10)
Lee Ann Acker is an undergraduate student in the Environmental Science program at
the University of Washington,
Tacoma. Her primary research interests are species
diversity in tropical rain forests and restoration ecology. After graduation in June 2005, Lee Ann will
continue in restoration by interning as a Range Technician at the Eastern
Oregon Agricultural
Research Center
with Dr. Jane Mangold.
Sandra Aasen
Washington State Department of Ecology
Environmental
Assessment Program
Olympia, WA
sgei461@ecy.wa.gov
Sediment Quality in the
San Juan Islands, Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, and Admiralty Inlet (P2)
Sediment Quality in
Hood Canal P2)
Sandra
Aasen is an environmental specialist for the Washington State Department of
Ecology’s Coastal and Estuarine Assessment Unit, working as a member of the
unit’s Marine Sediment Monitoring Team (MSMT) since 1994 conducting the
Sediment Component of the Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program (PSAMP). Ms
Aasen received her Master of Science degree from Evergreen State College in
1997.
Tim
W. Abbe
Herrera
Environmental Consultants
2200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100
Seattle, WA 98121
tabbe@herrerainc.com
Tel: 206 - 441- 9080
Fax: 206 - 441- 9108
URL: http://www.herrerainc.com/
Bulkheading
in Thurston County: Impacts on Forage Fish Spawning Habitat (A7)
Tim
is currently Director of River and Coastal Geomorphology at Herrera
Environmental Consultants in Seattle, WA.
Tim received his MS degree from Portland
State University
and his PhD from the University of Washington.
Over the last 20 years Tim has worked in academics, government and the private
sector on issues such as sediment transport, shoreline erosion, the effects of
riparian vegetation, geologic hazards, and habitat restoration. Tim's has
studied shoreline processes and tidal wetlands up and down the west coast,
including the Lower Columbia River, Grays
Harbor, Puget Sound, and numerous locations
along the California Coast.
Currently his work tends to focus on evaluating geomorphic processes that
threaten infrastructure, the role of development in habitat degradation, and
presenting sustainable solutions to protect people and the environment.
Marina Alberti
Associate Professor of Urban Design and Planning
University
of Washington
410
Gould Box 355740
Seattle, WA 98195-5740
malberti@u.washington.edu
Tel: 206-616-8667
Fax: 206-685-9597
URL: www.urbaneco.washington.edu
Developing Landscape
Benchmarks to Monitor Urban Growth in Puget Sound (F7)
Marina
Alberti is Associate professor of Urban and Environmental Planning in the
Department of Urban Design and Planning at the University
of Washington. She teaches courses
in Urban Ecology, Environmental Impact Management, Geographic Information
Systems, and Group Dynamic and Conflict resolution. Her research interests are
in the impacts of alternative urban development patterns on ecosystem dynamics.
She is currently directing a NSF funded research project aimed to study how
changes in land use alter the biophysical structure and affect ecosystem
dynamics in the Puget Sound region. She is also
developing a simulation model that integrates urban development and ecological
dynamics.
Storrs
“Skip” L. Albertson
WA State Dept. of Ecology
EAP
Olympia, WA
alberts@ocean.washington.edu
Principle Component
Analysis for Uniqueness in Puget Sound Hydrographic Stations (1989-2003) - Let
the Data Speak! (E7)
Skip
Albertson, P.E., is an Environmental Engineer and Physical Oceanographer for
the Washington State Department of Ecology. His work includes applying a
modeling approach towards understanding water quality data including TMDLs, circulation
studies, residual flow and residence time evaluations.
Diana M. Allen
Associate Professor and Chair
Department
of Earth Sciences
Simon
Fraser University
8888
University Drive
Burnaby,
BC V5A
1S6
dallen@sfu.ca
Tel: 604-291-3967
Fax: 604-291-4198
URL: http://www.sfu.ca/earth-sciences
Modeled Climate Change
Impacts in the Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer, Central Fraser Lowland of BC, Canada
and Washington State, US. (E3)
Dr.
Diana Allen (P.Geo) is an Associate Professor of hydrogeology at Simon
Fraser University.
Her research involves characterizing aquifers using geophysical, geochemical
and isotopic techniques and numerical modeling. She is currently working
collaboratively with federal, provincial, regional government and industry
partners on several projects including the hydrogeology of the Gulf Islands
(geochemistry and fractured rock aquifer characterization), the Abbotsford
aquifer (nitrate contamination), and Okanagan Basin (recharge and impact of
climate change on groundwater resources).
Eric M. Anderson
University of Wyoming
Dept.
of Zoology and Physiology
Laramie
WY
emander@uwyo.edu
The value of herring
spawning events to spring conditioning of scoters in the Puget Sound Georgia
Basin (A5)
Eric
Anderson received a B.S. in biology and mathematics from the University
of Puget Sound in 1994, and an M.S.
in Zoology and Physiology from the University
of Wyoming in 2002. Eric has worked
as a research associate with the Teton
Science School
and The Nature Conservancy and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department
of Zoology and Physiology at the University
of Wyoming.
Joseph Anderson
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Seattle, WA
joeander@u.washington.edu
Above the dam: salmon
colonization in the Cedar River, Washington (A3)
Joseph
Anderson earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Stanford
University in 2001, with a research
focus on developmental genetics. He investigated steelhead trout population
genetics as a technician for the NOAA Fisheries molecular ecology team in Santa
Cruz, CA in 2002-03. Mr. Anderson
is currently a graduate student in the School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at
the University of Washington,
and is interested in the evolutionary ecology of salmonid fishes.
Roger G. Anderson
Battelle, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory
Seattle, WA
andersrg@battelle.org
Application of NASA
Earth Science Data to Landscape-Scale Resource Management Needs in the Pacific
Northwest: An Institutional Collaboration (P4)
Roger
Anderson is a Senior Program Manager for the Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory. He directs programs focused
on environmental technologies, natural resources, sustainable development and
institutional capacity building. Mr.
Anderson presently serves as Program Manager for the Pacific Northwest Regional
Collaboratory, a collaborative effort among four universities and two national
laboratories to develop applications of NASA data to address critical issues in Water and land resources management and sustainable development in the Pacific
Northwest.
Roland C. Anderson
Seattle
Aquarium - Life Sciences
Seattle, WA
roland.anderson@seattle.gov
The Annual Census of
Giant Pacific octopuses in Puget Sound (P1)
Roland
C. Anderson, Ph.D., is a biologist at the Seattle Aquarium where he has worked
for 27 years. He is particularly interested in the natural history and behavior
of Puget Sound cephalopods. He has published numerous
articles on marine invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest
in scientific journals and the trade press. He has participated in numerous
conferences, giving talks on the behavior of cephalopods and other mollusks.
Lucy Applegate
Outreach Coordinator
Skagit
Fisheries Enhancement Group
PO
Box 2497 Mount Vernon, WA
98273
lapplegate@skagitfisheries.org
Tel: 360-336-0172
Fax: 360-336-0701
URL: www.skagitfisheries.org
Stream Stewards A
Community Stream Awareness Program (P6)
Lucy
Applegate holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resources from the Ohio
State University,
and has worked with SFEG since 1999.
Before moving to Washington,
Lucy worked as a naturalist in Ohio,
conducting interpretive programs for children and adults. Lucy’s responsibilities as Outreach
Coordinator include recruiting, training, and managing volunteers for habitat
restoration projects, and conducting educational programs throughout the
community. Lucy teams with volunteers
and other educators to design and present programs to adult civic groups and
student groups in grades K-12. She also
manages SFEG’s website, and production of The Redd, SFEG’s newsletter.
Jessica Archer
Washington State
BEACH Database Coordinator
Washington
State Department of Ecology
300
Desmond Dr SE, Lacey
PO
Box 47710
Olympia, WA 98504-7710
jarc461@ecy.wa.gov
Tel: (360) 407-6159
Fax: (360) 407-6884
URL: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/beach/
The Beach Environmental
Assessment, Communication, and Health (BEACH) Program: Results and Trends from
2004 (B1)
Jessica
Archer graduated from The Evergreen State College in 2002 with a B.S. focused
on marine molecular biology and geographic information systems. She currently
works at the Department of Ecology as the Washington State BEACH Database
Coordinator compiling information on Washington’s
marine beaches to identify beaches which are most at risk and data-streaming
sample results from these sites to a large EPA database. Her interests include
the study of marine systems including the relationship between levels of
microbiological indicators and human illness rates for marine waters and
improving and stream-lining the management and analysis of marine data.
Peter Bahls
Northwest Watershed Institute
Port
Townsend WA
peter@nwwatershed.org
High straying rates of
hatchery coho in upper Hood Canal tributaries (A3)
Links, chains and
witness trees - using historical research to guide watershed restoration
(F7)
Peter
Bahls earned an M.S. in Fisheries Science and Aquatic Ecology from Oregon
State University,
worked for six years as the habitat biologist for the Port Gamble S’Klallam
Tribe, 3 years as the senior fish biologist for David Evans and Associates, and
has served as the founding director of Northwest Watershed Institute (NWI) since
2001. NWI is a nonprofit organization that provides scientific and technical
assistance for watershed restoration.
Robin W. Baird
Cascadia Research Collective
Olympia, WA
rwbaird@cascadiaresearch.org
Diving behavior of
"southern resident" killer whales in the trans-boundary waters of
British Columbia and Washington: implications for foraging ecology (A2)
Robin
W. Baird has undertaken research on cetaceans in the trans-boundary region in
15 of the last 19 years. His Ph.D. (from Simon
Fraser University,
1994) focused on foraging ecology of “transient” killer whales in the
trans-boundary region. While most of his current research focuses on ecology
and population assessment of Hawaiian odontocetes, he is continuing his studies
of the foraging ecology of killer whales around the San Juan Islands.
David H.Baldwin
NOAA Fisheries, NWFSC
EC
Division
Seattle, WA
david.baldwin@noaa.gov
Comparative thresholds
for acetylcholinesterase inhibition and behavioral impairment in coho salmon
exposed to chlorpyrifos. (P2)
David
Baldwin is an ORISE intern at NOAA Fisheries’ Northwest
Fisheries Science
Center. His research is focused on
the sublethal impacts of contaminants on the sensory physiology and behavior of
fish. He received his doctorate in Zoology from the University
of Washington (Seattle, WA) studying the physiology and behavior of
the visual system of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster).
Greg Bargmann
Washington
Dept of Fish and Wildlife
Olympia, WA
bargmggb@dfw.wa.gov
Management of Forage
Fish in Puget Sound and the Georgia Basin (A7)
Greg
Bargmann is Marine Fish Manager for the Washington Department of Fish and
Wildlife where he has worked for the past 30 years on management of marine fish
populations and fisheries.
Russel L. Barsh
Center for the Study of Coast Salish Environments
Anacortes WA
rbarsh@samishtribe.nsn.us
Archaeological Evidence
for Sustainability of Coast Salish Sea Urchin Harvesting (D3)
Russel
Barsh is director of the Center for the Study of Coast Salish Environments,
established by the Samish Indian Nation to pursue “science for stewardship” in
the San Juan archipelago. He
studies the impact of indigenous peoples on the structure of Salish
Sea ecosystems, and develops tools
for identifying the “fingerprints” of early humans in sediments, soils, and
middens. He previously taught at the University
of Washington, and worked at the
United Nations.
Harriet Beale
Acting Director of Programs
Puget
Sound Action Team
PO
Box 40900
Olympia, WA 98504-0900
hbeale@psat.wa.gov
Tel: 360-725-5442
Fax: 360-725-5456
URL: www.psat.wa.gov
New Approaches to
Shellfish Protection in Puget Sound (A8)
Harriet
Beale joined the Action Team staff in February 1999 and serves as Acting
Director of Programs. Her experience includes work as a planner for Jefferson
County and as Water Resources
Manager for the Lummi Indian Nation. Harriet has a BA in Geography and Regional
Planning and an MS in Geology from Western, Washington University.
Her graduate work was in the area of geomorphology, hydrology, and shorelines
geology.
Janie Beasley
Swinomish Tribal Member
Swinomish Earth
Enhancement Celebrations 2003-2005: The Planning Process (D3)
I
am a LaConner School Board Member and Community Resource Committee Chairman for
the Early College High School Credits for a grant received through Antioch
University. I volunteer for the Swinomish Recreation
Committee; Health, Education & Social Services Committee; Veteran’s
Committee and the Earth Day Committee.
My interests are reading, sewing, volunteering at my church and tribal
events, and spending time with family and friends. I have been married for 30 years and the
mother of two.
Anne Beaudreau
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Seattle, WA
annebeau@u.washington.edu
Diet and prey size
spectrum of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus), a top predator in rocky reefs of the
San Juan Archipelago (E5)
Anne
Beaudreau completed a Bachelors degree in biology at Harvard
University in 2001. Currently, she
is a second year Masters student in the School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at
the University of Washington
studying under Dr. Timothy Essington. Anne’s research focuses on the role of
predation in structuring prey populations in marine reserves and nearby fished
areas within the San Juan Archipelago.
Timothy J. Beechie
NW Fisheries Science
Center
Watershed
Program
Seattle, WA
tim.beechie@noaa.gov
Alteration of channel
and ecosystem dynamics downstream of Elwha dams (A1)
Tim
Beechie has worked in fisheries resource management since 1985, with experience
ranging from assessments of fish populations in West African lakes to studies
of land use effects on salmon production. His current research interests
include development of process-based habitat restoration strategies, impacts of
sediment supply changes on channels and habitat, the formation and evolution of
floodplain habitats, and impacts of land uses and dam removal on dynamics of
floodplain ecosystems.
Sharon M. Bennett
University of British
Columbia
Resource
Management and Environmental Studies
Vancouver
B.C.
smbennet@interchange.ubc.ca
The Biodegradation of
Methanol in the Fraser River (P2)
Sharon
Bennett is a MSc student at the University
of British Columbia in the
Department of Resource Management and Environmental Studies. Her studies have
focused mainly on aquatic ecology, water pollution, and integrated assessment.
Past work has included working as a Habitat Biologist with Fisheries and Oceans
in the habitat management branch in Burlington,
Ontario. She has also assisted an
interdisciplinary research project in Pacific Rim
National Park on the impact of
human behaviour on intertidal health.
Matthew Bernard
USCG Region X Regional Response Team Coordinator
D13
Marine Safety
915
2nd Avenue
Seattle, WA 98174
Matthew.P.Bernard@uscg.mil
Tel: 206-220-7215
The Pacific North West
Regional Contingency Planning Process (C10)
IH,
ASP, REM. Region X Regional Response Team Coordinator for the
Helen D. Berry
WA Dept. of Natural Resources
Nearshore
Habitat Program, Aquatic Resources Div.
Olympia, WA
helen.berry@wadnr.gov
Using Historical Data
to Estimate Changes in Floating Kelp (Nereocystis leutkana and Macrocystis
integrifolia) in Puget Sound, Washington (F7)
Helen
Berry is a coastal ecologist with the Washington State Department of Natural
Resources’ Nearshore Habitat Program, part of the Puget Sound Ambient
Monitoring Program. She works on projects that track spatial patterns and
temporal trends in littoral habitats in Puget Sound.
Research interests include: 1) habitat inventory and classification; 2) aquatic
vegetation monitoring, particularly kelp and eelgrass; and 3) biotic community
monitoring. She has a Masters in Oceanography from Oregon
State University.
Stan Bertold
Superintendent, Environmental Monitoring
Greater
Vancouver Regional District
4330
Kingsway
Burnaby,
BC.
Tel: 604-451-6007
Fax: 604-451-6019
Stan.bertold@gvrd.bc.ca
Application
of cautions, warnings and triggers to benthos for the GVRD marine WWTP outfalls
(B1)
Ecological
significance of sediment biotic and geochemical effects related to the Iona
WWTP outfall discharge to the Strait of Georgia off Sturgeon Bank (B2)
Stan
Bertold is the Superintendent of Environmental Monitoring for the Quality
Control Division, Operations and Maintenance Department of the Greater
Vancouver Regional District (GVRD). www.gvrd.bc.ca
Peter Namtvedt Best
City of Bainbridge
Island
Integration
of Joint City of Bainbridge Island/Suquamish Tribal Beach Seining Results into
Shoreline Management and Salmon Recovery Efforts in Kitsap County, Washington
(B9)
Peter
Namtvedt Best has a BA from Huxley College
at Western Washington
University and is a Long-Range
Planner for the City of Bainbridge Island working primarily on shoreline
management and salmon recovery.
Marc Beutel
Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
, Washington State University
PO Box 642910, Pullman, WA 99164-2910
mbeutel@wsu.edu
Tel: (509) 335-3721
Targeted Oxygen
Addition to Hood Canal: A Potential Management Strategy to Ameliorate the
Impacts of Hypoxia (D6)
Marc
Beutel is an Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Washington
State University.
Marc has extensive experience evaluating the limnology of California
lakes and reservoirs with a particular emphasis on quantifying internal
nutrient loading and hypolimnetic oxygen demand. Dr. Beutel is the author
of numerous reports and journal articles on lake restoration including “A
review of the effects of hypolimnetic oxygenation on lake and reservoir water
quality” and “Hypolimnetic Anoxia and Sediment Oxygen Demand in California
Drinking Water Reservoirs”, both in the Journal of Lake and Reservoir
Management. Dr. Beutel’s current
research interests include mercury cycling in lake sediments and control of
pesticides in agricultural and urban runoff using natural treatment systems
such as constructed wetlands.
Sandra M. Bicego
Dovetail Consulting Inc.
Vancouver
B.C.
sandra@dovetailconsulting.com
Indigenous Involvement
In The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (D1)
Sandra
holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University
of Western Australia, and a Masters
from the School of Community
and Regional Planning, University of British
Columbia. An associate of Dovetail Consulting
since 1999, Sandra designs and facilitates multi-stakeholder processes and
provide strategic facilitation services in organizational development for
non-profit organizations, First Nations, agencies, and corporations. Areas of
interest include marine and fisheries planning, recreation and tourism policy
development, and corporate social responsibility.
Marcie Demmy Bidwell
Research Assistant
University
of Washington
410
Gould Box 355740
Seattle, WA 98195-5740
marciedb@u.washington.edu
URL: www.urbaneco.washington.edu
Assessing the Impacts
of Urbanization on Shellfish Growing Areas in Puget Sound, Washington (B7)
Marcie
Bidwell is a research assistant in the Urban Ecology Research Laboratory and
student in the Built Environment Program at the University
of Washington. She received her
Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture from the University
of Washington. Her research
explores ecological design and social sciences for landscape and watershed
planning.
Philip L. Bloch
Washington
DNR
Aquatics
Division
Olympia, WA
philip.bloch@wadnr.gov
Beyond Boundaries -
Turning Conservation Targets into Conserved Areas (D10)
Philip
Bloch provides scientific support for conservation and restoration initiatives
of the Aquatics Division of Washington DNR. He studied landscape ecology as a
graduate student at Duke University
prior to moving to the Pacific Northwest, where he
applies ecological and technical skills to restoration and conservation
planning efforts.
Thomas D. Bloxton
USDA Forest
Service
Pacific
Northwest Research Station
Olympia, WA
tbloxton@fs.fed.us
Status and Trend of the
Marbled Murrelet in Waters of the Puget Sound (A5)
Tom
Bloxton recently completed a Master’s Thesis in the University
of Washington’s College
of Forest Resources - Wildlife
Science Group on the foraging ecology of Northern Goshawks in western Washington.
Currently he is the lead biologist on the PNW Research Station’s Marbled
Murrelet project involved with monitoring population size and nesting habitat
availability, and conducting research into the breeding ecology of this elusive
seabird species using radiotelemetry.
John F. Boettner
Washington
Dept of Natural Resources
Aquatics
Division
Olympia WA
jboe490@wadnr.gov
Using the Internet for
Promoting Environmental Stewardship at WDNR (F10)
John
Boettner, BS Fisheries Biology UW 1975 1976 - Employed with WDFW, specializing
in forage fish biology, hydroacoustic stock assessment of herring, hake, and
other pelagic species, pioneered efforts to assess coastal Black Rockfish and
habitat, etc. 1992 - WDFW Marine Habitat Biologist in King, Pierce, Clallam,
Kitsap, Jefferson, and Snohomish
Counties. 1998 - WDNR Environmental
Specialist working in all facets of landscape ecology using this background to
become a WDNR webmaster.
Lynne Bonner
BC Ministry of Water, Land & Air Protection
Victoria
B.C.
The British Columbia
Coast and Marine Environment Project (P5)
Lynne
Bonner has been working in the BC Ministry of Water, Land & Air
Protection’s State of Environment Reporting
unit for the past 2 years. Over the past
16 years with the provincial government in Victoria, BC, she has worked in
habitat enhancement, monitoring and inventory programs and was instrumental in
developing standards for wildlife habitat ratings applied to terrestrial
ecosystem mapping. Currently, Lynne is
working on the BC Coast & Marine Environment project, focusing on measures
of coastal ecosystem health and investigating ways of incorporating Traditional
Ecological Knowledge into environmental reporting.
Amy B. Borde
Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory
Coastal
Assessment and Restoration
Sequim, WA
amy.borde@pnl.gov
A Conceptual Model Tool
for Coastal Management (D4)
Ms.
Amy Borde specializes in wetland ecology and restoration. Recent research has
included assessment of eelgrass meadows in Puget Sound
and Northwest coastal estuaries; the development of innovative methods for propagating
and transplanting seagrass; the assessment of areas proposed for mitigation;
and use of adaptive management principles in monitoring programs. She uses GIS for identifying the aerial
extent of eelgrass meadows and wetlands, comparing historical habitats with
existing conditions, and locating specific areas for restoration.
Julia K. Bos
Washington State Department of Ecology
Coastal
& Estuarine Assessment Unit
Olympia, WA
jbos461@ecy.wa.gov
Interannual
variation in water quality variables in Puget Sound as revealed by time-series
analysis (E7)
The
Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership: A Forum for Regional
Coordination (P5)
I
am an oceanographer employed by the Washington State Dept. of Ecology, working
in the Marine Waters Monitoring Group. Currently my work focuses on long-term
monitoring of Puget Sound and Washington
coastal waters, and applying new technologies to this effort, as well as
developing methodologies for treatment of historical data. I received my B.S.
in Chemical Oceanography from the University
of Washington.
John L. Bower
Western Washington
University
Fairhaven
College
Bellingham, WA
jbower@cc.wwu.edu
Marine Bird Abundance
Changes In N. W. Washington Inshore Waters (A5)
John
teaches field biology, natural history, evolution, environmental issues, and
folk music performance at Fairhaven College,
an inter-disciplinary college within Western, Washington University.
His current research involves repeating important components of the 1970’s MESA
census to document recent marine bird population changes in inshore marine Waters, censusing wintering bald eagle populations along the Nooksack
River, categorizing marbled
murrelet vocalizations, and studying acoustic interactions in songbirds.
Sean W. Boyd
Pacific Wildlife Research Centre
Canadian
Wildlife Service
Delta
B.C.
sean.boyd@ec.gc.ca
Wrangel
Island (Russia) Snow Geese wintering on the Fraser and Skagit River deltas:
population dynamics and interaction with Scirpus marshes. (A6)
Dr.
Boyd received his PhD from Simon Fraser Univ. in 1995. His thesis was on the
ecology of the Snow Goose population wintering on the Fraser and Skagit
River deltas. Dr. Boyd works on a
variety of different birds species, including Snow and Brant Geese, Trumpeter
Swans, scoters, Harlequin Ducks and Barrow’s Goldeneye.
Jill M. Brandenberger
Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Marine
Research Operations
Sequim, WA
Jill.Brandenberger@pnl.gov
The ENVVEST Approach
for Stormwater Pollutant Loading in the Sinclair- Dyes Inlet Watershed (B2)
Ms.
Jill Brandenberger has a strong background in water quality issues and metals
chemistry. She has lead or participated in programs targeting water quality on
a watershed scale including: Nueces River
basin, Sinclair/Dyes Inlet, and Clallam
County. Ms. Brandenberger evaluated
the degradation of reservoir water quality as a function of temporal and
event-driven cycling of trace metals. Current project and program management
experience includes development of TMDLs, historical reconstruction of
contaminant loading, and chemical evaluation of dredged material.
Sara J. Breslow
University of Washington
Environmental
Anthropology
Mount
Vernon WA
sarajo@u.washington.edu
Science-Based Salmon
Habitat Restoration and Social Conflict in the Pacific Northwest: a Case Study
of the Skagit Valley (P6)
Sara
Breslow is currently a doctoral candidate in the Environmental Anthropology
program at the University of Washington. She holds a bachelors degree in Biology from Swarthmore
College. She welcomes ideas for how to be both an
academic and an artist.
Ginny Broadhurst
Marine Program Coordinator
Northwest
Straits Commission
10441
Bayview Edison Rd.
Mount
Vernon, WA
98273
broadhurst@nwstraits.org
Tel: 360-428-1064
Fax: 360-428-1491
URL: www.nwstraits.org
Creosote removal in the
Northwest Straits: an important piece of nearshore marine habitat restoration
(A7)
Improving existing
marine protected areas in Puget Sound (D10)
Ginny
Broadhurst is the Marine Program Coordinator for the Northwest Straits
Commission. She manages regional marine
conservation and restoration projects and provides technical support to 7
Marine Resources Committees and the Commission.
Ginny received a B.S. from University
of New Hampshire and an M.M.A. from
University of Washington.
Ginny spent 12 years at the Puget Sound Action Team working on wetland
protection, land use issues and marine protected area policies prior to coming
to the Commission in 2003. She is
co-chair of the Marine Protected Area Science Work Group.
Nicholas A. Brown
Summer Research Assistant
The SeaDoc Society
UC Davis Wildlife Health Center – Orcas Island Office
1016 Deer Harbor Road
Eastsound, Washington 98245
Tel: (360) 376-3910
Fax: (360) 376-3909
URL: www.seadocsociety.org
Species of Concern
within the Puget Sound Georgia Basin Marine Ecosystem: changes from 2002 to
2004 (C7)
Nicholas
Brown a student summer research assistant with the SeaDoc Society, a marine
ecosystem health program of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center. He recently completed his AA degree at Skagit
Valley College
and plans to matriculate at Western Washington
University. He enjoys SCUBA diving and sea kayaking.
Ian D. Bruce
Tseycum First Nation
Sidney B.C.
brucei@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Tseycum First Nation
and the Restoration of the Patricia Bay Watershed (F8)
Ian
Douglas Bruce is a Registered Professional Biologist with 25 years experience
working with First Nations and community groups on fisheries, salmon
enhancement and habitat projects. Ian recently completed a Diploma in
‘Restoration of Natural Systems’ from the University
of Victoria. Ian works part-time
for Tseycum First Nation and is Executive Director of Peninsula Streams
Society, and umbrella organization supporting seven stream- and three marine
conservation/restoration groups on the Saanich
Peninsula.
Julia Brydon
Research Assistant
Inst.
for Resources, Environment and Sustain.
University
of British Columbia
487-2206
East Mall
University
of British Columbia
Vancouver
B.C.
jbrydon@interchange.ubc.ca
Tel: (604) 822-9245
Fax: (604) 822-9250
Trace Metal Retention
in Urban Stormwater Ponds in the Lower Fraser Valley, B.C. (B2)
The
research Julia Brydon is presenting is from her M.Sc. thesis in Resource
Management and Environmental Studies, which she completed at the University
of British Columbia in the fall of
2004. Her research interests include the
effects of urbanization on water quality and the effectiveness of BMPs and low
impact design on mitigating some of these impacts. She is currently working as a research
assistant at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at
UBC.
Dan Buffett
Ducks Unlimited
Surrey
B.C.
d_buffett@ducks.ca
Spatial and temporal
use of estuary and upland habitats by wintering waterfowl on the Fraser River
delta and north Puget Sound. (A6)
Waterfowl distribution
at multiple scales in the Georgia Basin Puget Sound. (A6)
A partnership approach
to Spartina removal in the Fraser River Delta (C9)
Dan
Buffett is the senior biologist for the BC Coastal Office of Ducks Unlimited
Canada and is part of a multi-agency team that plans and implements securement
and restoration of estuaries along the BC Coast. He is currently completing a
masters degree in Resource and Environment Management at Simon
Fraser University.
Eric R. Buhle
University of Washington
Biology
Seattle, WA
buhle@u.washington.edu
Impacts of invasive
drills on Olympia oysters in Puget Sound: patterns and mechanisms (C9)
Born
and raised in Massachusetts, Eric
Buhle is a naturalized Northwesterner. He received a B.A. in Biology from Reed
College and worked on the science
of salmon recovery at NOAA’s Northwest
Fisheries Science
Center before entering the Ph.D.
program at the University of Washington.
His dissertation research focuses on using ecological theory to understand the
impacts of introduced species in Pacific Northwest
estuaries.
Douglas Bulthuis
Estuarine Scientist
Padilla
Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve
Washington
Department of Ecology
10441
Bay View-Edison Road
Mount
Vernon, WA
98273-9668
bulthuis@padillabay.gov
Tel: 360-428-1089
Fax: 360-428-1491
Nutrients in an
Eelgrass Dominated Bay: Seasonal and
Diurnal Fluctuations in Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen and Phosphorus (B10)
Douglas
Bulthuis is the Research Coordinator at Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve near Mount Vernon, Washington. He received a B.A. from Calvin
College in Grand
Rapids, Michigan, an M.Sc. from
Michigan State
University in Lansing,
Michigan, and a Ph.D. from LaTrobe
University in Melbourne,
Brenda Burd
President, Ecostat Research Ltd
Research
Associate, University of British
Columbia
1040
Clayton Rd. N. Saanich, BC,
burdb@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Tel: 250-363-6345
Fax: 250-655-1669
Ecological
significance of sediment biotic and geochemical effects related to the Iona
WWTP outfall discharge to the Strait of Georgia off Sturgeon Bank (B2)
The
work of Dr. Brenda Burd includes; 1) development of sampling designs for
aquatic habitats and analysis of benthic community response and recovery
patterns as they relate to the environment. Numerous projects cover temperate
and tropical marine habitats from 1980 to present, including untouched areas as
well those exposed to discharges by metal mines, pulp mills, fish farms,
sewage, stormwater, industrial and ocean dumping; 2) development of sampling
and analytical protocols and theory for benthic research and monitoring
programs, such as Environment Canada's Environmental Effects Monitoring program
(EEM) for Pulp and Paper and metal mines.
Joan
Cabreza
EPA
Region 10
1200
Sixth Ave
Seattle, WA
cabreza.joan@epa.gov
Invasion Pathway
Analysis and Genetic Screening Tool Development (C9)
Environmental
Scientist for EPA Region 10 (covering WA, OR, ID, AK) since 1985. She is
currently the EPA Region 10 Invasive Species Coordinator and co-chair of the, Washington State ANS Committee. She is also responsible for WA Wetland
Mitigation Banking. Previous experience includes work in environmental
consulting, academia, and state agencies, as well as 16 years teaching and
entomological and fisheries research in
John Cambalik
Local Liaison—Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap counties
Puget
Sound Action Team
PO
Box 40900
Olympia, WA 98504-0900
Tel: 360-582-9132
Fax: 360-582-9132
jcambalik@psat.wa.gov
Educating Shoreline
Landowners: Examples from King, Whatcom, Kitsap, Jefferson, Mason and Pierce
Counties: A Perspective on Approaches and Effectiveness in eliciting
on-the-ground change. (F9)
John
holds a B.S. in Fisheries Biology from the State University of New York, Syracuse
and an M.S. in Marine Science from North Carolina
State University.
John Calambokidis
Cascadia Research
Olympia, WA
calambokidis@cascadiaresearch.org
Gray whales in Puget
Sound and surrounding waters: not just migrants (A2)
Harbor seals as
indicators of trends in contaminants in Puget Sound: comparison of results from
two sites (D8)
John
Calambokidis is a Research Biologist and one of the founders of Cascadia
Research, a non-profit research organization formed in 1979. He has authored
two books on marine mammals as well as more than 50 reports and publications on
the biology and human impacts on this diverse group. He has conducted studies
on a variety of marine mammals in the North Pacific and has conducted long-term
research on blue, humpback, and gray whales.
Clive Callaway
The Living by Water Project
Salmon
Arm B.C.
clivec@jetstream.net
Shoreline Stewardship
Support for Local Government (C3)
Clive
Callaway, M.E. Des. is a co-founder of The Living by Water Project
(www.livingbywater.ca). He is co-author of On the Living Edge — Your Handbook
for Waterfront Living and has been involved with the Living by Water Project
for over seven years. Clive has assisted local government and has given many
workshops and presentations across
Maria Calvi
Duke University
- Durham NC
Nicholas
School of the Environment &
Earth Science
Seattle, WA
maria.calvi@duke.edu
A framework for conservation
and restoration management of nearshore ecosystems in Puget Sound (F6)
In
December 2004, Maria Calvi graduated from the Nicholas
School of the Environment and Earth
Sciences at Duke University
as a Master of Environmental Management with a focus on landscape and
geospatial analysis and public participation in conservation. While a student,
she interned with The Nature Conservancy of Washington, People for Puget
Sound, Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project, and
Cascade Land Conservancy on projects ranging from ecological assessments to
public outreach.
Elisa Campbell
Sustainable Communities Program
Vancouver
BC
Case by case - the
design and implementation of sustainable communities (B8)
Elisa
Campbell has a background in green buildings, infrastructure, and the
communities that knit them together, and has focused on enhancing the
performance of our urban environments at the building and community scales.
Elisa was appointed Director of the Sustainable Communities Program at UBC in
early 2003. This new program is focused on being a leader in applying
sustainability concepts to real-world situations, drawing on sustainability
research from UBC, and working towards implementation.
Glenn A. Cannon
University of Washington
School
of Oceanography
Seattle, WA
cannon@ocean.washington.edu
Circulation
Characteristics of Puget Sound Related to Understanding Hood Canal (D5)
Glenn
Cannon is an Affiliate Professor of Oceanography at University
of Washington. He is retired from
NOAA where he made numerous studies of Puget Sound
circulation. He recently worked with Evans-Hamilton Inc. to help King
County determine a good outfall
location in Puget Sound for a new sewer treatment plant
Tom Carlson
University of Washington
GIS
Program - Urban Studies
Tacoma WA
carlsont@u.washington.edu
Landscape Fragmentation
and Urban Sprawl in Pierce County, WA (B7)
Tom
is a Biogeographer with an interest in using Geographic Information
Technologies: GIS, remote sensing, and GPS to model landscape change at
multiple scales. Specific research interests include using GIS and remote
sensing for change detection in Puget Sound salt marshes
and surrounding lowlands, landscape change in tropical ecosystems, and modeling
urban space. He teaches Geography and GIS and serves as the GIS Coordinator at
the University of Washington,
Tacoma campus.
Todd A. Carnahan
Habitat Acquisition Trust
Victoria
B.C.
todd@hat.bc.ca
Mill Hill Landowner
Outreach Stewardship Project (P6)
Todd
joined HAT in 2004 to deliver our Good Neighbours landowner contact
projects. Now our Stewardship
Cordinator, Todd also manages the Matson Lands, our last remaining Garry Oak
meadow (Quercus garryana) in Victoria
Harbour. Formerly an ecological
planner with the Royal Botanical Gardens, Todd has assisted community
stewardship and restoration projects in Southern Ontario
and Greater Victoria, British Columbia.
José Carrasquero
Herrera Environmental Consultants
2200
Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100
Seattle, WA 98121
jcarrasquero@herrerainc.com
Tel: 206-441-9080
Fax: 206-441-9108
URL: http://www.herrerainc.com/
Bulkheading
in Thurston County: Impacts on Forage Fish Spawning Habitat (A7)
José
Carrasquero is Fisheries Director at Herrera Environmental Consultants. He has graduate degrees in both fisheries and
marine biology and 16 years of professional experience in the study of
shore-drift direction and longshore sediment transport, beach sediment and
profile characterization, benthic ecology, salmon biology and estuarine habitat
requirements, food web dynamics, and ecology of estuarine systems. Mr. Carrasquero has participated in salt
marsh restoration feasibility studies including the physical and biological
evaluation and selection of reference marshes in Puget Sound. He has also participated in the design of
estuarine fish passage structures associated with roads adjacent to salt
marshes. In addition, Mr. Carrasquero
has conducted intertidal and estuarine habitat assessments and biological
assessments in Puget Sound, including eelgrass and kelp
bed studies.
Lilly S. Cesh
Simon Fraser
University
Biological
Sciences
Port
Moody B.C.
lscesh@sfu.ca
Effect
of PCBs and PBDEs on thyroid and vitamin A levels in bald eagles (B6)
Effect
of plasma lipid content on interpreting chlorinated hydrocarbon concentration
in bald eagles (P2)
I
am a student at Simon Fraser
University working towards my
masters in environmental toxicology.
Corrina
Chase
Master's Candidate
School
of Marine Affairs
University
of Washington
4514
Thackeray Pl. NE
Seattle, WA 98105
corrina@alum.mit.edu
Tel: (206)634-4243
Marine Protected Area
Networks and Rockfish in the Salish Sea: Research Directions (D9)
Corrina
graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002 with a
bachelor’s degree in Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences. After working for the Department of
Environmental Protection as an organic chemistry technician and the Ipswich Watershed Council as a GIS consultant, she enrolled in the University
of Washington’s School
of Marine Affairs where she is now
a master’s candidate.
Sangho Choi
The University
of Arizona
Soil Water and Environmental Science
Tucson
Arizona
schoi@email.arizona.edu
The
Management of Giant Salvinia by Biological Control On thelower Colorado River
(P2)
Ph.D.
student in soil water and environmental scicence dept. at U of A, since
2001. I’ve been involved in giant
salvinia control project since early 2002.
Dave Christensen
Water Quality Program Manager
Hood
Canal Coordinating Council
211
Taylor Street, Suite 5
Port
Townsend WA 98368
Email: dave.christensen@earthlink.net
Tel: (360) 379-2269
Fax: (360) 379-2269
URL: http://www.wa.gov/hccc
Developing Early
Corrective Actions to Address Hypoxia in Hood Canal (D6)
Dave
Christensen is water quality program manager for the Hood Canal Coordinating
Council. Previously, he held several
positions in his 8 years working for Jefferson
County, including Natural Resources
Division Manager and Environmental Health Director. Dave has a MS in Limnology and Oceanography
from the University of Wisconsin
at Madison, and a BS in Fisheries
from the University of Washington.
Aimee Christy
Senior Biologist
Pacific
Shellfish Institute
509
12th Ave SE
Olympia, WA 98501
aimee@pacshell.org
Tel: 360-754-2741
URL: www.pacshell.org
Literature Review and
Analysis of Coastal Urbanization and Microbial Contamination of Shellfish
Growing Areas (P2)
Detection of the harmful
algal species Pseudo-nitzschia and associated particulate and dissolved domoic
acid with concurrent water column quality and nutrient concentrations obtained
from a moored automated water sampler (P2)
Aimee
Christy has worked as senior biologist for Pacific Shellfish Institute since
2002 on plankton sampling, site monitoring, and data analysis. Aimee has eight
years of experience in water quality analysis, wetland and estuarine studies,
and invertebrate/algae surveys. Her interests include stormwater management and
researching the impacts of land use change on water quality, particularly in
shellfish growing areas. She received a B.S. in Zoology from the University
of Washington and is currently
completing her Masters in Environmental Studies at The Evergreen State College.
Bruce Claiborne
Science Advisor, Divemaster
Bainbridge
High School
Bainbridge
Island, WA 98110
BCLAIBORNE@bainbridge.wednet.edu
Tel: (206) 780-1282
Return of the
Plankton: The Seasons Underwater in Puget Sound
Bruce
Claiborne, science teacher 1970 to present; marine research scientist for
GeoMarine, Inc., Washington State Teaching Certificate (BS WSU, Pullman),
(WSSTC/UW, Seattle)
Tansy Clay
University of Washington
Oceanography
Seattle, WA
tansy@ocean.washington.edu
Effects
of turbulent flow on the movement of larval sand dollars (A8)
I
received a Masters degree from San Francisco
State University
where I studied the effects of thin layers of prey on the vertical distribution
of larval herring. I am presently enrolled in the PhD program in biological
oceanography at the University of Washington.
My current research addresses how the movement of invertebrate larvae is
affected by environmental factors, with particular emphasis on organism-flow
interactions. I am also actively involved in scientific outreach and education.
Carol Cloen
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Aquatic
Resources Program
Olympia, WA
carol.cloen@wadnr.gov
Habitat Based Science
as a Management Tool for Washington's State-owned Aquatic Lands (F10)
Carol
Cloen is the Lead Scientist for Washington DNR’s Aquatic Resources Program’s
Endangered Species Act compliance project. She is a freshwater ecologist, with
research and practical experience in trophic interactions in the Great
Lakes, UV-B’s affect on amphibians, and riparian restoration.
Carol received her BS and MS from the State University of New York College at
Brockport, conducting original research on the effect of UV-B on the hatching
success of the American toad (Bufo americanus).
Audrey M. Colnar
Western Washington
University
Environmental
Science
Bellingham, WA
colnara@cc.wwu.edu
Regional risk
assessment of the European green crab, Carcinus maenas, in Cherry Point, Washington (P2)
I
will have a Master of Science in Environmental Science from Western, Washington University
in December 2004. My main research interests include ecological risk assessment
and the application of risk assessment methodology to the issue of
non-indigenous species.
Colm D. Condon
Simon Fraser
University
Resource
and Environmental Management
B.C.
cdcondon@sfu.ca
A marine food-web
bioaccumulation model for PCBs and PBDEs in the Georgia Basin (P4)
I
have a background in cell biology and am currently completing a master’s in
resource and environmental management (REM) at Simon
Fraser University.
Andrea E. Copping
Associate Director
Washington
Sea Grant Program
University
of Washington
3716
Brooklyn Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105
acopping@u.washington.edu
Tel: 206/685-8209
Fax: 206/685-0380
URL: wsg.washington.edu
British
Columbia/Washington Marine Science Panel: Ten Years Later (C6)
Andrea
Copping is a biological oceanographer who came in from the deep blue sea to
work on coastal and estuarine issues in the Pacific Northwest. Andrea is Associate Director of the, Washington Sea Grant Program, serves on the Northwest Straits Commission, and
long ago chaired the British Columbia/Washington Marine Science Panel. She is
particularly interested in how science is used to manage and protect our marine
resources.
Bruce F. Cousens
Senior Biologist
Georgia Basin
Ecol. Assessment & Restoration Soc.
#133-4176
A Departure Bay Rd
Nanaimo,
BC V9T 4V7
pmartins@island.net
Tel: 250-758-2922
Fax: 250-758-2922
URL: www.georgiabasin.ca
Recovery of the Western
Purple Martin bordering the "Salish Sea" - the Georgia Basin of British Columbia and
Puget Sound, Washington (E9)
Bruce
Cousens obtained a B.Sc. in zoology and marine biology and a M.Sc. in fisheries
biology and parasitology, followed by nearly 30 years experience in research,
environmental consulting and habitat assessment in BC. More recently, he has
been heavily involved in habitat restoration and conservation of species at
risk through a non-profit society. He is a member of the Assoc. of Professional
Biologists of BC and the BC College
of Applied Biology.
Tom Cowan
Director
Northwest
Straits Commission
10441
Bayview Edison Road
Mount
Vernon, WA 98273
cowan@nwstraits.org
Tel: 360-428-1085
Fax: 360-428-1491
URL: www.nwstraits.org
Impacts of Human
Activities: Derelict Fishing Gear in Puget Sound (F2)
Pat Crain
Olympic National Park
600
E. Park Avenue
Port
Angeles, Washington 98362
patrick_crain@nps.gov
Tel: 360.565.3075
Elwha and Glines Canyon
dam removals: nearshore restoration and salmon recovery of the central Strait
of Juan de Fuca (C4)
Pat
Crain has been involved in planning efforts to restore the Elwha
River ecosystem since 1989, when he
joined the staff for the Point No Point Treaty Council and Lower Elwha Klallam
Tribe as a fisheries biologist/fisheries manager. He contributed to the drafting of the Elwha
Report (DOI, 1994), as well as the subsequent Environmental Impact Statements
evaluating options for restoring the Elwha Watershed through dam removal (DOI,
1995 and 1996). Pat holds a MS degree in
Fisheries from the University of Washington.
He is currently employed as a fisheries biologist for Olympic National Park.
Hilary Culverwell
Local Liaison—Skagit, Whatcom and
San Juan counties
Puget
Sound Action Team
PO
Box 4101
Bellingham, WA 98226
hculverwell@psat.wa.gov
Tel: 360-676-2233
Fax: 360-676-2233
Educating Shoreline
Landowners: Examples from King, Whatcom, Kitsap, Jefferson, Mason and Pierce
Counties: A Perspective on Approaches and Effectiveness in eliciting
on-the-ground change. (F9)
Hilary
earned her B.A. in Political Science from Occidental
College, and a Master of Public
Affairs (M.P.A.) and an M.S. in Environmental Science from Indiana
University.
Patrick F. Cummins
Institute of Ocean
Sciences
Sidney
B.C.
cumminsp@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Co-variability of the
Strait of Georgia and the northeast Pacific Ocean on climatic time scales
(E2)
Patrick
Cummins completed his PhD. from the University
of British Columbia in 1989, under
the supervision of Professor Lawrence Mysak. He has been working as a research
scientist at the Institute of Ocean
Sciences since the early 1990s. Dr. Cummins’ work
includes studies of the northeast Pacific ocean and the
coastal waters of British Columbia.
Kathryn Cunningham
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Seattle, WA
kathryn2@u.washington.edu
Genetic Stock Structure
of Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus) (P1)
Kathryn
Cunningham is a graduate student in the Marine Molecular Biotechnology Lab in
the School of Aquatic
and Fishery Sciences at the University
of Washington, working with Lorenz
Hauser. Her primary research interests relate to population genetics and conservation.
Currently she is working on genetic stock structure in Pacific cod. Kathryn
recieved a B.A. in Biology from Occidental
College in 1999.
Neil Dangerfield
Fisheries and Oceans
Marine
Environmental Quality
Sidney
B.C.
dangerfieldn@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
The pollution shadow:
characterizing “local” and “global” air pollution in the Strait of Georgia
(P4)
Neil
Dangerfield is a Research Technician with the Canadian Department of Fisheries
and Oceans. He works on a variety of laboratory- and field- based projects to
examine the source, transport and fate of environmental contaminants in Pacific
coastal waters and in marine mammal food chains. He obtained his BSc in
Chemistry from the University of Victoria.
Kate Davies
Core Faculty, Environment & Community
Center
for Creative Change
Antioch
University Seattle
2326
Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
kdavies@antiochsea.edu
Tel: 206 268 4811
Fax: 206 441 3307
Environmental Public
Health in Washington State: How Complete are the Data? (A9)
Kate
Davies has a doctorate in biochemistry and an MA in Human and Organizational
Transformation. She is currently Core Faculty in Environment & Community at
Antioch University Seattle. In 2004, she was a member of the WA Department of
Ecology's Rule-Making Committee on Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins and in
November she received the Rotary Club of Seattle’s Award for ‘Service Above
Self’. In the 1980s, she was Manager of Toronto's Environmental Protection
Office and Canadian Chair of the International Joint Commission's Health
Committee. In the 1990s, she was Principal of Ecosystems Consulting, a
successful environmental health policy Company.
Jay W. Davis
Environmental
Contaminants
Lacey, WA
jay_davis@fws.gov
Neurobehavioral
Effects of the Carbamate Insecticide, Carbaryl, on Salmonids (A10)
Jay
Davis has an undergraduate degree in marine biology and graduated from Texas
A&M University
with an MS in environmental toxicology. After managing an aquatic toxicology
laboratory for 3+ years he was dragged off to the Peace Corps by his wife and
served in
Tim Determan
Coordinator, Puget Sound Ambient
Monitoring Program
Food
Safety and Shellfish Programs
Washington
State Department of Health
P.O.
Box 47824
Olympia, WA 98504-7824
tim.determan@doh.wa.gov
Tel: (360) 236-3311
Fax: (360) 236-3357
Evaluating Status and
Trends in Fecal Pollution in Puget Sound through 2004 (P2)
Spatial and Temporal
Patterns of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) in Puget Sound (P3)
Tim
Determan holds a BS in biological oceanography from the University
of Washington and did graduate work
at the University of Guam. His professional interests have centered on Water quality monitoring and associated focused studies, especially related to
non-point pollution. He has been a
technical advisor to local and state agencies regarding the affect of pollution
on shellfish resources. He now assesses
status and trends in biotoxins and fecal pollution for the Puget Sound Ambient
Monitoring Program (PSAMP) at the Washington State Department of Health.
Megan N. Dethier
University of Washington
Friday
Harbor Labs and Dept. of Biology
Friday
Harbor WA
mdethier@u.washington.edu
Linking nearshore
processes with intertidal diversity in Puget Sound (F9)
I
did my undergraduate work at Carleton
College in Minnesota,
despite the apparent lack of ocean there, then PhD work at the University
of Washington, near a real ocean.
My current research efforts include: 1) Investigating the linkage between
physical features of shoreline habitats and their biota; 2) studying the
plant/herbivore ecology and ecophysiology of intertidal seaweeds; and 3)
investigating interactions between native salt marsh communities and an
invasive cordgrass in Puget Sound.
Bronwyn Dexter
Habitat Restoration Program Assistant
People For Puget Sound
911
Western Ave. Suite 580
Seattle, WA 98104
bdexter@pugetsound.org
Tel: (206) 382-7007
Fax: (206) 382-7006
URL: www.pugetsound.org
Sound Stewards: The Art
of Nurturing Our Super-Volunteers (E8)
Bronwyn
Dexter, Habitat Restoration Program Assistant, began working with People For
Puget Sound as an intern in November 2003. She helps coordinate the habitat
restoration activities and the Sound Stewardship program in the Central and
South Sound regions. A Seattle
native and long-time outdoor fanatic, she holds a BA in Ecological Studies from
Seattle University.
Jeff Dillon
Fisheries
biologist
Attn: CE-EN-PL-ER
PO
Box 3755
Seattle, WA 98124-2255
jeffrey.f.dillon@usace.army.mil
Tel: (206) 764-6174
Fax: (206) 764-6676
Seahurst Park: Restoring
Nearshore Habitat and Reconnecting Natural Sediment Supply Processes (F7)
Jeff
Dillon is a biologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Jeff has worked
for the Corps' Seattle District for over 11 years where he has served as lead
coordinator for a variety of federal projects in Washington,
Idaho and Montana. Jeff has experience planning, designing and
permitting restoration projects in both freshwater and marine environments.
Jeff is currently involved in the Corps' Puget Sound Nearshore Restoration
Project and other large planning studies in Western Washington.
Paul A. Dinnel
Western Washington
University
Shannon
Point Marine Center
Anacortes, WA
padinnel@aol.com
Olympia Oyster
Restoration in Fidalgo Bay, Washington (P3)
Paul
Dinnel received his BA and MA in Biology from Humboldt
State University,
Northern California and his PhD from UW, where he worked
as a Research Scientist for 18 years. Paul has over 25 years experience in the Puget
Sound region as a marine toxicologist and ecologist and is now a
Marine Scientist with WWU. Paul is a volunteer with the Padilla Bay Foundation,
Skagit County Marine Resources Committee and past chair of the Northwest
Straits Commission.
Jamie Donatuto
Environmental Specialist
Swinomish
Indian Tribal Community
Office
of Planning and Community Development
PO
Box 817
La
Conner, WA 98257
jdonatuto@swinomish.nsn.us
Tel: (360) 466-1532
Fax: (360) 466-1615
Rounding the Home
Stretch: Learning Experiences from the Bioaccumulative Toxics in Native
American Shellfish Project (D1)
Jamie
Donatuto is an Environmental Specialist for the Swinomish Indian Tribal
Community, located in La Conner, Washington.
She has worked for the Tribe since June 2000 doing project design and
implementation in the Water Resources Program.
She is the Project Manager of the Bioaccumulative Toxics in Native
American Shellfish project. In addition,
Ms. Donatuto is a PhD student in the Resource Management and Environmental
Studies Program at the University of British
Columbia in Vancouver,
BC.
Her research concentration focuses on creating a comprehensive risk
assessment for the Swinomish Tribe.
Cinde Donoghue
WA Dept of Ecology
SEA
Program
Olympia, WA
cdon461@ecy.wa.gov
A Puget Sound Coastal
Landform Classification GIS database (D4)
Over
15 years of experience with international, federal, state local agencies
working on issues regarding landuse, dredging and disposal impacts to marine
shoreline ecology. Currently coastal ecosystems scientist with WA Dept of
Ecology Research focus on landuse, Ph.D. Environmental Sciences; Coastal
Processes, University of Virginia Masters in Urban and Environmenal Planning,
University of Virginia Masters in Environmenal Sciences; University of Virgina.
Paul R. Dorn
Suquamish Tribe
Fisheries
Department
Suquamish, WA
pdorn@suquamish.nsn.us
Integration
of Joint City of Bainbridge Island/Suquamish Tribal Beach Seining Results into
Shoreline Management and Salmon Recovery Efforts in Kitsap County, Washington
(B9)
Paul
Dorn has a BS in Fisheries Biology from the University
of Washington and has worked for
the past 29 years as a tribal biologist for the Suquamish Tribe working on
salmon recovery.
James D. Dougherty
Gray & Osborne Consulting Engineers
Stormwater
Seattle, WA
jdougherty@g-o.com
North Bay Case Inlet Water Reuse Facility (F2)
Jim
Dougherty holds a B.S. Degree in Environmental Studies with a concentration in
Marine Resources from Huxley College of Environmental Studies, Western, Washington University.
He is currently responsible for environmental permitting for water, wastewater
and infrastructure projects throughout Washington.
Prior to joining Gray & Osborne, Inc., Mr. Dougherty worked as a Hazard
Mitigation Specialist for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and as a
fisheries biologist and environmental specialist for consulting firms in Washington
and California.
Pete Dowty
Washington Department of Natural Resources
Aquatic Resources Division
Olympia, WA
peter.dowty@wadnr.gov
Ability to Predict
Zostera marina Cover Based on Geomorphic and Hydrologic Variables in Puget Sound, Washington (P4)
Pete
Dowty is currently focusing on eelgrass monitoring and ecology with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. His previous experience
includes positions with the Puget Sound Action Team and the Skokomish
Department of Natural Resources. His post-doctoral work focused on modeling of
terrestrial primary production, fuel loading and biomass burning emissions. His
education includes the remote sensing of fires (M.S.) and biophysical modeling
in southern African savannas (PhD), both at the University
of Virginia.
Jeffrey J. Duda
US Geological Survey
Western Fisheries Research Center
Seattle, WA
jeff_duda@usgs.gov
Pre-dam
removal monitoring in the Elwha River Basin: establishing baseline levels of
stable isotopes in fish and benthic communities (A1)
Investigations
of the ecological, fluvial, and nearshore impacts of the Elwha River dam
removal (P4)
Jeffrey
Duda is a research ecologist with the US Geological Survey, Western
Fisheries Research
Center in Seattle,WA.
Cynthia Durance
Principal, Precision Identification
3622
West 3rd Avenue
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6R 1L9
precid@shaw.ca
Tel: 604 734-5048
URL: www.shim.bc.ca/atlases/atlas.html
Restoring Marine
Habitats and Mending Social Communities (F10)
Cynthia
Durance has studied eelgrass ecology & restoration in British
Columbia for 25 years. She has worked for SeaChange
Marine Conservation Society for seven years as a scientific advisor. Since that
time she has developed manuals and interactive web mapping for stewardship
groups. She has taught eelgrass ecology and trained over 20 community groups in
BC to map and monitor eelgrass. The next
step is teaching them to restore eelgrass habitat.
Margaret E. Dutch
Washington State Department of Ecology
Environmental
Assessment Program
Olympia, WA
mdut461@ecy.wa.gov
Relationships between
benthic infaunal community structure and dissolved oxygen levels in bottom Waters of Hood Canal (D5)
Concentrations of
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE) in Hood Canal (P2)
Margaret
Dutch is a senior benthic ecologist for the Washington State Department of
Ecology’s Coastal and Estuarine Assessment Unit, working as a member of the
unit’s Marine Sediment Monitoring Team (MSMT) since 1992 conducting the
Sediment Component of the Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program (PSAMP). Ms
Dutch received her Master of Science degree at the University
of Hawaii, and worked previously on
marine sediment monitoring programs in New England,
Hawaii and San
Francisco.
Ann Eissinger
Nahkeeta Northwest Wildlife Services
Bow, WA
nahkeeta@fidalgo.net
Effective
Volunteer-Based monitoring for European Green Crab in Puget Sound. (C5)
Movement and Spatial
Requirements of Great Blue Heron Colonies Over Time (E9)
Great Blue Herons of
the Salish Sea: Status and Conservation. (P1)
Professional
Wildlife Biologist Ann Eissinger owns Nahkeeta Northwest Wildlife Services in
Bow, Washington. Over twenty years, Ann has worked as researcher, consultant,
educator and conservationist, facilitating key habitat protection for great
blue heron, marbled murrelet and Vaux’s swift. She is currently researching
great blue heron habitat relationships and populations throughout the Salish
Sea. Ms Eissinger is also
Coordinator for the European Green Crab Monitoring Program and Director of the
Wildlife Conservation Trust’s, Chuckanut Biodiversity Project.
William H. Eldridge
University of Washington
School
of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Seattle, WA
whe@u.washington.edu
Decadal changes in
genetic diversity of Puget Sound coho salmon (C2)
Received
a MS from the University of Minnesota
in 2000, then worked at the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission in Olympia,Washington on hatchery reform for three
years. Currently a PhD student at the University
of Washington.
Joel Elliott
Associate Professor
Department
of Biology
University
of Puget Sound
1500
N. Warner
Tacoma,, WA 98416
jkelliott@ups.edu
Tel:
(253) 879-8593
Factors influencing the
distribution and abundance of Zostera marina in Commencement Bay, WA (P2)
Will the introduced
mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis outcompete the native mussel M. trossulus in
Puget Sound? A study of relative frequencies, growth and survival among
different habitats (P2)
Joel
K. Elliott is an Associate Professor in the Biology department at the University
of Puget Sound. His research interests include studies of
local environmental issues in Puget Sound. One of the
projects he is involved in is the effects of the introduced mussel Mytilus
galloprovincialis on local marine communities.
He is also using underwater videography, GPS and GIS technologies to
study subtidal habitats. Current studies
are on the distribution and abundance of eelgrass beds and the bacterium
Beggiatoa in Commencement Bay.
John Elliott
Environment Canada
Canadian
Wildlife Service
RR#1 Delta B.C. Canada
john.elliott@ec.gc.ca
Poisoning of birds of
prey by anticholinesterase insecticides in agricultural areas of southwestern
British Columbia (A9)
An Assessment of
Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Effects on Development of Wild Mink (Mustela vison)
from Ontario and British Columbia, Canada (A10)
Trends in
polybrominated diphenyl ethers iin eggs of aquatic and marine birds from
British Columbia, Canada, 1979-2002 (P2)
John
Elliott is a Research Scientist at the Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific and
Yukon Region of Environment Canada where he has worked for 15 years. He has a PhD from the University
of British Columbia, and BSc
and MSc from Ottawa
universities, where he worked for CWS for 8 years. As an ecotoxicologist, he has focused on
persistent contaminant effects on populations of top predators, such as bald
eagles, ospreys, and seabirds.
Robert J. Elner
Canadian Wildlife Service
Biology
B.C.
Canada
bob.elner@ec.gc.ca
Shorebird feeding
ecology: implications for conservation and management (E9)
Robert
Elner is Head of the Migratory Birds Conservation Section with Environment
Canada’s Canadian Wildlife Service at the Pacific Wildlife Research Centre in
Delta, British Columbia. He was a Research Scientist with Fisheries and Oceans
Canada, working with marine invertebrates on both the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts for over 10 years. In 1991, he switched fields to migratory
bird conservation because he believed that avian systems were scientifically
more tractable. His soon learned his mistake but has continued researching the
feeding ecology, functional morphology and natural diet of calidrid sandpipers.
Dr. Elner is an Adjunct Professor at Simon
Fraser University
and serves on committees of graduate students affiliated with the Centre for
Wildlife Ecology, Simon Fraser
University, and Centre for
Conservation Biology, University of British
Columbia.
Gerald M. Erickson
Marine Scientist
Polaris
Applied Sciences, Inc.
12525
131st Court N.E.
Kirkland,Washington 98034-7713
jerickson@polarisappliedsciences.com
Tel: (425) 823-4841
Fax: (425) 823-3805
URL: www.polarisappliedsciences.com
Port of Seattle Pier
64/65 Thin-Layer Sediment Cap Monitoring Results 1994-2004 (D2)
Port of Seattle Pier
64/65 Thin-Layer Sediment Cap and Bell Harbor Marina Projects Habitat
Mitigation Monitoring Results 1996-2002 (F1)
Jerry
Erickson is a marine scientist with Polaris Applied Sciences, Inc. in Kirkland,Washington.
He has a BS in both zoology and botany from the University
of Washington, and in 1988 obtained
a MS in fisheries biology, also from the University
of Washington. He has 24 years of experience in marine science
and ecology, including the biology of marine invertebrates, juvenile salmonids,
finfish, macroalgae and shellfish in the Pacific Northwest
and other regions of North America. He also has expertise on habitat mitigation,
sediment chemistry, and the effects of contaminants and oil spills on marine
organisms and habitats.
Keith Erickson
Galiano Conservancy Association
Galiano
Island B.C. Canada
galiano_conservancy@gulfislands.com
Galiano Up-Close, What
Do You Value? (C3)
Keith
has worked for the Galiano Conservancy Association for seven years where he has
completed projects focused on mapping, planning, monitoring, restoration and
education. Keith has a B.Sc. in Natural Resource Conservation from the University
of British Columbia. He serves as a
volunteer director of the Galiano Island Forest Association where he pursues
local forest sustainability, and is a member of the Galiano Island Advisory
Planning Commission where he contributes to local government decision making.
Britta L. Eschete
People For Puget Sound
Communication,
Education and Outreach Team
Mount
Vernon WA
beschete@pugetsound.org
Swinomish Earth
Enhancement Celebrations 2003-2005: The Planning Process (D3)
Swinomish Earath Day
Enhancement Celebrations Incorporating culture, communities and service
projects (P6)
Britta
Eschete is one of the co-organizers of the Swinomish Earth Enhancement
Celebrations. She serves as the North Sound Outreach and Involvement
Coordinator at People For Puget Sound, where she has worked for the past five
years. Prior to this, she participated in the Americorps program for two years
and is a graduate of Western Washington
University in Anthropology/Biology.
A native to Washington State, she resides in Mt Vernon, WA with her nine-year
old daughter, Noelle, and enjoys travel/staying in hostels, swimming, and
cooking.
Nathan R. Evans
Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory
Coastal
Assessment and Restoration Group
Sequim, WA
nathan.evans@pnl.gov
Use of Remotely Sensed
Data to Characterize Upwelling Conditions on the Washington Coast in Relation
to Harmful Algal Blooms (P4)
Mr.
Nathan Evans specializes in applying technology to marine systems, emphasizing
GIS and remote sensing tools. He has been involved with the ORHAB project for
several years, using satellite imagery to identify ocean features that may be
associated with Washington Coast
red tides. Other research includes developing a nearshore assessment strategy
for shoreline management using GIS, which focused on integrating numerous
datasets into a single system for prioritizing management actions and
identifying restoration opportunities.
Joseph R. Evenson
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
PSAMP
Olympia, WA
evensjre@dfw.wa.gov
Distribution and
Characteristics of Nocturnal Resting Areas of Surf Scoter (Melanitta
perspicillata), White-Winged Scoter (M. fusca), and other Seabird Species in
Puget Sound (A5)
Joseph
Evenson is a biologist with Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife for
the Marine Bird and Mammal Component of PSAMP. He received his B.S. from the
Evergreen State College in 1989. He worked as a research biologist with
Cascadia Research 1989-95, with an emphasis on marine mammals. Since 1994 he
has served in his current position with WDFW where he has been involved with,
and/or coordinated, monitoring studies on marine birds and mammals.
Duane C. Fagergren
Special Projects Director
Puget
Sound Action Team
PO
Box 40900
Olympia, WA 98504-0900
dfagergren@psat.wa.gov
Tel: 360-725-5438
Fax: 360-725-5456
URL: www.psat.wa.gov
Northern Anchovy—The
Other Forage Fish (P1)
Duane
is Special Projects Director for the Puget Sound Action Team, currently working
on Hood Canal’s
low dissolved oxygen problem, serving as a member of the Northwest Straits
Commission, and chairing the management committee of the Puget Sound Ambient
Monitoring Program. Duane is a lifetime resident of south Puget
Sound and has been involved in the shellfish industry all his
life.
Erin A. Falcone
Research Assistant
Cascadia
Research Collective
218
½ W. Fourth Ave.
Olympia,, WA 98501
amazonafaun@aol.com
Tel: 360-943-7325
Fax: 360-943-7026
URL: www.cascadiaresearch.org
Humpback whales in the
Puget Sound/Georgia Strait Region (A2)
Erin
Falcone has studied the social behavior and population dynamics of humpback
whales in the Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico
since 1995. She received a B.S. in
Zoology from Humboldt State
University in Arcata,
CA in 1999.
She began working for Cascadia in July 2003 and deals primarily with
humpback whale photo-identification.
Nissa C. Ferm
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences
Seattle, WA
nissacf@u.washington.edu
Composition of
Zooplankton in Ballast Water of Ships Entering Puget Sound
(C5)
Received
a BS in Marine Biology and Limnology from San
Francisco State University
in 2000. Worked at the Romberg Tiburon
Center for Enviornmental Studies in
Tiburon, California
for a year focusing on growth rate studies and taxonomy of copepods in the San
Francisco estuary. Has been a research scientist at
the University of Washington
for the past three years working on zooplankton taxonomy and ballast water
issues.
David P. Finlayson
University of Washington
School
of Oceanography
Seattle, WA
dfinlays@u.washington.edu
The impact of climate
variability on the beaches of Puget Sound (F4)
David
Finlayson is a Ph.D. Candidate at the School
of Oceanography, University
of Washington. David is studying
the coastal geomorphology of Puget Sound over a range of
spatial scales from detailed profiles on Camano
Island to Sound-wide inventories of
bathymetric lidar. Current work is attempting to characterizes the morphology
of beaches throughout the Sound and the natural wave and tidal forces that
shape them.
David L. Fluharty
University of Washington
School
of Marine Affairs
Seattle, WA
fluharty@u.washington.edu
Getting Started on
Integrated Assessment for the Puget Sound Ecosystem (D7)
Jeff A. Fowler
Associate Civil Engineer
City
of Seattle
707
S. Plummer St.
Seattle, WA 98134
jeff.fowler@seattle.gov
Tel: 206-233-2540
Fax: 206-386-1168
Infiltration through
Natural Drainage Systems in Seattle, Washington (B8)
Jeff
Fowler graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Washington
State University
in 1998 and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering, with an emphasis in
geotechnical engineering, from the University
of Washington in 2000. Jeff is a
geotechnical engineer with the Seattle Public Utilites Materials Laboratory. He
has worked on the natural drainage systems throughout the City since their
inception. These projects include S.E.A. Streets, Broadview Greengrid, soon to
be constructed Pinehurst Greengrid and the upcoming Venema Greengrid.
Bill Fox
Cosmopolitan Engineering Group
Tacoma, WA
bfox@cosmogrp.com
Balancing Wastewater
Disposal and Shellfish Protection at the Very End of Puget Sound
(B1)
Bill
Fox is Vice President of Cosmopolitan Engineering, with 23 years of experience
in modeling, permitting, inspecting and designing wastewater outfalls. He has
conducted mixing zone studies for 41 of the 59 municipal WWTP discharges to Puget
Sound. He has assisted communities in balancing wastewater
disposal needs with often-competing shellfish protection criteria. He has used
fluorescent tracers to evaluate the fate and transport of effluents and in the
development of TMDL models for Puget Sound.
James H. Franks
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Seattle, WA
jamesf@u.washington.edu
Sharks in the Salish
Sea: Broad- and fine-scale phlylogeography of the spiny dogfish (Squalus
acanthias) (C2)
James
Franks earned a Bachelor of Science in Zoology at the University
of Hawaii, Manoa, in 2002, followed
by a year of post-baccalaureate research on shark sensory biology and
predator-prey interactions at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. James is
currently pursuing his Master’s degree with Dr. Lorenz Hauser in the Marine
Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory at the University
of Washington.
Ian Fraser
Marine Resources Consultants
Port
Townsend WA
jnorris@olympus.net
Hydroacoustic and
Underwater Videographic Survey of San Juan County Eelgrass Resources
(P1)
Ian
Fraser holds a BS degree in mathematics from Haverford
College. He has been a research
technician at Marine Resources Consultants in Port Townsend, WA since 2001. His
current research focuses on underwater videographic methods for monitoring
nearshore marine habitats.
Ross E. Freeman
American Rivers,
NW Office
Seattle, WA
rfreeman@AmericanRivers.org
Using 3D visualization
to portray Elwha River dam-removal (F7)
Ross
Freeman joined the NW office of American Rivers as staff scientist/policy
advocate after receiving his M.S. in Conservation Biology from Univ.
Wisconsin-Madison. He works on dam removal and salmon recovery, Clean Water Act
policy, instream flow issues, county land use management, and in-house GIS
projects. His prior employment includes positions as environmental science
educator, Nat’l Park Service backcountry ranger, rafting program manager, and
environmental journalist.
Kurt Fresh
NOAA Fisheries, NWFSC
2725
Montlake Blvd E.
Seattle,
98112
Kurt.Fresh@noaa.gov
Tel: 206-860-6793
Elwha and Glines Canyon
dam removals: nearshore restoration and salmon recovery of the central Strait
of Juan de Fuca (C4)
Kurt
L. Fresh works as a Fisheries Research Biologist for the National Marine Fisheries Service in Seattle,Washington. Most of Kurts career has focused on studying the life history and
ecology of juvenile salmon in Washington
in riverine, lake, and estuarine habitats. He is currently working on developing protection and
restoration strategies for estuarine
habitats to support recovery of salmon populations. Kurt received a Masters of Science from the University
of Washington.
Elizabeth Freyman
Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
Environmental
Protection Program
Surrey
B.C. Canada
liz.freyman@gems1.gov.bc.ca
Measuring and Assessing
Environmental Quality in the Lower Mainland Region of British Columbia
(P4)
The
Environmental Quality Section within the Environmental Protection Division is
responsible for groundwater, surface water and air quality. Staff roles include
setting stadards, monitoring, reporting and communicating on environmental
quality as well as working in partnership with municipalities, regional
districts, federal agencies and local stewardship groups. In addition,
Environmental Quality staff guide and direct efforts to reduce waste discharges
that threaten environmental quality and assist with determining compliance with
Provincial regulations.
Anthony Gabriel
Central Washington
University
Department
of Geography and Land Studies
Ellensburg, WA
GabrielA@cwu.EDU
An interactive Decision
Support System for marine shoreline characterization (F9)
Anthony
Gabriel is a faculty member of Central Washington University Dept of Geography
and Land Studies and is Co-Director, Resource Management Graduate Program. He
has had over 10 years of teaching experience at programs in Wisconsin,Washington and Canada
. His research focuses on studies of the relationships between biophysical
processes and socio-economic systems. He is continuing to develop, and test
techniques that apply results of biophysical studies to wetland, shoreline, and Watershed management.
Howard E. Garrett
Orca Network
, WA
howard@orcanetwork.org
Do Orcas Use Symbols?
(A2)
Howard
began working with the Center for Whale Research in 1980, as field researcher
and as editor of Cetus, the journal of the Whale
Museum. In 1985 Garrett wrote New
England Whales, describing the whales and dolphins of coastal New
England in their ecological context. In 1996 Garrett wrote Orcas In
Our Midst, depicting the natural history of Puget Sound’s
orca population, their dependence on salmon, and in turn how salmon depend on
healthy watersheds. Volume 2 of Orcas In Our Midst is currently in production.
James E. Gawel
Assistant Professor
University
of Washington, Tacoma
Interdisciplinary
Arts and Sciences
Tacoma, WA 98402
jimgawel@u.washington.edu
Tel: (253) 692-5815
Fax: (253) 692-4639
The Effect of Heavy
Metal Pollution in Aquatic Environments on Metallothionein Production in
Mytilus sp. (A10)
Jim
Gawel is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Chemistry in the
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program at the University
of Washington, Tacoma. His research interests are primarily
concerned with the fate and transport of metal pollutants in the environment
and monitoring of metal stress in biological systems, both plant and
animal. Within this general context, the
scope of his work ranges from agricultural and forested terrestrial systems to
marine systems in urban areas.
Guy Gelfenbaum
US Geological Survey
Menlo
Park CA
ggelfenbaum@usgs.gov
Coastal Habitats In
Puget Sound: A Research Plan in support of Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem
Restoration (F3)
Dr.
Guy Gelfenbaum is an Oceanographer with the US Geological Survey in Menlo
Park, CA. He received his BS from the University
of Wisconsin, Madison
in Geology in 1978, and his MS in 1982 and his PhD in 1998 from the University
of Washington, Seattle
in Oceanography. His research interests
include coastal processes, sediment transport dynamics, and large-scale coastal
change. Dr. Gelfenbaum has studied
coastal processes on the west coast of Florida,
on the Alabama/Mississippi coast and more recently on the Washington
coast and in Alaska. Dr. Gelfenbaum currently leads the USGS’s
Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound Project and is a member of the Nearshore
Science Team with the Puget Sound Restoration Program.
Susan A. Genualdi
Oregon State
University
Dept
of Chemistry
Corvallis
OR
genualds@onid.orst.edu
Atomospheric Transport
of Persistent Organic Pollutants to Cheeka Peak Observatory from 2002-2004
(B4)
Susie
Genualdi is a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry at Oregon
State University.
She received her bachelor’s degree from the University
of Tennessee in Environmental
Science and Chemistry in May of 2004.
Douglas A. George
Oceanographer
United
States Geological Survey
Coastal
and Marine Geology
345
Middlefield Rd, MS 999
Menlo
Park CA 94025
dgeorge@usgs.gov
Tel: 650-329-5376
Fax: 650-329-5190
The Deschutes Estuary
Restoration Feasibility Study: development of a process-based morphological
model (C1)
Douglas
George is an Oceanographer in the Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology
Program at the USGS in Menlo Park, CA. Mr. George has an MSc in oceanography
from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, an MS in journalism from
Columbia University in New York City, NY and worked at the National Academy of
Science in Washington, DC on restoring and protecting the Mississippi Delta.
His research interests include sediment transport, wetland restoration and
heavy metals.
Kirby W. Gilbert
Battelle
Pacific
Northwest Division - Marine Sciences Lab
Sequim, WA
gilbertk@battelle.org
Puget Sound Georgia
Basin Shoreline Management Planning (F10)
Kirby
Gilbert, is a NEPA Program Manager and Public Policy Specialist for Battelle’s
Pacific Northwest Division, Marine Sciences Laboratory in Sequim,Washington. He has more than 19 years
experience in environmental impact analysis and preparation of
multidisciplinary planning documents for a variety of water and energy
projects. Mr. Gilbert holds a Masters of Science degree in Resource Geography
from Oregon State
University and a Bachelors degree
in Environmental Science from Washington
State University
Linda A. Gilkeson
Head, State of Environment Reporting
BC
Ministry of Water, Land & Air Protection
PO
Box 9335
Stn
Prov Govt, Victoria BC V8W
9M1
Victoria B.C. Canada
Linda.Gilkeson@gems3.gov.bc.ca
Tel: 250-387-9410
Fax: 250-387-8894
URL: http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/soerpt
Improving the
Effectiveness of Indicator Reporting: The BC Coast and Marine Environment
Project (C7)
The British Columbia
Coast and Marine Environment Project (P5)
Linda
Gilkeson has been the Head of the State of Environment
Reporting unit in the BC Ministry of Water, Land
& Air Protection since 2002. From 1991 to 2002 she coordinated the
Ministry’s Integrated Pest Management program and has been an author or editor
of over a dozen pest management training manuals and books. She received her
Ph.D. from McGill University
in 1986.
Stuart Glasoe
Technical and Policy Specialist
Puget
Sound Action Team
PO
Box 40900
Olympia, WA 98504-0900
sglasoe@psat.wa.gov
Tel: 360-725-5449
Fax: 360-725-5456
URL: sglasoe@psat.wa.gov
New Approaches to
Shellfish Protection in Puget Sound (A8)
Literature Review and
Analysis of Coastal Urbanization and Microbial Contamination of Shellfish
Growing Areas (P2)
Stuart
Glasoe has served as program specialist and local liaison for the Puget Sound
Action Team since 1991, focusing mainly on shellfish protection, nonpoint
pollution, watershed management and community outreach. He has a Masters in
Regional Planning from Washington State
University and bachelors degrees in
environmental science and earth science from Minot
State University
in North Dakota.
Amy M. Glaub
University of Washington
Friday
Harbor Laboratories
Seattle, WA
glauba@u.washington.edu
Potential impacts of
low dissolved oxygen on eelgrass (Zostera marina) in Hood Canal
(P2)
Amy
Glaub is as a research technician at University
of Washington’s Friday Harbor
Laboratories, working on joint projects with UW and the Nearshore Habitat
Program in Washington State Department of Natural Resources. She has a B.S.
degree in biology from Boston College.
She is currently completing her master’s degree in Natural Science/Science
Education at Huxley College,
Western Washington
University, where she is focusing
on K-12 marine education.
Melissa Gledhill
Environment Canada
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
A Novel Approach to
Sample for River Water Quality in the Fraser Estuary (F1)
Melissa
Gledhill has worked for the Department of Environment as an Intermediate
Ecosystem Technician for two years. She
currently works in the Aquatic Sciences Section of the Environmental
Conservation Branch investigating new and emerging issues related to water
quality in the Region.
Fred A. Goetz
Army Corps of Engineers
Environmental
Resources Section
Seattle, WA
fred.goetz@usace.army.mil
Puget Sound Bull Trout
the Unrecognized Anadromous Salmonid of the Pacific Northwest
(A4)
Formulating a
Restoration Plan for the Puget Sound Nearshore (F3)
Fred
Goetz, Fish Biologist and Science Lead for the Puget Sound
Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project for the Army Corps of Engineers. His research concerns riverine, lake, and
nearshore aquatic communities and
restoration actionsprimarily natural estuarine/coastal marine
ecosystem-, community- and habitat-level interactions; predator-prey
relationships; organization of food webs; landscape ecology and restoration. He holds a B.S. (1985) from Michigan
State University
and M.S. (1994) from the Dept of Fish and Wildlife at Oregon
State University.
Judah D. Goldberg
, WA Department of Ecology
Coastal
and Estuarine Assessment Unit
Olympia, WA
jgol461@ecy.wa.gov
Detection of the
harmful algal species Pseudo-nitzschia and associated particulate and dissolved
domoic acid with concurrent water column quality and nutrient concentrations
obtained from a moored automated water sampler (P2)
I
became involved with research on Pseudo-nitzschia and domoic acid in 1998,
while at UC Santa Cruz. During 2000-2003 I was part of an ECOHAB funded project
studying the extent of domoic acid contamination within the benthos in Monterey
Bay, CA (paper being
submitted). I graduated from Moss Landing Marine Laboratories in 2003 (MS
Marine Sciences) and moved to Washington
State to work as a biological
oceanographer with the Department of Ecology.
Todd E. Golumbia
Gulf Islands
National Park Reserve
Parks
Canada Agency
Sidney
B.C. Canada
todd.golumbia@pc.gc.ca
Gulf Islands National
Park Reserve: A Conservation Assessment Review (D10)
Todd
Golumbia, MSc Forest Ecology (University of British Columbia), BSc Biology
(Saskatchewan), Ecologist, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada. After
working on the Haida Gwaii Archipelago (Queen Charlotte Islands)
for 10 years as the ecologist for Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida
Heritage Site. Todd has recently relocated to the Southern Gulf Islands Region
to work in the newly established Gulf Islands National Park Reserve. Prior to
these west coast locations, Todd has worked at several National Parks across
western Canada
as an ecologist and a park warden since 1982.
Stephanie Grand
University of British
Columbia
Resource
Management and Environmental Studies
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
sgrand@interchange.ubc.ca
Effects of forest
harvesting on soil amorphous aluminosilicates (imogolite-type material) and
implications for water quality (F2)
Stephanie
is a PhD. candidate at the Institute for Resources, Environment and
Sustainability at the University of British
Columbia. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Earth
Science from the University of Lyon
1, France.
After completing her undergraduate degree and working for a year in the field
of exploration geology, she decided to further pursue her interest in
environmental issues and started graduate studies in 2002. Her main academic
interests include soil and water resources conservation.
Pete Granger
University of Washington
Washington
Sea Grant Program
Seattle, WA
pgranger@u.washington.edu
Chum Salmon Carcass
Removal in Hood Canal Tribal Commercial Fishery (D6)
Pete
Granger has led the Washington Sea Grant Program Marine Advisory Services since
2001. He is also a seafood industry
specialist with WSGP. Granger has been a
commercial salmon fishermen in Alaska
and on Puget Sound.
He has processed, sold, and marketed salmon and other PNW and Alaska
seafood. He also lobbied for the Washington
salmon farmers for several years.
Correigh M. Greene
NOAA Fisheries
Environmental Conservation
Seattle, WA
correigh.greene@noaa.gov
Tributary junctions as
hotspots for biological productivity and diversity (C1)
Dr.
Correigh Greene has worked as a research biologist for three years at the Northwest
Fisheries Science Center. He is currently studying
biological habitat relationships, movements, and life history variability of
salmonid populations. His methods combine modeling efforts, statistical
analyses of time series population data, and empirical studies of ecology and
behavior at juvenile life history stages in salmon.
H. Gary Greene
San Jose State University
MossLanding Marine Labs
MossLanding CA
greene@mlml.calstate.edu
Marine Benthic Habitat
Mapping in the San Juan Islands(P4)
H.
Gary Greene obtained a PhD in Marine Geology from Stanford
University in 1977. He is presently
Professor of Geological Oceanography at MLML and heads up the Center for
Habitat Studies where he is actively mapping marine benthic habitats using
remote sensing geophysical tools. He is also a senior research scientist with
the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute where he studies submarine canyon
geological processes and mass wasting events and their potential to generate
tsunamis.
Eric E. Grossman
US Geological Survey
Coastal
and Marine Geology
Santa
Cruz CA
egrossman@usgs.gov
Characterizing natural
vs. human-related change in Puget Sound deltaic habitats (F4)
Dr.Eric Grossman is a research geologist with the US Geological Survey Coastal and
Marine Geology Program in Santa Cruz, California.
His research focuses on Quaternary coastal and marine geology, seafloor
mapping, coastal evolution, sea level and climate change, coral reef geology,
and habitat change in deltaic and eelgrass environments. Eric received his
Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of
Hawaii and his B.A. from the University
of California Berkeley.
Donald Gunderson
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences
Seattle, WA
dgun@u.washington.edu
Changes in growth and
recruitment of the Puget Sound rockfish (Sebastes emphaeus) and implications
for its role in the reef community in northern Puget Sound
(E5)
Donald
R. Gunderson is a Professor in the School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at
the University of Washington.
His research deals with the population dynamics and management of marine fish.
Kathryn Gwilym, PE
Project Manager
SvR
Design Company
815
Western Avenue, Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98104
kathyg@svrdesign.com
Tel: 206-223-0326
Fax: 206-223-0125
URL: www.svrdesign.com
The Integration of
Natural Drainage in an Urban Subdivision (F5)
Kathryn
Gwilym, PE is a civil engineer who has worked on several complex, and
large-scale housing developments. She is
the project manager to the High Point’s
natural drainage system, one of the first natural drainage systems to be
implemented for an urban housing development of this density and scale.
Richard B. Gwozdz
Western Washington
University
Environmental
Science
Bellingham, WA
gwozdzr@cc.wwu.edu
Simulating the effects
of sea-level rise on Zostera marina production in Padilla Bay, WA
(P4)
Richard
Gwozdz received a Bachelors degree in biology from Western Washington University
in 2003. He is currently working towards a Masters degree in Marine and
Estuarine Science at Huxley College
of the Environment, Western Washington
University. He is the recipient of
the 2004 NOAA NERRS Graduate Research Fellowship, the 2004 National Fish and
Wildlife -Budweiser Conservation Scholarship, and the 2004 Anchor Environmental
Scholarship.
Kimberly J. Hageman
Oregon State
University
Environmental
& Molecular Toxicology
Corvallis
Oregon
kim.hageman@orst.edu
Semi-Volatile Organic
Pollutants in Snow from National Parks of the Pacific Northwest
(B4)
Kimberly
Hageman is an environmental chemist interested in the fate of pollutants in the
environment and particularly in their atmospheric transport and deposition. She
is currently involved in the Western Airborne Contaminants Assessment Project
(WACAP) which is sponsored by the United States National Park Service. She is a
post-doctoral research associate at Oregon
State University
in the laboratory of Dr. Staci Simonich. She received a PhD in analytical
chemistry at Oregon State
University in 2003.
Susan B. Haid
Greater Vancouver Regional District
Policy
and Planning
Burnaby
B.C. Canada
susan.haid@gvrd.bc.ca
Biodiversity
Conservation Strategy for the Greater Vancouver Region (B9)
Susan
Haid is a Senior Environmental Planner with the Greater Vancouver Regional
District where she develops regional growth management and environmental land
use policy and plans. She is working on the review of the region’s growth
strategy, the development of a Biodiversity Conservation Strategy, watershed
planning, environmental assessments and participates in multi-agency
environmental initiatives. She has over
12 years experience in environmental planning in various agencies. Susan has a
Master of Science degree in Planning and honours degrees in Biology and
Landscape Architecture. She is a member
of the Canadian Institute of Planners and the Canadian Society of Landscape
Architects.
Anna Hall
University of British
Columbia
Marine
Mammal Research Unit
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
hall@zoology.ubc.ca
Science and industry:
Bridging the gap to identify harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) seasonal
movements and habitat use. (A2)
The evolution of
commercial whale watching - action plan for 2005 (E10)
I
am currently researching porpoise habitat selection and foraging behaviour for
my PhD thesis (UBC). I am employed as a marine naturalist in the wildlife
viewing industry (1995 - present), and as the Executive Director of the Whale, WAtch Operators Association - North West.
I participate on the Killer Whale Recovery Team (Fisheries and Oceans Canada),
and I volunteer with the Marine Mammal Research Group, the West Coast
Anti-Whaling Society, and the Whaleman Foundation.
Nathalie J. Hamel
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Seattle, WA
nhamel@u.washington.edu
Understanding seabird
individual movement patterns to assess vulnerability to bycatch in gillnet
fisheries (A5)
Nathalie
is in her second year of a Ph.D. at UW. Originally from Quebec,
Canada, she has studied
threatened populations of birds in the terrestrial environment before switching
to marine systems
Stuart Hamilton
Head, Hydrology Research and Development
Environment
Canada
401
Burrard Street
Vancouver,
B.C. V6C 3S5
Stuart.hamilton@ec.gc.ca
Tel: (604) 713 9536
Fax: (604) 664 9066
The art of applying environmental
science at a small watershed scale: A case study, Tseycum Creek, British
Columbia. (E6)
Stuart
Hamilton uses hydrological modeling techniques and environmental monitoring
technologies to explore the role of water in ecosystem function. He has developed
applications for hydrological forecasting, prediction of the role of landslides
and forest fires on sediment and nutrient transport and fate, effects of
climate change, and for water temperature prediction.
Dan Hannafious
Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group
Belfair, WA
hcwater@hctc.com
HCDOP Citizens
Monitoring Program: integrating a volunteer monitoring effort with the needs of
a partnership-based research program (D6)
Dan
grew up in the Seattle area, attended
college in the Bellingham (WWU) and received his degree in Wildlife Sciences
from Oregon State
University. He lived in Alaska
for 10 years, worked as a biologist and played as a dog musher. He works for
the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group, and is currently working with the
research related to the low DO events in Hood
Canal as part of the Hood Canal
Dissolved Oxygen Program.
Brad Hanson
NOAA NWFSC
Seattle, WA
brad.hanson@noaa.gov
A tale of two porpoise
species: Seasonal movements and habitat use of Dall's and harbor porpoise in
the Salish Sea as determined by radio-telemetry (A2)
Dr.
Brad Hanson has been a wildlife biologist with NOAA Fisheries for the past 15
years. He is currently involved a variety of research projects on southern
resident killer whales at the Northwest
Fisheries Science
Center.
F. Joan Hardy
Washington State Department of Health
Office
of Environmental Health Assessments
Olympia, WA
joan.hardy@doh.wa.gov
Evaluation of
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Mercury, and DDT in Rockfish, English sole,
Chinook Salmon and Coho Salmon from Puget Sound Washington
(A9)
Joan
Hardy is a toxicologist with the Office of Environmental Health Assessments, Washington State Department of Health.
She has worked for the state since 1989.
She received her BA from Whitman College,
MS and Ph.D. from the University
of Washington, College
of Fisheries. Her projects have included work on aquatic
plant management, toxic cyanobacteria, human health criteria for contaminated
sediments, and contaminants in fish.
Sheila Harrington
Land Trust Alliance
of B.C.
Saltspring
Island, B.C. Canada
sheila@landtrustalliance.bc.ca
Island Community Maps
& Conservation in the Salish Sea Region (E8)
The Islands in the
Salish Sea Community Mapping Project (P6)
Sheila
Harrington has been Executive Director of LTA The Land Trust Alliance of BC
since its founding in 1997. She has worked in the field of environmental
education for 15 years, as a publisher and editor of several books, manuals and
for two years, a national magazine, Positive Vibrations. She is editor of
related publications including: Giving the Land a Voice, Mapping Our Home
Places, and Building Green on the Rural
Gulf Islands.
She also coordinated the Sustainable Salt Spring Roundtable, an international
Green Building Conference, and has spoken and presented at many seminars and
conferences. Her formal training is in both education and fine arts which plays
out in her interest and work in community and local mapping, green building and
the sustainability of both natural and cultural heritage values.
Julio J. Harvey
University of Washington
Department
of Biology
Seattle, WA
jbharvey@u.washington.edu
Development of
molecular diagnostic tools to assess the introduction, establishment and
ecology of invasive species in Puget Sound (C5)
Currently
I am a staff researcher in the Department of Biology at the University
of Washington working to develope
molecular diagnostic tools for monitering the
ecology of invasive species in marine environments. I recently completed the doctoral program in
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University
of California Santa Cruz (2004)
where my research focused on the coevolutionary biology and molecular ecology
of fungal endophytes infecting marine brown algal hosts along the north
American west coast.
Marco Hatch
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
marcoh@u.washington.edu
The Salish Sea:
Historic Conditions (D1)
Marco
Hatch is finishing his Bachelor of Science in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at
the University of Washington.
He is currently working on his senior thesis titled “Identification of
archeological salmon remains utilizing molecular technologies.” Marco will
continue the study of archeological DNA through his graduate studies at Scripps
Institute of Oceanography.
Donna D. Hauser
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Seattle, WA
dhauser@u.washington.edu
Representing and
exploring summer distribution patterns of Southern Resident killer whales
(Orcinus orca) (P1)
Donna
Hauser is a Master’s of Science candidate at the University
of Washington, who is interested in
marine mammal spatial ecology and how environmental conditions affect habitat
use. Her current research explores the
spatial and temporal summer distribution patterns of the so-called Southern
Resident killer whales in Washington
and British Columbia inshore Waters. Donna is combining the use of
historical and field-collected location data to spatially model Southern
Resident distribution patterns in a geographical information system (GIS)
context.
Lorenz Hauser
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Seattle, WA
lhauser@u.washington.edu
Finding Nemo in Puget
Sound: parental identification of brown rockfish juveniles
(C2)
Lorenz
Hauser is originally from Vienna, Austria,
where he did an MS in fish ecology. After a PhD at the University of Swansea,
UK, he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Hull, UK.
In 2002, he joined the faculty of the School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at
the University of Washington,
and is currently working on several projects on the population genetics of
marine fishes in the Puget Sound.
Danelle W. Heatwole
The Nature Conservancy of Washington
Seattle, WA
dheatwole@tnc.org
Estuarine habitat
characterization and distribution: potential evidence for landscape-scale dike
impacts (F6)
Danelle
Heatwole received her M.S. in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences from the University
of Washington in 2004. Her graduate
research investigated relationships between salt marsh insect assemblages and
their habitats in pocket estuaries of northern Puget Sound.
She now works as a Field Biologist for The Nature Conservancy of Washington and
is developing a habitat restoration and long-term monitoring program for their
Port Susan Bay Preserve.
Nancy E. Helm
US
EPA, Region 10
Seattle, WA
helm.nancy@epa.gov
Georgia Basin - Puget
Sound International Airshed Strategy (B5)
Nancy
Helm is a staff member of the Office of Air, Waste and Toxics of the US
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, where she serves as air quality
liaison for the State of Washington
and lead staff for the Georgia Basin
- Puget Sound International Airshed Strategy. Nancy
has been with the EPA for 16 years. She has held positions in several
environmental programs, primarily in the areas of policy development and
project management.
William D. Henwood
Parks Canada,
Vancouver B.C. Canada
bill.henwood@pc.gc.ca
A Marine Atlas for the
Proposed National Marine Conservation Area in the Southern Strait of Georgia
(D9)
Mr.
Henwood has been a park planner for over 27 years, the last 20 with Parks
Canada in the field of establishing new national parks and national marine
conservation areas. Mr. Henwood has most
recently been involved in the establishment of the new national park in the Gulf
Islands and is currently the
Project Manager for the study to assess the feasibility of establishing a
national marine conservation area in the southern Strait of Georgia.
Chad
Herring
Scientific Technician
16018
Mill Creek Boulevard, Mail Stop: TB44
Mill
Creek, WA 98012-1296
herricjh@dfw.wa.gov
Tel: 425-775-1311 ext. 124
Distribution and
Abundance of Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasi) Spawn Deposition for Cherry
Point Washington stock, 1973-2004. (A4)
Paul K. Hershberger
Marrowstone Marine Station
US
Geological Survey, Biological Resources Discipl
Nordland, WA
phershberger@usgs.gov
Larval Herring Acquire
Resistance after Challenge with Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus
(A7)
Dr.
Paul Hershberger is Station Leader of the Marrowstone Marine Station and a
member of the affiliate faculty at the School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University
of Washington. His research interests include understanding
basic ecological disease processes affecting populations of wild marine and
anadromous fishes in the Pacific Northwest.
Russell P. Herwig
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Seattle, WA
herwig@u.washington.edu
Defending Our Shores:
Ballast Water Treatment Technologies (C5)
Russ
Herwig is a Research Associate Professor in the University of Washington (UW) School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences.
For the past three years, Jeff Cordell and he have led a UW team that is
investigating ballast water. The UW group is sampling the ballast water in
ships that enter Puget Sound. In addition, they are
evaluating the efficacies of potential ballast water treatment systems in small
bench scale to full shipboard experiments.
Kollin F. Higgins
King County
Department
of Natural Resources and Parks
Seattle, WA
Kollin.higgins@metrokc.gov
Spatial Relationships
between Beneficial and Detrimental Nearshore Habitat Parameters in WRIA 9 and
the City of Seattle (B7)
Kollin
Higgins has worked for King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks
for the last 5 years. While at King County
he has participated in a variety of projects, including marine and freshwater
fish surveys, salmon recovery planning and shoreline master planning. He has a
Masters degree in fisheries policy from the UW school
of Marine Affairs and a Bachelors
of Science in Marine Biology from Humboldt
State University
in California.
Larry Hildebrand
Environment Canada-Atlantic Region
Dartmouth
Nova Scotia Canada
larry.hildebrand@ec.gc.ca
The Coastal Zone Canada
Association: Ten Years of Moving the ICOM Markers (C8)
Larry
Hildebrand is the Manager of Sustainable Communities and Ecosystems for
Environment Canada, Atlantic Region, in Dartmouth,
Nova Scotia. Larry has worked for the
Canadian federal government for the past 26 years in a variety of positions
related to integrated coastal and ocean management. He is also Adjunct
Professor of Environmental Studies and Marine Affairs at Dalhousie
University and conducts training
and capacity building work around the world. He is co-founder and Vice
President-Liaison for the Coastal Zone Canada Association.
Sayre Hodgson
Salmon Recovery Research Biologist
Nisqually
Indian Tribe
Natural
Resources
12501
Yelm Hwy, SE
Olympia, WA 98506
shodgson@nwifc.org
Tel: (360) 438-8687
Juvenile Salmon
Baseline Studies in the Nisqually Estuary; 2002-2004 Results
(A3)
Sayre
Hodgson is a Salmon Research Biologist with the Nisqually Indian Tribe. She has
coordinated the tribe’s fish monitoring in the Nisqually Estuary since 2002.
She has a Master’s in Fisheries from the University
of Washington.
Jan L. Holmes
Island County
WSU Beach, WAtchers
Coupeville, WA
janholme@whidbey.net
Island County WSU Beach, WAtcher Intertidal monitoring Program: A model for volunteer based data
collection (P6)
Education:
B.S. Environmental Science from Huxley
College, M.S. Marine and Estuarine
Science from Western Washington
University. Jan helped develop the Beach Watcher
monitoring program and has been a coordinator of the program since it’s
conception. Current work includes teaching marine biology classes and
co-coordinating recurrent training each year to Beach Watcher volunteers, as
well as supervising teams in the field. Her other interests are plankton and
seaweed ecology.
Kirstin K. Holsman
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences
Seattle, WA
kkari@u.washington.edu
Elements of Ecosystem
Based Management: An Estuarine Case Study (P5)
K.
Holsman is a PhD student in the School
of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences.
Her work to date has focused on estuarine life history aspects of juvenile
Dungeness crab, Cancer magister, and food web and landscape ecology.
Jon M. Honea
University of Washington
College
of Forest Resources
Seattle, WA
jhonea@u.washington.edu
Seasonal Response of an
Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Community to Salmon Spawning (A3)
Ph.D.
Candidate in Ecosystem Analysis at the UW College
of Forest Resources
Gregory Hood
Skagit River
System Cooperative
LaConner, WA
ghood@skagitcoop.org
Estuarine habitat
restoration in the context of rising sea-level: planning on a landscape scale.
(F9)
Dr.
Gregory Hood is a restoration ecologist whose research focuses on estuarine
ecology and geomorphology. He recieved his PhD from the University
of Washington, School of Fisheries.
Sasha Horst
Northwest Straits Commission
Mount
Vernon WA
horst@nwstraits.org
Impacts of Human
Activities: Derelict Fishing Gear in Puget Sound (F2)
Sasha
Horst is the Project Specialist for the Northwest Straits Commission, a
citizen-based approach to achieving ecosystem health in the marine environment.
She coordinates local citizen committees to help restore and protect marine Waters, habitats, species based on local priorities. Her background is in
education, and she manages and implements the Commission’s outreach program.
Sasha has degree in Education and Music from Western Washington University
and has been with the Northwest Straits Commission since 2001.
Vanessa M. Howard
Portland State
University
Environmental
Sciences and Resourcesf
Portland
OR
vhoward@pdx.edu
An Estuarine Invader -
How Oregon's Spartina Response Plan is Reaching Beyond Borders
(C9)
Vanessa
Howard is a second year master’s student in the Environmental Sciences and
Resources Department at Portland State
University. She graduated from UC
Santa Cruz in 1996 with a degree in Community Studies. Since joining the
graduate program at PSU, Vanessa has worked with the guidance of Dr. Mark
Sytsma at the Center for Lakes and Reservoirs to help implement Oregon’s
Spartina Response Plan.
Elsie J. Hulsizer
King County Wastewater Treatment Division
Natural
Resources and Pipes
Seattle, WA
elsie.hulsizer@metrokc.gov
Controlling mercury
from dental waste: A success story (B1)
Elsie
Hulsizer has been Industrial Waste Program Manager at King
County since 1987. She and a staff of 18 enforce King
County and federal industrial
pretreatment regulations. In 2003 the
program won an award for excellence from the U.S. EPA. Ms. Hulsizer has a bachelor’s and a master’s
degree in Biological Oceanography from the University
of Washington.
Peter Hummel
Anchor Environmental
Senior
Landscape Architect
1423
3rd Avenue, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98101
phummel@anchorenv.com
Tel: (206) 287-9130
Fax: (206) 287-9131
URL: www.anchorenv.com
Seahurst Park:
Restoring Nearshore Habitat and Reconnecting Natural Sediment Supply Processes
(F7)
Peter
Hummel is a landscape architect with 20 years of experience in shoreline and Water resource projects. He leads many of Anchor Environmental's habitat
restoration projects. Peter has extensive experience with projects involving
environmentally sensitive areas, permitting, community involvement, and
multi-disciplinary design teams. He has experience with habitat restoration
design on Puget Sound shoreline projects including beach
and estuary sites and has seen numerous projects through planning, design,
construction, and monitoring.
Stephanie Hurley
Washington Department of Transportation
Seattle WA
hurleys@wsdot.wa.gov
Great (Wet) Streets:
Merging Street Design and Stormwater Management to Improve Neighborhood Streets
(B2)
Stephanie
Hurley's background at the University
of California, Berkeley, WAs in Conservation and Resource Studies. She has worked for the last two years
as a research assistant and consultant for Seattle Public Utilities, focusing
predominantly on maintenance for Natural Drainage Systems stormwater
projects.Kim D Hyatt
Kim Hyatt
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Nanaimo
B.C. Canada
hyattk@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Impacts of Climate
Variation and Change Events on Salmon Populations in Southern British Columbia:
Implications for Conservation and Restoration (E1)
Dr.
Hyatt is a research scientist at DFO’s Pacific Biological Station (PBS) in Nanaimo,
B.C. He heads the Salmon in Regional Ecosystems Program there and is an adjunct
professor in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at
UBC. Current research interests include: (1) food web manipulations in sockeye
salmon nursery lakes, (2) responses of fish and fisheries to climate change, (3)
ecosystem based approaches to salmon management and (4) development of
information systems and tools to improve fisheries management.
Paul Inghram
Berryman & Henigar
Seattle, WA
inghram@bhiinc.com
Opportunities and
Limits of Regulations (C8)
Paul
Inghram is a senior land use planner with more than 10 years professional
experience. He was a prime contributor to Washington
State’s Critical Areas Assistance
Handbook, published in 2003. He has assisted several cities in Western Washington with development of shoreline master programs, critical
areas protection regulations, and reports on best available science. He has
presented environmental planning topics numerous times, and has lectured on
environmental planning at the University
of Washington.
Barbara J. James
Talaqtala, Swinomish Indian Tribal member
Swinomish Earth
Enhancement Celebrations 2003-2005: The Planning Process (D3)
Served
on the Swinomish Tribal Senate for 13 years.
Committee involvement in: Health
Educaiton & Social Services, Tribal Enrollment, Elder Protection. Activities and Events I have helped
organize: N.W. Indian Youth Conferences,
Swinomish Earth Enhancement Day, Swinomish CleanUp Days (Spring & Fall);
Swinomish Sobriety Dinners yearly, and UNTOLD Teen Tobacco Events. I am a wife,
mother of 3 sons, grandmother of 6, expecting #7 and auntie to many.
Sabine Jessen
Conservation Director
Canadian
Parks and Wilderness Society - British
Columbia Chapter
CPAWS-BC
555
West Georgia St, suite 601
Vancouver,
BC V6B 1Z6
sjessen@cpawsbc.org
Tel: (604) 685-7445
Fax: (604) 685-6449
URL: www.cpawsbc.org
An NGO Initiative for
developing community engagement in the development of a marine protected area
in the Southern Strait of Georgia (E8)
Sabine
is the Conservation Director for the BC Chapter of the Canadian
Parks and Wilderness Society, where
she focuses on directing the marine conservation programs. She has worked on
marine conservation issues since 1993.
Sabine holds a Masters Degree in Geography, specializing in coastal zone
management and environmental regulation.
She has served as an Advisor to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the BC
Parks Department, the British Columbia Commission on Resources and Environment,
and Economic Council of Canada. From
1998 to 2004, Sabine was a member of the Minister’s Advisory Council on Oceans.
Mark R.S. Johannes
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Stock
Assessment
Nanaimo
B.C. Canada
mark@fishclimate.ca
Climate change in Puget
Sound and Georgia Basin 2005: Conference Session and
Panel Discussion
(E2)
Exploring adaptation to
climate variation and change: important issues and lessons to be learned in
Puget Sound and the Georgia Basin. (E2)
I
am the Fisheries Sector National Coordinator of the Canadian Climate Impacts
and Adaptation Research Network (C-CIARN) and also a salmon research scientist.
I participate as a visiting fisheries scientist at UVIC and teach UVIC
Freshwater Restoration. I am also a Director with the Northwest Ecosystem
Institute, a research based NGO. My research interests include: aquatic
ecosystems; climate research; watershed planning / integrated ecosystem
management; salmon ecology / natural history; habitat enhancement and
restoration.
Jim Johannessen
Coastal Geologic Services
Coastal
Geologist
701
Wilson Ave
Bellingham, WA 98225-7348
coastalgeo@comcast.net
Tel: (360) 647-1845
Feeder Bluff and
Accretion Shoreform Mapping in Island County for Nearshore Habitat Restoration
and Conservation (F4)
Beach Rehabilitation
and Monitoring at Marine Park, Bellingham: Recreating an Urban Beach in
Bay-Wide Habitat Restoration Context (F8)
Beach
Restoration/Rehabilitation in Puget Sound, WA: 5 Years of Monitoring at Two
Projects and Lessons Learned (P3)
Jim
Johannessen, through Coastal Geologic Services in Bellingham,
specializes in beach processes, coastal restoration, and applied coastal
management, including soft shore protection. He has designed numerous coastal
restoration and rehabilitation projects and performed coastal and nearshore
assessments in all Puget Sound and Northwest
Straits counties. Mr. Johannessen
has a MS from Western Washington Univ. and a BS from Univ. Rhode Island,
and is a Licensed Engineering Geologist in Washington.
Jim has worked in the consulting field locally since 1984, and started Coastal
Geologic Services in 1993.
Sophia C. Johannessen
Institute of Ocean
Sciences
Sidney
B.C. Canada
johannessen@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
A collaborative ambient
research and monitoring program in the southern Strait of Georgia
(E7)
Sophia
Johannessen is a Research Scientist at the Institute
of Ocean Sciences in Sidney,
B.C.
Lyndal L. Johnson
Northwest Fisheries
Science Center
Environmental
Conservation Division
Seattle, WA
Lyndal.L.Johnson@noaa.gov
Xenoestrogen exposure
and altered reproductive timing in Puget Sound English sole (A10)
Lyndal
Johnson leads the Reproductive Toxicology Team in the Ecotoxicology and
Environmental Fish Health Program of the Environmental Conservation Division at
NOAA Fisheries’ Northwest Fisheries
Science Center
is Seattle. Her team has conducted a number of studies on
the effects of chemical contaminants on reproduction and endocrine function in Puget
Sound flatfish, including a current project with Washington State
Department of Fish and Wildlife to survey Puget Sound
bottomfish for exposure to environmental estrogens.
David W. Jones
University of Washington
Applied
Physics Laboratory
Seattle, WA
dwjones@apl.washington.edu
Boater Information System (P6)
David W. Jones is a senior oceanographer at the Applied Physics Laboratory of the University
of Washington. He is a Principal Investigator on several Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making research
projects. His main research focus has been the study of how environmental
information is used in certain key decision-making tasks. He is also a retired
U.S. Navy commander, with 21 years of active duty experience in naval
meteorology, oceanography, and human systems issues.
J. Murray Journeay
Research Scientist
Geological Survey of Canada
Natural
Resources Canada
101-605
Robson Street
Vancouver,
BC V6B 5J3
Murray.Journeay@nrcan.gc.ca
Tel: 604-666-1130
Fax: 604-666-1124
URL: http://sdki.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php
Traversing the
boundaries between science and policy: finding Pathways for place-based
community planning (B9)
Murray
Journeay is a geologist and informatics specialist with the Earth Sciences Sector
of Natural Resources Canada, and co-leader of an interdisciplinary project
(Pathways) aimed at building a web-based architectural framework to situate and
promote the use of integrated earth science information, knowledge and
expertise within a broader societal context.
Current projects focus on groundwater resource management, hazard
mitigation and sustainability planning in the Georgia
Basin and Okanagan
Basin regions, with an emphasis on
collaborative place-based planning and community design.
Tom Kantz
Pierce County
Special
Projects
University
Place WA
tkantz@co.pierce.wa.us
The Pierce County, Washington, Coordinated Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration Strategy
(P3)
The Development of
Nearshore Stressor Conceptual Models for Chinook Recovery Planning in South
Puget Sound. (P4)
Tom
Kantz, Ph.D., is an Environmental Biologist with Pierce
County Washington. He manages
the Ecosystem Diagnosis and Treatment (EDT) model database for the Puyallup,
White, and Clover-Chamber Creek watersheds. In addition, he incorporates EDT
results into the County GIS,
and represents the County at regional salmon recovery planning processes. Tom
has extensive experience in salmon habitat and wetland restoration.
Erik Karlsen
Planning Consultant and Royal Roads Univeristy
B.C.
Canada
ekarlsen@telus.net
The Georgia Basin
Action Plan: Building on Success and Meeting Ongoing Challenges
(C8)
Erik
Karlsen is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners, an Associate Faculty
member in the Masters of Environment and Management program at Royal
Roads University,
Chair of the Smart Growth on the Ground Advisory Committee, and a member of the
BC Water and Waste Association’s Water Sustainability Committee. He has been
associated with Georgia Basin
— Puget Sound sustainability initiatives since the early
1990’s and was co-wrap-up speaker for the 2003 GB-PS Research Conference.
Mitsuhiro Kawase
Associate Professor
School
of Oceanography, University
of Washington
Box
355351
Seattle, WA 98195-3551
kawase@ocean.washington.edu
Tel: (206) 543-0766
Fax: (206) 685-3354
URL: http://tima.ocean.washington.edu/
Simulation of Puget Sound
hydrography and circulation, Spring - Summer 2004 (E4)
Physical
oceanographer specializing in modeling and observational studies of fjord
circulation, in particular, dynamics of its variability over intraseasonal to
interannual time scales; influence of the watershed, local meteorology and the
external ocean; and its impact on the fjord ecosystem.
Barry C. Kelly
Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Toxic
Chemicals Division
Sidney
B.C. Canada
kellybar@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
PBDEs and their
hydroxylated (OH-BDE) and methoxylated (MeO-BDE) metabolites in fish and marine
mammals (B3)
BSc. Trent University
(1992); MSc. Simon Fraser University (1998);
PhD Candidate in the School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon
Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (completion anticipated May 2005)
Jody Kennedy
MRC Coordinator
San
Juan County Marine
Resources Committee
PO
Box 947
Friday
Harbor, WA 98250
jody@sjcmrc.org
Tel: (360) 378-1095
URL: www.sjcmrc.org
The San Juan County
Marine Stewardship Area: Developing a Marine Management Regime that Recognizes
the Social, Cultural, Economic and Ecological Values of County Waters
(B9)
Jody
is the Coordinator for the San Juan County Marine Resources Committee. In 2003,
Jody received an M.P.A. from the Daniel J. Evan’s School
of Public Affairs, at the University
of Washington, where her studies
focused on environmental management and economic based natural resource
policies. Jody has a B.S. from St. Lawrence University in New
York State and has
years of professional experience in membership building, communications, and
policy development working for conservation organizations in Colorado
and Alaska.
Elizabeth Kilanowski
Raincoast Geo Research
PO
Box 2206
Bellingham, WA 98227
kilaruba@copper.net
Tel: (360) 715-3248
Computer Modeling of
Marine Waters with Public Domain Software (P4)
Elizabeth
Kilanowski has worked as a geologist and presently does computer analysis of
geophysical phenomena. She has a BS and MS degree in Geology.
Teri L. King
Washington Sea
Grant Program
University
of Washington
Shelton, WA
guatemal@u.washington.edu
Tales of a Talking Oyster: How shoreline owners have rolled up their
sleeves to restore private shellfish beds plagued with bacterial contamination
in lower Hood Canal. (C3)
Teri
King is a marine water quality specialist with the Washington Sea Grant
Program. She has more than 13 years of
experience in shellfish bed restoration and septic system education
programming.
Robin Kirschbaum, PE
Civil/Water Resources Engineer
Herrera
Environmental Consultants
2200
6th Avenue
Suite
1100
Seattle, Washington 98121
rkirschbaum@herrerainc.com
Tel: 206- 441-9080
Fax: 206- 441-9108
URL: http://www.herrerainc.com/
The Integration of
Natural Drainage in an Urban Subdivision (F5)
Robin Kirschbaum,
PE is a civil and water resources engineer with experience in numerous Water-related fields, including innovative stormwater planning for low impact
developments; basin planning; flood studies; stream restoration; stormwater
management; and advanced hydrologic, hydraulic, and geomorphologic modeling and
analysis.
Laura Klein
Swinomish Tribe
Planning
LaConner, WA
lklein@swinomish.nsn.us
Shellfish population
survey of the Swinomish Reservation (P1)
Laura
Klein earned a B.S. in Environmental Science with a focus on freshwater ecology
and a minor in Biology from Western Washington
University. Klein has worked for
the program for over two years, as a Water Resource Specialist. Her work has
focused on surface and groundwater monitoring and data analysis, as well as,
tidelands, nearshore, and shellfish resources monitoring.
Terrie Klinger
Univ of Washington
School
of Marine Affairs
Seattle, WA
tklinger@u.washington.edu
Otolith Chemistry
Reflects Life-History and Environment of Quillback Rockfish
(E5)
Terrie
Klinger is Assistant Professor of Marine Affairs at the University
of Washington, Chair of the Olympic
Coast National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council, and a member of the San Juan
County Marine Resources Committee. Her research focuses on the use of natural
science in marine environmental decision-making, with a special focus on the Waters of Washington state.
Christopher P. Konrad
U.S.
Geological Survey
Tacoma, WA
cpkonrad@usgs.gov
Monitoring and analysis
of sediment transport in the Elwha River (A1)
Dr.
Konrad is a research hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey who works on
the effects of fluvial processes, including streamflow, ground-water discharge,
and sediment transport, on river ecosystems.
Kari Koski
Soundwatch Coordinator/Assistant Research Curator
The
Whale Museum
P.O.
Box 945
Friday
Harbor, WA 98250
soundwatch@whalemuseum.org
Tel: (360)378-4710 ext.33
Fax: (360)378-5790
URL: www.whalemuseum.org
The Evolution of
Adaptive Management Practices for Vessel-based Wildlife Viewing in the Boundary Waters of British Columbia and Washington State. From Voluntary Guidelines to
Regulations? (E10)
Kari
is the Soundwatch Boater Education Program Coordinator and Assistant Curator of
Research at The Whale Museum in Friday Harbor Washington.
Kari has worked at the museum since 1993 and helped to create the Soundwatch
Program. Soundwatch promotes responsible stewardship of the Salish
Sea marine wildlife by residents,
visitors and commercial users. Using an innovative on-the-water approach,
Soundwatch is a model adaptive management program for the development and use
of voluntary best practices, public education, vessel monitoring and scientific
research.
Pam Krannitz
Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment
Canada
Delta B.C. Canada
pam.krannitz@ec.gc.ca
Bird use of hedgerows
in southwestern British Columbia: effects of hedgerow composition, landscape
composition and biogeography across scales (A6)
Pam
Krannitz has been working as a Research Scientist with the Canadian Wildlife
Service of Environment Canada since 1992. Her training is in plant ecology, so
that her research on birds is most concerned with habitat requirements. She is
an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Forest Science at the University
of British Columbia and has
graduated 7 MSc students and one Phd student.
Felix C. Kristanovich
Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Sequim, WA
Felix.Kristanovich@pnl.gov
Effects of Climate
Variability and Change on Urban Stormwater System: Sensitivity Analysis on Des
Moines Creek System at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
(P4)
Dr.
Kristanovich is a senior engineering hydrologist and water resources engineer
with Battelle PNNL. He has 20 years of experience in hydrologic and hydraulic
modeling, design, and project management. He is professionally registered as a
Civil Engineer in California, Oregon
and Washington. He is actively
involved in the Seattle Section of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
and the American Water Resources Association (AWRA).
Ted Labbe
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
Natural
Resources Dept.
Kingston, WA
tlabbe@pgst.nsn.us
Historical changes to
Hood Canal riparian forest landscapes (D6)
Ted
Labbe (B.A., M.S. Fishery and Wildlife Biology) is a habitat biologist with the
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Natural Resource Department. His work integrates
historical ecology, remote sensing, and field studies to foster conservation
and protection of riparian and coastal ecosystems in the Hood Canal/NE Olympic
region of Washington State.
Jessica R. Lacy
U.S.
Geological Survey
Coastal
and Marine Geology
Santa
Cruz CA
jlacy@usgs.gov
The Influence of
Eelgrass On Currents And Waves in the Nearshore Region (F4)
Jessie
Lacy is an oceanographer with the Coastal and Marine Geology Team of the U.S.
Geological Survey in Santa Cruz, CA.
She conducts research in hydrodynamics and sediment transport in coastal and
estuarine environments, particularly in shallow waters. Jessie earned her Ph.D.
in Environmental Fluid Mechanics from Stanford
University.
Denise Laflamme
Washington State
Dept. of Health
denise.laflamme@doh.wa.gov
Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame
retardants and human health (B3)
Denise
Laflamme is a Toxicologist with the Office of Environmental Health Assessments, Washington State Department of Health.
Dyanna M. Lambourn
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Marine
Mammal Investigations
Tacoma, WA
lambodml@dfw.wa.gov
Causes of Mortality in
Pinnipeds of Washington State during 2004 (P1)
Dyanna
Lambourn has worked as a biologist for Washington Department of Fish and
Wildlife Marine Mammal Investigations (WDFW/MMI) since 1993. She has B.S. in Fisheries/ Marine Resources/
Pre Veterinary Science with a minor in Chemistry from Oregon
State University. She is also a licensed veterinary technician
in Washington and Oregon
having received a degree at Pierce College
in Veterinary Technology. She is
currently working on variety of marine mammal issues including: marine mammal stranding and response; life
history parameters of harbor seals; pinniped/fishery interactions; and several
projects funded by Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program (marine mammal
health, disease, contaminants and sea bird implantation and anesthesia).
Monique M. Lance
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Tacoma WA
lancemml@dfw.wa.gov
Effects of low
dissolved oxygen on harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) diet in Hood Canal
(D5)
Monique
Lance is a Fish and Wildlife biologist with Washington Department of Fish and
Wildlife. Her research in Puget
Sound and on the outer coast of Washington
for the past 10 years has focused on diet and foraging ecology of seabirds and
marine mammals. Her interests include
predator prey relationships and food chain dynamics, marine policy, and
ecosystem health.
Owen S. Lange
Environment Canada
Pacific
Weather Centre
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
owen.lange@ec.gc.ca
Wind patterns in the
Georgia Basin – the Salish Sea. (E7)
Obtained
BSc from University of Victoria
in 1968. Worked as a meteorologist with the weather office in Ontario,
Saskatchewan and Newfoundland.
Worked with a private weather company from 1976 to 1984 in Scotland,
Malta and Bahrain.
Joined Environment Canada
in 1984 in Vancouver. Worked as a
marine meteorologist from 1985 to the present. Wrote; “The Wind Came All Ways”
and “Living with Weather” plus prepared the text for the CD-ROM “Coastal
weather for BC Mariners”.
William T. Laprade
Vice President
Shannon
& Wilson, Inc.
400
N. 34th Street, Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98103
wtl@shanwil.com
Tel: 206-695-6891
Fax: 206-695-6777
URL: www.shannonwilson.com
Seahurst Park:
Restoring Nearshore Habitat and Reconnecting Natural Sediment Supply Processes
(F7)
Bill
Laprade is a licensed engineering geologist who has been practicing since 1973,
primarily in western Washington. His specialties are landslides, glacial
stratigraphy, and the interpretation of subsurface conditions from borehole
core samples, particularly for large civil works projects.
Shawn E. Larson
Seattle
Aquarium
Research
Seattle, WA
shawn.larson@seattle.gov
Sixgill shark
(Hexanchus griseus) conservation ecology project update (E5)
Shawn
Larson is the Curator of Conservation Research for The Seattle Aquarium. She
holds a doctorate in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences from the University
of Washington.
David J. Lawrence
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Seattle, WA
djlaw@u.washington.edu
Enumerating
phytoplankton abundance in ballast water treatment experiments
(P2)
David
Lawrence earned a B. S. degree in Biology from Benedictine
University and a M.A. in Marine Biology
from the Boston University Marine Program. His Masters work was primarily
focused on determining the impact of land-derived nutrient loads on estuarine
plankton dynamics. He also worked at the Louisiana Universities Marine
Consortium studying trophic interactions of plankton in the Gulf of
Alaska. He currently works at the University
of Washington, developing methods
to evaluate the effectiveness of ballast water treatment systems on
phytoplankton populations.
Cathy Lear
Clallam County
223
E. 4th Street
Port
Angeles Washington 98362
clear@co.clallam.wa.us
Tel: 360.417.2361
Elwha and Glines Canyon
dam removals: nearshore restoration and salmon recovery of the central Strait
of Juan de Fuca (C4)
Cathy
Lear has focused on salmon habitat protection and restoration on the Olympic
Peninsula. She is currently Planning Biologist for Clallam
County and holds an MA in political
theory, a BS in environmental studies, and a BS in journalism.
Kate Leatherbarrow
Graduate Student
Marine Protected Areas Research Group
Department
of Geography, University of Victoria
PO Box 3050
Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 3P5
kleather@office.geog.uvic.ca
Tel:
250-721-7345
Fax: 250-721-6216
http://www.geog.uvic.ca/MPARG/index/researchers/kateleatherbarrow.htm
Environmental Impacts
of Recreational Boating in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of Canada
(F2)
Kate
completed her bachelor's degree in Biology at the University
of Calgary in 2003, during which
two semesters of study at Bamfield Marine Station inspired her to move to Victoria
to pursue graduate studies related to marine conservation. Kate is especially
interested in sensitive habitats like eelgrass beds and the implementation of
ongoing monitoring programs to better understand human impacts on these
habitats.
Sean LeRoy
Policy Analyst
Canadian
Environmental Assessment Agency
Ottawa,
ON
sean.leroy@ceaa-acee.gc.ca
Tel: (613) 957-0596
Fax: (613) 957-0941
URL: http://sdki.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php
Traversing the
boundaries between science and policy: finding Pathways for place-based
community planning (B9)
Sean
LeRoy is a provisional member of the Canadian Institute of Planners, and worked
as a Planning Analyst with the Pathways Project at Natural Resources
Canada. He is currently working as a
policy analyst with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency in Ottawa. His Master’s research and subsequent professional
activities have focused on the role of communities in government
decision-making processes, with a particular interest in natural resource
management and coastal zone planning.
Kevin Li
King County
Environmental Lab
322
W. Ewing St.
Seattle, WA 98119
Kevin.li@metrokc.gov
Tel: (206) 684-2344
Fax: (206) 684-2395
Successful Relocation of a
Seattle Purple Martin Breeding Colony (E9)
I'm
currently an Environmental Lab Scientist at the King County Environmental Lab,
working on a great variety of field projects. I used to be a Fisheries
Biologist with WDFW and the UW School of Fisheries, working on near shore
habitat investigations, benthic marine crustaceans and marine food webs. I've
been doing volunteer work on purple martins since 1996, trying to build on
various purple martin colonies around Seattle,
Edmonds, Olympia
and beyond.Yan Liang
Yan Liang
Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences
Dept of Biology, Hong Kong
Baptist Uni.
Hong
Kong Hong Kong China
yliang@hkbu.edu.hk
Distribution patterns
of PAHs at Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong (B6)
Garrett C. Liles
University of Washington
College
of Forest Resources
Seattle, WA
gcliles@u.washington.edu
Garrett
Liles is a Masters student at University
of Washigton in the College
of Forest Resources.
The Effects of Riparian
Harvesting on Headwater Stream Chemistry and Modeling of Discharge/Nutrient
Exports (C1)
Sandra Lindstrom
Adjunct Professor
Department
of Botany
#3529
– 6270 University Blvd.
University
of British Columbia
Vancouver,
BC V6T 1Z4
sandracl@interchange.ubc.ca
Tel:
604-822-3349
URL:
http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/sandrali.htm
The Biogeography and
Molecular Diversity of Mastocarpus papillatus (Rhodophyta, Phyllorphoraceae) in
Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia and the Strait of Juan de Fuca
(C2)
Sandra
Lindstrom is an adjunct professor at the University
of British Columbia studying the
biogeography and phylogeny of North Pacific seaweeds. She also consults on
their ecology and systematics. She is a
co-author of North Pacific Seaweeds and Keys to the Benthic Marine Algae and
Seagrasses of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska, Washington and Oregon and
numerous other scientific publications.
Adam Lindquist
Scientific Technician
16018
Mill Creek Boulevard, Mail Stop: TB44
Mill
Creek, WA 98012-1296
lindqapl@dfw.wa.gov
Tel: 425-775-1311 ext. 119
Fax: 425-338-1066
Distribution and
Abundance of Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasi) Spawn Deposition for Cherry
Point Washington stock, 1973-2004. (A4)
Kevin Long
Project Coordinator
North
Olympic Salmon Coalition
P.O.
Box 699
Port
Townsend, WA 98368
nosc@jefferson.wsu.edu
Tel: (360)379-8051
Fax: (360)379-3558
URL: www.nosc.org
Intertidal Forage Fish
Spawning Site Investigation for East Jefferson, Northwestern Kitsap, and North
Mason Counties (A7)
As
Project Coordinator for North Olympic Salmon Coalition Kevin Long coordinates
volunteers in activities such as biological monitoring, spawner surveys, and
nearshore studies. He oversees project implementation of stream restoration and
has worked extensively studying surf smelt and sand lance spawning along E.
Jefferson County shores. A “nomadic field biologist” for much of his career,
Kevin has ranged from Alaska to Florida
studying subjects from fish, to lizards, to birds of prey. A stint as a
naturalist/sea kayak guide in the San Juans boosted his familiarity with Puget
Sound’s resources and people before he settled in Port Townsend in
2000. His interests include fishing, hiking, and mushroom hunting.
Rachel LovellFord
Swinomish Tribe
Planning
LaConner, WA
rlovellford@swinomish.nsn.us
Nearshore Structure
Survey of Swinomish Indian Reservation: Adapted
Procedures and Preliminary Results (P4)
Rachel
LovellFord is currently pursuing a degree from Western Washington University
in Environmental Science with a minor in Environmental Education and has been
working for the Water Resources Program for over two years. LovellFord performs
surface and groundwater water quality monitoring, tidelands, nearshore, and
shellfish resource monitoring, and data management and analysis.
Betsy Lyons
Marine Conservation Project Manager
The
Nature Conservancy of Washington
217
Pine St. Suite 1100
Seattle, WA 98118
Blyons@tnc.org
Tel:
(206) 343-4345 x340
URL:
http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/washington/
Conservation leasing
in Washington State-partnerships for improving and protecting state-owned
submerged lands (D10)
Betsy
Lyons has been with The Nature Conservancy's Washington Field Office since
1999. She is the project manager for the
Conservancy's pilot conservation lease and oyster restoration project at Woodard
Bay. As a member of the External Affairs Team, her
work also includes government relations, public policy, public funding, salmon
recovery, and a variety of partnership efforts with other agencies and
conservation organizations. Previously
she managed a 2-year partnership effort with the Department of Natural Resources
to implement nearly a dozen stewardship and restoration projects on state-owned
natural areas. Betsy received her Bachelor's degree in botany from the University
of Washington and has a Master of
Environmental Studies from The Evergreen State College.
Robie Macdonald
Institute of Ocean
Sciences
Sidney,
B.C. Canada
A collaborative ambient
research and monitoring program in the southern Strait of Georgia
(E7)
Robie
Macdonald, a geochemical oceanographer with the Department of Fisheries and
Oceans, has studied organic carbon, freshwater and contaminant pathways in the Arctic
and on the North American west coast. Studies have focused on the delivery of
contaminants (organochlorines, metals, hydrocarbons, PAH) to oceans and lakes,
their transport within these systems and the processes that ultimately remove
or recycle them. Recent syntheses have focused on the question of how global
change is likely to alter risks from environmental contaminants in the Arctic.
The work is published in approximately 130 refereed papers and over 50
technical reports.
Valerie Macdonald
President
Biologica
Environmental Services Ltd
5820
Old West Saanich Road
Victoria, BC . Canada V9E 2H1
val@biologica.bc.ca
Tel: 250- 479-3828
Fax: 250- 479-3868
Ecological significance
of sediment biotic and geochemical effects related to the Iona WWTP outfall
discharge to the Strait of Georgia off Sturgeon Bank (B2)
Valerie
Macdonald has been identifying marine invertebrates found in marine benthic
monitoring samples for nearly 35 years. During this time she has promoted
improving sample-handling techniques in the field. She has designed and
built a system which provides optimum condition recovery of
invertebrates. This recovery system supports improved taxonomic
resolution and provides consistency and reliability of benthic
invertebrate data. Valerie has trained biologists in taxonomic skills to
support environmental monitoring programs.
Andrea J. MacLennan
Western Washington
University
Geography,
Huxley College
of the Environment
Bellingham, WA
amaclennan@comcast.net
An Analysis of Large
Woody Debris in two Puget Sound Salt Marshes; Elger Bay, Camano Island,
Sullivan Minor Marsh, Padilla Bay (P4)
Andrea
MacLennan is an MS candidate in Western Washington University’s
Natural Resource Conservation and Management program. She has a unique
interdisciplinary understanding of coastal systems through studying and working
in the fields of coastal ecology and geomorphology. She currently applies her
interdisciplinary background as a coastal scientist with Coastal Geologic
Services in Bellingham, Wa.
Simone Magwood
University of British
Columbia
2716
West 11th Ave.
Vancouver,
British Columbia V6K 2L9
sbmagwoo@hotmail.com
Tel: (604) 435-0442
Drinking water quality
and well owner perceptions of quality in a rural watershed in British Columbia,
Canada. (B10)
Simone
grew up in Ontario and completed
her BSc. in Environmental Science at the University
of Waterloo in 2000. After traveling in Eastern Europe
and the Middle East for a year she moved to Vancouver
to continue her studies at the University
of British Columbia. She completed her MSc. in Resource Management
and Environmental Studies in 2004. She
is currently working in Vancouver
as an independent consultant.
Lehna K. Malmkvist
Capital Regional District
Environmental
Programs
Victoria
B.C. Canada
lmalmkvist@crd.bc.ca
Urban Watershed
Management Planning: Creating future successes. (B8)
Quick’s Bottom: A case
study in wetland restoration. (F10)
Lehna
Malmkvist is a vegetation and aquatic ecologist. She has worked extensively
with developers and municipalities to implement low impact development
techniques and manage fresh water systems, in particular, restoration and
stormwater management. She works with the Capital Regional District in Watershed management as the Bowker Creek Initiative Coordinator, as well as
consulting with her company, Swell Environmental Consulting.
Brooke Marshall
#608, 105 Keith Road West
North
Vancouver, BC V7M 1L1
BAMarsh@shaw.ca
Tel: (604) 986-2445
Spatial assumptions and
consultative governance (P5)
Brooke
is a professional biologist and recent graduate from the MES Masters Program
with a specific focus in planning and environmental decision making. Prior to beginning the MES program, she
worked as an environmental scientist and biologist in the Greater Vancouver
Regional District. Her interest in the epistemological approaches to
trans-disciplinary theoretical foundations of the disciplines which inform the
central disciplines involved in environmental decision making occurred during
the process of her Masters degree.
David Marshall
Fraser Basin
Council
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
info@fraserbasin.bc.ca
The Fraser Basin
Council: Advancing Sustainability in the Georgia Basin Through Collaborative
Leadership (C8)
David
Marshall, a professional engineer, was appointed Executive Director of the
Fraser Basin Council on
Diane Masson
Institute of Ocean
Sciences
Fisheries
and Oceans Canada
Sidney
B.C. Canada
massond@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Seasonal water mass
analysis for the Straits of Juan de Fuca and Georgia (E7)
Dr
Masson has been conducting field surveys in the Strait of Georgia
for many years, resulting in an unprecedented data set of water properties for
the Straits of Juan de Fuca and Georgia. She has published a series of
insightful papers on the ocean circulation and dynamics of the coastal basin
and on ocean surface waves. Dr Masson studies of the coastal dynamics and ocean, WAves combine observation, theory and numerical modeling.
Mary Masters
MRC Vice-Chair
San
Juan County Marine
Resources Committee
P.O.
Box 338
Orcas, WA 98280
mmasters@stanfordalumni.org
Tel: (360) 376-5529
The San Juan County
Marine Stewardship Area: Developing a Marine Management Regime that Recognizes
the Social, Cultural, Economic and Ecological Values of County Waters
(B9)
Mary
is the Vice-Chair of the San Juan County Marine Resources Committee. She has an
M.S. in Civil Engineering and B.A. in Psychology from Stanford
University. For over ten years, she
worked for the US Environmental Protection Agency managing hazardous waste
sites in its Superfund Program and Technical Outreach for Region 9’s Hazardous
Substance Research
Center. For seven years, Mary
managed the Worldwide Remediation Program at Hewlett Packard. Currently, when
Mary is not in San Juan County,
she is a docent at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and tracks sea otters for the
aquarium’s sea otter research and conservation program.
Anna Mathewson
Manager/Policy Coordinator
Burrard
Inlet Environmental Action Program (BIEAP)
Fraser
River Estuary Management Program
(FREMP)
#501-5945
Kathleen Avenue
Burnaby,
British Columbia V5H 4J7
amathewson@bieapfremp.org
Tel: 604-775-5755
Fax: 604-775-5198
URL: www.bieapfremp.org
Tools for Managing the
Fraser River Estuary (E6)
Anna
Mathewson is the Manager and Policy Coordinator of the Burrard Inlet
Environmental Action Program (BIEAP) and Fraser River Estuary Management
Program (FREMP), intergovernmental partnership programs based in Burnaby,
B.C. She has a Master's degree in
Resource & Environmental Management from Simon
Fraser University. Prior to joining BIEAP-FREMP in 2002, she
worked for a number of years in the provincial treaty negotiation process
including five years as an advisor to the BC Treaty Commission.
Gevan Mattu
Environment
Canada
Vancouver B.C. Canada
Toxic Substances
Management Strategy and Action Plan for the Georgia Basin (B6)
Gevan
Mattu is Senior Compliance Promotion Scientist with Commercial Chemicals
Division of Environment Canada in Vancouver.
In addition to his work on Georgia Basin Action Programs toxics-related
programs he is also involved in Environment Canada’s new substances regulation
program and in the development of best management practices to minimize the
release of toxics substances from priority industry sectors such as ship and
boatyards.
Deanna Matzen
Water Quality Planner/Project Manager I
King
County Department of Natural Resources
201
South Jackson Street, Suite 600
Seattle, WA 98104
Deanna.Matzen@metrokc.gov
Tel: 206-263-6326
Fax: 206-296-0192
URL:
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/waterres/streams/FishIndex.htm
Assessing Small Stream
Biotic Integrity Using Fish Assemblages Across an Urban Landscape
(E5)
Deanna
Akre Matzen has a bachelors of science in oceanography and a masters of science
in civil and environmental engineering from the University
of Washington. She has been working for King
County on the weight-of-evidence
component of the Sammamish-Washington Analysis and Modeling Program ecological
risk assessment since May 2001. Deanna
also teaches introductory environmental science courses at Puget
Sound Christian College
in Everett Washington
Christopher W. May
Senior Research Engineer
Battelle
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Marine
Sciences Laboratory
1529
W Sequim Bay Road
Sequim, WA 98382
christopher.may@pnl.gov
Tel: 360-681-4556
Fax: 360-681-3681
URL: www.pnl.gov/main/sectors/msl.html
A Watershed-based
Approach for Developing a Multi-Parameter TMDL In Sinclair- Dyes Inlet, Washington (B10)
Dr.
Christopher W. May, senior research scientist and engineer at the Battelle
Marine Sciences Laboratory (MSL), is a freshwater ecologist and environmental
engineer with expertise in urban watershed assessment and management. His areas
of interest include stormwater management, watershed analysis using geographic
information systems, salmonid habitat assessment, urban stream rehabilitation Water quality monitoring, stream biological assessment, and watershed
restoration. His current research at Battelle focuses on the linkage between
upland watersheds and nearshore marine systems, including natural processes and
land-use impacts. Prior to joining the MSL team Dr. May was a research engineer
at the University of Washington
Applied Physics Laboratory. His research there
centered on the cumulative impacts of urbanization on native salmonids in small
streams in the Puget Sound lowland eco-region. Dr. May
is an adjunct faculty member of Western Washington University, Huxley School of
Environmental Studies, University of Washington, Tacoma Environmental Science
Program, and the University of Washington, Professional Engineering Program.
David E. McCallum
MA Candidate
Marine
Protected Areas Research Group
Department
of Geography, University of Victoria
PO
Box 3050, Victoria, BC,
V8W 3P5
davidmcc@uvic.ca
Tel: (250) 882 6387
Fax: (250) 721 6216
Strategies for Use and
Protection of the Gulf Islands Marine Environment (D9)
Dave’s
background is in marine recreation and tourism and he is presently nearing
completion of an MA Geography under the guidance of Dr Rick Rollins. Dave has spent two field seasons in the
Southern Gulf Islands conducting research towards his MA, which is entitled
“Strategies for Use and Protection of the Gulf Islands Marine Environment”. During the summer of 2005, he will work on
contract to Parks Canada supervising a research project that will sample
resident and visitor usage patterns in the Gulf Islands National Park
Reserve. Outside of academia, Dave is an
avid sailor.
Shannon M. McCluskey
University of Washington
and NOAA Fisheries
School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Seattle, WA
ShanMcC@u.washington.edu
Born
in Portland, Oregon.
BA (Biology major, Environmental Studies minor) Hamilton
College, Clinton,
New York. Other education: School for Field
Studies, Bamfield, B.C., and University of Otago,
New Zealand. Work and/or
volunteered for: BRD/USGS, Pacific Marine Research, Center for Whale Research,
the Whale Museum,
National Marine Mammal Lab/NOAA. Currently a 3rd year graduate student at the
SAFS, University of Washington
and contractor for the NWFSC, NOAA.
Michelle McConnell
Menzies Project
Port
Townsend WA
michelle@menziesproject.org
Menzies Project:
Funding Ongoing Baseline Data Collection With Sustainable Tourism Revenue
(E10)
Menzies
Project Program Manager; BS Marine Biology (Oregon State University ‘91);
worked in fisheries behavioral research before starting consulting business in
‘94; provides services in community education, resource interpretation, public
outreach & involvement, volunteer coordination and project management;
involved in place-based stewardship efforts such as Haystack Rock Awareness
Program (Cannon Beach, OR), Willapa Alliance - The Nature of Home (South Bend, WA), Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative including both Skagit and
Jefferson County Marine Resources Committees.
Lee McCoy
University of Washington
Biology
Seattle, WA
leemccoy@u.washington.edu
Feeding rate, prey
preference, and prey size preference of two invasive predatory marine
gastropods in Washington State (C5)
Lee
McCoy is a relative newcomer to the marine environment, having previously
worked on the behavioral ecology of honeybees in the Arizona
desert. Despite the appearance of a major shift in trajectory, there is a
common thread, with both projects exploring the relationship between competing
invasive species. Lee received a B.S. in Zoology from Arizona
State University,
and is in the process of completing a M.S. in biology from Arizona
State University.
David K. McDonald
Seattle
Public Utilities
Seattle, WA
david.mcdonald@seattle.gov
Soils for Salmon:
Restoring Soil and Watershed Functions with Organics (F1)
David
McDonald researches and teaches environmentally-friendly landscape practices
for Seattle Public Utilities. A
biologist by training, he has worked in oceanographic research, mountain lion
research and forest fire management, operated a small farm, and taught agriculture
and forestry with the Peace Corps. He
helped create Seattle’s Backyard
Composting and Natural Lawn and Garden programs, and the regional Soils for
Salmon initiative. His publications
include articles on soils, stormwater management, and natural landscape design.
Michael McHenry
Elwha Klallam Tribe
Fisheries
Department
Port
Angeles WA
mchenry@elwha.nsn.us
Elwha River
Restoration-Monitoring the Response of Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems at the Watershed Scale (C4)
Employed
by the Elwha Klallam Tribe since 1991. Prior employment with the Northwest
Indian Fisheries Commission, Idaho Division of Environmental Quality and the
USFS Intermountain Forestry Laboratory. BS Humboldt
State University.
MS New Mexico State University.
Jeremiah McMahan
Undergraduate Student
University
of Washington, Tacoma
9825
Littlerock Rd
Tumwater, WA 98512
jeremiah_mcmahan@hotmail.com
Tel: (360) 352-6070
The Effect of Heavy
Metal Pollution in Aquatic Environments on Metallothionein Production in
Mytilus sp. (A10)
Jeremiah
McMahan is a student finishing a Bachelors of Science in Environmental Science
at the University of Washington,
Tacoma. He is currently employed in the electronics
industry and will now look for a career in the science field. His interests include water analysis,
geologic processes and habitat restoration.
Cathy McPherson
Environmental Scientist
Golder
Associates Ltd
195
Pemberton Avenue
North
Vancouver, BC. Canada V7P 2R4
cmcpherson@golder.com
Tel: 604-986-4331
Ecological significance
of sediment biotic and geochemical effects related to the Iona WWTP outfall discharge to the Strait of
Georgia off Sturgeon Bank (B2)
Cathy
McPherson is an environmental scientist with over 18 years experience
specializing in aquatic toxicology, environmental assessment and monitoring
programs. She applies appropriate test protocols to the performance
of water and sediment toxicity tests with a wide range of aquatic species, and has
conducted numerous monitoring and assessment programs pertaining to wastewater
treatment plants, port development, mining, and pulp mills.
Alan J. Mearns, PhD
Senior Staff Scientist
Hazardous
Materials Response Division
Office
of Response and Restoration
National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
7600
Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Tel: (206) 526-6336
Fax: (206) 526-6329
URL: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov
Declining Chemical
Contamination in Puget Sound? Results of the 1999-2003 National Mussel Watch
Program (A9)
An Assessment of
Alaska Cruise Ship Wastewater Discharges (E10)
Dr.
Mearns, Senior Staff Scientist, supports NOAA’s spill response teams around the
US. He has a
PhD in Fisheries from the University
of Washington and has conducted
nearly 30 years of research on marine pollution issues in California, Washington and Alaska.
Recent projects have included bioremediation, dispersant assessment and
assessment of data from the NOAA National Mussel watch program. He received a
Department of Commerce Silver Medal for work on the Exxon Valdez oil spill and, WAs alumni of the year at California State
University, Long
Beach. His areas of expertise include marine ecology,
fisheries, biological oceanography and aquatic toxicology.
Stephanie Meyn
B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
Surrey
B.C. Canada
Stephanie.Meyn@gems1.gov.bc.ca
The British Columbia
Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection's Focus on Airshed and Watershed
Management Planning in the Georgia Basin. (P5)
Stephanie
Meyn is the Air Quality Meteorologist with the Lower Mainland Regional office
of the B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection.
Scott J. Mickelson
King County
Department
of Natural Resources
Seattle, WA
scott.mickelson@metrokc.gov
Remediation of
PCB-Contaminated Sediment in the Duwamish River Washington
(P2)
Scott
Mickelson is a Senior Water Quality Project Manager with the King County Marine
and Sediment Assessment Group. He focuses on water quality and sediment
remediation issues related to King County’s, WAstewater treatment system.
Ian Miller
Surfrider Foundation
Port
Angeles WA
imiller@surfrider.org
Using Coastal
Monitoring Programs to facilitate Environmental Education and Civic Involvement
(C3)
Ian
Miller is the Washington Field Coordinator for the Surfrider Foundation, and
coordinates the Elwha Shoreline Photographic Monitoring Project. He is involved
in the Blue Water Task Force state wide by providing training, fund-raising and
technical support to the various monitoring groups.
Brian Missildine
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
US
Fish and Wildlife
510
Desmond Dr Suite 102
Lacey, WA 98503
brian_missildine@fws.gov
Tel: 360-753-9561
Fax: 360-753-9008
Polychlorinated
Biphenyl Concentrations in Adult Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Returning to Two-Coastal and Two-Puget Sound Hatcheries (A10)
Brian
is currently a Fish and Wildlife Biologist with the USFWS and a current
graduate of The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA.
Brian primarily works on endangered species issues and dabbles in
environmental toxicology for fun.
Danielle Mitchell
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Seattle, WA
mitcheld@u.washington.edu
Long-term changes in
population structure and genetic diversity of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi)
in Puget Sound (C2)
Danielle
Mitchell earned a Bachelor’s degree in marine biology from California
State University
in Long Beach in 2001. After
graduation, she worked as a research assistant in a neurobiology lab in San
Diego, where she developed a strong interest in
molecular biology and genetics. This experience inspired her to combine her
knowledge of marine ecology and genetics and is currently pursuing a Master’s
degree at the University of Washington
under the advisement of Lorenz Hauser.
Karen J.R. Mitchell
Geologist
Swinomish
Office of Planning and Community Development
P.O.
Box 817
LaConner, WA 98257
kmitchell@swinomish.nsn.us
Tel: 360-466-7280
Fax: 360-466-1615
URL: www.swinomish.org
Nearshore habitat
characterization on the Swinomish Reservation (P4)
Ms.
Mitchell is a geologist in the Swinomish Tribe’s Planning Office. She graduated with a BA in geology from the University
of Minnesota, Morris, earned a MS
in geology from Washington State
University, and is currently a
Ph.D. student at the University of Washington. Her research at Swinomish has been focused on
nearshore processes and reservation hydrogeology.
Todd Mitchell
Water Resources Manager
Swinomish
Office of Planning and Community Development
P.O.
Box 817
LaConner, WA 98257
tmitchell@swinomish.nsn.us
Tel: 360-466-7201
Fax: 360-466-1615
URL: www.swinomish.org
Fornsby Creek Project:
Self-regulating tidegates and estuary restoration (P3)
Lone Tree Creek and
pocket estuary restoration (P3)
Mr.
Mitchell, a Swinomish Tribal Member, is the Water Resources Program Manager in
the Swinomish Office of Planning and Community Development. He graduated from Dartmouth
College with a BS in Geology. He continued his studies at Washington
State University
and graduated with a MS in Geology specializing in hydrogeology, igneous
petrology, and geochemistry. Mitchell’s
research while employed by Swinomish has been focused on the Tribe’s water
resources including tidelands, surface water, groundwater, wetlands, and
habitat restoration research.
Sarah A. Morley
NOAA
Northwest
Fisheries Science
Center
Seattle, WA
sarah.morley@noaa.gov
Pre-dam removal
monitoring in the Elwha River Basin: establishing baseline conditions for
primary and secondary productivity (A1)
Sarah
Morley is a research ecologist at NOAA’s Northwest
Fisheries Science
Center. As a member of the Watershed Program, her research focuses on evaluating the effects of different
restoration activities on freshwater and estuarine biota. Sarah received her
M.S. from the U.W. School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and her B.S. from U.C. Berkeley.
Steven W. Morrison
Thurston Regional Planning Council
2404
Heritage Court SW #B
Olympia, WA 98502-6031
morriss@trpc.org
Tel: (360) 786-5480
Fax: (360) 754-4413
URL: www.trpc.org
Estuary Feasibility
Study for Capitol Lake (C1)
Steven
Morrison is Senior Planner with Thurston Regional Planning Council, in Olympia
where he has been for the past 22 years. He is a graduate of Huxley College of
Environmental Studies in Bellingham,
and earned his Masters degree from The Evergreen State College, where he taught
in the Masters of Environmental Studies Program for seven years as an Adjunct
Faculty. He has focused on shoreline, wetland, and critical areas regulations
and is a county alternate to the State Shoreline Hearing Board.
Philip W. Mote
Climate Impacts Group, University
of Washington
Joint
Institute for the Study of Atm and Oceans
Seattle, WA
philip@atmos.washington.edu
Long-term variability
and change in freshwater inputs to Puget Sound (E1)
Dr
Philip Mote is a research scientist at the University
of Washington, in the Climate
Impacts Group (CIG), and an Affiliate Professor in the Department of
Atmospheric Sciences. A frequent public
speaker, he has also written about 40 scientific articles and edited a book on
climate modeling, published in 2000 by
Kluwer Academic Press. In March 2003 he
became the Washington State Climatologist.
Martin Mullan
Environment Canada
Georgia Basin - Puget
Sound International Airshed Strategy (B5)
Martin
Mullan is the Senior Air Quality Planner with Environment Canada’s Vancouver
office. He has also worked as an Environmental Specialist with the Department
of Indian and Northern Affairs (DIAND) and as an Environmental Officer for the Eastern
Caribbean nation of Dominica. Prior to this experience, Martin worked for a
consulting firm on land-use and environmental projects throughout British
Columbia.
Thomas F. Mumford
Washington Department of Natural Resources
Olympia, WA
tom.mumford@wadnr.gov
Challenges of Applying
Adaptive Management to Restoration of Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystems:
Misconception and Irreversibility (F3)
Dr.
Tom Mumford received his BA (Wabash College
(1966) and doctorate in botany (University
of Washington, 1972). After three
years on a postdoctoral fellowship at the University
of British Columbia he joined theWashington Department of Natural Resources in 1976. There he researched the
cultivation of seaweeds for the production of phycolloids and food, and now
works on the biology and management of seaweeds and seagrasses, and the
inventory and monitoring of marine/estuarine habitats.
Madrona Murphy
Affiliated researcher
Center
for the Study of Coast Salish Environments
P.O.
Box 217
Anacortes Washington 98221
madrona@graffiti.net
Tel: (360) 293-6404
Plant communities in a
cultural landscape: incorporating aesthetics and historical land use in
managing Iceberg Point (Lopez Island, WA) (D1)
Madrona
Murphy, a lifelong resident of Lopez Island,
has formal training in botany and plant-human interactions, as well as
extensive practical experience in the ethobotany of the San
Juan archipelago.
She conducted botanical inventories and drafted management plans for
publicly owned preserves, with special attention to invasive species and
effects of human activities on plant communities. She currently works at the Center for Cell
Dynamics and as an affiliated researcher with the Center for the Study of Coast
Salish Environments conducting adaptive management design.
Doug Myers
Puget Sound Action Team
Olympia, WA
dmyers@psat.wa.gov
The Puget Sound
Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project: An Approach to Restoring Nearshore
Ecosystems at a Sound-wide Scale. (F3)
Doug
Myers is the wetlands and habitat specialist for the Puget Sound Action
Team. He holds a B.S. in Marine Biology
and M.S. in Environmental Science. Doug
has been involved in coastal resource science, policy and management in several
states since 1987 and with the Action Team since 1999. Doug is also the state chair of the Nearshore
Science Team of PSNERP.
Mark S. Myers
Northwest Fisheries
Science Center,
NMFS/NOAA
Environmental
Conservation / Ecotoxicology
Seattle, WA
mark.s.myers@noaa.gov
Biomarker and
Histopathologic Responses Demonstrate Improvement in Flatfish Health Following
Remediation of a PAH-contaminated Site in Eagle Harbor, WA (P5)
Mark
Myers is chief pathologist and leader of the Environmental Conservation
Division’s Pathology and Epizootiology research team at the Northwest
Fisheries Science
Center, where he has worked since
1976. His major research interests are fish and comparative histopathology as a
tool to indicate injury to marine biota, epizootiology of infectious and
contaminant-associated fish diseases, chemical carcinogenesis and neoplasia in
fish, as well as expression of cytochrome P450IA in cellular components of fish
and marine mammal tissues and lesions.
Bruce Nairn
King County
Department
of Natural Resources and Parks
Seattle, WA
bruce.nairn@metrokc.gov
An Aquatic
Biogeochemical Cycling Model Simulation of Puget Sound, WA
(E4)
Bruce
Nairn is an Environmental Engineer with King
County’s Wastewater Treatment
Division. He is interested in understanding and modeling environmental
transport processes.
John Nakayama
Senior Oceanographer
Science
Applications International Corporation
18706
North Creek Parkway, Suite 110
Bothell, WA 98011
John.S.Nakayama@saic.com
Tel: (425)482-3313
Fax: (425)487-1491
URL: http://www.saic.com/aquatic-sciences/
Effects of a Breach
Fill Maintenance Project on Benthic Communities in Half Moon Bay, Westport, WA
(D2)
John
Nakayama is a senior oceanographer with the Environmental Sciences Division of
SAIC. Since joining SAIC in 1992, he has
conducted aquatic environmental investigations related to dredged material
characterization, disposal site monitoring, and marine habitat assessment. Mr. Nakayama received his M.S. degree in
Geological Oceanography from the University
of Washington in 2003.
Martha Neuman
Senior Planner II
Snohomish
County Department of Public Works
Surface Water Management Division
2731
Wetmore Avenue, Suite 300; Everett, WA 98201-3581
martha.neuman@co.snohomish.wa.us
Tel: 425-388-3464
Fax: 425-388-6455
URL:
http://www.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Public_Works/Divisions/SWM/
Science, Policy, and
Partners: A case study of the success of salmon recovery planning in the
Snohomish River basin (B9)
Martha
Neuman is a Senior Planner II with Snohomish
County, Department of Public Works
Surface Water Management Division. She has led the salmon recovery planning
work in the Snohomish River
basin for the past four years and has developed
and implemented community-based watershed restoration programs for over 10
years. Martha has a M.S. in Land Resources from the Gaylord Nelson Institute
for Environmental Studies from the University
of Wisconsin, Madison.
She is a member of the American Planning Association and a boardmember of the Watershed Management Council.
Jenny Newell
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Seattle, WA
jenny2@u.washington.edu
Not too hot, not too
cold: Behavioral thermoregulation of adult sockeye salmon in Lake Washington
(P1)
Jenny
Newell is a Masters student at the University
of Washington’s School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences.
She is currently investigating the migration and movement patterns of adult
sockeye salmon in Lake Washington.
John Newhook
Greater Vancouver Regional District
Policy
and Planning Department
Burnaby
B.C. Canada
john.newhook@gvrd.bc.ca
Development of the
GVRD's New Air Quality Management Plan (B4)
•
Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering from McGill
University
•
Masters Degree in Engineering Science (Environmental) from the University
of Western Ontario
John
has worked for Union Carbide Canada Ltd. (Montreal); H.A. Simons and Sandwell
(Vancouver), designing effluent treatment facilities for the Pulp and Paper
Industry; Environment Canada (St. John’s), enforcing pollution control
provisions of the Fisheries Act, and the Greater Vancouver Regional District
since 1992, currently focusing on development of the GVRD’s new Air Quality
Management Plan, and the Georgia Basin-Puget Sound International Airshed
Strategy.
Jan A. Newton
University of Washington
Applied
Physics Lab
Seattle, WA
newton@ocean.washington.edu
Hypoxia in Hood Canal:
status and contributing factors (D5)
Climate related
variation in Puget Sound density and oxygen (E2)
Jan
Newton, PhD, is a Principal Oceanographer with the University
of Washington, Applied Physics Lab
and affiliate faculty with the School
of Oceanography. A biological
oceanographer, she is currently Principal Investigator of the Hood Canal Low
Dissolved Oxygen Program’s Integrated Assessment and Modeling Study, formed to
assess the impact of human, watershed, ocean, climate, and other factors on
dissolved oxygen in the canal. She is also the Coordinator for the regional
Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS; see
http://www.nanoos.org).
Bryan C. Nielsen
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fisheries Science
Seattle, WA
bnielsen@washington.edu
Efficacy of a
Hypochlorite Generator and Filtration Treatment System in Preventing the
Introduction of Non-indigenous Aquatic Species Found in Ballast Water
(P2)
Received
Bachelor of Science with emphasis in Aquatic Ecology from The Evergreen State
College in June 2000. Worked as an intern with the US EPA in the Region 5 NPDES
Programs Branch. Currently a Graduate Student at the University
of Washington in the School
of Aquatic and Fisheries Science
studying ballast water treatment methods.
Barbara J. Nightingale
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Aquatic
Resources Division
Olympia, WA
barbara.nightingale@wadnr.gov
Aquatic habitat
Guidelines Project (F9)
Master
of Marine Affairs, University of Washington.
Environmental Planner Washington State Department of Natural Resources,
Aquatic Resources Division.
James Norris
Marine Resources Consultants
Port
Townsend WA
jnorris@olympus.net
Menzies Project
Scientific Results: 2002-2004 (P6)
James
Norris holds a BS degree in mathematics (UC, Davis) and MS and PhD degrees in
Fisheries (University of Alaska;
University of Washington).
He is president of Sound Vessels, Inc., owner of Marine Resources Consultants,
and founder of the Menzies Project. From 1991-1999, Dr. Norris was employed as
a fishery research consultant at the University
of Washington working on salmon
harvesting models. His current research focuses on underwater videographic
methods for monitoring nearshore marine habitats.
David R. Nysewander
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Wildlife
Management
Olympia, WA
nysewdrn@dfw.wa.gov
New insights into the
breeding areas, migration routes, staging, molting, and local movements
associated with those Surf and White-winged Scoters wintering in the inner
marine waters of Washington State (A5)
Dave
has been project leader since 1992 for the marine bird component of the Puget
Sound Ambient Monitoring Program. He received his B.Sc. in Biology from Principia
College in 1965 and his M.Sc. in
Wildlife Science from University of Washington
in 1977. His experience 1975-1992 in Alaska
with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service included monitoring seabird colonies,
at-sea surveys of marine birds and mammals, reintroduction of endangered
species, and damage assessments related to oil spills.
Keeley O’Connell
Habitat Restoration Coordinator
People For Puget Sound
407
Main Street Suite 201
Mount
Vernon, WA 98273
koconnell@pugetsound.org
Tel: (360) 336-1931
Fax: (360) 336-5422
URL: www.pugetsound.org
Sound Stewards: The Art
of Nurturing Our Super-Volunteers (E8)
Keeley
O'Connell is the Habitat Restoration Coordinator for People For Puget
Sound. She manages the organization's
Spartina Program. She moved to the
northwest in 1999 to pursue her master’s degree in Marine and Estuarine Science
at Western Washington
University. Her thesis work researched the effects of
invasive Spartina on benthic macroinvertebrates in Willapa
Bay, WA.
Michael F. O’Malley
, WAtchable Wildlife Program Manager
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
600
Capital Way N
Olympia, WA 98501-1091
omallmfo@dfw.wa.gov
Tel: 360-902-2377
Fax: 360-902-2162
URL: http://wdfw.wa.gov
Wildlife Viewing
Recreation: Economic Stimulant and
Habitat Protection Tool (E10)
Michael
F. O’Malley is the Watchable Wildlife Program Coordinator for the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), and principal author of Wildlife
Viewing Activities in Washington: A Strategic Plan and Report to the Washington
Legislature March 2004. He also wrote
the WDFW’s Education Plan. He serves as
chair of the national Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation’s Education
Task Force that created the Best Practices in Boating, Fishing and Aquatic
Resources Stewardship Education. In his
personal time, he wrote the book Ferry Travel Adventures in Washington,
British Columbia and Alaska.
Sandra M. O’Neill
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Olympia, WA
oneilsmo@dfw.wa.gov
A mult-species approach
to evaluate the presence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the Puget Sound
food web. (B3)
Elevated levels of
persistent organic pollutants in free ranging populations of Puget Sound
populations of Pacific salmon: the importance of residency in Puget Sound.
(D8)
Ms.
O’Neill is a research scientist with the Washington Department of Fish and
Wildlife. Washington. She
received her B.S. in Zoology from Memorial University of Newfoundland and her
M.S. in Zoology from the University
of British Columbia. For the past 15 years she has led the Puget
Sound Ambient Monitoring Program’s assessment of contaminants in Puget
Sound fishes. Her research
interests are understanding the influence of fish life history on contaminant
accumulation and mapping the flow of contaminants through the aquatic food
webs.
Paul Olson
National Marine Fisheries Service
Environmental
Conservation
Seattle, WA
o.paul.olson@noaa.gov
Monitoring of
Restoration Performance in Commencement Bay, Washington: Anadromous Fish
Presence, Health, and Degree of Chemical Contamination (P3)
O.
Paul Olson is a member of the Ecotoxicology group of the National Marine
Fisheries Service. He specializes in the histopathology of fish and
invertebrates from chemically contaminated marine environments.
Robert Pacunski
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
16018
Mill Creek Blvd.
Mill
Creek, WA
98012
pacunrep@dfw.wa.gov
Tel: 425-379-2314
Fax: 425-379-2323
Habitat
Characterization and Fish Associations in San Juan Channel (E5)
Bob
Pacunski is a Marine Fish Biologist and Research Diver with the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife where he has been conducting research on
rockfish, lingcod, and other rocky habitat fishes for the past 13 years. Bob received a Bachelor of Science degree in
Biology from Seattle Pacific
University in 1984, and earned a
Master of Science degree in Fisheries from the University
of Washington in 1990. Utilizing SCUBA, GIS, and underwater video
and sonar technologies, Bob’s research has focused on understanding the
relationships of Puget Sound bottomfish to their
habitat, and on the mapping of those habitats throughout Puget Sound.
Nick A. Page
Raincoast Applied Ecology
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
napage@interchange.ubc.ca
Applied Recovery
Research on Sand-verbena Moth: A Puget Sound - Georgia Basin Endemic Species
(C5)
Nick
Page is an ecologist who works on the assessment, restoration, and management
of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in coastal BC. He has a Bachelor of
Landscape Architecture and a Master’s of Science in Environmental Studies from
UBC. His master’s thesis focused on local- and regional-scale patterns of
exotic plant species in coastal plant communities in BC. This work led to an
assessment project for Environment Canada to examine the distribution and
habitat requirements of Sand-verbena Moth which is the focus of this
presentation.
Wayne A. Palsson
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Marine
Fish Science Unit
Mill
Creek WA
palsswap@dfw.wa.gov
Characterization of
Demersal Marine Fish Communities in Puget Sound (A4)
GASP! The Response of
Marine Fishes to Water with Low Dissolved Oxygen in Southern Hood Canal, Washington (D5)
Wayne
Palsson is a Research Scientist for the Washington Department of Fish and
Wildlife. He has been studying saltwater fishes in Puget Sound
for twenty-five years. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Zoology (U.C. Berkeley) in 1977, he earned his Master of Science in Fisheries
Science at the University of Washington
in 1984. Palsson’s work focuses on groundfish resources in Puget
Sound including their assessment, management, and ecology.
Ting Pan
University of British
Columbia
6507
Maple St.
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
tingpan@interchange.ubc.ca
Sustainable community
development from a cultural perspective - A case study of Chinese immigrants in
Greater Vancouver (P6)
Ms.
Ting Pan holds a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Beijing
University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
(2001). As an undergraduate student, she was the president of the Environment
and Development Student Association of the University (1998-2000). In 2002, she
started her masters degree in Resource Management and Environmental Studies at
UBC. Her academic interests include sustainable community development and
methods to bridge rifts of culture and communication between mainstream society
and minority communities.
Anthony J. Paulson
U.S.
Geological Survey
Tacoma, WA
apaulson@usgs.gov
Estimated Inputs of
Nitrogen to Hood Canal Washington (D5)
Dr.
Paulson has held academic, private, and government appointments, where he has
conducted aquatic research for more than 30 years. He coupled physical
circulation processes with geochemical processes to accurately model and
predict metal concentrations in Puget Sound and studied
biogeochemical and sediment transport processes in estuaries. He is currently
Chief of Environmental Hydrology and Geochemistry for the U.S. Geological
Survey. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering from the
University of Washington.
Jeff Pavey
Volunteer Policy Analyst
People For Puget Sound
911
Western Avenue, Suite 580
Seattle, WA 98104
cjpavey@comcast.net
Tel: (206) 784-5807
URL: http://www.pugetsound.org/
A Brief History of Oil
Spill Policy in Washington: Complacency or Vigilance? (C10)
Jeff
Pavey is a recent graduate of the Indiana University Graduate School of Public
and Environmental Affairs. While in
School, he studied environmental policy and natural resource management and
earned his Master of Public Affairs (MPA). Since graduate school, Jeff has
completed several policy projects and papers while continuing to look for full
time employment. Jeff moved to Seattle
last September and currently volunteers for two local environmental
organizations.
Krista M. Payette
Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
Surrey
B.C. Canada
krista.payette@gems3.gov.bc.ca
Shared Waters:
Protecting Water Quality in Boundary Bay and its Smaller Basins, Semiahmoo Bay
and Drayton Harbor (P5)
The
Shared Waters Roundtable is an international multi-stakeholder working group
focused on improving water quality in Boundary
Bay, with particular focus on Semiahmoo
Bay and Drayton
Harbor. Member organizations
include the City of Blaine, the
City of Surrey, the Corporation of
Delta, the Greater Vancouver Regional District, the Fraser Health Authority,
the Friends of Semiahmoo Bay, the Little Campbell Watershed Society, the
Drayton Harbor Community Oyster Farm, the Drayton Harbor Shellfish Protection
District, Environment Canada and the Ministry of Water, Land and Air
Protection.
Pat Pearson
WSU Jefferson
County Extension
Pt.
Hadlock WA
pearsonp@wsu.edu
Community Involvement
in Eelgrass Protection, Port Townsend Washington (B9)
Two
presenters: Pat Pearson and Judy D’Amore Pat Pearson - Masters in Whole System
Design, Antioch University,
Seattle, Wa.
1992 Bachelor of Science, Dental Hygiene, University
of Washington, 1969 Pat Pearson:
Faculty, Natural Resource Stewardship Washington
State University
Jefferson County
Extension. Masters in Whole System Design, Antioch
University, Seattle, WA. 1992. Bachelor of Science, University
of Washington, 1969. Staffs the Jefferson
County Marine Resource Committee.
Develops Water Watcher Program education and training and surface water
education programs. Director of Pollution Prevention Programs, Puget
Soundkeeper Alliance. 1994-2002.
2nd Presenter Judy D’Amore: Master of Science Teaching in Biology from the UW.
Educator for the Natural History Exhibit of the Pt.
Townsend Marine Science
Center. Education Coordinator for
the strudent monitoring component of the NW Maritimes Center’s Eelgrass
Resoration Project.
Cheri Peele
, WA State Dept of Ecology
Olympia, WA
chep461@ecy.wa.gov
Washington State PBDE
Chemical Action Plan (B3)
Cheri
Peele is a policy analyst at the Washington State Department of Ecology, where
she has written chemical action plans for PBDEs and mercury. Previously, she wrote the Mercury Action Plan
for Massachusetts. Cheri has a Masters in City Planning from
MIT.
Jake C. Perrins
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
Seattle, WA
perrins@u.washington.edu
Analysis of ozone and chlorine disinfection byproducts concerning
ballast water treatment (P2)
Masters
of Science Candidate, University of Washington
School of Aquatic
and Fishery Sciences, 1999-2001.
Analytical environmental chemist throughout the Puget Sound
area. 1998 - Bachelor of Science, Environmental Sciences/Microbiology from
Northern Arizona University.
Professional Memberships: Charter Member of Gamma Beta Phi at Northern Arizona
University; Certified Substitute Teacher by the Arizona Department of
Education; Member of Pacific Northwest-Society of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry (PNW-SETAC); Member of American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
George R. Pess
NOAA Fisheries - NWFSC
Environmental
Conservation Division
Seattle, WA
george.pess@noaa.gov
Predicting salmonid
response to the removal of the Elwha River dams (C4)
George
Pess works for the NWFSC Watershed program and is a Phd candidate at the
University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. Mr. Pess has a
Masters in Forest Hydrology from Yale
University and an A.B. from Bowdoin
College in Economics and
Environmental Science
Karen L. Peterson
University of Washington
Microbiology
Seattle, WA
karenpet@u.washington.edu
Genetic diversity of
Synechococcus in Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits (P1)
Karen
L. Peterson is a senior at the University
of Washington where she is working
toward a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. She began her cyanobacteria
project as a research apprentice at the Friday Harbor Laboratories. She has
continued to study and classify Synechococcus clones while working in the
laboratory of Gabrielle Rocap, Assistant Professor in the School
of Oceanography, University
of Washington.
Carol Piening
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Olympia, Washington
Washington State
Department of Natural Resources: Land Manager to Aquatic Steward
(E6)
Carol
Piening is lead environmental planner for the Washington State Department of
Natural Resources’ Aquatic Resources Program’s Endangered Species Act
compliance project. She is part of a team that is developing a comprehensive
plan for managing state-owned aquatic lands consistently with the Endangered
Species Act. She has a Master’s of Science from Michigan
State University.
She has work experience in aquatic resource management, air quality regulation,
and laboratory research.
Linda Pilkey-Jarvis
Prepardness Unit Manager
, WA
Dept. of Ecology
PO
Box 47600
Olympia, WA 98504
jpil461@ecy.wa.gov
Phone: (360) 407-7447
Fax: (360) 407-7288
Washington State Initiatives for Oil
Spill Preparedness (C10)
Linda
Pilkey-Jarvis manages the Department of Ecology’s Spill Preparedness Section,
which focuses on regional planning efforts, industry spill response plans and
conducting drills to test the effectiveness of Washington’s oil
spill response system.
Mark D. Plunkett
Seattle
Aquarium
Seattle, WA
mark.plunkett@seattle.gov
Seattle Aquarium
Citizen Science: Inspiring Marine Conservation in our Local Students
(P6)
Mark
Plunkett has worked for the past 20 years on marine conservation and education
efforts with the Aquarium. Recent efforts include: leading the creation of city
and state MPAs on Seattle beaches,
partnering with Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program and developing
the emerging Citizen Science initiative. He has also taught marine biology and
environmental science the past 20 years at Bellevue
Community College.
David B. Preikshot
Fisheries Centre, University
of British Columbia
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
d.preikshot@fisheries.ubc.ca
An Examination of
Climate and Fisheries Effects Upon Ecosystem Dynamics of the Strait of Georgia
Compared to Larger Northeast Pacific Ecosystems (E2)
David
Preikshot is a PhD student at the UBC Fisheries Centre, and has worked on
fishery/ecosystem models for many places, including South Puget
Sound, The Strait of Georgia, The Northeast Pacific Ocean,
Iceland, and the Chesapeake Bay. He has also contributed
to a variety of other fisheries research projects including energetics of
migrating salmon, multivariate assessment techniques and historic analysis of
fisheries and catch trends.
Patrick T. Pringle
Research Geologist
Washington Department of Natural Resources
P.O.
Box 47007
Olympia, WA 98504
buried_forest@yahoo.com
Tel: 360.902.1433
Fax: 360.902.1785
URL: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/geology/
Buried and submerged
forests: keys to the history and impacts of postglacial volcanism and
earthquakes on the landscape of the Puget LowlandA review of geologic
literature and recent discoveries (F4)
Pat
Pringle, Research Geologist, WADNR Div. of Geology. Pat studies the volcanic
processes and history of the Cascade Range and uses
radiocarbon dating, tree ring studies, and other techniques to compile recent
geologic history, including that of volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, and
debris flows. He is the author of "Roadside Geology of Mount St. Helens
National Volcanic Monument and Vicinity".
Ward Prystay
Jacques Whitford Ltd.
Factors Influencing the
Success of Riparian Planting Aspects of Fish Habitat Restoration Projects in
the City of Surrey and Recommendations for Future Planting Plan Improvements.
(F8)
Mr., WArd Prystay, M.Sc., R.P.Bio., is the Manager of the Environmental Planning
& Permitting team in Jacques Whitford Limited’s Vancouver
office. He has 12 years experience as an environmental scientist with the past
10 years focusing on aquatic ecology and environmental impact assessment. For
stream restoration work, Ward is the lead design professional for Jacques
Whitford in BC. His approach to riparian restoration considers the
biogeoclimatic zone and seral stages of native forest assemblages.
Brian Pursel
Paladin Data Systems
Poulsbo, Washington
Improved Environmental
Data and Project Management Reporting (D4)
Mr.
Brian Pursel is Paladin Data Systems lead developer of EKO-System and a highly
skilled Information Systems Analyst and Database Application Developer. Mr.
Pursel has extensive experience in developing custom applications using Oracle
and Microsoft tools in Web-based application development, including broad
experience in developing interfaces for applications. He is widely experienced
in all aspects of this unique software’s development and maintenance life
cycle. Brian holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.
Stephen R. Quinnell
Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
Puget
Sound Ambient Monitoring Program
Olympia, WA
quinnsrq@dfw.wa.gov
Use of Acoustic Tagging
to Study Home Range and Migration of English Sole (Parophrys Vetulus) in Puget
Sound: Application to Management of Contaminated Sediments
(P1)
Steve
received his B.S. in Fish Biology from the University
of Washington, Seattle, WA, in 1978. He has been with theWashington Department of Fish and Wildlife since 1979 working on a variety of
projects dealing with the marine resources of Puget Sound.
He has been with the agencies PSAMP Fish Component since 1992 and coordinates
the project sampling efforts.
Wolf A. Read
Oregon State
University
Oregon
Climate Service
Corvallis
OR
readw@onid.orst.edu
A Climatology of
Windstorms in the Western Pacific Northwest, 1948-2004 (E7)
Wolf
Read probably spends too much time at Oregon
State University.
As a full-time undergraduate, he nevertheless works for the Oregon Climate
Service on severe-storm-related research, is a Teaching Assistant in dendrology
for the College of Forestry,
and is working on a grant-funded research project on wind-tree interactions at
the Wind River Experimental
Forest. He’s also the father of a
3-year-old girl, Kesri, and husband of a wetlands ecologist, Silven.
Blain R. Reeves
Washington State
Department
of Natural Resources
Olympia, WA
blain.reeves@wadnr.gov
Spatial Patterns and
Trends of Eelgrass (Zostera marina) at Multiple Scales in Puget Sound: Key
Findings from the First Five Years of Long-Term Monitoring
(F8)
Blain
Reeves is a natural resource scientist with the Nearshore Habitat Program at
the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. He has worked on
nearshore habitat monitoring, inventory and exotic species research projects
throughout Washington for more
than eight years. At DNR, he co-manages the Submerged Vegetation Monitoring
Project and coordinates other nearshore habitat monitoring and inventory field
projects.
Casey Rice
NOAA/Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Mukilteo, WA
casimir.rice@noaa.gov
Spatial, temporal, and
length distributions of marked and unmarked juvenile Chinook salmon in
nearshore surface waters of Puget Sound (A3)
Relationships Between
Marine Bird and Waterfowl Assemblage Composition and Gradients of Human
Influence in Nearshore Puget Sound (A6)
Casey
Rice is a Research Fisheries Biologist at NOAA’s Mukilteo Field Facility. In
fifteen years with NOAA he has been involved in several research programs
focusing on the biological effects of human activities in coastal marine and
estuarine environments. Casey holds B.A. and B.S. degrees (1989, The Evergreen
State College), a M.S. in fisheries (1997, University
of Washington), and is currently
pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Washington’s School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences.
Nicole Ricketts
Conservation Education Program Manager
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
600
Capitol Way North
Olympia, WA 98501-1091
rickenlr@dfw.wa.gov
Tel: 360-902-2623
Fax: 360-902-8117
The Effects of Field
Science Research Integrated into K-12 Curriculum (C3)
Session
Presenter: Nicole Ricketts is the Conservation Education Coordinator for the WA
Department of Fish and Wildlife and has been working in Environmental Education
for 7 years. Ms. Ricketts educates and informs WA residents on the agency's
current strategies for fish, wildlife, and habitat management practices. Recent
projects have involved the coordination and development of programs related to
Citizen Science and field investigation projects for K-12 education. She is
involved in Nat'l programs such as Project WILD and NatureMapping, and is on
the board of directors for the Environmental Education Association of Washington.
Mindy Roberts
Environmental Engineer
Washington
State Department of Ecology
PO
Box 47710
Olympia, WA 98504
mrob461@ecy.wa.gov
Tel: 360-407-6804
Fax: 360-407-6884
URL: www.ecy.wa.gov
Tools for evaluating
areas of influence of pollutants within streams and marine waters of South
Puget Sound (B7)
Mindy
Roberts received a BS in Civil Engineering from the University
of California, Berkeley,
and a masters in Civil and Oceanographic Engineering from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She is completing her Ph.D. at the University
of Washington, Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering, studying the effects of urbanization on riparian
vegetation around Puget Lowland streams.
She has worked on water quality studies at the Department of Ecology since
2000
Rusty J. Rodriguez
U.S.
Geological Survey
Seattle, WA
Rusty_Rodriguez@usgs.gov
Life In The Stress
Zone: The Role Of Fungal Symbiosis In The Distribution And Survival Of Plants
In Puget Sound (C9)
I
am a project leader for the U.S. Geological Survey and an affiliate Professor
at the University of Washington
(Biology) and Montana State Universtiy (Microbiology). My research program
focuses on the ecology, genetics and molecular biology of invasive species,
inter-species hybrids and plant fungal symbioses.
G. Patrick Romberg
Senior Water Quality Planner
King
County Department of Natural Resources and Parks
201
South Jackson St.
Mail
Stop, KSC-NR-0600
Seattle, WA 98104-3855
Pat.Romberg@metrokc.gov
Tel: 206/ 296-8251
Recontamination Sources
at Three Sediment Caps in Seattle (D2)
Oceanography
degree and employed for 25 years at Metro and King County identifying sediment
contamination problems in Elliott Bay and the Duwamish River and then promoting
sediment cleanup actions. Heavily
involved in planning, implementing and monitoring at 4 sediment cleanup
projects; Denny Way CSO Cap, Pier 53 - 55 Cap, Norfolk CSO remediation and
Duwamish/Diagonal CSO/SD Cap. Chaired
Sediment Remediation Technical Work Group for over 10 years for the Elliott
Bay/Duwamish Restoration Program, which funded 3 sediment cleanup projects.
Peter S. Ross
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Marine
Environmental Quality
Sidney
B.C. Canada
rosspe@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Current-use pesticides
in coho salmon habitat in the Fraser River System, British Columbia (A9)
Emerging concerns: flame
retardants in the marine mammals of Puget Sound and Strait of Georgia
(B3)
Adverse health effects of persistent organic pollutants in Puget Sound
harbour seals (D8)
Dr
Peter S. Ross is a Research Scientist with the Canadian Department of Fisheries
and Oceans. He has published extensively in the area of marine mammal toxicology,
and uses marine mammals as sentinels of marine ecosystem health. He is
Associate Professor at the University
of Victoria and Adjunct Professor
at Simon Fraser
University.
Don P. Rothaus
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Central
Shellfish Unit
Mill
Creek WA
rothadpr@dfw.wa.gov
Spatial and Temporal
Changes in Pinto Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) Abundance at Ten Index Sites
in the San Juan Archipelago (A8)
Don
Rothaus is a Biologist and Diving Safety Officer for the Washington Department
of Fish and Wildlife. He has worked for WDFW since 1988. He is a member of the
agencies Shellfish Dive Team and primarily works on Abalone, Sea Urchin, Sea
Cucumber and Geoduck projects. He has also done diving work on small mouth bass
relationships to natural and anthropogenic structure in Lake Washington and Lake Whatcom.
Kirsten Rowell
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
rowellk@u.washington.edu
Influences of Geoduck
Aquaculture on Eelgrass (P2)
Kirsten
Rowell received her BA from Prescott College, MS
from Northern Arizona
University and is currently
finishing her PhD. at the University
of Arizona. Her interests range
from stream to marine ecology, focusing primarily on conservation issues.
Mindy Rowse
NOAA, NWFSC
Conservation
Biology
Seattle, WA
Mindy.Rowse@noaa.gov
Juvenile Chinook salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawystcha) utilization of estuarine distributary channel and
nearshore marine habitats of the Snohomish River Washington.
(F1)
Mindy
Rowse is a Research Biologist at the Northwest
Fisheries Science
Center where she currently studies
juvenile salmonids in Puget Sound estuaries. She has
conducted research on Chinook, sockeye, coho and chum salmon in Washington and
Alaska, including analyses on: juvenile and adult migration timing; freshwater
and marine productivity; habitat impacts and guidelines for development; scale
pattern, age composition, and stock identification; commercial catch and escapement
estimation; incidental fishing mortality; limiting factors and life-cycle
modeling.
Bert Rubash
Raincoast Geo Research
P.O.
Box 2206
Bellingham, WA 98227
kilaruba@copper.net
Tel: 360 715-3248
Computer Modeling of
Marine Waters with Public Domain Software (P4)
Bert's
formal education is in literature, economics, and physics. He has been modeling
physical phenomena for three decades.
Wendi M. Ruef
University of Washington
School
of Oceanography
Seattle, WA
wruef@ocean.washington.edu
In Situ and Remote
Monitoring of Water Quality in Puget Sound: the ORCA Time-Series at Pt. Wells
(E4)
Wendi
Ruef is currently working as an oceanographer at the University
of Washington. She has been
involved with the ORCA project since June, 2000, and received a bachelor’s of
science degree in chemical oceanography from the University
of Washington in June, 2000.
Andrea Ryan
#201-401 Burrard Street
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
andrea.ryan@ec.gc.ca
Calculation of the CCME Water Quality Index for Selected Rivers in the Georgia Basin
(C1)
Andrea
has a Masters degree in Soil Science from the University
of British Columbia.
She has been with Environment Canada for 15 years working in water quality monitoring. She has
focused most of her time on the
federal-provincial water quality monitoring agreement.
Steve R. Rybolt
Western Washington
University - Huxley
College
Environmental
Studies
Bellingham, WA
srybolt@hotmail.com
Canada-U.S. Convergence
in Environmental Regulation: The Case of
Marine Vessel Emissions (B4)
I
am currently completing an M.S. in Geography, focusing on Resource Mgt. and
Envr. Policy at Huxley College
of the Environment, Western Washington
University, and hold a B.A. in
Economics and Environmental Policy. My current research work includes analyzing
management options for marine vessel emissions within the GB/PS and commuting
patterns in the North Puget Sound. I am currently a “long-term” intern at the
Northwest Clean Air Agency and a member of the Air and Waste Mngt Association
and American-Canadian Studies in the United
States. In my spare time I enjoy climbing,
skiing, sailing, and teaching.
John L. Ryder
Ducks Unlimited/Canadian Wildlife Service
Northern
Conservation Division
Whitehorse
YT Canada
john.ryder@ec.gc.ca
A Science-Based
Approach to Prioritizing and Conserving Estuary Habitats in British Columbia
(F6)
John
Ryder is a biologist currently working for Ducks Unlimited Canada/Canadian
Wildlife Service in Whitehorse, Yukon
Territory. His interests include the application of
analytical techniques for assessing species/habitat relationships to be used
for conservation planning. John obtained his M.Sc. in Environment and
Management from Royal Road’s
University in Victoria, B.C. in
2003, and his B.Sc. in Wildlife Management from the University
of Alaska-Fairbanks in 1995.
Eric P. Salathe
University of Washington
Climate
Impacts Group
Seattle WA
salathe@washington.edu
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~salathe/salathe_cv.html
Climate Model
Downscaling for Regional Impacts Studies (E1)
Previous
Positions: September 1990 to September 1993: NASA Global Change Research
Fellow, Yale University.
October 1993 to June 1995: National Research Council Associate, NASA Goddard
Laboratory for Atmospheres. July 1995 to July 1999: Research Associate,
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington.
August 1999 to present: Research Scientist, Climate Impacts Group, JISAO/SMA, University
of Washington. Education - 1987: B.A. with Honors, in
Physics, Swarthmore College.
1994: Ph.D. in Geology and Geophysics, Yale
University (Dissertation Title: The
Interaction of Upper-Tropospheric Water Vapor and the Earth’s Radiation Field)
David M. Sale
ECO Resource Group
Bainbridge
Island WA
daves@ecoresourcegroup.com
Integrating LID with
Development Practices (B8)
David
Sale is a systems ecologist whose work focuses on integrating environmental
planning and protection with community development and management
effectiveness. His experience includes oil spill damage assessment, nearshore
benthic and intertidal ecology, contaminated sediments evaluation and policy,
coordination of multi-agency regional assessment programs, integration of local
and traditional knowledge in community-based monitoring programs, and designing
and facilitating collaborative natural resource and development partnerships.
He is a principal with the ECO Resource Group.
Pamela A. Sanguinetti
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
, WA
Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Port
Angeles WA
pam_sanguinetti@fws.gov
Planning the Future for
San Juan Islands and Protection Island National Wildlife Refuges
(P5)
Pam
Sanguinetti holds a BS in environmental science - management and policy - from Western Washington University
and MA in environmental studies from The Evergreen State College. She has been
working for USFWS at the Maritime Refuges for 10 years. Annette de Knijf holds
a BS in wildlife biology from Humboldt
State University.
She has worked for the USFWS Refuge System since 1998 and currently is the
deputy project leader at the Washington Maritime Refuges.
Christian P. Sarason
University of Washington
School
of Oceanography
Seattle, WA
cbps@ocean.washington.edu
The Puget Sound
Modeling System: Methods for nowcasting and forecasting Puget Sound
hydrodynamics. (E4)
Christian
has developed the nowcast system, building on the development of the Puget
Sound hydrodynamical model started by Mitsuhiro Kawase and Bruce
Nairn. After graduating from the University
of Washington with a Masters in
Marine Geophysics, Christian spent 5 years teaching at local community
colleges, and is co-founder of the Ocean Inquiry Project
(http://www.oceaninquiry.org), a non-profit connecting students, teachers and
researchers in the Puget Sound region.
Mike Sato
Director of Education and Involvement
People For Puget Sound
407
Main St. Suite 201
Mount
Vernon, WA 98273
msato@pugetsound.org
Tel: (360) 336-1931
Fax: (360) 336-5422
URL: www.pugetsound.org
Marine Shoreline Health
as an Integrating Concept for Policy, Education and Public Involvement in Puget
Sound (E8)
Mike
Sato is Director of Education and Involvement for People For Puget Sound, a
citizens' group established in 1991. He has served as communications director,
its North Sound director, and staff working on marine resource issues. He has
worked in communications for Seattle City Light, the Puget Sound Water Quality
Authority, and Hawaiian Electric Industries. He is a graduate of Reed College and
author of “The Price of Taming a River: The Duwamish-Green Waterway in
Decline.”
Paul Schlenger
Anchor Environmental
Fisheries
Biologist
1423
3rd Avenue, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98101
pschlenger@anchorenv.com
Tel: (206) 287-9130
Fax: (206) 287-9131
URL: www.anchorenv.com
Spatial Relationships
between Beneficial and Detrimental Nearshore Habitat Parameters in WRIA 9 and
the City of Seattle (B7)
Seahurst Park:
Restoring Nearshore Habitat and Reconnecting Natural Sediment Supply Processes
(F7)
Paul
Schlenger is a fisheries biologist with Anchor Environmental in Seattle.
He has over 12 years of professional experience and has led four nearshore
habitat assessments in north, central and south Puget Sound.
Paul's work has focused on fish habitat restoration in freshwater, estuarine,
and marine nearshore environments.
Lynn Schneider
Washington State
BEACH Program Coordinator
Washington
State Department of Ecology
300
Desmond Dr SE, Lacey
PO
Box 47710
Olympia, WA 98504-7710
lsch461@ecy.wa.gov
Tel: (360) 407-6543
Fax: (360) 407-6884
URL: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/beach/
The Beach Environmental
Assessment, Communication, and Health (BEACH) Program: Results and Trends from
2004 (B1)
Lynn Schneider is the BEACH Program Coordinator for the State
of Washington. The BEACH Program
is a managed jointly by the State Departments of Ecology and Health. Because of
the joint management, she splits her time between the two agencies. Ms.
Schneider received her B.S. in Environmental Chemistry from the Evergreen State
College in Olympia Washington
in 1988. She worked as a chemist for Morton International for eight years prior
to joining the Washington State Department of Ecology in 2001. Lynn
became the BEACH Program Coordinator in 2001. Her main interest is the
relationship between increases in indicator levels and increased illness rates
associated with water contact and how increased risk is communicated to the
public.
Irvin R. Schultz
Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory
MSL
Sequim, WA
ir_schultz@pnl.gov
Environmental
Biomarkers and the Health of Ecosystems (F1)
Dr.
Schultz received a B.Sc. in Fisheries Science in 1986 from Oregon
State University,
and a Ph.D. in Toxicology in 1990 from Washington
State University. Post-Doctoral research was performed at Ohio
State University
and at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory in South
Carolina. Dr.
Schultz has been with Battelle Pacific NW National lab since 1996. Resent studies have focused on endocrine
disruption and computational modeling in fish.
Peter Schwarzhoff
Environment Canada
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
peter.schwarzhoff@ec.gc.ca
Puget Sound / Georgia
Basin (B5)
Peter
Schwarzhoff is the Head of the Atmospheric Science Section for Environment
Canada’s Pacific and Yukon Region. This section is charged with ensuring that
policy is supported by sound science. Peter is a meteorologist by training and, WAs a weather forecaster for many years before managing the air quality
forecast program for the region.
Jacek Scibek
M.Sc. candidate
Department
of Earth Sciences
Simon
Fraser University
8888
University Drive
Burnaby,
BC V5A
1S6 Canada
dallen@sfu.ca
Tel: 604-291-5429
Fax: 604-291-4198
URL:
http://www.sfu.ca/earth-sciences
Modeled Climate Change
Impacts in the Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer, Central Fraser Lowland of BC, Canada
and Washington State, US. (E3)
Jacek
Scibek is currently a M.Sc. candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences at Simon
Fraser University.
Jacek obtained his B.Sc. honours degree in Physical Geography with a minor in
Earth Sciences in 2002. His M.Sc. research focuses on modelling the impact of
climate change on two aquifers in western Canada;
the Grand Forks aquifer in
south-central BC and the Abbotsford-Sumas aquifer between BC and Washington
State. His project involves aquifer
characterization, groundwater flow and transport modelling, and hydrologic
modelling.
Ananda Seebach
Western Washington
University
Institute
of Environmental Toxicology
Bellingham, WA
seebaca@cc.wwu.edu
Regional risk
assessment of the Japanese brown alga, Sargassum muticum, in Cherry Point, Washington (P2)
ERA Uncertainty
Reduction by Mapping the Nearshore Habitats of Cherry Point Washington, U.S.A.
(P3)
I
will have a Master of Science in Environmental Science from WWU in March 2005.
My emphasis is in Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) and Toxicology. I have
experience developing ecological RAs and RA computer programs and models. I
utilize GIS software and conduct remote sensing to identify, quantify and map
critical habitats, and to reduce uncertainty and refine risk predictions. I
have given much attention to watershed, estuarine and coastal habitats, and to
invasive species.
James R. Selleck III
Western Washington
University
Biology:
Marine and Estuarine Science Program
Mill
Creek WA
sellejrs@dfw.wa.gov
Comparative
Reproductive Events Of The Invasive Varnish Clam, nuttallia obscurata, And The
Fisheries Littleneck Clam, venerupis philippinarum (C9)
B.S.
in Biology: Marine and Freshwater option, University
of New Hampshire. M.S. in Biology:
Marine and Estuarine Science Program, Western Washington University
(advisor Deb Donovan). Currently employed as a Biologist with the Washington
State Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Groundfish Management Division.
J. Anne Shaffer
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
332
E. 5th Street
Port
Angeles Washington 98362
shaffjas@dfw.wa.gov
Tel: 360.457.2634
Fax: 360.417.3302
Elwha and Glines Canyon
dam removals: nearshore restoration and salmon recovery of the central Strait
of Juan de Fuca (C4)
Anne
Shaffer is a marine habitat biologist with the Washington Department of Fish
and Wildlife. Her work over the last sixteen years has focused on nearshore: upland interactions, as well as
ecosystem management and applied research of
nearshore habitats. She is a co-founder and member of the Elwha
nearshore consortium, a working group dedicated to promoting local and regional
dialog focused on defining and understanding nearshore habitat restoration
opportunities associated with the Elwha dam removals. Ms. Shaffer holds a
Master’s degree from Moss Landing Marine Laboratory.
Vivek Shandas
PhD Candidate
University
of Washington
410
Gould Hall, Box 355740
Seattle, WA 98195-5740
chickade@u.washington.edu
Tel: 206.334.9697
Fax: 206.685.9597
Towards an Integrated
Approach to Watershed Planning: The role of land cover, human preference, and
biotic condition in managing Puget Sound lowland streams. (E6)
Vivek
Shandas is completing his PhD from the Department of Urban Design and Planning
at the University of Washington
(June 2005). His research addresses the
relation between scientific information and environmental policy within
urbanizing areas of the United States. Vivek’s dissertation integrates preference
analysis with biophysical conditions of Puget Sound
lowland watersheds by examining the impact of vegetation patterns on aquatic
conditions. He has previous degrees in
biology, environmental management and policy, and economics. In the Fall of 2005 he will be joining the
faculty at Portland State
University’s College
of Urban and Public Affairs.
Jim Shannon
Fish Biologist
Taylor
Associates, Inc.
7104
Greenwood Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98103
jim@taylorassoc.net
Tel: 206-267-1409
Fax: 206-267-1401
URL: www.taylorassoc.net
Observations of Coded
Wire Tag Juvenile Chinook Salmon Captured in the Duwamish River and Elliott
Bay Washington (A3)
Jim
is originally from the east coast where he received his BS in Business and
economics in 1990 from The University of Delaware. After he graduated he moved to Seattle
and became interested in salmon and their history in the Pacific
Northwest. He changed
careers several times (before realizing he was more comfortable in waders than
a business suit) and returned to academia where he received his MS in Biology
from Central Washington
University in 1997. He has been employed with Taylor Associates,
Inc. for four years and has worked on a variety of projects ranging from bull
trout presence/absence surveys to writing ESA documents. His professional interests include marine
forage fish ecology, salmonid physiology, principles of electrofishing and
anything to do with bull trout.
Patrick Shaw
Environment Canada
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
pat.shaw@ec.gc.ca
Modelling Loadings and
Fate of PCBs and PBDEs in the Georgia Basin (P2)
Pat
Shaw is a project scientist in the Aquatic and Atmospheric Science Division of
Environment Canada in Vancouver.
His recent past work has focussed on long-range transport and fate of POPs and
polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in southwest British
Columbia.
Hugh Shipman
, WA Department of Ecology
Shorelands
Program
Bellevue, WA
hshi461@ecy.wa.gov
Developing a Geomorphic
Typology to Guide Regional Shoreline Restoration Planning on Puget Sound
(F6)
Hugh
Shipman has been a coastal geologist with the Washington Department of Ecology
since 1989. He provides technical guidance to state and local agencies and
conducts educational programs for shoreline officials and property owners. His
interests include natural hazards, coastal processes, beach restoration, and
the environmental impacts of shoreline modification. Hugh received his B.A. in
Earth Sciences and Engineering from Dartmouth
in 1981 and his M.S. in Geological Sciences from the U.W. in 1986.
Suzanne Shull
Washington State Department of Ecology
Padilla
Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve
Mount
Vernon WA
sshull@padillabay.gov
Characterizing Existing
Hydrology Water Quality, and Other Characteristics of a Small Pacific Coast Watershed in Preparation for Habitat Restoration Alternatives
(P3)
Suzanne
Shull is the GIS Specialist at the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve Washington State Department of Ecology, in Mount
Vernon Washington. She received her B.S. degree in Urban Studies
and Environmental Management from the University
of California, San
Diego, and her M.S. degree in Environmental Science
from Huxley College,
Western Washington
University, in Bellingham, Washington.
Heidi A. Siegelbaum
Siegelbaum & Associates
Seattle, WA
, WAstenot@speakeasy.net
Data Needs a Date:
Transforming the Complexity of Science to Ecosystem Change in the Puget Sound
Georgia Basin (C7)
Having
practiced law for 8 years, Heidi focuses on providing concise tools for
businesses and communities to improve environmental management, bridging the
ostensible divide between the economy and the environment. She is an advocate
of using cross-disciplinary approaches, including humor, to change the way
people think about natural systems and science. She currently manages the Puget
Sound Georgia Basin Ecosystem Indicators Workgroup as well as the Sound Tourism
program for People For Puget Sound.
Charles A. Simenstad
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Seattle, WA
simenstd@u.washington.edu
Conceptualizing
Restoration of Nearshore Ecosystem Processes (F3)
Charles
A. (“Si”) Simenstad, Research Associate Professor at the University
of Washington’s School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
(SAFS), is an estuarine and coastal marine ecologist and Coordinator of the
Wetland Ecosystem Team (WET). His research concerns primarily natural
estuarine/coastal marine ecosystem-, community- and habitat-level interactions;
predator-prey relationships; organization of food webs; landscape ecology and
restoration. He holds a B.S. (1969) and M.S. (1971) from the School
of Fisheries at the University
of Washington.
Jim Simmonds
King County
Department
of Natural Resources and Parks
Seattle, WA
jim.simmonds@metrokc.gov
Brightwater Marine
Outfall: Overview of Status and Potential for Impacts to Puget Sound
(B1)
Robert Simmons
Washington State University Mason Co. Extension
Shelton, WA
simmons@wsu.edu
Hood Canal Watershed Pledge (D6)
Robert
Simmons is a Water Resources Agent with Washington State University Extension.
Over the past 11 years he has developed numerous community education and
involvement programs related to water resource protection, in the Mason and Thurston
County area. Bob is also the
director of the WSU Mason County Extension office. He holds a Master’s degree
from the University of Rhode
Island in Water Resources Management and a
Bachelor’s Degree in Geo-mechanical Engineering from the University
of Rochester.
Abigail Sine
Summer Research Assistant
The
SeaDoc Society
UC
Davis Wildlife
Health Center
– Orcas Island
Office
1016
Deer Harbor Road
Eastsound, WA 98245
Tel: (360) 376-3910
Fax: (360) 376-3909
URL: www.seadocsociety.org
Volunteer fish and
invertebrate surveys: what makes recreational SCUBA divers want to participate?
(E8)
Abby
Sine is a recent graduate of the University
of Washington. She enjoys SCUBA
diving, black & white photography, and hanging out with animals. She is
currently gaining experience in veterinary medicine and has plans to go to
veterinary school.
Gary L. Slater
Ecostudies Institute
Mount
Vernon WA
glslater@ecoinst.org
Shorebird habitat use
during fall and spring migration in the Greater Skagit-Stillaguamish Delta
(E9)
Gary
Slater is the Research Director of Ecostudies Institute, a non-profit
organization committed to research and conservation. For the last eight years, Gary
has developed, implemented, and managed several avian research programs in the northwest and southern Florida. Besides his research interest in waterbird
use of estuarine habitats, Gary’s
is assessing the feasibility of reintroducing the oak-obligate White-breasted
Nuthatch into the Puget Lowlands. In
Florida, Gary’s research efforts include the reintroduction of Eastern
Bluebirds and Brown-headed Nuthatches into Everglades National Park and the
ecological effects of fire on the pine rockland avifauna in southern Florida.
Doris J. Small
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Port
Orchard WA
smalldjs@dfw.wa.gov
Marine Shoreline
Armoring in Puget Sound and the Washington State Hydraulic Code
(P5)
Doris
works with WDFW as a habitat biologist / watershed steward involved in salmon
recovery planning and habitat restoration in Hood
Canal and Kitsap
Peninsula. She has been with the
Habitat Program of WDF/WDFW for 17 years.
Ione M. Smith
University of British
Columbia
Resource
Management and Environmental Studies
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
ione@interchange.ubc.ca
Cumulative Effects of
Agriculture on Water Quality in the Transboundary Sumas River Watershed
(B10)
Ione
Smith completed this research as part of her M.Sc. in Resource Management and
Environmental Studies at the University
of British Columbia. She has a
B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Guelph, Ontario, and is
currently completing her certification as a Professional Agrologist. She is
primarily interested in the effects of land use planning on soil and water
quality, as well as transboundary watershed management issues.
Kaia Smith
Swinomish Tribe
LoConner, Washington
Lone Tree Creek and
pocket estuary restoration (P3)
Kaia
Smith is an Environmental Educator with the Swinomish Water Resources Program
in the Swinomish Planning Office. Smith is responsible for carrying out the
Tox-in-a-Box program, an educational toolkit used to educate grades K-12 about
toxics in the environment. Smith has been trained by University
of Washington, School
of Public Health outreach
coordinators and is currently enrolled at Skagit
Valley College.
Additionally, Smith performs surface and groundwater water quality monitoring.
Risa B. Smith
Environment Canada
Pacific
and Yukon Region and Biodiversity
Convention Office
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
risa.smith@ec.gc.ca
Canadian Biodiversity
Index - First Results of Proof of Concept Testing (C7)
Risa
Smith been involved in the development of environmental indicators for the past
15 years, currently with Environment Canada and previously with the Province
of British Columbia. She has led
the development of several comprehensive reports at the provincial, national
and international levels and is currently involved in the development of global
biodiversity indicators as well as aggregateindices that summarize complex
ecological issues in a way that isunderstandable to a non-technical policy
audience.
Cameron Snow
Independent Video Producer
10147
NE Kitsap Street
Bainbridge
Island, WA 98110
snowcc@bainbridge.net
Tel: (206) 780-9230
Return of the
Plankton: The Seasons Underwater in Puget Sound (PDVD)
Cameron
Snow, video producer, environmental focus, visual artist, MA, Royal College of
Art, London, BA in biological
sciences, Mills College, California.
John Southard
Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory
Sequim, WA
john.southard@pnl.gov
Improving the success
of eelgrass (Zostera marina) restoration in the Pacific Northwest by using the
three P's: Planning, Planting, and Performance (F8)
John
Southard is a fisheries biologist and the Dive Safety Officer in the Coastal
Assessment and Restoration group at PNNL’s Marine Sciences Laboratory. He has a
strong background in fisheries, wildlife, ecology, and environmental policy and
assessment. Mr. Southard is also an Emeritus SCUBA instructor with the National
Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) and Technical Diving International
(TDI), certified to teach mixed-gas diving to depths of 300 feet.
Peg Staeheli, ASLA
Principal
SvR
Design Company
815
Western Avenue, Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98104
pegs@svrdesign.com
Tel: 206-223-0326
Fax: 206-223-0125
URL: www.svrdesign.com
The Integration of
Natural Drainage in an Urban Subdivision (F5)
Peg
Staeheli, ASLA is a founding principal of SvR Design Company, a Seattle
design firm engaged in the practices of landscape architecture, civil
engineering and environmental restoration.
She takes a systems approach to design, integrating aesthetics, function
and ecological benefit into urban environments.
Peg has worked to bring natural drainage systems design into day to day
project work.
Stephen J. Stanley
Washington Department of Ecology
Shorelines
and Environmental Assistance
Bellevue, WA
ssta461@ecy.wa.gov
Incorporating Landscape
Principles into Land Use Plans (F6)
Mr.
Stanley received a BA in environmental studies and a BS in Aquatic Biology from
UC Santa Barbara. For the past 27 years he has focused on coastal and watershed
planning in California and Washington
including working with the California Coastal Commission, his own environmental
consulting firm, City of Everett,
and Sheldon and Associates. For the past 8 years at the Department of Ecology,
Mr. Stanley has assisted in the drafting of wetland assessment methods
(Washington State Wetland Function Assessment Project - Columbia
Basin) and landscape assessment
tools designed to guide local governments in their shoreline (SMP) and
comprehensive planning efforts (GMA).
Jodi Stark
Marine Campaign
Coordinator
Canadian Parks
and Wilderness Society - British Columbia Chapter
555 West Georgia St, suite 601
Vancouver, BC V6B 1Z6
jstark@cpawsbc.org
Tel: (604)
685-7445
Fax: (604)
685-6449
URL: www.cpawsbc.org
Say Hello to Big Eddy:
A global model for international cooperation for ecosystem-based oceans
management and MPA development (D9)
Jodi
Stark is working at CPAWS as the Marine Campaign Coordinator. She has a
master’s degree in Resource and Environmental Management from Simon
Fraser University,
where her research project focused on comparing the implementation of marine
protected areas policy under Canada’s
Oceans Act and Australia’s
Oceans Policy. Her graduate studies is backed by a Bachelor’s degree in
Environmental Biology from McGill University and by involvement in various
local and international conservation projects including a yellow-eyed penguin
nesting survey in New Zealand, a cloud forest restoration project in Costa Rica
and a trail and habitat restoration project in North Vancouver.
Carla Stehr
NOAA, NMFS
Northwest
Fisheries Science
Center
Seattle, WA
carla.m.stehr@noaa.gov
Forestry herbicide
effects on zebrafish early development. (P2)
Carla
Stehr is a Research Fisheries Biologist at the Northwest
Fisheries Science
Center. She has been with NMFS
since 1976. She has a BA from Evergreen State College, and an MS from the University
of Washington. She is presently
involved in studies of toxicant exposure on fish development, using zebrafish
as a model system.
John Stein
Northwest Fisheries
Science Center
Seattle, Washington
The West Coast Center for Oceans and Human Health (P2)
The
Northwest Fisheries
Science Center
conducts research to help conserve and manage living marine resources and their
habitats in the Pacific Northwest. It is one of six NOAA
Fisheries science centers in the nation. The Center’s research assists resource
managers in making sound decisions that build sustainable fisheries, recover
endangered and threatened species, sustain healthy ecosystems, and reduce human
health risks.
Scott Steltzner
Squaxin Island
Tribe
Shelton, WA
ssteltzner@squaxin.nsn.us
Movement and survival
of acoustically tagged coho salmon smolts in south Puget Sound
(P1)
Scott
Steltzner is a research fisheries biologist with the Squaxin Island Tribes
Natural Resource Department located in Shelton Washington.
Current work centers on juvenile salmonid use of the marine nearshore in South
Puget Sound where projects include beach seaining and acoustic
tracking of coho smolts. Experiences and interest include research on habitat
utilization and survival of salmon in freshwater environments.
Kim A. Stephens
BC Inter-Governmental Partnership
West
Vancouver B.C. Canada
kimastephens@shaw.ca
The Water Balance Model
for British Columbia: A Web-Accessible Tool for ìGreenî Subdivision Design
(B7)
Kim
Stephens, Engineer-Planner, has received international recognition for his
pioneering efforts related to watershed-based rainwater management, water
conservation and smart landscape development. He has been invited to speak on
“the British Columbia experience”
and make keynote presentations at forums in Australia
and throughout North America. The guidance document
titled “Stormwater Planning: A Guidebook for British
Columbia” is a distillation of his 30 years of
experience in water resource management. Kim also created the vision for the Water Balance Model for British Columbia
as an extension of the Guidebook.
Jeffrey H. Stern
King County Natural Resources and Parks
Seattle, WA
jeff.stern@metrokc.gov
Dredging residuals
happen - anticipation and management of residuals are key to successful
sediment remediation projects. (D2)
Jeff
has over 20 years of experience in Puget Sound working
on fate and effects of environmental contaminants and the cleanup of contaminated
sites. He is a panel member of the Elliott Bay Duwamish Restoration Program and
is working on the Lower Duwamish Superfund cleanup. Jeff worked previously with
the Puget Sound Water Quality Authority on contaminated sediments, the Puget
Sound Ambient Monitoring Program and stormwater. He currently works with King
County Department of Natural Resources and Parks to address the County’s
contaminated sediment issues. Jeff received degrees in Oceanography and Zoology
from the University of Washington
in 1983.
Chantal Stevens
Sustainable Seattle
Seattle, WA
chantal@sustainableseattle.org
Measuring what matters
- sustainability indicators and the participatory process (C7)
Chantal
Stevens is the executive director of Sustainable Seattle. She has worked in
natural resource management and on environmental issues since 1984, with state
agencies and the private sector, as Environmental Division Manager for the
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe between 1991 and 1999, and as Executive Director of
People for Salmon. She holds a Master’s degree in Marine Affairs from the University
of Washington.
Naki Stevens
Director of Programs
People
for Puget Sound
Olympia, WA 98501
1063
Capitol Way South, Suite 206
nstevens@pugetsound.org
Tel: (360) 754-9177
Fax: (360) 534-9371
URL: http://www.pugetsound.org
A Brief History of Oil
Spill Policy in Washington: Complacency or Vigilance? (C10)
Naki
Stevens, Director of Programs, was People For Puget Sound’s first Policy
Director and returned to People For Puget Sound in January 2004, after having
served as executive director of Restore America’s Estuaries and then
conservation director of Audubon Washington.
She served on the planning staff of the Puget Sound Water Quality
Authority from 1985 to 1990. She holds a BA in environmental studies from Johnson
State University
(Vermont) and a Master’s in Urban
Planning from the University of Washington.
She has just been appointed by Governor Locke to a four-year term on the Puget
Sound Council and a three-year term on the Washington Biodiversity Council.
Kurt Stick
Biologist
Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife
P.O.
Box 1100
La
Conner WA 98257
stickkcs@dfw.wa.gov
Tel: 360-466-4345 ext. 243
Fax: 360-466-0515
Distribution and
Abundance of Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasi) Spawn Deposition for Cherry
Point Washington stock, 1973-2004. (A4)
Biologist
with WDFW since 1986. Project lead for
Herring Stock Assessment Project since 1998.
Received B.S. in Fisheries Science (1980) University
of Washington.
Kenneth M. Stone
, WA State Dept. of Transportation
Environmental
Services Office
Olympia, WA
stonek@wsdot.wa.gov
Stormwater Research
Needs Identified in Conjunction with Updating WSDOT's Highway Runoff Manual
(B2)
Kenneth
M. Stone is Resource Programs Branch Manager in the Environmental Services
Office Washington State Department of Transportation. The Resource Programs
Branch includes programs in hazardous materials; stormwater management; water
quality; air quality, energy and traffic noise; watershed management; and
cultural resources. Mr. Stone holds a B.A. in Physical Geography from the State
University of New York at Buffalo,
and a certificate in Environmental Management from the University
of Washington. Mr. Stone has 25
years of experience in the environmental field, including positions with Dames
& Moore, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and the Washington
Department of Ecology.
Kristina M. Straus
University of Washington
School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Seattle, WA
kmstraus@u.washington.edu
Restoration Aquaculture
of the Pinto Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) (A8)
Kristi
Straus attended Colby College
in Waterville, Maine
where she received her B.A. in Biology. She is currently doing graduate work
under Dr. Carolyn Friedman at the University of Washington School of Aquatic
and Fishery Sciences. Her Masters thesis project focuses on the restoration
aquaculture and phylogeography of the pinto abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana).
Before beginning graduate work, Kristi was a Peace Corps volunteer teaching
health education and working to improve access to high quality water in a
village in Morocco.
Erika Stroebel
Whatcom County
Public Works
Water
Resources Division
Bellingham, WA
EStroebe@co.whatcom.wa.us
Getting to Healthy
Shellfish Beds Through Community Connections (E8)
Erika
Stroebel is a Senior Planner with Whatcom County Public Works-Water Resources
Division. She has a MS in Applied Ecology and Conservation Biology from Frostburg
State University
in Maryland. For the past five
years, Erika has been the lead staff for the Whatcom County Marine Resources
Committee.
Jason G. Su
The University
of British Columbia
The
Department of Geography
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
jasonsu@geog.ubc.ca
Developing a Geomatics
Protocol for Urban Air Pollution Sampling Based on a Range of Input Data
(B4)
Ph.D.
2000-2003, University of Alberta.
Remote Sensing of Rangeland Management; 2004 - date, University
of British Columbia. Health
Canada/BC CDC Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Stephanie Sylvestre
Environmental Conservation Branch
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
stephanie.sylvestre@ec.gc.ca
Biological Stream
Assessment at Federal-Provincial Water Quality Stations in the Georgia Basin
(C1)
Stephanie
has an MSc in Zoology from the University
of Western Ontario and has been
working on biological stream assessments using benthic invertebrates for 10
years, 8 of those with Environment Canada. She has worked with Environment
Canada developing sediment quality guidelines in Ottawa
and also participates in sediment and water contaminant studies in BC.
Anne C. Symonds
Penhallegon Associates Consulting Engineers
Seattle, WA
annes@paceengrs.com
Reducing Combined Sewer
Overflows at Denny Way (B1)
Anne
Symonds is a Civil Engineer in Seattle. A graduate of the University
of Washington with a BSCE and MSCE,
she founded her own enginering firm in 1980.
Since 2001 she has worked for Penhallegon Associates Consulting
Engineers. Ms. Symonds has worked on the
Denny Way project since the
1988 CSO studies, and is currently assisting the Construction Management team
in completing the project.
Maki Tabuchi
University of Victoria,
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Victoria
BC Canada
Adverse health effects
of persistent organic pollutants in Puget Sound harbour seals
(D8)
Maki
Tabuchi is currently working on her MSC degree in the field of wildlife
toxicology. She obtained her BSC degree in agricultural chemistry at Tamagawa
University in Tokyo,
Japan and a BS degree
from Florida State
University in Tallahassee
FL, US.
Tracy Tackett, PE
Senior Civil Engineer
Seattle
Public Utilities
700
Fifth Avenue
PO
Box 34018
Seattle, WA 98124-4018
tracy.tackett@seattle.gov
Tel: 206-386-0052
Fax: 206-233-1532
URL: http://seattle.gov/util
Evolution of Seattle
Public Utilities' Natural Drainage System Projects (B8)
Tracy
Tackett, PE is stormwater design engineer for Seattle Public Utilities. Tracy
received her Masters in Civil Engineer from the University
of Washington. She is the design lead for the City of Seattle's
Natural Drainage System Program, which focuses on the use of naturalistic
design alternatives for achieving detention and water quality goals.
Renee K. Takesue
USGS
Coastal
& Marine Geology
Santa Cruz CA
rtakesue@usgs.gov
Sedimentation and
contaminant loading: impacts on eelgrass (Zostera marina) bed health in
northern Puget Sound (D2)
Renee
Takesue is a geochemist with the Western Coastal & Marine Geology Team of
the U.S. Geological Survey. Her research uses trace metals and stable isotopes
in water, sediments, and biota to understand modern ecosystem processes, and as
tools for paleo-environmental and paleo-climate reconstructions. Renee received
her B.S. from Humboldt State
University (1995, geological
oceanography) and her Ph.D. from Columbia
University (2002, chemical
oceanography).
Sonia Talwar
Geographer
Geological
Survey of Canada
Natural
Resources Canada
101-605
Robson Street
Vancouver,
BC V6B 5J3
Sonia.Talwar@nrcan.gc.ca
Tel: 604-666-1131
Fax: 604-666-1124
URL: http://sdki.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php
Traversing the
boundaries between science and policy: finding Pathways for place-based community
planning (B9)
Sonia
Talwar is a socio-technical geographer with Natural Resources Canada. She is keenly interested in the role of
information in the relationships between science, technology and society. Her
work focuses on public participation geographic information systems, science
communication, and the design and use of technical systems to support public
engagement with diverse forms of knowledge.
In her current projects, she is committed to designing processes and
activities that encourage collaboration across jurisdictional and disciplinary
boundaries.
Curtis Tanner
Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem
Restoration Projec
US
Fish and Wildlife Service
Olympia, WA
Curtis_tanner@fws.gov
The Puget Sound Nearshore
Ecosystem Restoration Project: An Approach to Restoring Nearshore Ecosystems at
a Sound-wide Scale. (F3)
Curtis
is a Restoration Ecologist within the Puget Sound Program of US Fish and
Wildlife Service. He has participated in
the design, monitoring and management of many restoration projects throughout
the sound. Curtis has been a member of
the Nearshore Science Team since its inception, and delivered dozens of
presentations to the restoration community as part of PSNERP’s implementation
team. In 2003, he became the project
manager for PSNERP representing the state of Washington.
Kathy Taylor
Local Liaison—Pierce and King counties
Puget
Sound Action Team
PO
Box 40900
Olympia, WA 98504-0900
ktaylor@psat.wa.gov
Tel: 253-333-4920
Fax: 253-333-4920
Educating Shoreline
Landowners: Examples from King, Whatcom, Kitsap, Jefferson, Mason and Pierce
Counties: A Perspective on Approaches and Effectiveness in eliciting
on-the-ground change. (F9)
Kathy
Taylor, Hilary Culverwell and John Cambalik are Local Liaisons for the Puget
Sound Action Team. In this capacity, they are responsible for identifying
opportunities at the local level to help protect and preserve Puget
Sound and implement the Puget Sound Management Plan. Kathy Taylor
(King and Pierce Counties)
earned her B.S. and M.S. in Biology from Western Washington University
and her Ph.D. in Wetland Ecology from Louisiana
State University.
Hilary Culverwell (Skagit, Whatcom and San
Juan Counties) has
a B.A. in Political Science from Occidental
College, and a Master of Public
Affairs (M.P.A.) and an M.S. in Environmental Science from Indiana
University. John Cambalik (Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap
counties) holds a B.S. in Fisheries Biology from the State University of New
York, Syracuse and an M.S. in
Marine Science from North Carolina State
University.
Thomas W. Therriault
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Nanaimo
B.C. Canada
therriaultt@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Interpreting nearshore
fish community dynamics from Strait of Georgia juvenile herring surveys
(A4)
Identifying and
separating impacts of climate change and seal predation on the distribution and
abundance of herring in the Strait of Georgia (E2)
Dr.
Therriault is a pelagic research scientist with the Canadian Department of
Fisheries and Oceans working at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo,
BC. During Postdoctoral research he applied
molecular markers to invasion biology. Current research is focused on two major
themes: a) understanding temporal and spatial patterns of nearshore fish
communities; and b) quantifying population dynamics of northern BC herring
stocks with an emphasis on growth, fecundity and ecosystem interactions.
Ronald M. Thom
Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory
Marine
Sciences Laboratory
Sequim, WA
ron.thom@pnl.gov
Will Global Warming
Impact Eelgrass in the Pacific Northwest? (E2)
Dr.
Thom has been conducting applied research on nearshore ecosystems since
1971. His primary research focuses on
the ecology and restoration of nearshore habitats. He manages the Coastal Assessment and
Restoration group at PNNL’s Marine Sciences Laboratory. He is an Affiliate Associate Professor in the
College of Ocean
and Fiheries Sciences, Univ. of Washngton.
Scott Thomas
City of Burien
Project
Manager
425
SW 144th Street
Burien, WA 98166
scottt@ci.burien.wa.us
Tel: (206) 248-5513
Fax: (206) 444-6813
Seahurst Park:
Restoring Nearshore Habitat and Reconnecting Natural Sediment Supply Processes
(F7)
J.A. Jeffrey Thompson, Ph.D.
Director
2WE
Associates Consulting Ltd.
270
Broadwell Road
Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 1H3
Canada
jthompson@2weassociates.com
Tel: 250-537-9308
Fax: 250-537-5621
URL: www.2weassociates.com
An Overview of Recent
Organotin Studies in the Georgia Basin (B6)
Dr.
Thompson is a principal of 2WE Associates Consulting Ltd. Until 1997 he was a research scientist at the
Institute of Ocean
Sciences, Sidney,
BC, where his research interests included
the distribution and fate of organometallic compounds and trace elements in
sediments and biota. He holds a Ph.D. in
inorganic chemistry from the University
of Alberta. He is a Fellow of the Chemical Institute of
Canada and a member of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
R. Lee Thompson
University of Washington
Applied
Physics Lab
Seattle, WA
thompson@apl.washington.edu
Blazed array sonar
systems - a new technology for creating low-cost, high-resolution imaging sonar
systems for fisheries management. (P4)
Lee
Thompson, PhD, specializes in high resolution sonar design and development. Dr.
Thompson invented, developed, and is currently transitioning the Blazed Array
sonar technology into Navy and commercial systems. This technology dramatically
reduces size, weight, and power requirements for high resolution imaging sonar.
His research interests include 2D and 3D sonar, signal and image processing,
and high intensity focused ultrasound systems for medical applications. In
order to facilitate the successful transition of this technology into
commercial products, Dr. Thompson will move to full time status at BlueView
Technologies for 12-18 months starting in March 2005.
David A. Thurman
Scientist
Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory
1100
Dexter Ave N. Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98109-3598
dave.thurman@pnl.gov
Tel: (206) 528-3221
Integrated Modeling for Water Resource Management (D4)
David
Thurman is a Staff Scientist with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which
he conducts innovative research in human-machine systems engineering and
practical applications of information technology in national security and
environmental domains.
Keith B. Tierney
PhD Candidate
Simon Fraser University
Biological
Sciences
ktierney@sfu.ca
Tel: (604) 291-5634
Fax: (604) 291-3496
Glyphosate alters olfaction in juvenile coho
salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch (A9)
Iona To
Environment
Canada
Vancouver B.C. Canada
Iona.To@ec.gc.ca
Emission Reductions from
the U-Pass Program in the Georgia Basin (B4)
Iona
To is a fourth year Conservation Biology student from the University
of British Columbia. Currently, she
is completing her fourth Science Co-op term with the Air Quality Management
Section of Environment Canada. There, she is providing technical assistance to
further biodiesel and other diesel emission reduction initiatives in BC. She is
also involved in other air quality issues such as First Nations and air quality
management, and emission reductions from the U-Pass program.
Heather Trim
People For Puget Sound
Seattle, WA
htrim@pugetsound.org
Phthalates - the Next
“Phosphate”? (B6)
Heather
Trim, Urban Bays Project Coordinator for People For Puget Sound, began her
career with CA-EPA working on standards, permits, and pollution assessments for
the LA region. Later, as staff scientist for the LASGR Watershed Council she
focused stormwater issues and habitat renewal. She joined PFPS in 2002 and
works on water quality, the Seattle Waterfront, and the Duwamish Superfund Site. She holds a BS (Geology) from Yale
University and a PhD (Geochemistry)
from UCLA.
Alan C. Trimble
University of Washington
Biology
Seattle, WA
trimblea@u.washington.edu
Patterns of benthic
production in Puget Sound: where and why do bivalves grow best?
(A8)
Alan
Trimble is a post-doctoral fellow at UW, working on food webs and restoration
in a variety of Washington’s
marine habitats. He received his PhD in 2001.
Nathaniel S. Trumbull
University of Washington
PO
Box 85041
Seattle
Washington
98145-1041
trumbull@u.washington.edu
Tel: 206-934-4870
Views on Water
Resources and Urban Planning in the Transition Economies (B7)
Nathaniel
Trumbull is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Geography at the University
of Washington. He is Co-Founder and
Co-Director of the Transboundary Environmental Information Agency, a Russian
environmental NGO based in St. Petersburg.
He worked in St. Petersburg from
1995 to 1998.
Fan Tsao
Conservation Scientist
Marine
Conservation Biology Institute
15805
NE 47th Court, Redmond WA
98052
fan@mcbi.org
Tel:
425-883-8914
Fax:
425-883-3017
URL: www.mcbi.org
The Puget Sound/Georgia
Basin Region Selected as a Priority Conservation Area in the Baja California to
Bering Sea Initiative (D10)
Fan
Tsao conducts research on human use of marine resources at Marine Conservation
Biology Institute in Redmond Washington.
When she is not working on the Baja California
to Bering Sea initiative, she focuses on nation-wide
deep-sea coral research and worldwide seamount conservation. She holds a Master
of Marine Affairs degree from the University
of Washington.
Margaret Tudor, Ph.D.
Co-Executive Director Pacific Education Institute
Market
Place Office Building
724
Columbia St. NW, Suite 250
Olympia, WA 98501
mtudor@pacificeducationinstitute.org
tudormtt@dfw.wa.gov
Tel: 360
705 9291
Fax: 360 352 4621
The Effects of Field
Science Research Integrated into K-12 Curriculum (C3)
Margaret
Tudor is the Co-Executive Director of the Pacific Education Institute, working
in-kind on behalf of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and
the Washington Forest Protection Association.
Margaret is the Director of K-12 Environmental Education and Project
WILD at WDFW and the National Director of The NatureMapping Program.
Taina M.
Tuominen
Environment
Canada
Environmental Conservation Branch
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
taina.tuominen@ec.gc.ca
Current In-use
Pesticides in Streams Located in Agricultural, Urban and Relatively Undisturbed
Areas of the Lower Fraser Valley (B10)
Taina
has been with Environment Canada for 22 years working in the area of aquatic
studies and water quality monitoring. She has headed the Aquatic Studies
Section, or some facsimile of it, for about 15 years. Taina received her BSc
and MSc from Simon Fraser
University.
Terry Turner
Orcas Power and Light Cooperative
Eastsound, WA
tturner@opalco.com
Reducing the
installation impact of submarine cables on eelgrass (Zostera marina): Details
of a new technique. (F2)
Terry
Turner works in the Engineering Department of Orcas Power & Light
Cooperative and was the Project Manager for the Co-op’s installation of four
new submarine power and fiber optic cables in 2004. A graduate in Environmental
Sciences at Western Washington
University’s Huxley
College, Terry has been a resident
of Orcas Island
for the past 23 years, where he and his wife and children enjoy boating,
fishing, sailing and generally playing outdoors in the islands.
Jay Udelhoven
Assistant Division Manager - Program Development
Aquatic
Resources Program
Washington Department of Natural Resources
1111 Washington St., SE
Olympia, Washington 98504-7027
jay.udelhoven@wadnr.gov
Tel:
(360) 902-1060
Fax: (360) 902-1786
URL: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/htdocs/aqr/
Conservation leasing
in Washington State-partnerships for improving and protecting state-owned
submerged lands (D10)
Jay
Udelhoven is an Assistant Division Manager with WDNR's Aquatic Resources
Program. Jay leads the Program Development Section, which is charged with
developing plans, policies, laws, regulations, and strategies for the
management of 2.4 million acres of state-owned aquatic lands. Prior to coming
to WDNR in 2000, Jay worked in public lands management, planning, and research
at the state and international levels in Florida,
Kansas, and Africa.
Jay holds a Master of Environmental Policy degree from the University
of Denver and a Bachelor of Science
in Natural Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Lance Vail
Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory
lance.vail@pnl.gov
Adaptive Management of Water Resources in the Puget Sound (E1)
Since
1981, Mr. Vail has been a research engineer at Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory’s Hydrology Group. His
research has involved the linkage of optimization techniques with advanced
numerical simulation techniques to undestand and communicate tradeoffs involved
in water resources management.
Graham C. van Aggelen
Environment Canada
Pacific Environmental Science Centre
North Vancouver B.C. Canada
Graham.vanaggelen@ec.gc.ca
Fish and Chips-Genomic
Applications to New Toxicological Challenges (B6)
Head
of Environment Canada’s, Environmental Toxicology laboratory and toxicogenomic
programme at the Pacific Environmental Science Centre. Research areas include
conventional aquatic toxicology and more recently the application of genomic
and toxicogenomics to aquatic toxicology.
Brie Van Cleve
University of Washington
Washington
Sea Grant Program
Seattle, WA
Next Steps in Nearshore
Habitat Restoration for Puget Sound - the Practitioners Speak Out
(F7)
Frances
Brie Van Cleve spent the last two and half years working with a large-scale
restoration effort in the Puget Sound. After completing
her Mater’s degree in marine affairs at the University
of Washington she worked as a
research associate with Washington Sea Grant Program. She is currently a Knauss
Fellow working on marine science and policy issues in Washington,
D.C.
Albert van Roodselaar, Ph.D., P.Eng.,
Division Manager
Regional
Engineering Analysis
Policy
and Planning Department
Greater
Vancouver Regional District
4330
Kingsway
Burnaby,
BC. Canada V5H 4G8
Albert.van.Roodselaar@gvrd.bc.ca
Tel: 604-436-6772
Fax: 604-436-6970
Application of cautions, WArnings and triggers to benthos for the GVRD marine WWTP outfalls
(B1)
A collaborative ambient
research and monitoring program in the southern Strait of Georgia
(E7)
Dr.
Albert van Roodselaar is Division Manager for the Regional Engineering Analysis
Division of the Policy and Planning Department of the Greater Vancouver
Regional District (GVRD). His original training is as a chemical engineer and
scientist. Among many other responsibilities, he masterminded the development
of the cautions, triggers and warnings framework as part of the Liquid Waste
Management Plan for the district. www.gvrd.bc.ca
Jon Y. Wang
Environmental Scientist
Meteorological
Service of Canada,
Environment Canada
201
- 401 Burrard St
Vancouver,
British Columbia, V6C 3S5
jon.wang@ec.gc.ca
Tel: 604-664-9237
Fax: 604-664-9195
Statistical Models for
Spot Air Quality Forecasts (O3 and PM10) in British Columbia
(P4)
Jon
Y. Wang obtained his BEng in Engineering Geology from College
of Geology, China
in 1983; an MSc in Hydrogeology from Chinese
Academy of Sciences, China
in 1990; and a PhD in Engineering Hydrology from University
of British Columbia, Canada
in 2000. Since 2001, he has been involved in O3 and PM10 forecast model
development and streamflow frequency analysis. His research interests are
mainly in the areas of streamflow analysis and air quality modeling.
Larry Ward
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
51
Hatchery Road
Port
Angeles Washington 98362
lward@elwha.nsn.us
Tel: 360.457.4012
Fax: 360.452.4848
Elwha and Glines Canyon
dam removals: nearshore restoration and salmon recovery of the central Strait
of Juan de Fuca (C4)
Larry, WArd is a fisheries biologist with the Elwha Klallam Tribe in Port
Angeles Washington. For the past 17 years he has managed the
Lower Elwha Fish Hatchery and has supervised fish enhancement programs for the
Tribe. He is active in salmon habitat restoration efforts on the North Olympic
Peninsula and has participated in planning efforts for the removal of
hydroelectric projects and the restoration of anadromous fish to the Elwha
River basin. He holds a Master’s
degree from Auburn University.
Jonathan A. Warrick
USGS
Coastal
and Marine Geology
Santa
Cruz CA
jwarrick@usgs.gov
Shoreline Change near
the Elwha River - Impacts of Dams and Dam Removal. (A1)
Nearshore Impacts
Resulting from Dam Removal on the Elwha River. (F4)
Dr.
Jonathan Warrick is a research geologist for the Coastal and Marine Geology
Program of the USGS in Santa Cruz, California.
His research interests include coastal hydrology, geomorphology and
oceanography, and he has focused much of his work on the dynamics and patterns
of river discharge into the coastal zone. Jon received a Ph.D. in Marine
Science from the University of California,
Santa Barbara in 2002.
Jody L. Watson
Capital Regional District
Integrated
Stormwater, Harbours and Watersheds Pro
Victoria B.C. Canada
jwatson@crd.bc.ca
Using the Capital
Regional District's Harbours Atlas for planning, managing and restoring harbour
areas in Victoria, British Columbia (D4)
Ms., WAtson is the Harbours and Watershed Coordinator for the Capital Regional
District, the regional level government located on the southern tip of Vancouver
Island. Ms Watson received her B.Sc. with a Specialization in
Zoology from the University of Alberta
in 1994. She has worked extensively on collaborative community-based
stewardship initiatives and is involved with several harbour environmental
projects designed to protect, enhance and restore harbour and watershed
ecosystems.
Andrew J. Weispfenning
Western Washington
University
Environmental
Sciences
Bellingham, WA
weispfa@cc.wwu.edu
Assessment of
Bottomfish Density and Diversity within Potential Marine Reserves in Skagit
County Washington (D9)
I
am a second year Master’s candidate in the Marine and Estuarine Science Program
at Western Washington
University. I moved to Washington
from Camanche, Iowa.
I am interested in marine fish biology, ecology, and marine resource management
issues and especially enjoy underwater research.
Trevor R. Welton
City of Surrey
Engineering
Surrey
B.C. Canada
trevorwelton@city.surrey.bc.ca
Factors Influencing the
Success of Riparian Planting Aspects of Fish Habitat Restoration Projects in
the City of Surrey and Recommendations for Future Planting Plan Improvements.
(F8)
James E. West
Washington Dept Fish and Wildlife
Olympia, WA
westjew@dfw.wa.gov
Persistent organic
pollutants in whole bodies of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) in Puget Sound, Washington: evidence of environmental segregation of stocks based on
contaminant levels and patterns (D8)
Jim
West received his B.Sc. in Marine Biology from Southampton
College, Long
Island, NY in 1980, and his
M.Sc. in Zoology from the University
of Hawaii in 1985. He has been with the Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlife since 1990, and has worked in Puget Sound
on research projects dealing with artificial reefs, function of nearshore
habitats as nurseries for juvenile rockfishes, drift algae habitats, rockfish
growth and genetics, and toxic contaminants in marine and anadromous
species. He is also keenly interested in
developing a better understanding of the effects of human activities on the
healthy function of Puget Sound’s ecosystem.
Jacqueline White
Undergradaute student
University
of Washington Department of Biology
Ruesink
Lab, Box 351800
Seattle, WA 98195
jmwhite@u.washington.edu
Tel: 206-685-6893
URL: http://depts.washington.edu/jlrlab/
Olympia oysters: Where
have they gone, and can they return? (A8)
Jacqueline
(Jackie) White is an undergraduate in Biology and Environmental Studies at the University
of Washington. She will graduate in June 2005 and plans to
pursue graduate studies in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. An interest in marine ecology and
conservation brought Jackie to Dr. Jennifer Ruesink’s lab where she has assisted
on projects and completed her own studies on Olympia
oysters over the past year.
Jacques R. White, Ph.D.
Manager, Marine Conservation Program
The
Nature Conservancy
217
Pine Street, Suite 1100
Seattle, WA 98101
jwhite@tnc.org
Tel: (206) 343-4345, ext. 363
Fax: (206) 233-1628
URL: http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/washington/
Conservation leasing
in Washington State-partnerships for improving and protecting state-owned
submerged lands (D10)
Jacques
White received Bachelor’s Degrees in Oceanography and Zoology in 1982 from the University
of Washington. After a short stint working as a research
technician in the swamps, bayous and coastal waters of the Gulf of
Mexico, he earned a Masters Degree in Marine Science from Louisiana
State University
in 1986. Fleeing Baton
Rouge, he and his family moved to the Eastern Shore of
Maryland where in 1991 he received a Ph.D. in Marine, Estuarine and
Environmental Science from the University
of Maryland. Jacques worked as a scientist in the Chesapeake
and Delaware Bay regions of the mid Atlantic
Coast until 1995 when he moved his
family to Washington State
so he could become the director of a new Habitat Restoration Program at People
For Puget Sound. Jacques recently joined
The Nature Conservancy in Seattle
to start a new Marine Conservation Program, and has served since their
inception on the Steering Committee and Implementation Team of the Puget Sound
Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project (PSNERP).
Paul H. Whitfield
Meteorological Service of Canada
Environment Canada
Vancouver
B.C. Canada
paul.whitfield@ec.gc.ca
Simulating Future
Streamflows in Rainfall Driven Rivers in British Columbia Using IHACRES and
Improved Climate Downscalin (E1)
Tina Whitman
Friends of the San Juans
Friday
Harbor WA
tina@sanjuans.org
From Science to
Stewardship: the application of forage fish habitat assessment data to the
protection of shoreline resources in San Juan County Washington.
(A7)
Tina
Whitman is the Science Director at Friends of the San Juans and manages
nearshore habitat projects for FRIENDS.
Tina has a Master of Science from the University
of Oregon, where her research
focused on the incorporation of wildlife habitat and population data into land
use planning processes.
Jennifer Whitney
Biologist
16018
Mill Creek Boulevard, Mail Stop: TB44
Mill
Creek, WA 98012-1296
whitnjlw@dfw.wa.gov
Tel: 425-775-1311 ext. 107
Fax: 425-338-1066
Distribution and
Abundance of Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasi) Spawn Deposition for Cherry
Point Washington stock, 1973-2004. (A4)
Mark S. Wigmosta
Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory
Richland, WA
mark.wigmosta@pnl.gov
Application of
Spatially-Distributed Watershed Models for Resource Management
(F10)
Dr.
Wigmosta is a Chief Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
He has served as PI on numerous studies sponsored by the US EPA, DoD,
NOAA, NASA, DOE, and private industry to evaluate the effect of land use and
climate change on distributed watershed hydrology and water resources. Dr. Wigmosta led development of the
Distributed Hydrology Soil Vegetation Model (DHSVM) while on a DOE
Post-Doctoral appointment at the University
of Washington.
Darcy Wildermuth
16018 Mill Creek Boulevard,
Mail Stop: TB44
Mill
Creek, WA 98012-1296
wildedaw@dfw.wa.gov
Tel: 425-775-1311 ext. 105
Fax: 425-338-1066
Distribution and
Abundance of Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasi) Spawn Deposition for Cherry
Point Washington stock, 1973-2004. (A4)
John F. Williams
Director, Videographer
Still
Hope Productions, Inc.
P.O.
Box 1407
Suquamish, WA 98392-1407
jw@StillHopeProductions.com
Tel: (360) 598-4152
URL: www.StillHopeProductions.com
Return of the
Plankton: The Seasons Underwater in Puget Sound (PDVD)
John
F. Williams: founder, Still Hope
Productions (award-winning, educational underwater videos); sea-going
scientific technician (18 years); President Washington SCUBA alliance, active
participant in the Orca Pass Transboundary Work Group.
Gregory D. Williams
Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory
Battelle
Marine Sciences Laboratory
Sequim, WA
gregory.williams@pnl.gov
Eelgrass (Zostera
marina) transplant survival and density trajectories over eight years at a
North Puget Sound restoration site (F8)
Greg
Williams is a fisheries biologist (M.S. University of WA) in the Coastal
Assessment and Restoration group at PNNL’s Marine Sciences Laboratory. His
background is in nearshore and estuarine ecology, with research experience in
tidal wetland and eelgrass habitat restoration, long-term baseline monitoring
and assessment, Dungeness crab ecology, food webs, exotic species
introductions, and effects of nearshore habitat modifications on biota. He also
has over 12 years experience as a scientific diver.
Megan Wilson
Landscape Architect
WRA
Environmental Consultants
2169 E Francisco Blvd., STE G
San Rafael, CA 94901
mewilson@wra-ca.com
Tel:
415-454-8868
URL: http://wra-ca.com
Great (Wet) Streets:
Merging Street Design and Stormwater Management to Improve Neighborhood Streets
(B2)
Megan
Wilson received a BS in Conservation of Wildland Resources and a Master’s in
Landscape Architecture at University
of Washington. She has worked as a
Resource Planning Intern for Seattle Public Utilities, focusing on design
guidelines for Natural Drainage Systems stormwater projects on residential
steets. She is now a landscape designer with WRA Environmental
Consultants in San Rafael, CA
where she works primarily on wetland and stormwater management systems design
and planning.
Robert Wilson
Senior Biologist
2WE
Associates Consulting Ltd.
4660
Vantreight Drive
Victoria,
BC V8N 3X1
Tel: 250-472-2254
Fax: 250-472-9475
rwilson@2weassociates.com
URL: http://www.2weassociates.com
An Overview of Recent
Organotin Studies in the Georgia Basin (B6)
Sediment Quality at the
Point Grey Disposal Site, 1975-2001 (D2)
Bob
Wilson is presently with 2WE Associates Consulting Ltd. in Victoria
BC. Before joining 2WE Associates, he
worked for Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Environment Canada. He has worked on many of today's
environmental issues, including the design and implementation of monitoring
programs, fish habitat issues, climate change, environmental indicators and
state of environment reporting, pollution effects, managing and protecting
Canada's coastal zone, and the environmental effects of resource extraction and
processing. He holds an MSc degree in Biology (Limnology) and is a Registered
Professional Biologist (BC).
Peter Wimberger
Professor
Biology,
Slater Museum
of Natural History,
1500
N Warner
Tacoma, WA 98416
wimbo@ups.edu
Tel: 253 879-2784
Fax: 253 879-3352
Will the introduced
mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis outcompete the native mussel M. trossulus in
Puget Sound? A study of relative frequencies, growth and survival among
different habitats (P2)
At
University of Puget
Sound I teach courses on diversity, evolution and
environmental issues. At home, I am
mostly a chauffeur for my two children.
In my spare time, I have pursued my interests in evolutionary and
conservation biology with research on rockfish population genetics and
non-indigenous mussels in Puget Sound. I am currently the Director of the Slater
Museum of Natural History at UPS.
Brian Winter
Olympic National Park
600
E. Park Avenue
Port
Angeles Washington 98362
Brian_winter@nps.gov
Tel: 360.565.1323
Elwha and Glines Canyon
dam removals: nearshore restoration and salmon recovery of the central Strait
of Juan de Fuca (C4)
Dr.
Winter obtained a B.S. (Natural Resources Planning and Interpretation) from
Humboldt State University (HSU) in 1978 and a M.S. (Fisheries) from HSU in
1983. He completed his Ph.D. (Fisheries)
from the University of Washington
in 1992. He worked as a Fisheries
Biologist for the Point No Point Treaty Council from 1985-1988 and for the
National Marine Fisheries Service from 1988-1993. He has been Project Manager for the Elwha
River Restoration Project with Olympic National Park from 1993 to present.
Gary N. Wood
Island County
Marine Resources Committee
(Northwest
Straits Commission member)
Coupeville, WA
intertidal.consulting@verizon.net
The Island County
'Certified Shore Stewards' Program (C3)
The Incredible Egg Hunt
-- Mapping Forage Fish in the Northwest Straits (2001-2003)
(P1)
Gary
Wood (BS University of California, Berkeley,
‘68; JD Hastings Law, ‘72) serves as Excutive Director of the Island County
Marine Resources Committee, and sits on the Northwest Straits Commission. He
has designed and managed numerous projects to conserve and restore Puget
Sound’s marine resources. In 2003, he was a co-recipient of the
“2003 Coastal America Partnership” award for his role in the Northwest
Strait’s Commission’s Derelict Gear
Recovery project. From 2001-2003 he coordinated the Regional Forage Fish
surveys.
Nikki N. Wright
SeaChange Marine Conservation Society
3622
West 3rd Avenue
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6R 1L9
seachange@shaw.ca
URL:
www.shim.bc.ca/atlases/atlas.html
Restoring Marine
Habitats and Mending Social Communities (F10)
Community Stewardship
and Field based Environmental Education (P6)
Nikki
Wright has had experience with community organizing for over thirty years,
marine education for the last sixteen years, and has acted as the Executive
Director of a marine community based non-profit society since 1998. She has
created hands-on education programs for youth and the public on eelgrass ecology
and organized a now three year project on eelgrass mapping for the BC coast.
She serves as Chair for the Seagrass Conservation Working Group, a consortium
of provincial and federal agencies, conservation groups and consultants working
together since 2001 for the conservation of seagrasses in B.C. She has
successfully co-ordinated six eelgrass restoration projects in collaboration
with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, BC Parks and other community,
federal and provincial organizations.
Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria
Center for Urban Horticulture
College
of Forest Resources
Seattle, WA
zmseed@u.washington.edu
Retrospective analysis
of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) abundance in small embayments within the San
Juan Archipelago Washington. (D9)
Dr.
S. Wyllie-Echeverria, Research Scientist, Center for Urban Horticulture, UW,
specializes in the autecology, ecology and ethnobotany of Northern Hemisphere
seagrasses. In this capacity he works with undergraduate and graduate students.
His interest lies in collaborative efforts to conserve and protect this vital
nearshore resource and has teamed with Dr. Thomas Mumford Jr., WDNR and Nan Hu,
College of Forest
Resources, UW, to undertake a retrospective
analysis of Zostera marina (eelgrass) in the San Juan Archipelago.
Tina Wyllie-Echeverria
Wyllie-Echeverria Associates
Shaw
Island WA
tinawe@fidalgo.net
Rockfish in San Juan
County-Recommendations for Management and Research (A4)
Juvenile salmon in the
San Juan Archipelago (P2)
Tina
Wylllie Echeverria is a Fisheries Oceanographer. She has worked in the Northeastern
Pacific Ocean on the basic life history and environmental
variables that affect groundfish populations. Her work includes rockfishes,
gadids, flatfishes and on projects with the NMFS, PMEL for the past 30 years
and more recently on privately managed grants and contracts.
Victoria Wyllie-Echeverria
Student
Skagit Valley Community College
Friday Harbor Laboratories
P.O. Box 111
Shaw Island, WA 98286
botany@fidalgo.net
Tel: 360-708-7852
Fax: 360-468-4619
Centennial Plant
Collection: Revisiting 1904 Herbarium Specimens
from the San Juan
Islands in 2004 (P1)
Victoria
Wyllie-Echeverria is a recently graduated home-schooled student from Shaw
Island, WA. For the past four years she has been
conducting botanical studies that include ethnobotany and taxonomy. She is currently interning with Dr. Eugene
Kozloff, studying kinorhynchs (marine invertebrates), and will be heading to
the University of Victoria
in the fall for undergraduate work.
Gina M. Ylitalo
NOAA Fisheries, Northwest
Fisheries Science
Center
Seattle, WA
gina.ylitalo@noaa.gov
Dietary sources of
persistent organic pollutants in southern resident killer whales
(D8)
Gina
Ylitalo is a research chemist at the NOAA Fisheries Service’s Northwest
Fisheries Science
Center in Seattle, WA.
She received a B.S. in Biochemistry and M.S. in Chemistry from Western Washington University. Currently, she is the Team Leader of the
Ecological Chemistry Team of the Environmental Assessment Program. Her research interests include assessing
links between exposure to chemical contaminants and potential health effects to
marine mammals and fish as well as developing methods to analyze for new
contaminants of interest in marine sediments and biota.
Lisa Younglove
University of Washington
Institute
for Risk Analysis and Risk Communication
Seattle, WA
lry@u.washington.edu
Investigating Ocean and
Human Health Risks from Harmful Algal Blooms using an Integrated Framework
(P2)
Integrated Framework
for Urbanization, Human Health and Marine Interactions: A PCB Case Study
(P5)
Craig ZumBrunnnen
University of Washington
Geography
Seattle, WA
craigzb@earthlink.net
Trans-border Comparison
of Three Sustainable Cities Programs: Vancouver, Seattle and Oslo
(C8)
Craig ZumBrunnen is Professor of Geography at the University of Washington and is a faculty
member of two Jackson School of International Studies (JSIS) programs. As
Co-Director of the UW Program on the Environment (PoE) 2000-2004, he worked
with the JSIS Canadian Studies program to create a course on the Puget Sound - Georgia Basin
involving UW, UBC, WWU and Battelle. Currently, he is co-PI on the UW
NSF-funded IGERT program in urban ecology.