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2007 Georgia Basin Puget Sound Research Conference
Abstracts and Panel Descriptions
Panel 1A: The Power of Water: Potential Clean Energy Sources
Chair: Linda Lyshall
Starting with an overview of how tidal and wave
energy works, potential environmental concerns, and tribal rights, this panel
will address issues such as tidal energy in the GBPS region, technology,
regulatory and research issues, fundamental limits to the power potential of
tidal streams, and the utilization of water from streams to produce hydrogen
energy.
Panel Members:
Daryl Williams, Tulalip Tribe
Jennifer Hennessey, Washington Department of Ecology
Craig Collar, Snohomish Public Utilities District
Dr. Chris Garrett, University of Victoria
Patrick Cummins, Institute of Ocean Sciences
Monty Raisinghani, University of British Columbia
Tidal Energy in the Puget Sound
Fundamental Limits to the Power Potential of Tidal Streams
Tidal Current Energy Technology, Regulations, and Research
The Hydrogen Economy-Utlizing Water From Streams to Produce Clean Energy
Chair: Julia Bos
Green Infrastructure Assessment Tool Applied to an Alternative Futures Application
Linking Lands: Integration of Wildlife Habitat Mapping into Municipal Policies and Programs
Fergus Creek Integrated Watershed Planning
Supporting Fish-Friendly Land and Water Resource Decision Making
Cumulative Impact Assessments for Shoreline Management
Driving Forces, Uncertainty, and the Nearshore: Scenarios for the Puget Sound Nearshore
Chair: Zita Botelho
Island County's Surface Water Monitoring Program
Exploring Seasonal Dynamics of Some Antibiotic Resistance Genes
and Antibiotics in an Agricultural Watershed
Status of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium in Lower Fraser
Valley Agricultural Soils in Relation to Environmental and Agronomic Concerns
Chair: Sarah Brace
Evaluating Recovery Endpoints in a Rocky Intertidal System
Tracking Nearshore Habitat Recovery After Removal of Overwater Dock Structures
Nearshore Fish of the Strait of Juan de Fuca- Implications for Removal of Elwha Dams
Elwha River Dam Removal: An Update on Collaborative Monitoring Efforts
Eelgrass Mapping of the Elwha Nearshore
Chair: Charlie O'Hara
When Concerned About Toxic Stormwater Pollutants in the Built Environment: Sweep Before You 'Treat'
Quantification of Peak Season Marine Vessel Traffic Pressure in the San Juan Islands
Urbanization, Private Property Rights, and The Fate of Coho Salmon Habitat in Puget Sound
Effectively and Efficiently Meeting Multiple Local Jurisdiction Resource Protection Mandates through Landscape Characterization
McKee Peak: Development Planning in Consideration of Ecological Sensitivities
Treatment of Ballast Water: Good Possibilities or a Pipe Dream
Welcome and Introduction from the Co-Chairs
First Nations Welcome
Welcome from the Co-Hosts
Keynote Address: Dr. Daniel Pauly, University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre
Chair: Kathy Fletcher
Governor Gregoire charged her Puget Sound Partnership with recommending the necessary ingredients of an effort to restore Puget Sound to health by the year 2020, addressing the action agenda, funding, science, public involvement, and how to structure the effort. The Partnership made its recommendations to the Governor in November 2006, in time for the Governor's recommendations to the 2007 session of the state legislature. What was recommended, where does it stand, what remains to be done? What are the key ingredients for a successful effort to restore the health of Puget Sound and the Georgia Basin? Did the Partnership (and the legislature) get it right? What are the most urgent action items to restore Puget Sound's health by 2020? This panel will also address other efforts at transboundary ecosystem management in the Salish Sea.
Panel Members:
Brad Ack, Executive Director, Puget Sound Action Team and co-manager of Governor's Puget Sound Partnership
Josh Baldi, Special Assistant to the Director of the WA Department of Ecology
Jay Manning, Co-chair Puget Sound Partnership
Rod Dobell, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, University of Victoria Centre for Global Studies and former President, North American Institute – Canada
Diana Gale, Faculty, Daniel J. Evans Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, and consultant on governance to the Governor's Puget Sound Partnership
Chair: Fred Goetz
The Early Bird Might Get the Worm, but the Early Sockeye Gets Wormed: Mechanisms and Consequences of Early Freshwater Entry by Fraser River Late-Run Sockeye Salmon.
Puget Sound Bull Trout Estuarine and Marine Habitat Use – What Have We Learned After Five Years of Study
Salmon Recovery Initiatives by the Squamish Nation
Movement and Behavior of Steelhead (Onchorhynchus mykiss) Smolts Through Hood Canal
Puget Sound Cutthroat Trout Marine Migration and Habitat Use
Comparison of Juvenile Salmon Diets in the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound 1997-2006.
Chair: James Tansey
Panel Members:
Hadi Dowlatabadi, CRC Chair, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia
Alison Shaw, Research Associate, Forestry, at University of British Columbia
Sarah Burch, PhD Candidate, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, at University of British Columbia
Mark Johannes, University of Victoria and Golder Associates Ltd.
Nate Mantua, University of Washington – Climate Impacts Group
How Can We Adapt? Lessons From Pacific Salmon on the Impacts of Climate Change.
Seasonal, Interannual and Interdecadal Scales of Variability in Puget Sound Oceanography and Climate
Chair: Joe Gaydos
Human Health Evaluation of Puget Sound Fish
A Survey of Cadmium in Pacific Oysters: Spatial Distribution, Influencing Factors and Ways to Minimize Concentrations
Assessment of Trace Metals in Tissues of Geoduck Clams from Eastern Puget Sound
Results and Discussion of the Swinomish Health Risk Assessment of Contaminated Seafood
Science, Policy and Practice: Washington's PBT Chemical Action Plans
Cryptosporidium and Giardia Species in Marine Wildlife: Do they Present a Risk to Human Health?
Chair: Darrell Desjardins
Chaired by Vancouver Port Authority's Environmental Director, Darrell Desjardins, panelists representing British Columbia, Washington State and California (LA/Long Beach) Port Authorities will discuss the opportunities and challenges of greening marine port activities.
Chair: Brian Grantham
The Impacts of the Fraser Plume on the Optical Characteristics of the Strait of Georgia Waters, British Columbia, Canada
Nutrient Levels in Puget Sound: Decadal Changes and Controlling Factors in Regional Basins and the Strait of Juan De Fuca.
Estuarine Versus Transient Flow Regimes in Juan de Fuca Strait
Remote Sensing of Chlorophyll-a in the Strait of Georgia
VENUS: A Cabled Ocean Observatory in Saanich Inlet and The Strait of Georgia
Spatial and Temporal Chlorophyll Distribution in the Straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca
Panel 3B: International Joint Commission: Special Consultation Session on the 2006 Progress Report under the Canada-United States Air Quality Agreement
Co-Chairs: Commissioner Jack Blaney (Canada) and
Commission Irene Brooks (U.S.)
The International Joint Commission is required to gather public comments on biennial progress reports under the Canada-United States Air Quality Agreement, which was put in place by the two countries in 1991 as an instrument to address shared concerns regarding transboundary air pollution.
The 2006 Progress Report was released in November and is the eighth prepared by the Air Quality Committee. It highlights actions undertaken by Canada and the United States over the past two years to address transboundary air pollution within the context of the Agreement – namely, acid rain and ground-level ozone.
Comments gathered by the Commission will assist the Air Quality Committee in implementing the Agreement and preparing the next report in 2008. As part of this broad consultation process, a special consultation session for Georgia Basin Puget Sound Research Conference delegates is being convened. Conference delegates are invited to attend this session in order to provide feedback to the Commission on the 2006 Progress Report. Delegates attending this session are asked to read the Progress Report prior to attending the session. Copies of the Progress Report are available at the conference registration desk.
Chair: Carol Maloy
Development of a High Resolution 3-D Unstructured Grid Circulation Model of the Whidbey Basin in Puget Sound
Application of a 3-D Hydrodynamic Model of Whidbey Basin to Assess Cumulative Effects of Restoration Projects in the Snohomish River Estuary
Landscape Metrics for Monitoring Landscape Change in Western Washington
Sensitivity Analysis of Spatial Population Viability Models for Critical Habitat Identification
A Simple Population Forecast Model for Purple Martins in British Columbia
Chair: Vera Trainer
A Public Health Approach to Low Dissolved Oxygen in Hood Canal
Tracking Bacteria Sources in Oakland Bay
BEACH Program - A Four Year Review of Data
Intrusion of Domoic Acid into Puget Sound, Washington State
Alexandrium Cysts in Puget Sound, Washington, USA
Climate Variability and Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Puget Sound Shellfish
Chair: Rod Dobell
The Forsaken Fjord: Science, Society, and Biological Decline in Puget Sound
Economic Development in a Tribal Community: Opportunities and Challenges to Ecotourism in Neah Bay, WA
Shared Decision Making Across S aalh Tumuhw ( Our Land ): The Hul'qumi'num Approach Towards The Design of Shared Decision Making Over Land, Water and Natural Resources in Their Traditional Territory
Collaborative Oceans Governance Arrangements in British Columbia
Transboundary Aggregations as Learning Settings: Exploration of three Cases in the Salish Sea Watershed.
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