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2007 Georgia Basin Puget Sound Research Conference

Abstracts and Panel Descriptions

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Chair: Jan A. Newton

This session is a panel presentation and discussion of spatial and temporal observations of hypoxia in estuarine and coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest. Invited panelists will present data from the coastal shelf, Georgia Basin, and Puget Sound including Hood Canal. Hypoxia is a complex issue because the factors driving it are diverse and can include both large-scale climate and oceanic forcings as well as local scale perturbations in the watershed or landuse. We will examine the patterns in the entire region and discuss underlying mechanisms. Panelists will present short summaries and then there will be a general discussion with the audience.

Panel Members:

* Barbara Hickey, University of Washington

* Diane Masson, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada

* Rich Pawlowicz, University of British Columbia

* Brian Grantham, Washington Department of Ecology

* Frank Whitney, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada

* Jan Newton, University of Washington

Chair: Kurt Fresh

Distribution Information from Coded-Wire Tag Recoveries of Juvenile Coho and Chinook Salmon Released into the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound from 1997 to 2007.

Richard Beamish*, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Ruston Sweeting, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Juvenile Chinook Salmon Use of Small Non-Natal Estuaries in the Whidbey Basin

Eric Beamer*, Skagit River System Cooperative

Aundrea McBride, Skagit River System Cooperative

Kurt Fresh, NOAA - Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Fornsby Creek/Smokehouse Floodplain SRT Project

Steve Hinton*, Skagit River System Cooperative

Rachel Lovelford, Swinomish Tribal Community

Todd Mitchell, Swinomish Tribal Community

Juvenile Salmonid Use of Off-Channel Marsh and Vegetated Distributary Channel Edge Habitats in the Snohomish River Estuary, Puget Sound

Mindy Rowse*, NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC

Andrew Haas, Snohomish County, Department of Public Works

Kurt Fresh, NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Anna Kagley, NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Joshua Chamberlin, NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Todd Zackey, The Tulalip Tribes, Natural Resources Department

Spatial and Temporal use of the Snohomish River Estuary by Four Species of Juvenile Salmon

Kurt Fresh*, Mindy Rowse, Anna Kagley, NOAA Fisheries, NWFSC

Brian Keldar, Tulalip Indian Tribe (currently at Syracuse University)

Joshua Chamberlin, NOAA Fisheries, NWFSC

Todd Zackey, Tulalip Indian Tribe

Chair: Tom Therriault

Aquatic Nuisance Species in the Pacific Northwest -- Update from the 2003 Georgia Basin Puget Sound Conference

Stephen Phillips*, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission

A collaborative approach to Spartina detection and removal in the Georgia Basin - Spartina

Kathleen Moore*, Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific Wildlife Research

Gary Williams, GL Williams & Associates

Rob Knight, Community Mapping Network

Tom Blackbird, British Columbia Ministry of Environment

Verne Kucy, Corporation of Delta

Amber Smith, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre

Juergen Baumann, Vancouver Port Authority

Richard Wallis, Greater Vancouver Regional District

Dan Buffett, Kim Houghton, Ducks Unlimited Canada

Nikki Wright, Seagrass Conservation Working Group

Is Spartina Eradication Possible in Puget Sound?

Randy Taylor*, Washington State Department of Agriculture

Spartina Mapping and Drift Card Tracking on the Community Mapping Network

Rob Knight*, Community Mapping Network

Modeling Habitat Capability for Invasive Species Using the Shorezone Mapping System

Jodi Harney*, John Harper, Coastal and Ocean Resources Inc.

Mary Morris, Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.

Subtidal Marine Invasives in Marinas

Glen Jamieson*, Lucie Hannah, Thomas Therriault, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Marinas on the east side of Vancouver Island were surveyed for subtidal invasive species in August, 2005, both to determine the abundance and spatial distribution of species and to assess whether marina features could be correlated with invasive species occurrence. Marina features considered were overall marina size, determined by total length of moorage capacity; and abundance and distribution of invasives within each marina, i.e., on the outer perimeter or more centrally located within the marina. Scrapings of about about 500 cm2 were taken from floating docks and both indigenous and invasive species presence were documented. Results are summarized, and recommendations provided as to how subtidal inventories for invasive species can be most effectively conducted.

Chair: Andy MacKinnon

British Columbia's Coastal Douglas-Fir (CDF) ecological zone is a small coastal rainshadow zone situated primarily on southeastern Vancouver Island and the southern Gulf Islands. This area has less remaining old-growth forest, fewer protected areas, less provincially owned (Crown) land, and more developed land than any other ecological zone in BC. The population in this zone is also increasing rapidly. Not surprisingly, this area also contains a disproportionate number of threatened and endangered plants, animals and ecosystems. This session will highlight recent inventory and conservation initiatives in BCÕs coastal rainshadow forests.

Panel Members:

• Andy MacKinnon, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range

• Tara Sharma, Parks Canada

• Marlow Pellatt, Parks Canada

• Trevor Jones, University of British Columbia

• Todd Golumbia, Parks Canada

Conservation Challenges in BCÕs Coastal Douglas-Fir Zone

Andy MacKinnon, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range

Mapping landscape changes in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Tara Sharma, Parks Canada

Using of Paleoecology and Bioclimatic Envelope Modeling to Garry Oak (Quercus Garryana) Ecosystems in the Coastal Douglas-Fir Zone of Southwest British Columbia.

Marlow Pellatt, Parks Canada

ZeÕev Gedalof, Department of Geography, University of Guelph

Karin Bodtker, Parks Canada

Marian McCoy, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University

Alex Canon, Environment Canada

Integrating Advanced Spectral and Structural Remotely Sensed Data to Improve Vegetated Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping and Monitoring

Trevor Jones, Nicholas  Coops, Universtiy of British Columbia

Tara Sharma, Parks Canada: Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Baseline Inventory, Ecological Classification and Mapping the Southern Gulf Islands: A Framework for Ecosystem-based Management

Todd Golumbia, Parks Canada

Chair: Curtis Tanner

Scaling Tidal Channel Geometry with Marsh Island Area: A Tool for Habitat Restoration, Linked to Channel Formation Process.

Gregory Hood*, Skagit River System Cooperative

March Point Geomorphic Mapping and Restoration Assessment, Skagit County, WA

Jim Johannessen*, Andrea MacLennan, Coastal Geologic Services

A Landscape Process Based Restoration Plan for North Fidalgo Island, Washington

Aundrea McBride*, Eric Beamer, Skagit River System Cooperative

Multi-Scale Analysis for Shoreline Restoration Planning:  Linking Science to Policy and Stewardship

Michelle McConnell*, Jefferson County

Stephen Stanley, WA Dept. of Ecology

Heida Diefenderfer, Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory

Margaret Clancy, ESA Adolfson

Analysis of Methodologies for Prioritizing Nearshore Restoration Areas in Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits

Kirstin Holsman, Camille Russell*, Eric Stover*, Robin Clark, People For Puget Sound

Community Nearshore Restoration Program

Sue Texeira*, Richard Brocksmith, Hood Canal Coordinating Council

Chair: Tracy Collier 

Pacific Herring Bioassays for Testing Effluent and Marine Water Toxicity

Paul Dinnel*, Western Washington University

Randall Marshall, Washington Department of Ecology

Douglas Middaugh, U.S EPA, Retired

Karen Bergmann, James Elphick, Nautilus Environmental

Estrogenicity of Municipal Sewage: Toxicogenomic Studies with Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

Heather Osachoff*, Simon Fraser University and Environment Canada

Joy Bruno, Environment Canada

Rachel Skirrow, Environment Canada

Tom Mommsen, University of Victoria

Chris Kennedy, Simon Fraser University

Graham van Aggelen, Environment Canada

Mortality of Swans Due to Ingestion of Lead Shot in NW WA and SW B.C.

Cindy Schexnider*, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Mike Smith, Washington Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Washington

Laurie Wilson, Environment Canada (Canadian Wildlife Service)

Mike Davison, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

Martha Jordan, The Trumpeter Swan Society

Jennifer Bohannon, Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

Sean Boyd, Environment Canada (Canadian Wildlife Service)

Chris Grue, Washington Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Washington

Toxic Chemicals in Washingtonians: Findings of the Pollution in People study

Margaret Shield*, Toxic-Free Legacy Coalition

An Ecotoxicology Research Plan for Puget Sound

Nathaniel Scholz*, Tracy Collier, NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Chair: Jan Newton

In Situ and Remote Monitoring of Hypoxia in Hood Canal: the ORCA Time-Series at Twanoh

Wendi Ruef*, Allan Devol, Jan Newton, Colin Smith, University of Washington

Hood Canal Fish Kill of 2006

Allan Devol*, Wendi Ruef, Jan Newton, University of Washington

Response of a Hood Canal Circulation Model to a Wind Event Preceding September 2006 Fish Kill

Mitsuhiro Kawase*, University of Washington

Predicting the Impacts of Hypoxia on Marine Fish Populations in Southern Hood Canal

Wayne Palsson*, Robert Pacunski, Tony Parra, Jim  Beam, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife

Hypoxic conditions have had a dramatic impact on fish populations in southern Hood Canal.  Using visual census surveys while on scuba, we have tracked the abundance and depth distribution rockfishes, lingcod, and other marine fishes at Sund Rocks and other sites in southern Hood Canal since 2001.  By correlating ambient oxygen concentrations with fish abundance and by relating fish kills to oxygen concentrations, we are developing a model for predicting when fish will avoid or be killed by low oxygen events.  Copper rockfish avoid oxygen concentrations below 2 mg/l but can tolerate concentrations to 1 mg/l.  Other marine fish species show similar responses, but smaller fish and species appear to be affected more than larger ones.

Big Bacteria: The Identification and Ecology of Visible Mats of White Bacteria in Different Habitats of Puget Sound

Joel Elliott*, Mark Martin, University of Puget Sound

Hypoxia in Hood Canal:  An Overview of Status and Contributing Factors

Jan Newton*, University of Washington

Dan Hannafious, Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group

Chair: Grant Kirby

Salish Sea Boundary Waters and Islands as Nursery Habitats for Juvenile Pacific Salmon

Tina Wyllie-Echeverria*, Wyllie-Echeverria Associates

Russel Barsh, KWIAHT Center for Historical Ecology of the Salish Sea

An Assessment of Juvenile Fish Use in the Nearshore of West Whidbey Island

Micah Wait*, Wild Fish Conservancy

Thomas Buehrens, Bowdoin College

Brent Trim, Wild Fish Conservancy

Landscape Structure of Intertidal Zostera Marina in Hood Canal and the Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca: Hyperspectral Characterization of Variation in Juvenile Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Habitat

Charles Simenstad*, University of Washington

Ralph Garono, Earth Design Consultants, Inc.

Ted Labbe, Port Gamble SÕKlallam Tribe

Alan Carter-Mortimer, Aspect Consulting, Inc.

Robert Robinson, Earth Design Consultants, Inc.

Chris Weller, Steve Todd, Point No Point Treaty Council

Jason Toft, Jennifer Burke, University of Washington

David Finlayson, US Geological Survey

Miles Logsdon, University of Washington

Measuring Habitat Linkages in an Urbanized Landscape: Case Studies of Shoreline Enhancements for Fish and Invertebrates along Estuarine Shorelines of Puget Sound

Jason Toft*, Jeffery Cordell, Charles Simenstad, University of Washington

Impacts of Ferry Terminals on Juvenile Salmon Movement along Puget Sound Shorelines

Ronald Thom*, Susan Southard, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Gregory Williams, NOAA

Jason Toft, University of Washington

Christopher May, Geoffrey McMichael, Jessica Vucelick, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Jennifer Newell, University of Washington

John Southard, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Over-water structures (OWS) may affect juvenile salmon, especially chinook and chum,  directly by disrupting migratory behavior along the shallow-water nearshore zone. To address this issue, we used 30 visual surveys at 10 terminals, light measurements at 10 terminals, 160 snorkel surveys at two terminals, and enclosure net monitoring and acoustic tagging and telemetry at one terminal to investigate variables affecting juvenile salmon abundance and behavior.

Analysis Of Trade-Offs Between Water Supply And Critical Habitat For Fish Species In A Drinking Water Reservoir

Ian Williamson*, Simon Fraser University

Chair: Andrea E. Copping

After 7 years the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative has a solid record of providing guidance to local governments on marine issues, engaging volunteers on projects that protect and restore their marine resources and shorelines, and empowering large numbers of individuals to view the marine environment as key to their well being. We will demonstrate the effectiveness and cost efficiencies of the NWS Initiative as a model for marine conservation with examples of projects and activities successfully undertaken by the seven Marine Resources Committees (MRCs) who make up the NWS Initiative and the Northwest Straits Commission. The panel will include local government representatives who can discuss the role they see the MRCs can play in marine conservation, as well as agency staff and citizens who interact and benefit from the work of the Initiative.

Panel Members:
• Andrea Copping, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Terry Williams, Tulalip Tribes
• Tom Mumford, WA Department of Natural Resources
• Industry – Scott McCreery, BP
• NGOs – Kristin Holsman , People for Puget Sound
• Lew Moore – Northwest Straits Commission

Chair: Gina Bonifacino

A panel of four air quality managers and scientists will reflect on the science-policy interface in the management of GB-PS airshed. Questions to be posed to the panel will include: How do managers use the information they get from scientists? How do managers communicate their science needs to scientists? How could scientists and managers work together more effectively? At this point in time, is scientific knowledge a limiting factor in decision-making? What conflicts do you see between scientific understanding and other decision drivers such as economics or public perception? How should policy-makers react best to rapidly emerging science?

Panel Members:

• Gina Bonifacino (panel moderator), United States Environmental Protection Agency

• Hu Wallis, British Columbia Ministry of Environment

• Peter Schwarzhoff, Environment Canada

• Sarah Rees, Washington Department of Ecology

Chair: Doug Myers

Puget Sound Beach Restoration:  The Role of Beach Nourishment

Hugh Shipman*, Washington State Department of Ecology

Longterm Monitoring of the Response of Skagit River Chinook Salmon to Estuary Restoration

Correigh Greene*, NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC

Eric Beamer, Skagit River System Cooperative

Nisqually Delta Phase 1 Estuarine Restoration Fish Monitoring

Christopher Ellings*, Nisqually NWR & Ducks Unlimited

Sayre Hodgson, Nisqually Indian Tribe

Lone Tree Creek and Pocket Esturary Restoration Project

Todd Mitchell*, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

Rachel LovellFord, Sarah Akin, Tiffany Hoyopatubbi, Swinomish Tribe

Restoring Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Through the Use of Emerging Shoreline Protection Technologies.

Jose Carrasquero*, Tim Abbe, Herrera Environmental Consultants, Inc.

Restoring the Beaches of Puget Sound

Jon Houghton*, Pentec Environmental

David Simpson, Coast and Harbor Engineering

Jim Starkes, Derek Ormerod, Jason Stutes, Pentec Environmental

Chair: Scott Redman

2003-2005 Contaminant Concentrations in Storm Water, Sinclair/Dyes Inlet Watershed a Subasin of Puget Sound, WA, USA

Jill Brandenberger*, Chris May, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Robert Johnston, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center

Dwight Leisle, Bruce Beckwith, Gerald Sherrell, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility

Characterizing Wastewater Sources to a Small Puget Sound Embayment using Stable Isotopes and Chemical Indicators

Richard Dinicola*, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington Water Science Center

Theresa Liedtke, USGS Columbia River Research Laboratory

Jessica Lacy, Renee Takesue, USGS Pacific Science Center

An Investigation into the Fecal Coliform Pollution Around the Shoal Island Shellfish Sanitary Closure

Andrew McNaughton*, McNaughton Environmental Consultants

Alice Cheung, Environment Canada

Modeling PCB transport in the Lower Duwamish Waterway, Seattle WA

Bruce Nairn*, King County

Current Use Pesticides in Surface Waters from an Urban and Agricultural Watershed of the Puget Sound Basin

Chris Burke, Paul Anderson, Dan Dugger, Dale Norton*, Washington State Deparment of Ecology

Jim Cowles, Washington State Deparment of Agriculture

Chair: Duane Fagergren

On the Movement and Fate of Water and Nitrogen in the Hood Canal Watershed

Jeffrey Richey*, School of Oceanography, University of Washington

Porranee Thanapakpawin, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

Matthew Wiley, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington

Land Cover and Soil Effects on Freshwater Nitrogen Loading to the Hood Canal

Peter Steinberg*, Michael Brett, Jeffrey Richey, Matt Wiley, Lauren McGeoch, Porranee Tanapakpawin, Suzanne Osborne, University of Washington

Nutrient Dynamics in Hood Canal

Corinne Bassin*, Jan Newton, Al Devol, University of Washington

Dan Hannafious, Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group

The Interaction of Nitrate Geochemistry and Physical Processes in Hood Canal, Washington

Anthony Paulson*, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington Water Science Center

Marlene Noble, USGS, Coastal and Marine Geology

Carol Kendall, USGS, National Research Program

Quantifying Submarine Ground-Water Discharge and Nutrient Loading into the Lynch Cove Area of Hood Canal

William Simonds*, Peter Swarzenski, Chris Reich, Jason Greenwood, Don Rosenberry, U.S. Geological Survey

The Fate of Onsite System Nitrogen Discharges in Groundwater of the Hood Canal Basin

Julie Horowitz*, C. Andrew James, Bryan Atieh, Ali Kanda, Scott Miller, Lauren McGeogh, Matt Wiley, Mark Benjamin, Michael Brett, University of Washington

Chair: Jacques R. White

We have plans for the Puget Sound region that guide everything from commercial, housing and transportation development, protection of water quality, flows and biodiversity, to the recovery of critical habitats and species at risk. Unfortunately, we lack effective coordination among these various planning efforts to jointly identify the greatest existing stresses and future threats to public well being and our environment. Given the increasing focus on Puget Sound recovery, this panel will focus on how these different planning processes could scale, incorporate, and implement potentially conflicting goals and outcomes consistent with emerging attitudes and mandates.

Panel Members:

• Jim Kramer, Executive Director, Shared Strategy for Puget Sound

• Ron Shultz, Director of Programs, Puget Sound Action Team

• Norman Abbott, Director of Growth Management Planning, Puget Sound Regional Council

• Curtis Tanner, Project Manager, Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership

• Molly Ingraham, Associate Director of Conservation Planning, The Nature Conservancy

• John Floberg, Vice President Stewardship, Cascade Land Conservancy

Chair: Wayne A. Palsson

New technology provides the ability to map undersea habitats with high precision. This session will feature papers focused on the results of multibeam sonar, side-scan sonar, and other techniques to map the sea floor in nearshore and deep enviornments. Studies that make use of these maps to identify and survey sub-tidal habitats will demonstrate the usefulness of high resolution maps that improve population surveys, identify habitat types, and improve habitat management.

Panel Members:

• Kim Conway, Geological Survey of Canada

• Jeff Marliave, Vancouver Aquarium

• Gary Greene, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

• Robert Pacunski, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife

Seafloor and Habitat Mapping in the Georgia Basin, British Columbia

K. W. Conway, J. V. Barrie, K. Picard, Geological Survey of Canada, Sidney, B.C., Canada

H. G. Greene,  Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, Moss Landing, CA, USA

Predicting Optimal Rockfish Habitat: Comparison of Micro- and Macro-Scale Modeling Approaches.

Jeff Marliave, Vancouver Aquarium

Wendell Challenger, Simon Fraser University, Statistics & Actuarial Sciences

Donna Gibbs,Vancouver Aquarium

Marine Benthic Habitat Mapping in the Inland Sea of the San Juan Islands: An International Interdisciplinary Research Program

H. Gary Greene, Center for Habitat Studies, Moss Landing Marine Labs

J. Vaughn Barrie, Canadian Geological Survey

Bryan Dieter, Charlie Endris, Center for Habitat Studies, Moss Landing Marine Labs

Don Gunderson, University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences

Holly Lopez, Center for Habitat Studies, Moss Landing Marine Labs

Ron McDowell, Orcas Island

Palsson Wayne, Robert Pacunski, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ,

Results of a Habitat-based Survey of San Juan Channel Bottomfish Using a Small Remotely-Operated Vehicle (ROV)

Robert Pacunski, Wayne Palsson, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife

Don Gunderson, University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Science

Gary  Greene, Charles Endris, Moss Landing Marine Labs

Chair: Kevin Anderson, PSAT

Aquatic Invasive Species in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada

Thomas Therriault, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Glen Jamieson*, DFO

Claudio DiBacco, UBC

Colin Levings, DFO

Invasive Tunicates in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia

Cathryn Clarke, Glen Jamieson, Thomas Therriault, Fisheries & Oceans Canada

Heidi Gartner*, University of Victoria; Fisheries & Oceans Canada

Risk evaluation of invasive species transport across the U.S. -- Canada border in Washington State

Laura Sellens*, Amy Jewell, April Markiewicz, Wayne Landis, Western Washington University

European Green Crabs (Carcinus Maenas) in the Northeastern Pacific: Using Genetic Tools to Assess the Introduction and Regional Expansion of an Invasive Species

John Darling*, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Carolyn  Tepolt, Independent contractor to the US Environmental Protection Agency

Michael Blum, Mark  Bagley, US Environmental Protection Agency

Predicting the Potential Distribution of the Invasive Tunicate Didemnum Sp on the Canadian West Coast.

Leif-Matthias Herborg*, Tom Therriault, Glen Jamieson, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Ballast Water and Aquatic Invasive Species: An Analysis of Propagule Pressure on the Atlantic and Canadian Coasts

Veronica Lo*, University of British Columbia

Colin Levings, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Pacific region)

Nathalie Simard, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Quebec region)

Kai Chan, University of British Columbia

Chair: Maggie Dutch

Coastal Conditions in Washington State:  Estuaries, Intertidal, and Offshore

Valerie Partridge*, Washington State Department of Ecology

Historical Record of Trace Metals in Sediment and Natural Recovery in the Main Basin of Puget Sound

Jill Brandenberger*, Eric Crecelius, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Can Sediment Profile Imaging Surveys Streamline Cleanup Site Investigations?

Tom Gries*, Dale Norton, Pete Adolphson, Brad Helland, Washington Department of Ecology

Joe Germano, Dave Browning, Germano and Associates, Inc.

Evaluation of Post-Dredge Monitoring Results to Assess Net Risk Reduction of Different Sediment Cleanup Options

Jeffrey Stern*, King County, Deptartment of Natural Resources and Parks, Water and Land Resources

Clay Patmont, Dan Hennessy, Anchor Environmental, LLC.

Chair: Greg Ambrozic

Free Fish and Invertebrate ID Classes Gets SCUBA Divers Involved in Marine Conservation

Janna  Nichols*, Anne  Stoltz, Shaun Lane, Joseph  Gaydos, SeaDoc Society, UC Davis Wildlife Health Center

HCDOP Diver Observation Program: Volunteer Diver Observations Are Used to Monitor the Depth Distribution of Fish in Relation to Low Dissolved Oxygen Conditions

Teresa Sjostrom*, Dan Hannafious, Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group

Janna Nichols, Mike Racine, Washington SCUBA Alliance

Citizen Science Monitoring at Nisqually Reach Nature Center (NRNC)

Daniel Hull*, Nisqually Reach Nature Center

Seabirds, Citizens, and Conservation: The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team

Julia K Parrish, Kate Litle*, Jane Dolliver, University of Washington

Restoration Resource: An On-Line Restoration and Monitoring Database for Volunteers

James Sellec*, III, Eliza Ghitis*, People For Puget Sound

Panel Members:

• Sto:lo Nation, Sonny McHalsie, Environmental Protection of the Sto:lo Nation

• Skagit River Cooperative System, Steve Hinton, Collabortive Environmental Projects

• Homalco Nation, Chief Darren Blaney, Fish Farm: Effects on the Ecosystem

• Tulalip Tribes, Terry Williams, Climate Change in the Salish Sea Eco Region

• Squamish Nation, Randall Lewis, Squamish Environmental Parnership Projects

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