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Data, Data, and More Data: Managing and Making Sense of Data from Existing PNW Salmon and Habitat Monitoring Programs
(University of Washington Water Center, 2009-05-05)Carol Volk will present an introduction to managing and understanding data. She will cover the following topics: 1. What is data? 2. Where is all the data? 3. What do we do with it? 4. Is it useful? As examples, she reviews ... -
Delineation of the Hyporheic Zone
(University of Washington Water Center, 2004-01)This fact sheet explains how to determine hyporheic zone presence and extent. Some suggested methods are presented. A reference list for further information is included. -
Designing and Building Practical Household Water Supply in the Mountains of Southwest China
(University of Washington Water Center, 2009-01-06)Harrell and Morgan will discuss bringing household water supply to poor areas of China. They will highlight a case study from Southwest China, beginning with local conditions, and then moving on to consider the specifics ... -
Developing a Consensus on the Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources: a Puget Sound, Tri-County Perspective
(University of Washington Water Center, 2007-02-14)Palmer will lay out the goals of this talk: 1. Provide accurate estimates of regional water supply and demand for planning. 2. Establish the need to include climate change in regional water supply planning. 3. Shift a ... -
Developing the Historical Context for Understanding Present Day Land Use-Water Quality Relationships
(University of Washington Water Center, 2010-02-17)Historic land use is a potentially significant factor determining present day water quality and stream integrity. Studies have shown that past land uses such as the extent and intensity of agriculture within a basin can ... -
Differences in West Coast Watersheds and the Streams They Create
(University of Washington Water Center, 2008-02-14)Booth will discuss how unique watersheds create unique streams. Understanding or predicting stream behavior can't always be done by borrowing knowledge from somewhere else, because the watersheds that create these streams ... -
The Diffusion of Landscape-Level Best Management Practices: Changing Paradigms
(University of Washington Water Center, 2008-03-04)Ward will discuss landscape-level best management practices. He will describe two Snohomish county programs to illustrate his points: 1. Recommendations for streamside landowners. 2. Pet waste management. He will discuss ... -
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
(University of Washington Water Center, 2008-02-14)Montgomery will review the importance of soil in sustaining civilizations. He will ask the question: can soil erosion limit the lifespan of civilizations? He will discuss contemporary and long-term (geological) erosion ... -
Down Under: Hyporheic Zones and Their Function
(University of Washington Water Center, 2004-01)This fact sheet describes hyporheic zones: their fundamental characteristics, their functions, and management implications. Further readings are also suggested. -
Drug Resistance in Environments Associated with Aquaculture
(University of Washington Water Center, 2007-01-30)Roberts will present an introduction to the problem of bacteria in aquaculture and fish farming. She will focus on aquaculture associated bacteria and bacterial movement in the surrounding environment. She will discuss ... -
Ecological Issues in Floodplains and Riparian Corridors
(University of Washington Water Center, 2001-07-11)As part of the process outlined in Washington's "Statewide Strategy to Recover Salmon: Extinction is Not an Option" the Washington Departments of Fish and Wildlife, Ecology, and Transportation were charged to develop Aquatic ... -
Economics and Salmon Habitat Conservation: Welcome to the Data-Poor Real World
(University of Washington Water Center, 2006-10-24)Benefit-cost analysis is as natural to economists as breathing—which sometimes gets us into trouble when we try to ply our trade in a data vacuum. In the data-poor real world, the practice of benefit-cost analysis often ... -
The Ecotoxicology of Mine Waste Contamination at Different Levels of Biological Organization in the Methow River Vally, Okanogan County, Washington
(Center for Water and Watershed Studies, 2003-05-15)A study of mine-waste contamination effects on Methow River habitat on the eastern slopes of the north Cascade Mountains in Washington state, U.S.A., revealed impacts at ecosystem, community, population, individual, ... -
Effect of Forest Harvesting and Riparian Buffers on Headwater Stream Temperatures
(University of Washington Water Center, 2010-02-17)Headwater streams are small in size, but can be 80% of stream length. They have a high density in steep terrain and have a high biodiversity of invertebrates, amphibians and fish. However, they are very sensitive to landscape ... -
The Effect of LiDAR Digital Elevation Model Resolution on Stream Network Prediction and Computational Requirements
(University of Washington Water Center, 2006-02-16)Mouton will describe his research into stream prediction. In his study, he examined the effects of digital elevation model (DEM) grid size for stream network predictions in the northwestern United States to test the accuracy ... -
Effectiveness of large woody debris in stream rehabilitation projects in urban basins
(Center for Urban Water Resources Management, University of Washington, 2000-03)In-stream rehabilitation projects are commonly built in response to problems that result from both local sources and diffuse watershed degradation. Local problems, such as an improperly sized culvert, are relatively ... -
Effects of Development on Coho Salmon and Implications for Stream Habitat Restoration
(University of Washington Water Center, 2009-03-31)Examination of a 20-year record of spawning coho salmon abundance from more than 80 streams in central Puget Sound indicated that even modest levels of development within a watershed were associated with reductions is ... -
Effects of Turbidity and Suspended Solids on Salmonids
(University of Washington Water Center, 2001-11)Human activities in Northwestern watersheds, including logging, grazing, agriculture, mining, road building, urbanization, and commercial construction contribute to periodic pulses or chronic levels of suspended sediment ... -
Efficacy and Potential for Non-Target Effects of Larvicides for West Nile Virus Control in Seatttle Catch Basin
(University of Washington Water Center, 2009-02-18)In anticipation of the spread of West Nile Virus, Seattle officials promoted a city-wide research effort over the summers of 2006 and 2007 designed to investigate the efficacy and fate of four common larvicides: Mosquito ... -
Efficacy and Safety of Reclaimed Water
(University of Washington Water Center, 2010-02-17)Brown will present a plan to develop a reclaimed water program in King County. She will discuss average water use and precipitation statistics. Next, she will consider the wildlife impacts of conventional discharges. To ...