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 planning paradigm through consensus. He will discuss evaluating the regional water supply, and provide an ...

The replacement of forestland with impervious surfaces during urbanization can have significant effects on watershed hydrology and the quality of stormwater runoff. One component of water quality, total suspended solids (TSS), is both a significant part of physical and aesthetic degradation and a good indicator of other ...

The Issaquah Creek basin is an urbanizing watershed of 144 square km in western Washington, where sediment aggradation of the main channel and delivery of fine sediment into a large downstream lake have raised serious local and regional concerns. The basin has many water quality problems that may be associated with erosion ...

Brett will outline controls on zooplankton fatty acid content: 1) Taxonomic affiliation. 2) Diet. 3) Temperature. 4) Food ration/starvation. 5) Biochemical transformations. 6) Homeostasis.

Klinger will present an overview of marine ecosystem management in the San Juan Islands. The general approach: engage in a local, bottom-up planning process for ecosystem-based management, using science to support decision-making. She will review existing protection measures and recent county actions. She will describe ...

Riparian forests are part of a complex and interconnected ecosystem that extends from the headwaters to the estuaries. This presentation describes elements of silvicultural systems for riparian buffers on agricultural lands in large floodplains of Northwestern Washington State. Riparian buffers protect and enhance aquatic ...

Martin will discuss windthrow in buffer strips. He will compare the effects of logging to the effects of storm exposed landscapes. Next, he will ask: What are the effects of tree windthrow in buffer strips on fish habitat? What is the magnitude and duration of habitat change? Martin will present research that illustrates these ...

Hutyra will present the scientific background and characteristics of the Amazon rain forest. She will consider controls on the net ecosystem exchange of CO2, photosynthesis, and respiration. She will ask, is forest growth currently water limited? And how does logging impact the carbon exchange processes?

Ewing will discuss the primary causes of loss of coastal and freshwater wetlands. He will outline invasive species of concern and present restoration approaches. He will also discuss the challenges facing these efforts. Finally, he will present a theoretical framework for restoration, which considers ecosystem functions and services.

Morris will present a history of waterborne diseases, beginning with the outbreak investigation of the cholera pandemic in England in the 1850s. He moves on to discuss problems in mdern public water supplies, including water treatment using chlorine.