ResearchWorks at the University of Washington - Western Waters Digital Library

Improving Floodplain Management: Implications for Salmon, Public Safety, and Global...
Current floodplain management policies in Puget Sound have led to significant development in floodplains, loss of aquatic and riparian habitat, and diminished floodplain function. The consequences include costly floods, declines of salmon and orca... 2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2010-02-02

Marine Resource Management in the Philippines: the Best and Worst of the World
Patrick Christie, Associate Professor in the UW School of Marine Affairs and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, will present an introduction to the coral reefs and fisheries of the Philippines, which are the most biodiverse in... 2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2010-02-09

Harnessing the Tides: Siting and Monitoring a New Technology
The currents that result from the daily rise and fall of the tides are a potential source of clean, renewable energy for coastal communities. Tidal In-Stream Energy Conversion, or TISEC, uses submerged turbines, with no surface expression and... 2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2010-02-16

Landscape System Response Under a Changing Climate
In this talk, Dr. Istanbulluoglu will: 1. Examine the effect of climate and "nature's engine" on resource/water management, impacting recreation, clean water, ecosystem, natural hazards, and irrigation. 2. Consider wildfire causes, including the... 2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2010-02-23

Colorado's 2009 Acequia Recognition Law: Punching a Hole in Prior's Hegemony?
Professor Peña will discuss the background to and implications of Colorado's HB 09-1233, "On the Recognition of Acequias," a new water law signed by Governor Ritter in April 2009. The Recognition law acknowledges that "The first nonnative... 2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2010-03-02

Conflicting Norms in the Struggle for Communitary Governance in the Acequias of the...
This paper offers extended commentary on the challenges posed by the law and ethos of prior appropriation, long dominant in the western United States as the foundation of water rights, for a newly resurgent commitment to communitary water... 2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2013-05-23

Hydropolitics: What it is and Why it Matters
Power relations influence the way we claim and use natural, and especially water, resources. Predicted impacts of global climate change on water resources in the Pacific Northwest presuppose intensified conflict among users/uses. This talk will... 2011-03-23
2011-03-23
2010-03-09

Reclaiming the Water and Reclaimed Water's Part
Steve Hirschey and Mark Buscher, both with King County, will provide an overview of reclaimed water: What it is and its benefits. They will describe where it is being produced and how it is being used locally. They will give an overview of the... 2011-03-24
2011-03-24
2009-10-06

Visualization of Marine Models: Water in Motion
Peter Oppenheimer will present visualization tools, including Virtual Puget Sound and Google Earth, that can help us understand complex systems, such as Puget Sound. Virtual Puget Sound can be used as a tool for visualizing scientific data and as... 2011-03-24
2011-03-24
2009-10-13

Reproductive Success of Colonizing Chinook and Coho Salmon
Joseph Anderson will begin with a brief history of efforts to colonize Chinook salmon, as well as some alternative hypotheses. Next, he will present a research project that examined the success of Chinook and coho salmon colonizing efforts in... 2011-03-24
2011-03-24
2009-10-20

US Geological Survey Water Programs in Washington State
Cynthia Barton will outline a brief history of the USGS, including its recent reorganization and mission. Next, she will describe how the USGS carries out the Water Program through a structure that consists of: 1. Headquarters a. Technical b.... 2011-03-25
2011-03-25
2009-10-27

Reality Check: Opportunities and Challenges in the World of Wetland and Stream Restoration
The speakers will present a guide to implementing watershed approaches: 1. Do you have clear goals and can you stick to them? 2. Go get data on basin hydrology, hydraulics, geomorph and biology.3. Put the basin first, then temper ideas with... 2011-03-25
2011-03-25
2009-11-03

Predicting Precipitation over the Northwest: from Weather Forecasts to Climate Change
Cliff Mass will speak about the unique precipitation patterns in the Northwest. This has major societal impacts, such as flood control and damaging storms, usually associated with the "Pineapple Express." There has been major progress in... 2011-03-25
2011-03-25
2009-11-10

The Importance of Natural Watershed Hydrology and How to Advance it in Urban Areas
Richard Horner will describe the elements of Pacific Northwest forest hydrology: trees and soils. He will contrast this to urban hydrology, where the hydrologic services of trees and soils are lost. He will describe the impacts of urban hydrology... 2011-03-25
2011-03-25
2009-11-17

Emerging Water Quality Treatment and Flow Control Performance -- Trends for Low Impact...
Curtis Hinman will discuss the problem of urban pollutants and stormwater conditions affecting water quality treatment in the Puget Sound and surrounding watersheds. Structural stormwater controls alone have limitations for protecting native... 2011-03-25
2011-03-25
2009-11-24

The Forsaken Fjord: Science, Society, and Biological Decline in Puget Sound v.1.1
The Puget Sound Partnership Action Agenda (2008) proposes four basic questions: 1. What is a healthy Puget Sound (and how do we know if we are moving toward one)? 2. What is the status of Puget Sound and what are the biggest threats to it? 3. What... 2011-03-25
2011-03-25
2009-12-01

The Puget Sound Ecosystem Portfolio Model
Bill Labiosa will present the Puget Sound Ecosystem Portfolio Model, which is a regional tool for supporting ecological restoration planning. He will outline the background and context of the project, describe development scenarios for Puget... 2011-03-25
2011-03-25
2009-12-08

Effects of Development on Coho Salmon and Implications for Stream Habitat Restoration
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 salmon abundance. The fact... 2011-03-28
2011-03-28
2009-03-31

Water Security in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin
In a time of international tension and insecurity, water will become increasingly important, particularly in the arid lands of the Euphrates-Tigris. One of the security challenges, not often discussed, is the long range prospect for Iraq to have... 2011-03-28
2011-03-28
2009-04-07

Watershed Planning in Washington State: a Decade of Experience
Professor Ryan discusses a study that examined planning outputs from watershed planning processes in the Puget Sound region of Washington state. Collaborative watershed planning processes have been widely used in Washington state for more than a... 2011-03-28
2011-03-28
2009-04-14

Estuarine Habitat Restoration, Basic and Applied Research, and Their Interaction in the...
This seminar describes a variety of ecological, geomorphological, and hydrodynamic studies that are currently underway in the Skagit Delta, in Washington State, and describes how they are being applied to planning and design of tidal marsh... 2011-03-28
2011-03-28
2009-04-21

Climate Change and Fish in the Pacific Northwest: Case Study of the Snoqualmie River Basin
In this presentation, Bisson compares the results of a 50-year retrospective analysis of temperature, precipitation, and flow in the upper Snoqualmie River basin with the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group’s generalized predictions.... 2011-03-28
2011-03-28
2009-04-28

Data, Data, and More Data: Managing and Making Sense of Data from Existing PNW Salmon...
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 two case studies: the... 2011-03-28
2011-03-28
2009-05-05

Tidal Wetland Restoration on the Lower Columbia River and Estuary
Habitat restoration along 235 kilometers of the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam is meant to support endangered juvenile salmonids on their migration to the Pacific Ocean by reestablishing lost tidal marshes and swamps in the floodplain. This... 2011-03-28
2011-03-28
2009-05-12

Exploring Measures of Social and Ecological Resilience Around Protected Areas in the...
Bianca Perla will discuss a major conservation challenge we face: how do we manage linked social and ecological landscapes to incorporate change while maintaining sustainability? She will present research that investigates the role of social and... 2011-03-28
2011-03-28
2009-05-19