Orcasphere

Here’s my first attempt at live-blogging… 8:40-9:20 a.m. from the University of Washington’s Water Seminar.
8:40 Key findings of his and Lisa Stiffler’s investigation of the Duwamish estuary:

Pollution is historic an ongoing; diversity is down; everyone is contributing to the problem (e.g. run-off)
Some chemicals lethal; some not (Cu not good for young salmon; first run-off flush [...]

It’s said that the Elwha River once sustained impressive runs of Spring Chinook salmon:
“Elwha chinook are one of the Puget Sound chinook stocks listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act and are also legendary in that they typically reached over 100 pounds at maturity…. Prior to the dams, the Elwha River was famous [...]