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2011Salish SeaEcosystemConference

many voices, one sea

www.salishseaconference.org

October 25 - 27, 2011Vancouver Sheraton Wall CentreVancouver, British Columbia

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Many Voices, One Sea

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Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference

2011 Sponsors

• King County - Department of Natural Resources and Parks

•YVR - Vancouver Airport Authority•Kongsgaard Goldman Foundation•ESA•Island Trust

•Parametrix•Capital Regional District•Evergreen State College•First Nations Technology Council•Ocean Networks Canada

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Visit Ecology for Scientists at: www.ecy.wa.gov/science/index.html

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WelcomeDear Colleagues:

Environment Canada and the Puget Sound Partnership are delighted to welcome over 900 delegates from British Columbia, Washington and beyond to the 2011 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference! Formerly known as the Puget Sound - Georgia Basin Ecosystem Conference, the new name acknowledges and honours the official adoption of the name Salish Sea by both the US and Canada in 2010, pays homage to traditions and culture of the Coast Salish peoples and reaffirms that the three basins of Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Strait of Georgia are indeed one sea.

This year marks the 13th biennial offering of this premier comprehensive scientific research and policy conference addressing the protection and recovery of the Salish Sea, the 5th as a transboundary event. This year’s theme, “Many Voices, One Sea,” highlights the diverse per-spectives — scientists, students, educators, artists, citizens, government officials and Coast Salish Nations and Tribes — that seek to better understand the challenges and opportunities in protecting and restoring the Salish Sea ecosystem. With topics ranging from stormwater, food webs, marine mammals, salmon restoration, citizen science, outreach and transboundary collaboration and many special features, including field trips, the Film Festival, the Art Show, the Data Fair, the Poster Gala Reception and Vancouver Aquarium Reception, the conference highlights the many voices from both sides of the border from which to learn about our complex and unique ecosystem.

This year we are excited to bring the conference solidly into the 21st century by using live Twit-ter feeds and QR codes as another means to share our many voices during the conference. We encourage you to use this new media to add your voice to the conversation that will be ongoing throughout the conference. Of course, we encourage you to connect with colleagues the old fashioned way as well, by finding informal opportunities during breaks, over lunch and at the receptions.

Finally, we know that these challenging economic times have made it more difficult than ever before to leave your busy calendars, which deepens our appreciation of your participation. While we may be the organizers and promoters, this rich experience would not happen without the professional contributions of you and your colleagues. We thank you for that, as well as for your daily work and dedication to protecting the Salish Sea.

We hope that you come away from these three days as inspired as we are by all that is under-way and energized to take on the many challenges ahead.

With Warm Regards,

Ruta FluxgoldConference Co-ChairEnvironment Canada

Judith Leckrone LeeConference Co-ChairPuget Sound Partnership

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Keynote AddressDr. Faisal Moola Director, Terrestrial Conservation and Science ProgramDavid Suzuki Foundation

Recognizing the true $value of nature Dr. Moola is the Director of Terrestrial Conservation and Science at the David Suzuki Foundation and an adjunct professor of Forest Conservation at the University of Toronto. He has published widely in scientific journals on ecology, conservation biology, and environmental policy. At the Foundation, he leads a team of scientists, policy analysts, and public outreach experts on a number of campaigns to educate the public and reform environmental policy in Canada; including legal protection of endangered wildlife, valuation of ecosystem services, and protection of urban conservation. He also leads a land-use planning project in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, with the goal of protecting ecosystem goods and services that are critical for community health and well-being. Dr. Moola has sat on government science committees and advised aboriginal and government workshops on conservation strategies, including a critically timed conference at the University of Toronto on protecting forests as a strategy for fighting climate change. Through his efforts he has had the honour to contribute to some of the most significant conservation achievements in recent Canadian history, including the protection of over 2 million hectares of temperate rainforest in British Columbia, the development of new sustainability standards for the forestry industry to meet the exploding market for green paper and wood products (Forest Stewardship Council, FSC) and the decision by the Ontario government to protect at least half of the province’s remaining boreal wilderness. He has a growing interest in renewable energy.

Thursday, October 27 - 1:00 pm Grand Ballroom

Master of CeremoniesJoe Gaydos: Our Master of CeremoniesRegional Director and Chief ScientistSeaDoc Society

A grateful thank you to Joe Gaydos, our conference MC. Joe is the Chief Scientist for the SeaDoc society, a marine ecosystem health program of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center. Over the past eight years, he has actively participated in the collection and dissemination of scientific data on marine wildlife ecosystems focusing on the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin. He is a trained biologist and veterinarian with an advanced degree specializing in the health and diseases of wildlife populations. Joe also serves as the Vice Chair of the Puget Sound Partnership Science Panel.

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Opening PlenaryTuesday, October 25 - 8:30 amGrand Ballroom

Opening Film: A special thank you to PRR and Howard Rosen Productions for providing this inspirational video.

• Coast Salish Welcome: Carleen Thomas, Councilor, Tsleil-Waututh Nation• Co-host Welcome

• Paul Kluckner, Regional Director General, Environment Canada • Gerry O’Keefe, Executive Director, Puget Sound Partnership

• Local Government Panel

Leading in tough times — How can science keep Salish Sea protection and recovery a priority during challenging economic times?A panel of local officials from US and Canada discusses perspectives on the role of local governments in protecting and restoring the Salish Sea ecosystem, including the relationship between economic development, growth and ecosystem recovery, and the role of science and data in the decision-making process. Audience questions to be invited.

Panel Participants:• Jay Manning, former Chief of Staff for Governor Gregoire and former Director of the Department of

Ecology, Panel Facilitator• Kitsap County Commissioner Josh W. Brown• Dow Constantine, King County Executive• Mayor Lois E. Jackson, The Corporation of Delta• Mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, District of West Vancouver

Coast Salish Gathering Plenary Wednesday, October 26 - 12:45 pmGrand Ballroom

Coast Salish Plenary Panel: Working together for the Salish Sea The Coast Salish Western Washington Tribes and British Columbia First Nations will share insights into aspects of decision-making by aboriginal governments and the relationship between culture and decision-making as it pertains to science, policy, and social issues connected to the Salish Sea biome. Panelists will explore the significance of working together and embracing the elements of knowledge, culture, and respect as tools to support our collective work.

Coast Salish Gathering Steering Committee Leadership:• Chief Ian Campbell, Squamish Nation • Chief Bill Williams, Squamish Nation • Ray Harris, Co Chair, First Nations Summit, Chemainus First Nation • Councillor Jeffery Point, Skowkale First Nation • Chief Dalton Silver, Sumas Nation • Chairman Brian Cladoosby, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community • Patti Gobin, Chairman’s Office, Tulalip Tribes

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Luncheon Keynote AddressThursday, October 27 - 1:00 pmGrand Ballroom

Dr. Faisal MoolaDirector, Terrestrial Conservation and Science ProgramDavid Suzuki Foundation

Recognizing the true $value of nature As biological creatures we depend on natural capital to sustain the health and well-being of our communities: trees clean our air; wetlands filter our water; and green urban spaces cool our cities and protect us from storms. And this doesn’t even account for the health, psychological, and for some — spiritual — benefits people receive from time spent outdoors. Research by the David Suzuki Foundation and others has shown that the benefits we receive from nature are extremely valuable in monetary terms, and in some cases are truly priceless. For example, land cover analyses of the Lower Mainland reveal that Vancouver and the suburbs are sitting on a Fort Knox of natural assets worth a staggering $5.4 billion a year, or $2,462 per person, in ecological benefits. It’s time we started looking at the true value of our forests, fields, farmland and other natural capital in the Salish Sea Region. They are worth so much more than just the resources we take from them.

Closing PlenaryThursday, October 27 - 3:00 pmGrand Ballroom

Regional Leaders Panel: Which comes first? Science and decision-making for protecting the Salish Sea Regional leaders discuss the challenges of making policy and program decisions to protect and restore the Salish Sea in the face of scientific uncertainties, while exploring how policy-makers and scientists can work together. Audience questions to be invited.

• Dennis McLerran, EPA Regional Administrator, Panel Facilitator• Dr. Tom Bancroft, Executive Director, People for Puget Sound• Martha Kongsgaard, Chair, Leadership Council, Puget Sound Partnership• David Marshall, Executive Director, Fraser Basin Council• Dr. Mark Zacharias, Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Sustainability and Strategic Policy Division, BC

Ministry of Environment

Awards and Closing Addresses

• Student Awards• Evaluation and Door Prize Draws• Co-Host Closing Address

• Michael Wilson, Executive Director, Environmental Assessment, Environment Canada• Marth Kongsgaard, Chair, Leadership Council, Puget Sound Partnership

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Special EventsConference ExhibitsTuesday, October 25 - Thursday, October 27Exhibit Hall, Grand Ballroom LevelOur exhibitors invite you to view their displays, located in the foyer of the Grand Ballroom. Come and see interesting and educational materials on a diversity of topics and interact with representatives from a variety of organizations.

Data Fair: Web-based Ecosystem ToolsTuesday, October 25 - 8:30 am - 7:00 pmParksville Room, Third Floor

This event is open to all registered delegates without charge. One day only - don’t miss it!Governmental, academic, and nonprofit organizations will showcase freely available resources and tools that may be helpful and relevant to your own work in the Salish Sea. Visit our Data Fair throughout the day on Tuesday. Data fair presenters will be available particularly during breaks and the evening Poster Gala. Don’t miss this special opportunity to view, test, and explore resources related to data collection, handling and sharing, mapping, modeling, and more. Drop in, see displays, interact with experts, and experiment with models or databases on screen.

The Salish Sea Ecosystem: A Photographic EssayTuesday, October 25 - LunchGrand Ballroom - This slideshow will run continuously during lunch.

Paul Joseph Brown was the photographer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s award winning series “Our Troubled Sound,” a comprehensive survey of the challenges to the Puget Sound ecosystem. Today’s exhibit documents researchers, activists, and citizens of the Northwest coast of North America, stretching from Vancouver Island to South Puget Sound. A graduate of the University of Toronto, Paul’s work has regularly received some of the highest awards for photojournalism, including nine nominations for the Pulitzer Prize. His work can be found at www.ecosystemphoto.com

Poster Gala ReceptionTuesday, October 25 - 4:30 pm – 7:00 pmJunior and Pavilion Ballroom Foyers, Third Floor

This event is open to all registered delegates without charge.You are invited to our Poster Gala Reception! This event is a wonderful chance to see posters highlighting the inspiring, informative and groundbreaking research that examines the state of the Salish Sea Ecosystem and our opportunities for restoring and protecting it. Meet scientists, policy makers, non-profit organizations and others as they highlight critical research and programs. Be sure to visit our student presenters as well. Enjoy a great selection of hors d’oeuvres and canapés. A cash bar will be available.

Salish Sea Ecosystem Film Festival Tuesday, October 25 - 8:30 pm - 10:30 pmJunior Ballroom D, Third FloorSponsored by Washington Sea Grant

This event is open to all registered delegates without charge.The festival will showcase the best and most recent films and videos about regional habitats and inhabitants of the Salish Sea. Surprises galore. 3D glasses not necessary. Popcorn will be served and a cash bar will be available.

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Salish Sea Conference Art ShowWednesday, October 26 - Thursday, October 27Parksville Room, Third FloorHosted by Robi Smith, Blue Lantern Studio

This event is open to all registered delegates without charge.Stop by and enjoy this interactive event highlighting the beauty of the Salish Sea and the challenges it faces. An exhibition, “Seeing the Salish Sea,” showcases paintings and drawings from a group of acclaimed local artists. Another exhibit, “Puget Sound: Our threatened ecosystem,” features photographs by photojournalist Paul Joseph Brown. Conference delegates are invited to participate in the development of a new artwork about the Salish Sea, to be completed by Vancouver artist Robi Smith over the coming months. Visit the gallery in the Parksville Room to add your thoughts on what makes the Salish Sea unique, threats to its ecosystems, and where you see hope for the future.

Vancouver Aquarium ReceptionWednesday, October 26, 6:30 pm Vancouver Aquarium, Stanley ParkSponsored in part by the Vancouver Aquarium

You must be pre-registered for this event — a $50 charge applies. Buses start departing at 6:15 pm from the Sheraton Wall Centre Courtyard.Come visit one of Vancouver’s premiere attractions! Dr. John Nightingale, President and CEO of the Vancouver Aquarium will address attendees, followed by a performance by the Eagle Song Dancers. Attendees will also have the opportunity to experience the 4-D theatre, mix and mingle with other conference delegates, and enjoy a wide selection of Ocean Wise hors d’oeuvres and canapés. Sponsored in part by the Vancouver Aquarium, this great event is not to be missed!

SeaDoc Society 2011 Salish Sea Science PrizeThursday, October 27 - 1:00 pm Grand Ballroom

The SeaDoc Society will be awarding its 2011 Salish Sea Science Prize. The $2,000 prize is given to a prominent scientist or team of scientists to highlight the importance of science in providing a foundation for designing a healthy Salish Sea.

Student AwardsThursday, October 27 - 4:00 pm Grand Ballroom

Students must have signed up in advance to participate in this event.The Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference will recognize the outstanding efforts of students working in the ecosystem. One top prize each will be awarded to both the winning oral presentation and the winning poster. All entrants will receive a certificate of participation after the event, along with written feedback from judges.

Social Media ActivitiesIn the spirit of our theme “Many Voices, One Sea,” we are pleased to invite you to join the conversation via social media. Follow @SalishSeaEco on Twitter and use hashtag #SalishSea to find out what delegates are saying. Also, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/SalishSeaEco.

We want your feedback about the conference!

Scan the “QR code” above to share your views on the conference via your mobile device (e.g., your smart phone).

Search for “Neo Reader” in your app store to download a free QR code reader. With the app open, take a picture of the digital image above and you will be routed to a special conference page where you can weigh in.

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General InformationConference VenuesThe conference sessions, plenaries, luncheons, Poster Gala reception, Film Festival and Exhibits take place in the North Tower of the Sheraton Wall Centre.

Wednesday evening’s reception takes place at the Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park. Buses will start leaving for this reception from the Sheraton Courtyard at 6:15 p.m. You must be pre-registered for this event — a $50 charge applies.

Registration DeskThe Registration Desk is located in the North Tower Lobby. Conference staff are available to answer questions you may have throughout the conference.

Name BadgesYour name badge is required for admission to all sessions, lunches, and other conference activities. Please wear it at all times. Please return your name badge for reuse at the Registration Desk.

LunchesDaily lunches will be served in the Grand Ballroom. Please see a Banquet Staff member if you registered with special meal requests.

Refreshment BreaksRefreshment breaks will be served in the Poster Hall mid-morning and mid-afternoon. Please refer to the program detail for scheduled break times.

Poster Hall, Tuesday-ThursdayThe poster hall is located on the 3rd Floor of the North Tower, and will be open for viewing throughout the conference including after lunches and during morning and afternoon breaks. The conference Poster Gala Reception will be held on Tuesday from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm. Please see page 25 for event details and pages 47 for the listing of all posters.

Cell PhonesPlease turn the sound off on your cellular phones and pagers during sessions as a courtesy to the speakers and participants.

Wi-Fi and InternetGuests staying at the Sheraton Wall Centre have access to Wi-Fi in the lobby area and business centre of the Sheraton Wall Centre. Guests may also access PC workstations and printing in the Link@Sheraton Business Centre, on the 3rd floor between towers. Please contact the Sheraton for access and instructions.

Media CentreThe 3rd Floor Orca Room will be available for news and media-related personnel throughout the conference. Please check in at the Registration Desk for a badge and access to the Media Center.

Greening the ConferenceGo Green! Join us in our commitment to a green conference. Please…• return your name tag holder and lanyard for reuse before you go • recycle • if you’re staying at the Sheraton Wall Centre, consider participating in their “Make a Green Choice”

program (see in-room doorhanger) • give us feedback on our greening efforts on our evaluation formLearn more about our green commitment at www.salishseaconference.org/greening.php

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Session Conveners and PresentersWe ask that session conveners and presenters be present in their session room at least 15 minutes prior to the start time of their session.

If you did not provide your PDF/PowerPoint presentation in advance, please work with AV staff to ensure it is loaded and ready before the start of the session.

Two computers will be made available for presenter preparation in the Finback room on the 3rd Floor.

Planner CreditsThe Planning Institute of British Columbia recognizes the 2011 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference as a source for Continuing Professional Development Learning Units for members. PIBC members are eligible to claim 0.25 LUs of Organized CPD activity for every fifteen minutes they attend and participate at the conference (i.e. 1.0 LU equals one hour of activity).

The American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Certification Maintenance program is expected to offer continuing education credits for certain conference sessions. This program helps planners gain the knowledge and skills they need to remain current in the practice of planning. Details on the qualifying sessions will be available at the registration desk.

Conference Evaluations and Door PrizesHelp to make the next conference a success! For each day that you complete and submit a conference evaluation, you will receive a drawing ticket and be eligible to win an iPod Touch. Three prizes will be awarded during the closing plenary session—one for each day of the conference. The conference will also hold a draw for one of two Door Prizes. A Door Prize drawing ticket is included in your registration package. Attend the Closing Plenary session and be eligible to win an Apple iPad or artwork, donated by Ron Stevens, Rogest Art.

Conference Evaluation and Door Prize draws to be held Thursday, October 27 during the Closing Plenary. You must be present to win and present a winning drawing ticket to collect a prize.

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This conference would not be a success without the dedicated work of a very large group of people. We would like to thank all session conveners and presenters for all their contributions to making the conference a success!

Thank you to our conference volunteers and volunteer student awards judges. We also extend our special appreciation to Pardis Pahlavanlu, our volunteer coordinator, Tammy Owings, our student awards coordinator, and David G. Gordon, our Film Festival Coordinator.

We would also like to acknowledge the Secretariat, Steering Committee and Advisory Committee members who provided much input in conference planning:

Acknowledgements

Secretariat:Ruta Fluxgold, Environment Canada, Conference Co-ChairJudith Leckrone Lee, Puget Sound Partnership, Conference Co-ChairAndrea Lindsay, Puget Sound PartnershipJennie Wang, Environment CanadaVerney Conference Management

Steering Committee:Ken Brock, Environment CanadaMike Cox, Environmental Protection Agency Todd Golumbia, Parks CanadaSophie Johannessen, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaDebra Lekanoff, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and Coast Salish GatheringCarol Maloy, Washington State Department of EcologyTom Mumford, Washington State Department of Natural Resources (Retired)Maria Emerson, British Columbia Ministry of EnvironmentSandie O’Neill, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration FisheriesTimothy Powers, Indian and Northern Affairs CanadaHeather Trim, People for Puget SoundMarion Town, Fraser Basin CouncilAlbert van Roodselaar, Metro VancouverAndjela Knezevic-Stevanovic, Metro VancouverRaechel Waters, Washington Sea Grant

Advisory Committee:Norman Abbott, Puget Sound Regional CouncilKen Berg, U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceChief Ian Campbell, Squamish NationBarron Carswell, BC Ministry of EnvironmentTracy Collier, NOAA Oceans and Human Health ProgramKen Currens, Puget Sound PartnershipChris Davis, The Nature ConservancyRob Duff, Washington State Department of EcologyTom Eaton, Environmental Protection AgencyBob Hart, Indian and Northern Affairs CanadaDave Herrera, Skokomish Tribe and Ecosystem Coordination BoardChief Gibby Jacob, Squamish NationDiana Gale, Puget Sound Partnership Leadership CouncilJustin Longo, Maritime Awards Society of CanadaCharlie O’Hara, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and Coast Salish GatheringMary Mahaffy, U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceTim Quinn, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Puget Sound Partnership Science PanelMark Saunders, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaChris Townsend, Puget Sound PartnershipChristianne Wilhelmsen, Georgia Strait AllianceSadhu Johnston, City of VancouverKendall Woo, Environment Canada

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Hotel Map

Conference Rooms Guide

1. Registration Desk - North Tower Lobby

2. Plenary Sessions / Lunch - Grand Ballroom

3. Concurrent Sessions - Junior, Pavilion and Grand Ballrooms

4. Exhibits - Grand Ballroom Foyer

5. Posters - Junior and Pavilion Ballroom Foyers

6. Film Festival - Junior Ballroom

7. Data Fair / Art Show - Parksville Room

8. Media Room - Orca Room

9. Speaker Ready Room - Finback Room

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Day 1 | Tuesday October 25Registration Opens7:00am

Opening Plenary8:30am - 10:00amGrand Ballroom Coast Salish Welcome and Co-Host WelcomeLocal Government Panel: “Leading in tough times—How can science keep Salish Sea protection and recovery a prior-ity during challenging economic times?”

Breakout Session 110:30am - 12:00pm1A: Pavilion Ballroom C Contaminants: sources, fates, transport and impacts I

1B: Junior Ballroom DThe conservation imperative for the marine birds and mammals of the Salish Sea I

1C: Junior Ballroom CMission possible: Implementing a new culture for urban watershed protection and restoration in the Salish Sea Bio-Region

1D: Junior Ballroom A/B Climate change

1E: Pavilion Ballroom D Estuary science to support adaptive management

1F: Pavilion Ballroom A/B Multiple benefits approach: Integrating social and ecological values to recover the Salish Sea

Lunch12:00pm - 1:00pm

Breakout Session 21:00pm - 2:30pm

2A: Junior Ballroom A/B Contaminants: sources, fates, transport and impacts II

2B: Pavilion Ballroom A/B The conservation imperative for the marine birds and mammals of the Salish Sea II

2C: Junior Ballroom DPuget Sound Watershed Framework - Using the Puget Sound Characterization Project to guide planning and development

2D: Grand Ballroom Implications of ocean acidification for the Salish Sea

2E: Pavilion Ballroom D Restoring estuaries of the Salish Sea: Case studies and social and scientific challenges I

2F: Pavilion Ballroom C The Salish Sea as a coupled social-ecological system

Break2:30pm - 3:00pm

Breakout Session 33:00pm - 4:30pm3A: Pavilion Ballroom C Contaminants: sources, fates, transport and impacts III

3B: Grand Ballroom Ecology of forage fish

3C: Junior Ballroom C Future growth scenario planning

3D: Junior Ballroom DAdapting to future climate change

3E: Pavilion Ballroom D Restoring estuaries of the Salish Sea: Case studies and social and scientific challenges II

3F: Junior Ballroom A/B Roundtable discussion: The role of social sciences in ecosystem recovery

Break - sponsored by the Nature Conservancy10:00am - 10:30am

Poster Gala Reception 4:30pm - 7:00pm

Salish Sea Ecosystem Film Festival 8:30pm - 10:30pm

Junior & Pavilion Ballroom Foyers Sheraton Wall Centre — All delegates welcome!

Junior Ballroom D Sheraton Wall Centre, sponsored by Washington Sea Grant — All delegates welcome!

Grand Ballroom The Salish Sea Ecosystem: A Photographic Essay

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Breakout Session 48:00am - 9:30am4A: Junior Ballroom A/B Transboundary air – Shared Canada and US issues

4B: Junior Ballroom D Science and management of killer whales I

4C: Pavilion Ballroom D Approaches to assessing the health of the Salish Sea

4D: Pavilion Ballroom C PSP Action Agenda: Strategies and actions

4E: Grand Ballroom Shorelines I: Ecology, restoration & shore-friendly development

4F: Pavilion Ballroom A/B Media in science outreach: Strategies and new directions

Break9:30am - 10:00am

Breakout Session 510:00am - 11:30am5A: Junior Ballroom D Marine Protected Areas in the Salish Sea – A transboundary exploration

5B: Pavilion Ballroom A/B Science and management of killer whales II

5C: Grand Ballroom Applying environmental indicators for ecosystem-based management

5D: Pavilion Ballroom C Threat and risk assessments in the Salish Sea

5E: Pavilion Ballroom D Shorelines II: Local & regional management tools and issues

5F: Junior Ballroom A/B Building towards a better informed Salish Sea constituency through education and outreach I

Lunch11:30am - 2:00pm


6A: Pavilion Ballroom D Stormwater: Science and management I

6B: Grand Ballroom The Salish Sea food web—From description to quantification I

6C: Junior Ballroom A/B Traditional foods of the Salish Sea: Connections, current status, and policy

6D: Junior Ballroom D Knowledge translation and exchange: Improving ecosystem management through novel collaborations

6E: Pavilion Ballroom A/B Habitat restoration in the Salish Sea: Headwaters to marine waters I

6F: Pavilion Ballroom C Building towards a better informed Salish Sea constituency through education and outreach II

Connecting citizen science to research, monitoring and management I

Break3:30pm - 4:00pm


Grand Ballroom Coast Salish Plenary Panel: “Working together for the Salish Sea”

7A: Junior Ballroom D Stormwater: Science and management II

7B: Pavilion Ballroom D The Salish Sea food web—From description to quantification II

7C: Pavilion Ballroom C Environmental challenges to safe shellfish harvest and aquaculture

7E: Grand Ballroom Habitat restoration in the Salish Sea: Headwaters to marine waters II

7F: Pavilion Ballroom A/B Connecting citizen science to research, monitoring and management II

Vancouver Aquarium Reception6:30pm - 9:00pmBuses Start Leaving at 6:15pm from the Sheraton Wall Centre Courtyard. Welcome at 7:00pm (pre-registration required)

7D: No Planned Session

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Day 3 | Thursday October 27Breakout Session 88:30am - 10:00am

8A: Pavilion Ballroom A/B Science and management of eutrophication and hypoxia in the Salish Sea I

8B: Pavilion Ballroom D Marine survival of salmon in the Salish Sea

8C: Junior Ballroom D Non-native and invasive aquatic species in the Salish Sea: Ecosystem impacts, status, trends, monitoring and control techniques

8D: Pavilion Ballroom C Hydrologic analysis, water resources, and freshwater ecosystems in the Salish Sea I watersheds

8E: Grand Ballroom Cutting edge science: Improving ecosystem recovery in the US and Canada

8F: Junior Ballroom A/B Transboundary Monitoring Partnerships

Break10:00am - 10:30am

Breakout Session 910:30am - 12:00pm

9A: Pavilion Ballroom C Science and management of eutrophication and hypoxia in the Salish Sea II

9B: Grand Ballroom Life history and ecology of salmon: Implications for management and conservation in the Salish Sea

9C: Junior Ballroom D Seaweeds and seagrasses in the Salish Sea I

9D: Pavilion Ballroom A/B Hydrologic analysis, water resources, and freshwater ecosystems in the Salish Sea watersheds II

9E: Pavilion Ballroom D Actualizing ecosystem services

9F: Junior Ballroom A/B Transboundary Collaboration I – From Parallel Play to Integrated Play: Case Studies

Lunch12:00pm - 1:30pm

Breakout Session 101:30pm - 3:00pm10A: Pavilion Ballroom C Monitoring and modeling of harmful algal blooms and pathogens that threaten human health in the Salish Sea

10B: Junior Ballroom D Frameworks and case studies for ecosystem solutions

10C: Pavilion Ballroom D Seaweeds and seagrasses in the Salish Sea II

10D: Pavilion Ballroom A/B Numerical models of land and sea

10E: Grand Ballroom Threats to the Salish Sea ecosystem: Perception and reality

10F: Junior Ballroom A/B Transboundary Collaboration II – Raising the Next Generation of Transboundary Projects

Grand Ballroom SeaDoc Society Salish Sea Science Prize Awards Ceremony – Joseph GaydosLuncheon Keynote Address: Dr. Faisal Moola, David Suzuki Foundation, “Recognizing the true $value of nature”

Closing Plenary 3:00pm - 4:30pmGrand Ballroom Regional Leaders Panel: Which comes first? Science and decision-making for protecting the Salish Sea Awards and Closing Addresses

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• Sources - What do we know about sources of contaminants? Examples of source categories include: primary releases, atmospheric deposition, POTWs, rivers and streams and stormwater

• Fate - Transport - Impacts - What do we know about fate and transport processes along with impacts of contaminants? Examples of topics could include modeling, attenuation, contaminant cycling, biological impacts and biological markers.

James WestWashington Department of Fish and WildlifePersistent bioaccumulative and toxic contaminants in Puget Sound’s pelagic food webJames West, Jennifer Lanksbury, Sandie O’Neill, Gina Ylitalo

Bernadita AnalacionNOAA Fisheries Northwest Fisheries Science CenterTotalmercurylevelsinPacificNorthwestCetaceansB. Analacion, D.T. Boyd, M.B. Hanson, C.K. Emmons, R.W. Baird, G.S. Schorr, G.M. Ylitalo

Thomas GriesWashington Department of EcologyCharacterizationoftoxicchemicalsinPugetSoundandmajortributaries, 2009-2010Thomas Gries, David Osterberg

Heather OsachoffSimon Fraser University and Environment CanadaDetectionofestrogenichormonesinBCsewagetreatmentplanteffluentsHeather Osachoff, Vesna Furtula, Joanne Harkness, Graham van Aggelen, Chris Kennedy

Dave SerdarWashington State Department of EcologySources, pathways, and an approach to establishing priorities for control actionsDave Serdar, Dale Norton, Jenee Colton, Richard Jack, Deb Lester

1B: The conservation imperative for the marine birds and mammals of the Salish Sea I

Junior Ballroom DConveners: Douglas Bertram, John Elliott, Steven Jeffries, Peter S. RossPRR Facilitator: Kirsten Hauge

Marine birds and mammals are some of the most conspicuous users of the Salish Sea Ecosystem. We seek to evaluate the current status, trends and health of these upper trophic level predators. Known threats and stressors include contaminants (e.g., flame retardants, perfluorinated compounds, heavy metals, PAHs, petroleum and pesticides), climate change, changes in prey populations (e.g., herring and other forage fishes), habitat modification, degradation and loss (e.g., foreshore development), and mortality from gillnet fishing and derelict fishing gear. A diverse array of laws and policies from multiple levels of federal, state (provincial), municipal (county), aboriginal, and private land owners need to be acknowledged and understood. The purpose of the session is to highlight the successes and shortcomings of current approaches to conservation science and management in the Salish Sea.

Erin AsheOceans InitiativeDolphinswithoutborders:Conservationstatusofapoorlystudied, transboundary marine predatorErin Ashe, Alexandra Morton, Rob Williams, Philip S. Hammond

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

7:00 amRegistrationNorth Tower Lobby

8:30 am - 7:00 pmDaily Poster ExhibitJunior and Pavilion Ballroom Foyers - 3rd Floor

8:30 am - 7:00 pmData Fair – Web-based Ecosystem ToolsParksville Room

8:30 am - 10:00 amOpening PlenaryGrand Ballroom

• Coast Salish Welcome: Carleen Thomas, Councilor, Tsleil-Waututh Nation

• Co-host Welcome• Paul Kluckner, Regional Director General, Environment

Canada • Gerry O’Keefe, Executive Director, Puget Sound

Partnership• Local Government Panel

Leading in tough times — How can science keep Salish Sea protection and recovery a priority during challenging economic times?A panel of local officials from US and Canada discusses perspectives on the role of local governments in protecting and restoring the Salish Sea ecosystem, including the relationship between economic development, growth and ecosystem recovery, and the role of science and data in the decision-making process. Audience questions to be invited.

Panel Participants:• Jay Manning, former Chief of Staff for Governor Gregoire

and former Director of the Department of Ecology, Panel Facilitator

• Kitsap County Commissioner Josh W. Brown• Dow Constantine, King County Executive• Mayor Lois E. Jackson, The Corporation of Delta• Mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, District of West Vancouver

10:00 am - 10:30 amMorning BreakSponsored by the Nature ConservancyJunior and Pavilion Ballroom Foyers

10:30am-12:00pm•BreakoutSession11A: Contaminants: Sources, fates, transport and impacts I

Junior Ballroom CConveners: Dale Norton, Scott Redman, Robie MacDonaldPRR Facilitator: Kimbra Wellock

This session offers a comprehensive look at our current understanding of the level of contaminants (toxics and nutrients) in various media, characterization of sources, fate and transport processes once released and biological impacts in the Salish Sea. The session focuses on the following themes:• Contaminants - What do we know about contaminant levels in

various media of the Salish Sea?

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John CalambokidisCascadia ResearchChangesincetaceanoccurrenceintheSalishSea:Anomaloussightings in S. Puget SoundJohn Calambokidis, Jessie Huggins, Dyanna Lambourn, Steve Jeffries, Bethany Diehl, Josh Oliver

Joseph GaydosSeaDoc Society, UC Davis Wildlife Health Center - Orcas Island OfficeComparingpost-releasemovementofrehabilitatedharborsealpups to age-matched wild sealsJoseph Gaydos, Ignacio Vilchis, Monique Lance, Steven Jeffries, Austen Thomas, Penny Harner, Vanessa Greenwood

Monique LanceWashington Department of Fish and WildlifeSeasonal and spatial variation in harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) diet in the San Juan Islands, WashingtonMonique Lance, Wan-Ying Chang, Steven J. Jeffries, Alejandro Acevedo-Gutiérrez

Cait NelsonUniversity of British ColumbiaIndustrial contaminants in coastal river ottersCait Nelson, John Elliott, Dan Guertin

John ElliottEnvironment CanadaBaldEaglesandChumSalmon:Lowerwintersurvivalandbreeding success leads to density dependenceJohn Elliott, Kyle Elliott

1C: Mission possible: Implementing a new culture for urban watershed protection and restoration in the Salish Sea Bio-Region

Junior Ballroom CConveners: Kim Stephens, Tim Pringle, Richard Boase, Glen T. BrownPRR Facilitator: Rita Brogan

A decade ago, the Province of British Columbia made a conscious decision to follow an educational rather than prescriptive path to change practices for the use and conservation of land and water. Practical research and new tools are now enabling engineers, planners and other disciplines to do business differently.

Released in June 2010, Beyond the Guidebook 2010: Implementing a New Culture for Urban Watershed Protection and Restoration in British Columbia describes how a ‘convening for action’ philosophy has taken root in British Columbia. Bringing together local government practitioners in neutral forums has enabled implementers to collaborate as regional teams. Their action-oriented focus has resulted in ‘how to do it’ examples of rainwater management and green infrastructure that help decision-makers visualize what ‘design with nature’ policy goals look like on the ground.

The Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference provides a timely opportunity to inform and educate planners, engineers and other professionals on both sides of the Canada-USA border. It is about turning the whole game around to design with nature as a consistent approach to development and redevelopment, urban infrastructure practices, and protection/restoration of stream and watershed health. When the land ethic changes for the better, the health of the Salish Sea will be improved.

This forum will be structured in two segments. First, we will present information that provides context and sets the scene for the town-hall segment that will follow. The objective in the first part is to inform and educate the audience so that there will be a common understanding about: shared values; how shared values lead to sharing of a vision; and how a shared vision can be a powerful motivator for action. What are the common beliefs and/or shared values? How can the common beliefs be integrated together?

This session will conclude with a 45 minute Town Hall Discussion.45 minute Town Hall Discussion Moderated by:Kim StephensPartnership for Water Sustainability in British Columbia

Participants:Ted van der GulikSenior Engineer, BC Ministry of Agriculture

Lynn Kriwoken, Director, BC Ministry of Environment

Glen Brown, Executive Director, BC Ministry of Community, Sport & Cultural Development

Eric BonhamConvening for Action on Vancouver Island (CAVI)

Richard Boase, Environmental Protection Officer, District of North Vancouver

Alan Lill, Program Manager, Living Rivers - Georgia Basin / Vancouver Island

1D: Climate changeJunior Ballroom A/BConvener: Mary MahaffyPRR Facilitator: Jamie Strausz-Clark

Climate change is the greatest challenge in the history of conservation. This session explores approaches and tools to address conservation and land management and climate change adaptation. Talks include discussions on decision frameworks that can be used for identifying areas across the landscape that are likely to be more resilient to climate change, improving an understanding of contaminant impacts to coastal resources, and addressing the uncertainties for planning and implementing ecosystem restoration. The presentations also discuss policy options for addressing sea level rise, a watershed-based approach for integrating science and policy, and an international endeavor to better link science with land and natural resource management.

Eric MielbrechtEcoAdaptAnticipatingthefuture:Aclimate-informedconservationblueprintforthePacificNorthwestEric Mielbrecht, Jessi Kershner, Marni Koopman, Jessica Leonard, Dan Ritzman

Robert NeelyNOAA Office of Response and RestorationNOAA’sClimateAssessmentandProactiveResponseInitiativePuget Sound PilotRobert Neely, Benjamin Shorr, Marla Steinhoff, Mary Baker, Anthony Dvarskas, Amy Merten, Ann Jones et al.

Ilon LoganESAInforming coastal restoration planning decisions in a changing climate

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Tina NealeBC Ministry of Environment, Climate Action SecretariatRaisingdikesandrollingback–CopingwithsealevelriseontheBCcoast

Larry WassermanSwinomish Indian Tribal CommunityClimatescienceandpolicyintheSkagitWatershed:LessonslearnedLarry Wasserman, Carol MacIlroy

Mary MahaffyUS Fish and Wildlife ServiceParticipatingintheNorthPacificLandscapeConservationCooperative

1E: Estuary science to support adaptive managementPavilion Ballroom DConveners: Eric Grossman, Roger FullerPRR Facilitator: Hadley Rodero

It is widely recognized that estuarine restoration is needed to improve the health of the Salish Sea ecosystem and recover threatened and endangered fish and wildlife that provide for human livelihood. Rigorous scientific evaluation of restoration is essential to understand and improve project performance. This is especially important in estuaries where physical, biological and socioeconomic processes interact in complex ways to create shifting baselines and where few undisturbed “reference” systems remain to use for benchmarks. This session examines several unique challenges facing science and monitoring of estuary restoration identified by experts during two recent workshops. What are the emerging interdisciplinary techniques required to assess restoration performance? Are we able to detect and forecast the cumulative impacts of land use and climate change that may occur outside of the restoration area and influence enhancement outcomes? Are we learning the right things and applying the lessons learned sufficiently to implement adaptive management to achieve enhancement objectives. The session also reviews critical information and resources that can support estuary science across the Salish Sea and discuss approaches that will minimize their costs and facilitate comparison of results in order to improve understanding of the gradients in drivers and responses that affect overall ecosystem recovery.

This session will also feature a 15 minute facilitated discussion.Introduction: Roger FullerThe Nature ConservancyIntroduction: Solutions to enhance restoration/adaptive management success

Curtis TannerWashington Department of Fish and WildlifeStrategic restoration and protection of nearshore ecosystems in the southern Salish Sea

Annemarie De AndradeFraser River Estuary Management ProgramAchievingintegrativeandcollaborativeecosystemmanagementin the Fraser River Estuary

Eric Grossman, Roger FullerUSGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center and The Nature ConservancyIncorporating cumulative watershed and climate change effects in estuary recovery in the Salish SeaEric Grossman, Andrew Stevens, Eric Beamer, Chris Ellings

Sean BoydScience & Technology Branch, Environment CanadaWhy are estuarine marshes in the Salish Sea disappearing and whatmustbedonetofixtheproblem?Sean Boyd, Neil Dawe

Casimir RiceNOAAAscientificmonitoringframeworkforestuaryrestorationintheSalish Sea

Paul CereghinoNOAA Restoration CenterASalishSeaLearningNetwork:Usingconceptualmodels,contract deliverables, and social networks

1F: Multiple Benefits Approach: Integrating social and ecological values to recover the Salish Sea

Pavilion Ballroom A/BConveners: Kat Morgan, Polly Hicks, Kara NelsonPRR Facilitator: Mike Rosen

Recovering the Salish Sea will take a village. Strike that. It will take three metropolitan cities, 22 mid-sized cities, over 45 sovereign tribes, and communities of farmers, foresters, and fishermen in between. Long-term success depends on connecting recovery efforts in a meaningful way to the people who live, work, and play in the Salish Sea region. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will jointly facilitate this session to highlight and discuss a growing body of regional case studies that have found success through broadening the intent of projects to incorporate human well-being goals, and thus provide social as well as ecological benefits.

Many of the low-hanging fruits for ecosystem recovery have already been picked, and yet we have a long way to go. One of the most pressing management issues is integrating multiple community and stakeholder interests to maximize ecological and social outcomes for the region. By working with local communities and designing for flexibility, inclusive large scale planning, incentive-based conservation, modeling, and on the ground restoration actions have been able to shift the recovery project paradigm to move beyond the limits of single interest efforts. This session showcases a variety of case studies where creative flexibility has advanced flood protection, recreation, economic and community goals alongside ecological recovery goals.

Richard BrocksmithHood Canal Coordinating CouncilHCIWMP:Aframeworkforassessingtherelationshipsbetween ecological and socioeconomic systemsR. Brocksmith, S. Brewer, M. Holman, J. Meyer, J. White, H. Huber, J. Horowitz, K. Nelson, A.J. Morgan, D. Herrera

Sally LawrenceWashington Department of EcologyGoing local with water quality improvement: The Samish Bay fecal coliform caseSally Lawrence, Rick Haley

G. Chad BowechopMakah Tribal CouncilFederal, state and tribal oil pollution prevention, preparedness and response

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Steve LiskeDucks UnlimitedNisquallyEstuaryProject:CombiningpublicuseandecologicalbenefitstoensureprojectsupportSteve Liske, P.E., Jean Takekawa, Jesse Barham, Christopher Ellings, Isa Woo

Jenny BakerThe Nature ConservancyFisherSloughTidalMarshRestoration:Amultiplebenefitsprojectforagricultureandsalmon

Julie MorseThe Nature ConservancyFarming for wildlife: Integrating habitat conservation and crop productionJulie Morse, Kris Knight, Kevin Morse

12:00 pm - 1:00 pmLunch and The Salish Sea Ecosystem: A Photographic EssayGrand Ballroom

1:00pm-2:30pm•BreakoutSessionTwo2A: Contaminants: Sources, fates, transport and impacts II

Junior Ballroom A/BConveners: Dale Norton, Scott Redman, Robie MacDonaldPRR Facilitator: Kimbra Wellock

This session offers a comprehensive look at our current understanding of the level of contaminants (toxics and nutrients) in various media, characterization of sources, fate and transport processes once released and biological impacts in the Salish Sea. The session focuses on the following themes:• Contaminants - What do we know about contaminant levels in

various media of the Salish Sea?• Sources - What do we know about sources of contaminants?

Examples of source categories include: primary releases, atmospheric deposition, POTWs, rivers and streams and stormwater


Curtis DeGasperiKing County Water and Land Resources DivisionTheQuartermasterHarborNitrogenManagementStudy:Projectoverviewandpreliminarynitrogenloading

Teizeen MohamedaliWashington State Department of EcologyPuget Sound nutrient loading: Sources and magnitudesTeizeen Mohamedali, Brandon Sackmann, Mindy Roberts

Jill M. BrandenbergerPacific Northwest National LaboratoryMonitoringwater,sediment,andbiotatoassessprotectionofbeneficialusesforSinclairInletJ.M. Brandenberger, R.K. Johnston, G.H. Rosen, E.W. Mollerstuen, J.M. Young, B. Beckwith

Richard JackKing County Department of Natural Resources, Water and Land Resources DivisionLakeWashingtonWatershedPCBandPBDELoadingsStudyRichard Jack, Jenee Colton

Christopher St. ClairHeavymetalexposureandaccumulationinPacificCoastDunlin(Calidrisalpina)Simon Fraser University

Allen ChartrandRobinson Noble, Inc.Applyingecotoxicologytoeffectivelymanagecontaminantimpacts in the Salish Sea Watershed

2B: The conservation imperative for the marine birds and mammals of the Salish Sea II

Pavilion Ballroom A/BConveners: Douglas Bertram, John Elliott, Steven Jeffries, Peter S. RossPRR Facilitator: Kirsten Hauge

Marine birds and mammals are some of the most conspicuous users of the Salish Sea ecosystem. We seek to evaluate the current status, trends and health of these upper trophic level predators. Known threats and stressors include contaminants (e.g., flame retardants, perfluorinated compounds, heavy metals, PAHs, petroleum and pesticides), climate change, changes in prey populations (e.g., herring and other forage fishes), habitat modification, degradation and loss (e.g., foreshore development), and mortality from gillnet fishing and derelict fishing gear. A diverse array of laws and policies from multiple levels of federal, state (provincial), municipal (county), aboriginal, and private land owners need to be acknowledged and understood. The purpose of the session is to highlight the successes and shortcomings of current approaches to conservation science and management in the Salish Sea.

Scott PearsonWashington Department of Fish and WildlifeUsingRhinocerosaukletdietandreproductivesuccessdatatoassess ecosystem conditionsScott Pearson, Peter J. Hodum, Michael Schrimpf, Julia K. Parrish, Thomas P. Good, Jane Dolliver

Louise BlightCentre for Applied Conservation Research, UBCStable isotopes and meta-analysis of reproductive traits reveal Glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens) diet shifts and egg production declines over the last 150 yearsLouise Blight, Peter Arcese (Centre for Applied Conservation Research, UBC)

Nacho VilchisSeaDoc SocietyLong-term trends of wintering marine birds in Puget SoundNacho Vilchis, Joe Evenson, Joe Gaydos, Don Kraege, Bryan Murphy, Tom Cyra, Scott Pearson, Dave Nysewander

Sean BoydScience & Technology Branch, Environment CanadaEver wonder where Salish Sea birds go to breed, molt, and stage?Connectingthedots...Sean Boyd, Dan Esler

Eric M. AndersonCentre for Wildlife EcologyWestern Grebes in the Salish Sea: Status update and prospectus of monitoring and research needsEric M. Anderson, Peter Arcese, Scott D. Wilson, Douglas F. Bertram, Joseph R. Evenson, L. Ignacio Vilchis

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Mikaela DavisSimon Fraser UniversityDietarytrendsoftheGlaucous-wingedgullontheCanadianWestCoastMikaela Davis, John Elliott, Tony Williams

2C: Puget Sound Watershed Framework - Using the Puget Sound Characterization Project to guide planning and development

Junior Ballroom DConvener: Stephen StanleyPRR Facilitator: Rita Brogan

To be successful in protecting and restoring ecosystems and the processes that drive them, it is critical that local governments have the tools and information to develop effective land use designations, regulations, and development standards. The Puget Sound Characterization Project has developed a “watershed based” decision support tool for guiding local planning and development. The first half of this session will summarize the characterization project, the results of the assessments and the decision framework. The second half will focus on the application of the results by local government. King and Pierce Counties and the City of Bremerton, Snohomish County, the Cascade Land Conservancy and the Puget Sound Regional Council will share how they are using the assessment framework to help make decisions that will shape land conservation and growth management across the Puget Sound Region over the next decade. This will include presentations on the Regional Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program to protect forest and farm lands critical to watershed health.

This session will also feature a facilitated discussion.Stephen StanleyWashington Department of EcologyPugetSoundWatershedFramework-Usingintegratedwatershed assessments and data to guide planningS. Stanley, S. Grigsby, T. Hruby, P. Olson, G. Wilhere, D. Booth, R. Horner, D. Hartley, J. Thomas, P., B. Fuerstenberg, P. Bissonnette, J. Lee

George WilhereWashington Department of Fish and WildlifeAcoarse-scaleassessmentofrelativeconservationvalueforterrestrial, freshwater, and marine nearshore habitats in the Puget Sound BasinGeorge F. Wilhere, Timothy Quinn, John Jacobson, Dale Gombert, Dan Miller

Michael MurphyKing CountyIntegratingwatershedcharacterizationwithtransferofdevelopment rights in the Puget Sound regionMichael Murphy, Darren Greve, Ivan Miller

Aaron PetersenPierce County, Planning and Land ServicesIntegratingwatershedcharacterizationwithtransferofdevelopmentrightsinPierceCounty

Jennifer GrathwolParametrixDevelopingawatershedbasedsubareaplanforGorstCreek

2D: Implications of ocean acidification for the Salish SeaGrand BallroomConveners: Christopher Harley, Jan Newton, Dr. Karen Kohfield, Paul Williams, Anne SolomonPRR Facilitator: Jamie Strausz-Clark

Ocean acidification is the process by which excess anthropogenic carbon dioxide drives reductions in seawater pH and carbonate ion availability. It has been identified as the most significant near-future threat to marine ecosystems, and considerable impacts are already being felt by many species, particularly those that rely on calcified shells and skeletons. Because many of these species are socio-economically and/or ecologically important, there has been a recent push to quantify the responses of marine organisms to acidification. Although our understanding of individual-level responses is improving, management and policy relevant information regarding the responses of marine populations, communities, and ecosystems is largely absent.

The Salish Sea may be particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification due to the combination of climatic factors (e.g., the upwelling of corrosive water), ecological sensitivities, and the social and economic importance of marine-derived food and income in the region. In this session, we aim to bring together oceanographers, physiologists, and ecologists along with members of Native American/First Nations governments, aquaculture organizations, and state/provincial and federal government agencies. Talks include cutting edge research on the responses of marine organisms to ocean acidification, and what these responses will mean to key species and entire ecosystems. Input from the aquaculture industry will highlight recent pH changes in the Salish Sea, and their impacts on cultured species. Representatives from government provide context on what steps may be taken in the realm of management, and what additional scientific data will be required to aid in minimizing negative impacts on human societies. Our goal is to facilitate dialogue between researchers, stake holders and governments to help set priorities for near future research directions and management strategies.

Richard FeelyPacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAAOceanacidificationintheSalishSeaRichard A. Feely, Simone R. Alin, Christopher L. Sabine, Jan Newton, Mark Warner, and Allan Devol

M. Brady OlsonWestern Washington University / Shannon Point Marine CenterMicrozooplanktonfeedingandgrowthinanacidifiedSalishSeaM. Brady Olson, Brooke A. Love, Suzanne L. Strom, Ariel Morrison

Simone AlinNOAA Pacific Marine Environmental LaboratoryWater chemistry and larval oyster success in Puget Sound as impactedbyoceanacidificationS. Alin, B. Allen, A. Suhrbier, J. Davis, R. Feely, J. Newton, A. Devol, C. Sabine, B. Peabody, B. Hales

Jeff MarliaveVancouver AquariumPossiblebiologicalcorrelationstooceanacidificationandclimate regimes in the Strait of GeorgiaJeff Marliave, Skip Young, Andy Lamb, Donna Gibbs, Charlie Gibbs

Christopher HarleyUniversity of British ColumbiaEcologicalimpactsofoceanacidificationintheSalishSeaChristopher Harley, Ryan Crim, Rebecca Gooding, Sarah Nienhuis, Emily Tang

Jan NewtonUniversity of WashingtonIntegratingoceanacidificationresearchacrosstheSalishSea

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2E: Restoring estuaries of the Salish Sea: Case studies and social and scientific challenges I

Pavilion Ballroom DConveners: Isa Woo, Sue Patnude, Pamela Shaw, Eric Grossman, Christopher EllingsPRR Facilitator: Hadley Rodero

Estuarine restoration is critical to recover ecosystem services, the health and productivity of diverse natural resources, and maintain a rich cultural heritage. This session will feature lessons learned and ongoing processes on the Nisqually Delta, the Nanaimo River Estuary, the urbanized and dammed Deschutes Estuary at Capitol Lake, the Skokomish, the Skagit and the Snohomish and others. Through a series of restoration case studies, we will present examples of the successes and challenges of estuarine protection, conservation, and restoration. Our goal is to facilitate knowledge transfer of fruitful interdisciplinary partnerships, applied research and monitoring efforts, as well as socio-political challenges of restorations in urban estuaries to inform restoration science, management, policy and community well-being.

Sue PatnudeDeschutes Estuary Restoration TeamVisualizetheDeschutesEstuarySue Patnude, Jeff Dickison, Doug Myers

Keith DublanicaMason Conservation DistrictRestoration processes of the Skokomish Estuary

Lora TryonLake Trail Environmental ConsultingAnecosystemapproachtoplanningrestorationandprotectionprojectsintheCourtenayRiverEstuary

Gregory HoodSkagit River System CooperativeMakingandtestingvegetationpredictionsforOligohalineTidalMarshrestoration

Ian MillerWA Sea Grant / UC Santa CruzTheElwhaDelta:Shrinkingorgrowing?Ian Miller, Jon Warrick, Andrew Stevens

2F: The Salish Sea as a coupled social-ecological systemPavilion Ballroom CConveners: Terrie Klinger, Katharine Wellman, Tom Leschine, Jennifer KnauerPRR Facilitator: Mike Rosen

In this session we integrate human dimensions into ecosystem management of the Salish Sea. We define the Salish Sea as a social-ecological system and use specific examples of projects and partnerships to demonstrate approaches to managing this social-ecological system. Lessons learned from different domains—the Puget Sound Partnership, the Tsawalk Partnership, and the university classroom—offer examples of the application of social science theoretical models and frameworks to regional ecosystem management and illustrate the need and rationale for integrating human dimensions into these processes.

This session will also feature a 10 minute facilitated discussion.Tom LeschineUniversity of WashingtonLessons from the classroom: Teaching across the social-ecological divideTerrie Klinger, Thomas M. Leschine

Sara Jo BreslowUniversity of WashingtonUnderstandingtheculturalaspectsofenvironmentalconflict:Senses of place and axes of mistrust

Thomas OkeyWest Coast AquaticPublic engagement, social-ecological assessment and a coastal andoceanplanfortheWCVIThomas Okey, Andrew Day, Laura Loucks, Jennifer Spencer, Kevin Head

Mark PlummerNW Fisheries Science Center, NOAA FisheriesThe role of eelgrass in marine community interactions and ecosystem services: results from ecosystem-scale food web modelsMark Plummer, Chris J. Harvey, Anne D. Guerry, Mary H. Ruckelshaus

2:30 pm - 3:00 pmAfternoon BreakJunior and Pavilion Ballroom Foyers

3:00pm-4:30pm•BreakoutSessionThree3A: Contaminants: Sources, fates, transport and impacts III

Pavilion Ballroom CConveners: Dale Norton, Scott Redman, Robie MacDonaldPRR Facilitator: Kimbra Wellock

This session offers a comprehensive look at our current understanding of the level of contaminants (toxics and nutrients) in various media, characterization of sources, fate and transport processes once released and biological impacts in the Salish Sea. The session focuses on the following themes:• Contaminants - What do we know about contaminant levels

in various media of the Salish Sea?• Sources - What do we know about sources of contaminants?

Examples of source categories include: primary releases, atmospheric deposition, POTWs, rivers and streams and stormwater


Sandra O’NeillNOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science CenterOptionstoreducetoxicthreatstoChinooksalmoninmarinewaters of the Salish SeaSandra O’Neill, James E. West, Gina M. Ylitalo

Joseph DietrichNOAA Fisheries ServicePolybrominateddiphenylethers(PBDEs)andChinooksalmonhealthJoseph Dietrich, Mary Arkoosha, Gina Ylitalo, Lyndal Johnson, Sandra O’Neill

John ElliottEnvironment Canada, Pacific Wildlife Research CentrePersistent organic contaminants and an effects case in avian wildlife indicator speciesJohn Elliott, Kyle Elliott, Robert Letcher, Lilian Cesh, Tony Williams

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Marie NoelUniversity of Victoria, School of Earth and Ocean SciencesContaminant-relatedalterationsofgenomicsendpointsinPugetSound harbour seals (Phoca vitulina)Marie Noel, Steven Jeffries, Monique Lance, Nik Veldhoen, Caren C. Helbing, Peter S. Ross

Cathy LaetzNOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science CenterLow-dose pesticide mixtures produce synergistic toxicity in juvenilecohosalmonC. Laetz D.H. Baldwin, J. Stark, N.L. Scholz

Patrick MoranUS Geological SurveyEcotoxicological response in streams at three scales of biologicalorganizationacrossPugetSoundPatrick Moran, Robert Black, Neel Aluru, Nile Kemble, Chris Ingersoll, Matt Vijayan

3B: Ecology of forage fishGrand BallroomConveners: Dayv Lowry, Teresa Liedtke, James Selleck, Collin SmithPRR Facilitator: Kirsten Hauge

Forage fish are a driver of the food web in the inland marine waters of the Salish Sea. They are a unique group of fishes bound together not by taxonomy or habitat, but by ecological role. These abundant, small, and energy-dense fish serve as the prey base for a variety of salmon, commercial groundfish, marine mammals, and seabirds. By number, fewer than ~3% of fish species in the northeast Pacific are forage fish, thus they play a disproportionate role in the upward transfer of biomass and energy through marine food webs. Common forage fish of the Salish Sea include northern anchovy, eulachon, Pacific herring, Pacific sand lance, surf smelt, and longfin smelt. Our understanding of basic biology and abundance is better for Pacific herring and northern anchovy than it is for other species, due in large part to historic commercial harvest and the resulting support for research and management. Despite this focus, substantial ecological information is needed even for these better-studied species.

From a research perspective we are interested in the reproduction, recruitment, and habitat use for forage fish species. For environmental planners we offer recent studies of disease, pollution, habitat degradation, commercial fishing, and marine climate change impacts on forage fish. These stressors influence population size and ecological trends over time, and understanding their effects is fundamental to an ecosystem-based management approach for forage fish. This session showcases recent groundbreaking research, conservation, and management efforts targeting forage fish, many of which have transboundary ecological implications.

Douglas E. HayPacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaChangesinthedistribution,compositionandabundanceofforagefishintheSalishSeaDouglas E. Hay, Bruce McCarter, Thomas W. Therriault, Matthew Thompson, Jacob Schweigert, Jennifer L. Boldt.

Correigh GreeneNW Fisheries Science CenterAbundanceandcompositionofforagefishacrossPugetSound’s pelagic ecosystemCorreigh Greene, Casimir Rice, Kurt Fresh

Jake SchweigertFisheries and Oceans CanadaNearshorefishcommunitydynamicsintheStraitofGeorgia:InformationfromjuvenileherringsurveyThomas W. Therriault, Douglas E. Hay, Jacob Schweigert, Matthew Thompson, Jennifer L. Boldt

Jan LovyHerring Conservation and Research SocietyPathogensofPacificherringintheSalishSeaandtheimpactsof Viral Hemorrhagic SepticemiaJan Lovy, Kyle A. Garver, Paul K. Hershberger

Ramona C. de GraafCoastal Conservation Alliance of British ColumbiaForagefishintheSalishSea:SurfsmeltandPacificsandlancespawningecologyinsouthernBritishColumbiaRamona C. de Graaf, Daniel E. Penttila

H. Gary GreeneTombolo-SeaDoc Society/Friday Harbor Labs, University of WashingtonWhere do all the sand lance go: Sub-tidal habitats of the forage fishPacificsandlanceintheSalishSeaH. Gary Greene, T. Wyllie-Echeverria, D. Penttila, M Hampton, D. Cacchione, J. Bizzarro, V. Barrie, C. Robinson, A. Summers

3C: Future growth scenario planningJunior Ballroom CConvener: John LombardPRR Facilitator: Rita Brogan

How can scenarios of the future be modeled? Once modeled, how can they inform policy—and the public processes intended to shape policy and manage projected growth? This session considers these questions and features case studies from throughout Puget Sound and Georgia Basin.

This session will also feature a 25 minute facilitated discussion.William LabiosaU.S. Geological SurveyDeveloping integrated scenarios of climate/land-use change and ecosystem restoration for Puget SoundWilliam Labiosa, Marina Alberti, Amy Snover, Tim Quinn, Ken Currens

Kellie VacheBiological & Ecological Engineering, Oregon State UniversityEnvisioningfuturechangeinthePugetSound–Analternativescenarios approachJohn Bolte, Kellie Vache

Keith FolkertsKitsap CountyAlternativefuturesplanning:KitsapCounty’slessonslearnedKeith Folkerts, David Nash

Kirk JohnsonSkagit County Planning and Development ServicesEnvisioning a long-term future for the Skagit ValleyKirk Johnson, John Lombard

Terry HoffMetro VancouverIssuesandoptionsinpreparingMetroVancouver’sRegionalGrowth Strategy

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3D: Adapting to future climate changeJunior Ballroom DConveners: Stewart Cohen, Nathan MantuaPRR Facilitator: Jamie Strausz-Clark

This session features a roundtable discussion on climate change impacts and adaptation—panelists will offer 5-minute responses to the following two questions, followed by facilitated Q&A with the audience.• What do you think are the possible future impacts of climate

change for Salish Sea ecosystems and communities (Puget Sound, British Columbia and Washington coastal areas)?

• How can information flow be organized to allow research and local knowledge to inform and enable adaptation planning, and implementation of adaptation responses, within regional and local development and governance?

This session will also feature a 30 minute facilitated discussion.Randall M. PetermanSimon Fraser UniversityDecreasing productivity of sockeye salmon and the need for coordinated research

Richard BeamishDFOCommunicatinganunderstandingofthechangesintheStraitofGeorgia

Mike DohertyClallam CountyAdaptingtofutureclimatechange

Ed KnightSwinomish Indian Tribal CommunityAdaptationplanningintheSwinomishIndianTribalCommunity

Christianne WilhelmsonGeorgia Strait AllianceAdaptingtofutureclimatechange:acommunityperspective

Paul PickettWA Department of EcologyWAStateintegratedclimatechangeresponsestrategyHedia Adelsman, Paul Pickett

3E: Restoring estuaries of the Salish Sea: Case studies and social and scientific challenges II

Pavilion Ballroom DConveners: Isa Woo, Sue Patnude, Pamela Shaw, Eric Grossman, Christopher EllingsPRR Facilitator: Hadley Rodero

Estuarine restoration is critical to recover ecosystem services, the health and productivity of diverse natural resources, and maintain a rich cultural heritage. This session will feature lessons learned and ongoing processes on the Nisqually Delta, the Nanaimo River Estuary, the urbanized and dammed Deschutes Estuary at Capitol Lake, the Skokomish, the Skagit and the Snohomish and others. Through a series of restoration case studies, we will present examples of the successes and challenges of estuarine protection, conservation, and restoration. Our goal is to facilitate knowledge transfer of fruitful interdisciplinary partnerships, applied research and monitoring efforts, as well as socio-political challenges of restorations in urban estuaries to inform restoration science, management, policy and community well-being.

This session will also feature a 15 minute facilitated discussion.

Christopher EllingsNisqually Indian Tribe Salmon Recovery ProgramNisqually Delta restoration and research: S. Salish Sea case studyC. Ellings, F. Leischner, S. Hodgson, J. Barham, I. Woo, K. Turner, K. Larsen, E. Grossman, S. Rubin, C. Curran

Joshua ChamberlinNOAAComprehensivemonitoringoftheQwulooltrestorationintheSnohomish River EstuaryC. Rice, J. Chamberlin, P. Roni, T. Zackey, J. Hall

Chris Good, Geraldine Manson, Pamela Shaw & Doug White IISnuneymuxw First NationThe Nanaimo River Estuary: Restoration and balanceChris Good, Geraldine Manson, Pamela Shaw, Doug White II

Tarang KangaonkarPacific Northwest National LaboratoryHydrodynamic and sediment transport modeling of Skagit River –McGlinnIslandCausewayRestorationProjectTarang Kangaonkar, Taeyun Kim, Steve Hinton, Nora Kammer, Eric Mickelson

3F: Roundtable discussion: The role of social sciences in ecosystem recovery

Junior Ballroom A/BPRR Facilitator: Mike Rosen

This session provides an opportunity for open discussion of the role of the social sciences in ecosystem recovery. The conversation is open to all conference participants. It continues themes from the previous session, “The Salish Sea as A Coupled Social-Ecological System,” and from a 13 June 2011 workshop, “Human Dimensions of Puget Sound and Washington Coast Ecosystem-Based Management.”

The workshop, hosted by the Puget Sound Institute and Washington Sea Grant, convened social science academics and professionals to explore how research in the social sciences can inform and guide the Puget Sound Partnership other regional agencies in development and implementation of the Action Agenda to Restore Puget Sound. The workshop addressed a series of questions focusing on Values, Behavior, Risk, Indicators and Targets, Infrastructure, and other topics.

Building on the output of this workshop, we would like to continue the discussion of how social sciences can inform and guide ecosystem restoration and management, particularly emphasizing what concrete actions can be taken to apply these priorities in ongoing work.

Moderators:Katharine WellmanMarine Environmental EconomistPuget Sound Partnership Science Panel

Dave WardStewardship Program ManagerPuget Sound Partnership

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4:30 pm - 7:00 pmPoster Gala Reception - All delegates welcome!Junior and Pavilion Ballroom Foyers, Third Floor

This event is open to all registered delegates without charge.You are invited to our Poster Gala Reception! This event is a wonderful chance to see posters highlighting the inspiring, informative and groundbreaking research that examines the state of the Salish Sea Ecosystem and our opportunities for restoring and protecting it. Meet scientists, students, policy makers, non-profit organizations and others as they highlight critical research and programs. Enjoy a great selection of hors d’oeuvres and canapés. Cash bar will be available.

8:30 pm - 10:30 pmSalish Sea Ecosystem Film FestivalSponsored by Washington Sea GrantJunior Ballroom D, Third Floor

This event is open to all registered delegates without charge.The festival will showcase the best and most recent films, videos and multi-media presentations about regional habitats and inhabitants of the Salish Sea. Popcorn will be served and a cash bar will be available.

Building BRIDGES for the Future of Science Policy in Canada Tisser des liens pour l’avenir des politiques scientifiques

Ottawa Convention CentreNovember 16 - 18Centre des congrès d’Ottawa16 - 18 novembre

Science, Politics and Culture in Canada Enabling Private Sector Innovation Exploring the True North, Reflections on Northern Science PolicySpecial Focus: International Year of ChemistryMajor Issues In Canadian Science PolicyWorkshop on Nuts and Bolts of Science Policy

ThemesScience, politique et culture au Canada Appuyer l’innovation dans le secteur privé Franc Nord: réflexions sur la politique scientifique pour le Nord Point de mire : Année internationale de la chimie Enjeux majeurs de la politique scientifique canadienneAtelier sur “The Nuts and Bolts of Science Policy”

Thèmes:

5 themes, 16 panels, 1 workshop,more than 60 invited speakers, 2 receptions, & 2 surprise events.

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Science, Politics and Culture in Canada Enabling Private Sector Innovation Exploring the True North, Reflections on Northern Science PolicySpecial Focus: International Year of ChemistryMajor Issues In Canadian Science PolicyWorkshop on Nuts and Bolts of Science Policy

ThemesScience, politique et culture au Canada Appuyer l’innovation dans le secteur privé Franc Nord: réflexions sur la politique scientifique pour le Nord Point de mire : Année internationale de la chimie Enjeux majeurs de la politique scientifique canadienneAtelier sur “The Nuts and Bolts of Science Policy”

Thèmes:

5 themes, 16 panels, 1 workshop,more than 60 invited speakers, 2 receptions, & 2 surprise events.

5 thèmes, 16 panels, 1 atelier, plus de 60 conférenciers invités, 2 réceptions, et 2 événements surprises.

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8:00 am - 5:30 pmSalish Sea Conference Art ShowParksville Room

8:00am-9:30am•BreakoutSessionFour4A: Transboundary air – Shared Canada and US issues

Junior Ballroom A/BConveners: June Yoo Rifkin, Glen Okrainetz, Roger Quan, Bob SmithPRR Facilitator: Kimbra Wellock

The Salish Sea encompasses a shared transboundary US/Canada airshed. The session provides an update on current science of the airshed, as well as perspectives on policies and management strategies including the Georgia Basin-Puget Sound International Airshed Strategy - a multi-agency, international co-operative effort to address shared air quality management concerns. A recent scientific assessment on this airshed has found that there is significant transboundary transport of airborne pollutants in both directions and that visibility is impaired 20% of the time in the Lower Fraser Valley. The purpose of this session is to identify i) key emerging issues in this airshed, and ii) mechanisms for collaborative management of the transboundary Salish Sea airshed. Identification of key emerging transboundary air issues in the Salish Sea, as well as mechanisms for addressing these emerging issues will be covered.

This session will also feature a 30 minute facilitated discussion.Roxanne VingarzanEnvironment Canada, Meteorological Service of CanadaOverview of the 2011 Georgia Basin / Puget Sound InternationalAirshedCharacterizationReportRoxanne Vingarzan, Robert Kotchenruther, Bill Taylor, Sarah Hanna, Rebecca Saari

Julie SaxtonMetro VancouverProtectingviewsinBritishColumbiaJulie Saxton, Markus Kellerhals, members of the B.C. Visibility Coordinating Committee

Dan BrownUS EPA Region 10Cross-bordermovementofgoods–Anemergingtransboundaryair issue

Gary OlszewskiPort Metro VancouverMilestoneresultsandlessonslearnedofthecrossborderNorthwestPortsCleanAirStrategy

4B: Science and management of killer whales IJunior Ballroom DConvener: Scott VeirsPRR Facilitator: Kirsten Hauge

The killer whales of the Salish Sea are listed as threatened or endangered in both the U.S. and Canada. As the scientific and stewardship communities continue to weigh the costs and benefits of invasive methods like satellite tagging, there is a pressing need to exchange all available information from non-invasive research techniques. There are also renewed efforts on both sides of the border to integrate the management of killer whales and the listed species, like Chinook salmon, upon which they prey. 2011 has also brought Federal regulation of orca-boat interactions in the U.S. This session will survey recent scientific results, with an emphasis on less-invasive techniques and new implications for transboundary killer whale management.

John FordPacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaContrastinglong-termtrendsinoccurrenceandabundanceofkiller whale ecotypes in the Salish SeaJohn Ford, Graeme M. Ellis, John W. Durban, Kenneth C. Balcomb

Amalis RieraUniversity of VictoriaAcousticmonitoringtodelineatekillerwhalecriticalhabitatsoffsouthwestern Vancouver IslandAmalis Riera, John K. Ford, John A. Hildebrand, Sean M. Wiggins, N. Ross Chapman

Samuel WasserCenter for Conservation BiologyNon-invasive physiological monitoring of Southern Resident KillerWhalesSamuel Wasser, Katherine Ayres, Jessica Lundin

Peter RossFisheries and Oceans CanadaRanking contaminant threats to the killer whales of the Salish SeaPeter Ross, John K.B. Ford, Andrea Buckman, Marie Noel, Frank A.P.C. Gobas, Steve Jeffries

Teresa MongilloHerrera Environmental Consultants, Inc.Health implications of exposure to a mixture of pollutants in SouthernResidentKillerWhalesTeresa Mongillo, Gina M. Ylitalo, Sandra M. O’Neill, Linda D. Rhodes, Dawn P. Noren, M. Bradley Hanson

Val VeirsBeam Reach Marine Science and Sustainability SchoolUnderwaternoiseinthecriticalhabitatoftheendangeredSouthernResidentKillerWhalesVal Veirs, Scott Veirs, Jason Wood

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4C: Approaches to assessing the health of the Salish SeaPavilion Ballroom DConveners: Cecilia Wong, Ken Dzinbal, Sandie O’Neill, Michael Rylko, Ron Thom, Jennie WangPRR Facilitator: Rita Brogan

A number of complementary efforts are taking place to characterize status and trends in the health of the Salish Sea Ecosystem. These efforts differ in their scale, resources and perspectives. This session presents highlights of these approaches, challenges and key findings in order to develop a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the health of the Salish Sea Ecosystem.

Ronald ThomMarine Sciences LaboratoryMonitoringtheSalishSeaecosystem:Thenetecosystemimprovement (NEI) approach to assessing ecosystem health that informs restoration actionsRonald Thom, Heida Diefenderfer

Cecilia WongEnvironment CanadaTransboundary indicators of Salish Sea ecosystem healthCecilia Wong, Sandie O’Neill, Michael Rylko, Jennie Wang

Ian PerryFisheries and Oceans CanadaAssessingthehealthandfunctioningoftheStraitofGeorgia:Ahuman-dominated marine ecosystemDiane Masson, R. Ian Perry

Ken DzinbalPuget Sound PartnershipThePugetSoundCoordinatedEcosystemMonitoringandAssessmentProgramKen Dzinbal, Nathalie Hamel, Ken Currens

Katherine BoydPuget Sound PartnershipHow to write accountable actions: Lessons learned from performancereportingonthe2008PugetSoundActionAgendaKatherine Boyd, Alana Knaster, Alex Mitchell

Richard BrocksmithHood Canal Coordinating CouncilAframeworkforadaptivelymanagingecologicalandsocioeconomic conservation at the meso-scaleR. Brocksmith, S. Brewer, M. Holman, J. Meyer, J. White, H. Huber, J. Horowitz, K. Nelson, A.J. Morgan, D. Herrera

4D: PSP Action Agenda: Strategies and actionsPavilion Ballroom CConvener: Scott RedmanPRR Facilitator: Jamie Strausz-Clark

The Puget Sound Action Agenda presents recovery strategies for protecting and restoring terrestrial, freshwater, nearshore, marine systems and for preventing and controlling pollution. It is used by decision-makers throughout the Puget Sound region to guide investments and track recovery progress. This session presents an overview of the 2011 revisions to the Action Agenda including the major strategies, the nesting of local actions within a Sound-wide strategy, the adaptation cycle and recent update process, and approaches used to foster partners’ ownership and buy in. This session will include a facilitated discussion.

4E: Shorelines I: Ecology, restoration & shore-friendly development

Grand BallroomConveners: Erica Guttman, Katrina Hoffman, Andrew James, Joel Baker, Brian EmmettPRR Facilitator: Hadley Rodero

The session explores Salish Sea shoreline management through the lens of science, policy, management, and development design. Topics include:

• Management strategies adopted by local and regional jurisdictions (i.e., cities, counties, provinces) for shoreline protection and rehabilitation. This may include the implementation of Shoreline Master Programs, the regulatory approach in British Columbia, the concept of no net loss of ecological function, and incentive programs to encourage adoption of lower impact shoreline development.

• New research on nearshore ecology, including the backshore ecotone; describing small-scale restoration and monitoring strategies; and exploring how this information might intersect with management and design alternatives in the nearshore.

• Development approaches to enhance shoreline sustainability in the Salish Sea that have been, or will be implemented along freshwater and marine shorelines. The focus is on projects at the parcel or park scale (public, private and First Nations), which conserve, restore or enhance physical and biological processes on altered shorelines through designs developed with ecosystem function in mind.

The session covers the research, policies, design solutions, and incentives relevant to shoreline ecosystems on a scale of interest to local jurisdictions. It provides a forum for discussing restoration strategies and results from recent restoration projects; identifying gaps in knowledge and industry preparedness in the implementation of traditional and innovative restoration activities; and discussing the role of backshore and nearshore protection and restoration projects in overall improvements in shoreline habitats and function. It serves as a platform for the exchange of ideas between participating coastal professionals.

Moderator: Andrew JamesUniversity of Washington

Megan DethierFriday Harbor Labs, University of WashingtonImpacts of armoring on Puget Sound beaches: Diverse effects on diverse scalesM. Dethier, J. Toft, S. Heerhartz, J. Cordell, A. Ogston, H. Berry

Hugh ShipmanWashington Department of EcologyArmoringPugetSound:Resultsofa2009workshopHugh Shipman, Megan Dethier, Guy Gelfenbaum, Kurt Fresh, Rick Dinicola

Erica GuttmanWSU ExtensionVegetationcharacterizationandrestorationpotentialinthebackshore

Jonathan TurnerSquamish Oceanfront Development CorporationAchievingParkPlanningObjectivesWhileEnhancingHabitatValues and Ecosystem FunctionsJonathan Turner, Trevor Dunn

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Andrea MacLennanCoastal Geologic ServicesEnhancingResiliencetoSLR/CCatVulnerablePriorityNearshoreHabitatsinSanJuanCountyAndrea MacLennan, Stephanie Williams, Jim Johannessen, Tina Whitman

Jonathan WaggonerCoastal Geologic ServicesBeachnourishmentformitigationandforagefishhabitatatMarchPoint,SkagitCounty,WAJonathan Waggoner, Jim Johannessen, MS LEG, Andrea MacLennan, MS

4F: Media in science outreach: Strategies and new directions

Pavilion Ballroom A/BConvener: John WilliamsPRR Facilitator: Mike Rosen

In this 21st century in North America, a major part of the public’s understanding of the world around them comes from media: reading books in school, watching television, subscribing to blogs, watching viral videos, or viewing public art installations. If we look for Salish Sea science in the media, we find a few exceptional portrayals of the largely invisible parts of the Salish Sea, but in general they are vastly underrepresented.

Since the public is such an immediate, though often unaware, stakeholder in the health of the Salish Sea, their support is essential for continuing research about, and informed management of this environment. The purpose of this session is to examine methods scientists can use to communicate a sense of our Salish Sea ecosystem to the public — the successes and failures of contemporary media as well as the promise of some of the new media technologies. It will bring together a few exceptional media examples and an audience who represent a myriad of media opportunities and additional media experiences. In addition to offering scientists some insight into the how’s and why’s of the media process, a discussion at the end will expand a list of concrete media resources available to scientists to enable them to share their insights with the public without having to become media experts themselves.

This session will conclude with a facilitated discussion.John WilliamsSEA-MediaHastheSalishSeadisappeared?

Robi SmithBlue Lantern StudioWhen art meets science, good things happen

David GordonWashington Sea GrantHigh-impact communications on a low-ball budget

Ron StevenRogest studioThe art of connection

Eric SolomonVancouver Aquarium Marine Science CentreHelping the public make sense of Salish Sea science: The role of the media in creating context

9:30 am - 10:00 amMorning BreakJunior and Pavilion Ballroom Foyers

10:00am-11:30am•BreakoutSessionFive5A: Marine Protected Areas in the Salish Sea – A

transboundary explorationJunior Ballroom DConveners: Pat Christie, Christianne Wilhelmsen,Sabine Jessen, David L. Fluharty, Kristin Hoelting , Clara Hard, Richard PollnacPRR Facilitator: Kimbra Wellock

The session gathers marine resource scientists, NGOs and management professionals engaged in the development of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and MPA Networks in Washington State and British Columbia, with a focus on initiatives in the Salish Sea, and potential links with broader marine spatial planning for the Salish Sea.

Presenters will describe research into social aspects and implementation of MPAs, to collectively identify future research needs in the field, and share resources that can be mobilized toward this end. We will discuss the proposed Canada/BC MPA strategy and its implementation in the Salish Sea and recent MPA initiatives in Washington State spurred by successful dive-site MPAs and the Endangered Species Act listing of rockfish. In addition, we will explore the opportunity provided by the proposed Southern Strait of Georgia national marine conservation area (NMCA) and the Puget Sound Partnership for protecting tourism, ecological and recreational values in the area, the potential future management challenges, and the complex jurisdictional arrangements in this area.

Key topics to be addressed include:• overlapping and conflicting goals of existing MPAs and MPA

networks with the intention of developing a shared sense of purpose into the future;

• effectively engaging the fishing community and other constituencies;

• Can MPAs be an effective tool for the recovery of rockfish and In what circumstances are MPAs the correct tool?

Patrick ChristieSchool of Marine and Environmental Affairs - University of WashingtonAn introduction to Puget Sound MPAs: Social processes and impactsPatrick Christie, David Fluharty, Richard Pollnac

Clara HardUniversity of WashingtonCommunityawarenessandinfluence:AcasestudyofMPAsinPuget SoundClara Hard, Patrick Christie, Richard Pollnac, Kristin Hoelting

Kristin HoeltingUniversity of WashingtonLegitimacyandcollaborativeprocess:FactorsinfluencingpublicsupportofPugetSoundMPAsKristin Hoelting, Clara Hard, Patrick Christie, Richard Pollnac

Sabine JessenCanadian Parks and Wilderness SocietyMPAissuesintheSouthernStraitofGeorgia:whatisthepotentialforprogress?Sabine Jessen, Christianne Wilhelmson

Tony PitcherUBCThe sea before us: Reconstructing the Salish Sea with marine protected areasMimi E. Lam, Ian Perry, Douglas Harris, Andrew Martindale, Evgeny Pakhomov, Tony Pitcher

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Wayne BourqueParks Canada - Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of CanadaStatusoftheproposedNationalMarineConservationAreaBill Henwood, Wayne Bourque

5B: Science and management of killer whales IIPavilion Ballroom A/BConvener: Scott VeirsPRR Facilitator: Kirsten Hauge

The killer whales of the Salish Sea are listed as threatened or endangered in both the U.S. and Canada. As the scientific and stewardship communities continue to weigh the costs and benefits of invasive methods like satellite tagging, there is a pressing need to exchange all available information from non-invasive research techniques. There are also renewed efforts on both sides of the border to integrate the management of killer whales and the listed species, like chinook salmon, upon which they prey. 2011 has also brought Federal regulation of orca-boat interactions in the U.S. This session will survey recent scientific results, with an emphasis on less-invasive techniques and new implications for transboundary killer whale management.

Rob WilliamsOceans InitiativeInextricablylinked:boats,noise,ChinooksalmonandkillerwhalerecoveryinthenortheastPacificRob Williams, Erin Ashe, Christopher W. Clark, Philip S. Hammond, David Lusseau

Jason WoodSMRU Ltd.Shipping noise and vocal compensation by Southern Resident KillerWhales:Dosomeshipshavealargerimpact?Jason Wood, Peggy Foreman, Val Veirs, Scott Veirs

Jeffrey DismukesSysstat, Inc.Quantificationofaveragesummerseasonmarinevesseltrafficin the San Juan Islands June 12 – September 7, 2010Jeffrey Dismukes, Jonathan Riley, Greg Crenshaw

D.A. GilesUniversity of California, Davis. Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, Conservation BiologyUsingnon-invasiveremotesensingequipmentandGIStoassesspotentialeffectsofvesselsonSouthernResidentKillerWhales in the Salish SeaD.A. Giles, Kari Koski, Rose Cendak, Nicholas Roseberg

Andrea BuckmanDepartment of Fisheries and OceansVariabilityinChinooksalmonconditionandimplicationsforresident killer whalesAndrea H. Buckman, Nik Veldhoen, Caren C. Helbing, Kristi Miller, John K.B. Ford, Peter S. Ross

Lance Barrett-LennardVancouver Aquarium Marine Science CentreSavingsalmonforendangeredkillerwhales:Anewparadigminwildlifemanagement?

Larry RutterNOAA Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries ServiceAscientificworkshopprocesstoevaluatetheeffectsofsalmonfisheriesonkillerwhales

5C: Applying environmental indicators for ecosystem-based management

Grand BallroomConveners: Michael Rylko, Cecilia Wong, Ken Dzinbal, Sandie O’Neill, Ron Thom, Jennie WangPRR Facilitator: Rita Brogan

Efforts to assess the status and trends in the health of the Salish Sea have generated environmental indicators to communicate the key characteristics of ecosystem health and to support ecosystem-based management. The challenge now is to link environmental indicators with needed policy and management actions to improve ecosystem health and the subsequent performance measures of the effectiveness of these actions. This session presents case studies at various geographic scales to illustrate how environmental indicators are currently being applied for ecosystem-based management in the Salish Sea.

Nick BrownSeaDoc Society, UC Davis Wildlife Health Center - Orcas Island OfficeSpeciesofConcernwithintheSalishSea:Changesfrom2002to 2011Nick Brown, Joseph K. Gaydos

Christy Pattengill-SemmensReef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)PatternsoffishbiodiversityintheSalishSeaChristy Pattengill-Semmens, Janna Nichols

Paul ChittaroNOAASuitability of somatic growth of English sole as an ecosystem indicatorPaul Chittaro, Bernadita Anulacion, Rich Zabel

Brandon SackmannWashington State Department of EcologyMatryoshka-basedmonitoringofPugetSound:Characterizingwater quality at multiple scalesBrandon Sackmann, Christopher Krembs, Tarang Khangaonkar

Margaret DutchWashington State Department of EcologyRelating sediment quality indicators between ambient monitoring and regulatory programs for ecosystem-based managementMargaret Dutch, Valerie Partridge, Sandra Weakland, Kathy Welch, Ed Long

Ken PierceWA Dept. of Fish & WildlifeRegional high resolution change detection in Puget Sound using 1-m aerial photography

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5D: Threat and risk assessments in the Salish SeaPavilion Ballroom CConveners: Wayne Landis, Peter Chapman, Robert JohnstonPRR Facilitator: Jamie Strausz-Clark

One of the critical needs of management efforts such as the Puget Sound Partnership and others in the Salish Sea is to develop a reliable framework for connecting stressors to effects (hazards and risks) on ecosystem services. The utility of ecological and human health risk assessments to inform management decisions have been well demonstrated for site assessments conducted for clean-up projects, pesticide regulation and use, management of invasive species, and many other applications. These tools can be used across the Salish Sea to support management actions taking place across varying geographic scales, addressing the relative risks of different stressors, assessing the cumulative impacts of stressors and cumulative improvements of actions, and linking management actions to improvements to ecosystem services across the region. Risk assessments can be focused on specific watersheds, invasive species, critical ecosystem services, and system restoration efforts. A critical need in the region is to also understand the linkage between ecological risk and impacts to human health and overall welfare. This session focuses on frameworks, technical approaches, and case studies for conducting regional and watershed scale risk assessments to aid ecosystem protection and recovery.

David BatkerEarth EconomicsFloodriskreductionandecosystemservicesintheChehalisBasinDavid Batker, Maya Kocian, Briana Lovell, Jennifer Harrison-Cox

Rebecca MartoneInstitute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British ColumbiaCumulativeimpactstocoastalecosystemservicesinBritishColumbiaRebecca Martone, Allison Thompson, Gerald G. Singh, Kai M.A. Chan

Joey BernhardtThe Natural Capital Project, Stanford UniversityEcological risk assessment to support marine spatial planningJoey Bernhardt, Katie Arkema, Greg Guannel, Jodie Toft, Anne Guerry, Mary Ruckelshaus

Kyle LoringFriends of the San JuansRegulatory threats to marine ecosystems: Systemic pressures to elevate compensation over protectionKyle Loring, Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria

Jeffrey SternKing County Dept. Natural Resources and ParksSediment cleanup – Basin-scale risk assessment used to assess effectiveness of the current process

April MarkiewiczWestern Washington UniversityAssessingecologicalthreats/risksatabasinscaletoPugetSound using the relative risk methodApril Markiewicz, Wayne G. Landis

5E: Shorelines I: Ecology, restoration & shore-friendly development

Pavilion Ballroom DConveners: Erica Guttman, Katrina Hoffman, Andrew James, Joel Baker, Brian EmmettPRR Facilitator: Hadley Rodero

The session explores Salish Sea shoreline management through the lens of science, policy, management, and development design. Topics include:

• Management strategies adopted by local and regional jurisdictions (i.e., cities, counties, provinces) for shoreline protection and rehabilitation. This may include the implementation of Shoreline Master Programs, the regulatory approach in British Columbia, the concept of no net loss of ecological function, and incentive programs to encourage adoption of lower impact shoreline development.

• New research on nearshore ecology, including the backshore ecotone; describing small-scale restoration and monitoring strategies; and exploring how this information might intersect with management and design alternatives in the nearshore.

• Development approaches to enhance shoreline sustainability in the Salish Sea that have been, or will be implemented along freshwater and marine shorelines. The focus is on projects at the parcel or park scale (public, private and First Nations), which conserve, restore or enhance physical and biological processes on altered shorelines through designs developed with ecosystem function in mind.

The session covers the research, policies, design solutions, and incentives relevant to shoreline ecosystems on a scale of interest to local jurisdictions. It provides a forum for discussing restoration strategies and results from recent restoration projects; identifying gaps in knowledge and industry preparedness in the implementation of traditional and innovative restoration activities; and discussing the role of backshore and nearshore protection and restoration projects in overall improvements in shoreline habitats and function. It serves as a platform for the exchange of ideas between participating coastal professionals.

Moderator: Katrina HoffmanUniversity of Washington

Kathy TaylorWashington State Department of EcologyInforming shoreline and marine planning and management throughtheWashingtonCoastalAtlasKathy Taylor, Darby Veeck, Liz O’Dea, Deborah Purce, Tammy Pelletier

Michelle GaudryBIEAP-FREMPBurrard Inlet Habitat Inventory

Tina WhitmanFriends of the San JuansShorelinerestorationintheSanJuanArchipelago:Addressingcumulative impactsTina Whitman, James Slocomb

Brian EmmettArchipelago Marine Research Ltd.GreenShoresforHomes–IncentivizinglowimpactshorelinedevelopmentBrian Emmett, Margaret Glowacki, Katrina Hoffman

James Redford & Brian ChatwinChatwin Engineering Ltd.NanooseFirstNationGreenShoreProject

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Ginger ShoemakerWashington DNRManagingecosystems,notleasesCarol Cloen, Ginger Shoemaker

5F: Building towards a better informed Salish Sea constituency through education and outreach I

Junior Ballroom A/BConveners: Jude Apple, Fritz Stahr, Rick SearlePRR Facilitator: Mike Rosen

Public awareness of the Salish Sea occurs through many paths, including both formal and informal educational settings. The purpose of this session is to provide a venue for all who have conducted, or wish to learn about, successful engagement and public education programs. These could be formal educational approaches that range from elementary to graduate school, or through informal education settings such as place-based hands-on learning experiences in the field, at informal science education (ISE) facilities (e.g., aquarium or science center), or at a public policy forum (e.g., presentations to legislators and/or committees). A recent trend toward place-based education in both formal and informal settings underscores the importance of developing Salish Sea-based approaches to teaching and communicating science. Strategies that are novel or unique are especially encouraged, as are discussions of techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of outreach and educational programs. It is our vision that session participants will gain a renewed appreciation for the value of communicating Salish Sea science, policy, conservation, and restoration to many audiences among multiple venues – and will leave with ideas and tools for planning, implementing and evaluating effective approaches for doing so.

Penelope DaltonWashington Sea GrantUseofoutreachandeducationprogramsinSalishSeaconservationPenelope Dalton, Pete Granger, Raechel Waters

Sarah BernsteinUniversity of Washington Friday Harbor LaboratoriesEnvironmental outreach in the San Juan Islands

Raechel WatersWashington Sea GrantBuilding capacity in effective outreach and education: TheCommunicatingOceanSciencesProgramRaechel Waters, Tansy Clay, Jude Apple, Shawn Rowe

Carrie Tzou, Blakely TsurusakiUniversity of Washington BothellMyplaceinPugetSound:Connectingoceanscienceandeveryday expertise in a high school curriculumCarrie Tzou, Amanda Bruner, Tansy Clay, Blakely Tsurusaki

Natasha EwingOcean Networks Canada Centre for Enterprise & EngagementUsingreal-timedatafromtheSalishSeaforoceaneducationNatasha Ewing, Krista Zala, Rick Searle

Jude AppleShannon Point Marine Center (WWU) / Northwest Indian CollegeSense of place and perspective: Native and western approaches to marine science educationJude Apple, Joel Green, Steve Pavlik; Northwest Indian College

11:30 am - 2:00 pmLunch and Coast Salish Gathering Plenary PanelGrand Ballroom

Coast Salish Gathering Plenary Panel: “Working together for the Salish Sea”The Coast Salish Western Washington Tribes and British Columbia First Nations will share insights into aspects of decision-making by aboriginal governments and the relationship between culture and decision-making as it pertains to science, policy, and social issues connected to the Salish Sea biome. Panelists will explore the significance of working together and embracing the elements of knowledge, culture, and respect as tools to support our collective work.

Coast Salish Gathering Steering Committee Leadership:• Chief Ian Campbell, Squamish Nation• Chief Bill Williams, Squamish Nation• Ray Harris, Co Chair, First Nations Summit, Chemainus First

Nation• Councillor Jeffery Point, Skowkale First Nation• Chief Dalton Silver, Sumas Nation• Chairman Brian Cladoosby, Swinomish Indian Tribal

Community• Patti Gobin, Chairman’s Office, Tulalip Tribes

2:00pm-3:30pm•BreakoutSessionSix6A: Stormwater: Science and management I - Recent

findingsPavilion Ballroom DConveners: Joan Lee, Erica Guttman, Bob Simmons, Heather TrimPRR Facilitator: Kimbra Wellock

Stormwater has center stage in the Salish Sea region. This session explores efforts underway to understand and address pollution and flow impacts, retrofit large untreated areas of nonpoint source runoff and engage the public in site-scale solutions. Talks will also cover the newest stormwater research, especially toxic loading studies; and new coordinated regional monitoring and other efforts to engage expertise across the region to accelerate progress towards solutions.

John LenthHerrera Environmental ConsultantsToxics chemical loadings in surface runoff to Puget SoundJohn Lenth, Dylan Ahearn, Mindy Roberts

Jennifer McIntyreWashington State UniversityLinkingsublethalcopperneurotoxicitytosurvivalinjuvenilecoho salmonJennifer McIntyre, Nathaniel L. Scholz, David H. Baldwin, Julann S. Spromberg, David A. Beauchamp

Jill M. BrandenbergerPacific Northwest National Marine Science LaboratoryCopperleachratesfrombrakedust:Implicationstoriverineandestuarine stormwater managementJ. M. Brandenberger, E.A. Crecelius, V.M. Everett, E. A. Fowler

Kate MacnealeNOAA Fisheries - Northwest Fisheries Science CenterContaminatedstormwaterrunoff:Effectsoninvertebratedriftand survival and implications for endangered salmonidsK.H. Macneale, J.A. Spromberg, S. Damm, J. Davis, N.L. Scholz

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Bruce NairnKing County WTDImpactofcombinedseweroverflowtreatmentonsedimentdeposition and contamination potentialBruce Nairn, Jeff Stern, Kevin Schock

Will HafnerNewFieldsEvaluating methods for source tracing of contaminants on the Lower Duwamish WaterwayWill Hafner, Dan Cargill, John Nakayama, Jon Nuwer, Glen Vedera

6B: The Salish Sea food web—From description to quantification I

Grand BallroomConveners: Rana El-Sabaawi, Brady OlsonPRR Facilitator: Kirsten Hauge

Food webs are an important framework in which to assess the importance of trophic connections to the transfer of energy and matter in ecosystems. We know that marine populations of the Salish Sea are changing rapidly in response to a variety of stressors, but we currently cannot predict what the ecological consequences of these changes will be. A striking example of this is the disappearance of large-lipid rich copepods, which are thought to be an important source of diet for higher trophic levels, and their replacement with smaller, lipid poor species. Understanding how organisms interact with each other in the Salish Sea food web is a fundamental first step towards understanding their role in this ecosystem. This session includes presentations characterizing different aspects of the Salish Sea food web from the benthos and the pelagic zone, and from plankton to apex predators. Presentations cover the role of plankton in the Salish Sea food web, other aspects of trophic interactions in the region, including spatial and temporal variability in trophic dynamics and dietary availability and comparisons of food web dynamics from different basins of the Salish Sea (e.g. Georgia Basin vs. Puget Sound).

Lingbo LiFisheries Centre, the University of British ColumbiaWhatmattersinafoodweb?AcasestudyintheSalishSeausing a marine ecosystem modelLingbo Li, Tony Pitcher, Robert Devlin

Emily HoweSchool of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of WashingtonDifferences in food web connectivity across intertidal gradients inembaymentandfluvialdominatedestuariesEmily Howe, Charles A. Simenstad

Evgeny PakhomovUniversity of British ColumbiaBetween year (2006 and 2007) differences in Strait of Georgia lower trophic levelsBrian Hunt, Evgeny Pakhomov, John Dower

Robin ElahiUniversity of WashingtonMesoscaleoceanographicvariation,grazer-preyinteractions,and missing trophic links in subtidal benthic communitiesRobin Elahi, Kenneth P. Sebens

Julie E. KeisterUniversity of WashingtonZooplankton community variability in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget SoundJulie E. Keister, Jan A. Newton, Julia K. Bos, Loren B. Tuttle

Kevin TurnerUniversity of Washington / Friday Harbor LaboratoriesImpactsoflingcodandrockfishonbenthiccommunitystructureKevin Turner, Kenneth Sebens

6C: Traditional foods of the Salish Sea: Connections, current status, and policy

Junior Ballroom A/BConvener: Jamie DonatutoPRR Facilitator: Rita Brogan

The traditional foods of the Salish Sea area—aquatic, avian, riparian, and upland natural resources—retain deep connections to those people who have harvested and prepared them for many generations. The current status of many of these natural resources is reduced, threatened and/or contaminated, and thus no longer harvestable. This session looks at how people across the Salish Sea are connected to these traditional foods, and how policy can be created to protect and enhance what remains on behalf of all people living on both sides of the border. Examples may include: Washington State’s work to bolster fish consumption rates in policy in order to better protect the health of the aquatic natural resources and all Washingtonians who harvest and consume them, as well as how implementing complimentary measures in British Columbia would be mutually beneficial on both sides of the border; and, efforts to establish climate change impact protocols such as sharing knowledge and resources regarding potential migration of culturally and medicinally important plant species across the international border.

This session will also feature a 20 minute facilitated discussion.Larry DunnLower Elwha Klallam TribeTraditional foods, tribal health & importance of establishing representativefishconsumptionrates

Fran Wilshusen & Anne SeitarNorthwest Indian Fisheries CommissionFish consumption rates and state water quality standardsFran Wilshusen, Anne Seitar

Madrona MurphyKwiaht: Center for the Historical Ecology of the Salish SeaTraditionalfoodplantsmaybenefitfrommanagedclimateadaptationMadrona Murphy, Brook Brouwer, Russel Barsh

Thiago GomesUniversity of VictoriaRestoringtheGardensatTl’chés,ChathamIslands,BritishColumbia

Amy GroesbeckREM, Simon Fraser UniversityAncientclammaricultureonBritishColumbia’scoastline:Anexperimental examinationA.S. Groesbeck, A.K. Salomon, D.S. Lepofsky, K. Rowell

Randall LewisSquamish NationRestoring the Squamish estuary and the return of whales

Bill WilliamsSquamish NationXAYTEMIXW:SacredlandBill Williams, Chief Ian Campbell, Lisa Wilcox

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6D: Knowledge translation and exchange: Improving ecosystem management through novel collaborations

Junior Ballroom DConveners: Angeline Tillmanns, Sarah Morley, Martin Liermann, Celine Davis, Jennifer MaxwellPRR Facilitator: Jamie Strausz-Clark

Cross-disciplinary collaboration is essential to improve both our scientific understanding and management of the Salish Sea. Although ecosystems are complex open systems, researchers and managers alike often focuses on specific problems due to expertise and jurisdiction. Partnerships between researchers of disparate backgrounds allows for greater exploration of questions that cannot be answered well in the isolation of a single specialty. Similarly, effective ecosystem management requires knowledge that crosses disciplines, sectors and government agencies. This session brings together practitioners with experience in transferring knowledge across disciplinary, cultural, or political boundaries as well as examples of working in collaboration across these boundaries to create new knowledge. Speakers will provide examples from their own work, discuss the challenges and rewards of the collaborative process, and highlight further opportunities for collaboration within and across their fields. The intended purpose of this session is to share lessons from both successful and unsuccessful attempts of working across boundaries. Participants will leave with a better understanding of the range of social arrangements and tools that can be used to facilitate the translation and application of knowledge.

Blake FeistNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)The challenge of solving complex environmental problems inurbanizedsystems:thecaseofcohospawnermortalitysyndrome in Puget SoundBlake Feist, Eric Buhle, Paul Arnold, Jay Davis, David Baldwin, Julann Spromberg, Nathaniel Scholz

Caroline GibsonNorthwest Straits CommissionNorthwestStraitsInitiative:Amodelforconservationthroughcollaboration

Mark ScheuerellNOAA FisheriesGreatmindsdonotthinkalike:Adiversityofcollaboratorsaidsin the development and applicationMark Scheuerell, Eli Holmes, Stephanie Hampton, Steve Katz, Eric Ward, Brice Semmens, Lindsay Scheef, Dan Pendleton

Weston BrinkleyCascade Land ConservancyIncreasing ecosystem knowledge and application through a collaborative research allianceWeston Brinkley, Lisa Ciecko

Tyson AtleoRain City Strategies Inc.Tsawalk:ConnectingtheNuu-chah-nulthworldviewtonewdirections in management of the Salish SeaTyson Atleo, Colin Doylend

Angeline TillmannsAdelaide Consulting and University of VictoriaThe knowledge to practice gap: What prevents the application of water science and indigenous water knowledge in water policyanddecision-making?Angeline Tillmanns, Celine Davis

6E: Habitat restoration in the Salish Sea: Headwaters to marine waters I

Pavilion Ballroom A/BConveners: Joan Drinkwin, Derek Bonin, Fran WilshusenPRR Facilitator: Hadley Rodero

The session provides examples of successful habitat restoration projects throughout the Salish Sea, from headwater and freshwater river restoration, to estuarine and near shore restoration, and marine habitat restoration. Presenters include tribal biologists and other restoration professionals who will share project details and discuss lessons learned from project implementation, including data on species and habitat affected by the projects. The purpose of this session is to highlight the latest understanding of how to successfully restore habitat in the Salish Sea and to highlight the work being done in a variety of habitats, including freshwater and marine systems.

As we face an ever-expanding human footprint in the Salish Sea watershed, much emphasis has been placed on habitat restoration. This session will help broaden the understanding of what restoration can look like in different Salish Sea habitats. Examples of habitat restoration projects may include: fish passage in freshwater systems, tribal restoration activities, habitats restored by removing creosote pilings and debris, and removal of derelict fishing gear in the Salish Sea, and others.

Highlighting these and other successful restoration projects and sharing lessons learned will help make sure restoration projects are appropriately designed and implemented.

Peter ArceseCentre for Applied Conservation ResearchRestoration genetics in maritime meadows: natural selection and the maintenance of phenotypic variation in seablush (Plectritis congesta)

Derek BoninMetro VancouverFishpassageontheCapilanoRiver

Keith DublanicaMason Conservation District - Skokomish Watershed Action TeamUpstreamcollaborations/Downstreamprocesses

Josh MeidavNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Watershed Program and University of Washington School of Forest ResourcesEvaluating salmonid habitat response after wood replenishment in an Olympic Peninsula watershedJosh Meidav, Mike McHenry, Phil Roni, George Pess, Tim Beechie

Jenna ScholzCardno-ENTRIX, Restoration, Engineering, and GeomorphologyRiver restoration within the Puyallup River Watershed: Mt.TahomatoCityofTacomaJenna Scholz, Shawn Higgins, Jack Bjork, Tim Abbe, Lorin Reinelt

Cyndy HoltzSeattle Public UtilitiesCollaborativeriparianrestorationontheLowerCedarRiverCyndy Holtz, Jodie Salz

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2-Part Session (Pt. 1)6F: Building towards a better informed Salish Sea

constituency through education and outreach IIPavilion Ballroom CConveners: Jude Apple, Fritz Stahr, Rick SearlePRR Facilitator: Mike Rosen

Public awareness of the Salish Sea occurs through many paths, including both formal and informal educational settings. The purpose of this session is to provide a venue for all who have conducted, or wish to learn about, successful engagement and public education programs. These could be formal educational approaches that range from elementary to graduate school, or through informal education settings such as place-based hands-on learning experiences in the field, at informal science education (ISE) facilities (e.g., aquarium or science center), or at a public policy forum (e.g., presentations to legislators and/or committees). A recent trend toward place-based education in both formal and informal settings underscores the importance of developing Salish Sea-based approaches to teaching and communicating science. Strategies that are novel or unique are especially encouraged, as are discussions of techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of outreach and educational programs. It is our vision that session participants will gain a renewed appreciation for the value of communicating Salish Sea science, policy, conservation, and restoration to many audiences among multiple venues – and will leave with ideas and tools for planning, implementing and evaluating effective approaches for doing so.

Stephanie WilliamsCoastal Geologic Services, Inc.OutreachtocoastalpropertyownersinWhatcomCounty-Atargeted approachStephanie Williams, Andrea MacLennan, Tracie Johannessen

Julie PaveyCity of Port MoodyWhatswimsbeneath,PortMoodyB.CJulie Pavey, Ashley Graham, Ruth Foster, Rod MacVicar, Sandy Hollick Kenyon, Brian Naito, Murray Manson, et al.

Bonnie J. BeckerUniversity of Washington TacomaSurveyingbenthicinvertebratesinCommencementBaytoengage students in conservation biology

2-Part Session (Pt. 2)6F: Connecting citizen science to research, monitoring

and management IPavilion Ballroom CConveners: Kate Litle, Caitlin Birdsall, Jerry JoycePRR Facilitator: Mike Rosen

Through citizen science - engaging the public in activities ranging from making observations and collecting data to identifying research needs, designing programs, and analyzing data - we have the opportunity to provide credible, cost-effective information essential to fulfill research, monitoring and management priorities in the Salish Sea. In addition, citizen science opportunities enhance public stewardship of the Salish Sea. Current recovery and restoration efforts require an accurate characterization of the status of, and threats to, the Salish Sea, and monitoring progress toward restoration. While natural resource managers and scientists face these increasing demands, state and federal budgets are stagnant or shrinking.

In this session, we explore how rigorous science can be conducted by skilled volunteers and how citizen science projects can enhance the recovery of our waters. We highlight citizen science projects that have successfully contributed to research, monitoring, and management in the Salish Sea. Presentations provide examples of how proper design, volunteer recruitment and training, and analysis can produce quality results and demonstrate how such programs can have far greater capacity than the traditional agency approach. Following the presentations, a facilitated discussion will look at where such programs can be utilized to fill critical needs and how such programs can be structured to produce the most sound and meaningful results.

Leah ThorpeCetus Research & Conservation Society (Cetus)Engagingprofessionalmarinersincitizenscienceandconservation

Barbara BennettWSU Island County Extension Beach WatchersCommunityvolunteersandscientificresearch-Themanywinsofcitizenscience

Tansy ClayUniversity of Washington School of OceanographySupporting collaboration among boat-based programs and scientists,amodelforcitizenscienceTansy Clay, Amy Sprenger, Kate Litle, Amanda Bruner

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3:30 pm - 4:00 pmAfternoon BreakJunior and Pavilion Ballroom Foyers

4:00pm-5:30pm•BreakoutSessionSeven7A: Stormwater: Science and management II

Junior Ballroom DConveners: Joan Lee, Erica Guttman, Bob Simmons, Heather TrimPRR Facilitator: Kimbra Wellock

Stormwater has center stage in the Salish Sea region. This session explores efforts underway to understand and address pollution and flow impacts, retrofit large untreated areas of nonpoint source runoff and engage the public in site-scale solutions. Talks also cover the newest stormwater research, especially toxic loading studies; and new coordinated regional monitoring and other efforts to engage expertise across the region to accelerate progress towards solutions.

Jim SimmondsKing County Department of Natural Resources and ParksDevelopment of a coordinated stormwater monitoring program in the Puget Sound RegionJim Simmonds, Karen Dinicola

Sarah MorleyNorthwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAAEvaluating the effectiveness of new stormwater management approaches for urban stream restorationSarah Morley, Phil Roni, Karrie Hanson, Roger Peters, Alicia Godersky, Michele Koehler

Sarah HowieThe Corporation of DeltaManagingstormwaterwithgreeninfrastructure:Acasestudyinthe Fraser River Delta

Teresa BrooksKitsap Conservation DistrictProtecting the Salish Sea one rain garden at a time

Adam LorioSamish Indian Nation, Department of Natural ResourcesFrommonitoringtooutreachinFidalgoBay:Addressingstormwater challenges one watershed at a time

Bob SimmonsWashington State University Mason County ExtensionCreatingstormwatersolutionsthroughpeer-to-peerprogramsBob Simmons, Erica Guttman

7B: The Salish Sea food web—From description to quantification II

Pavilion Ballroom DConveners: Rana El-Sabaawi, Brady OlsonPRR Facilitator: Kirsten Hauge

Food webs are an important framework in which to assess the importance of trophic connections to the transfer of energy and matter in ecosystems. We know that marine populations of the Salish Sea are changing rapidly in response to a variety of stressors, but we currently cannot predict what the ecological consequences of these changes will be. A striking example of this is the disappearance of large-lipid rich copepods, which are thought to be an important source of diet for higher trophic levels, and their replacement with smaller, lipid poor species. Understanding how organisms interact with each other in the Salish Sea food web is a fundamental first step towards understanding their role in this ecosystem. This session includes presentations characterizing different aspects of the Salish Sea food web from the benthos and the pelagic zone, and from plankton to apex predators. Presentations cover the role of plankton in the Salish Sea food web, other aspects of trophic interactions in the region, including spatial and temporal variability in trophic dynamics and dietary availability and comparisons of food web dynamics from different basins of the Salish Sea (e.g. Georgia Basin vs. Puget Sound).

Austen ThomasUniversity of British Columbia, Marine Mammal Research UnitHarbor seal foraging response to the seasonal prey pulse of spawningPacificherringAusten Thomas, Monique M. Lance, Steven J. Jeffries, Benjamin G. Miner, Alejandro Acevedo-Gutierrez

Peter OlesiukFisheries and Oceans CanadaPredator-prey interactions between harbour seals and hake and herring in the Strait of GeorgiaPeter Olesiuk, Jacob F. Schweigert, Jaclyn S. Cleary

Rana El-SabaawiUniversity of VictoriaHowdotrophicdynamicsofjuvenilesalmonfromtheSalishSeacomparetoothercoastalregionsinthePacificNortheast?Rana El-Sabaawi, Marc Trudel and Asit Mazumder

Gregory WilliamsNOAA Fisheries / NWFSCUsingstableisotopestoclarifyfoodwebinteractionsofsixgillsharks (Hexanchus griseus)G. Williams, C.J. Harvey, J. Reum, K.S. Andrews, T. Good, P.S. Levin

Joseph EvensonWashington Department of Fish & WildlifePrey selection and its relationship to habitat and foraging strategyofremigialmoltingwhite-winged(Melanittafusca)andsurfscoters(M.Perspicillata)inPugetSound,WashingtonandtheStraitofGeorgia,BritishColumbiaJoseph Evenson, Heather J. Tschaekofske, Eric M. Anderson, Thomas A. Cyra, Bryan L. Murphie, Alison Styring

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7C: Environmental challenges to safe shellfish harvest and aquaculture

Pavilion Ballroom CConveners: John Konovsky, Nuri Mathieu, Brian KingzettPRR Facilitator: Rita Brogan

Traditional foods for Coast Salish Peoples have always included a variety of shellfish like clams, mussels and oysters and their more recent commercial production is an important economic engine for many local communities.

In spite of environmental initiatives on both sides of the border, environmental challenges continue to diminish harvest opportunities throughout the Salish Sea. The objective of this session is to showcase the latest research on environmental drivers of shellfish harvest downgrades to help shape future research agendas.

Since clean water and sediment are essential requirements for safe shellfish, this session will focus on factors that influence those prerequisites, including:• Fate and transport of indicator bacteria, and their relationship

to pathogens• Sediment quality and its influence on shellfish contamination• Influence of ocean acidification on shellfish reproduction• Climate change and the emergence of Vibrio, PSP, and

domoic acid outbreaks• Benefits of shellfish harvest for clean water

This session will also feature a 15 minute facilitated discussion.Letitia Conway-CranosNorthwest Fisheries Science CenterShellfishbedsandtheland-seainterface:Predictionsandconsequences of exposure to marine and terrestrially derived nutrients and pathogens in Puget SoundLetitia Conway-Cranos, Peter Kiffney, Neil Banas, Mark Plummer, Sean Naman, Krista Bartz, Mary Ruckelshaus, Mark Strom, Rohinee Paranjpye, Parker MacCready, John Bucci

Sarah HuNorthwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAASelective distribution of potentially pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticusstrainsinoystersandwaterfromshellfishgrowingareasinthePacificNorthwestSarah Hu, Asta Stojanouski, Rohinee Paranjpye

Joy MichaudHerreraPopulation dynamics of indicator bacteria on sediment causing shellfishharvestclosuresJohn Konovsky, Nuri Mathieu, Rob Zisette, Joy Michaud

Lawrence SullivanWashington State Department of HealthThereclassificationofSamishBay:Managingharvestinashellfishgrowingareabasedonriverflow

Hansi HalsJamestown S’Klallam TribeGoodnewsforachange:DungenessBayshellfishstatusupgradedHansi Hals, Shawn Hines, Ann Seiter

7E: Habitat restoration in the Salish Sea: Headwaters to marine waters II

Grand BallroomConveners: Joan Drinkwin, Derek Bonin, Fran WilshusenPRR Facilitator: Hadley Rodero

The session provides examples of successful habitat restoration projects throughout the Salish Sea, from headwater and freshwater river restoration, to estuarine and near shore restoration, and marine habitat restoration. Presenters include tribal biologists and other restoration professionals who will share project details and discuss lessons learned from project implementation, including data on species and habitat affected by the projects. The purpose of this session is to highlight the latest understanding of how to successfully restore habitat in the Salish Sea and to highlight the work being done in a variety of habitats, including freshwater and marine systems.

As we face an ever-expanding human footprint in the Salish Sea watershed, much emphasis has been placed on habitat restoration. This session will help broaden the understanding of what restoration can look like in different Salish Sea habitats. Examples of habitat restoration projects may include: fish passage in freshwater systems, tribal restoration activities, habitats restored by removing creosote pilings and debris, and removal of derelict fishing gear in the Salish Sea, and others.

Highlighting these and other successful restoration projects and sharing lessons learned will help make sure restoration projects are appropriately designed and implemented.

Todd MitchellSwinomish Indian Tribal CommunityUsingself-regulatingtidegatestorestoreestuarinefunctionandfishpassage:ResultsfromtheSwinomishFornsbyCreekrestorationTodd Mitchell, Karen Rittenhouse Mitchell

Jim JohannessenCoastal Geologic ServicesNearshoreRestorationinBellinghamBay:KeystoProjectSuccess by Local GovernmentsJim Johannessen, Renee LaCroix, Andrea MacLennan, Jonathan Waggoner

Chris FairbanksFairbanks Environmental ServicesChuckanutSaltMarshreconnection:Healingfromathousandcuts

Christine WoodwardSamish Indian NationFidalgoBaysoftshorebankstabilizationandforagefishhabitatrestoration

James SloganEBA Engineering Consultants Ltd. - UBC Fisheries CentreMarinecommunitydynamicsonengineeredfishcompensationhabitatinBurrardInlet,BC

Joan DrinkwinNorthwest Straits FoundationMarinehabitatrestorationthroughderelictfishingnetremovalinthe Salish SeaJoan Drinkwin, Ginny Broadhurst, Jeff June, Kyle Antonelis

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7F: Connecting citizen science to research, monitoring and management I

Pavilion Ballroom A/BConveners: Kate Litle, Caitlin Birdsall, Jerry JoycePRR Facilitator: Mike Rosen

Through citizen science - engaging the public in activities ranging from making observations and collecting data to identifying research needs, designing programs, and analyzing data - we have the opportunity to provide credible, cost-effective information essential to fulfill research, monitoring and management priorities in the Salish Sea. In addition, citizen science opportunities enhance public stewardship of the Salish Sea. Current recovery and restoration efforts require an accurate characterization of the status of, and threats to, the Salish Sea, and monitoring progress toward restoration. While natural resource managers and scientists face these increasing demands, state and federal budgets are stagnant or shrinking.

In this session, we explore how rigorous science can be conducted by skilled volunteers and how citizen science projects can enhance the recovery of our waters. We highlight citizen science projects that have successfully contributed to research, monitoring, and management in the Salish Sea. Presentations provide examples of how proper design, volunteer recruitment and training, and analysis can produce quality results and demonstrate how such programs can have far greater capacity than the traditional agency approach. Following the presentations, a facilitated discussion will look at where such programs can be utilized to fill critical needs and how such programs can be structured to produce the most sound and meaningful results.

This session will conclude with a facilitated discussion.

Caitlin BirdsallVancouver AquariumUtilizingopportunisticcitizenscience:LessonsfromtheBCCetaceanSightingsNetworkCaitlin Birdsall, Lance Barrett-Lennard, Heather Lord

Eleanor HinesSurfrider FoundationRecreational users test water quality at popular beaches throughout Puget Sound and tackle barriers to incorporate citizenscienceintomonitoringandeducationprogramsEleanor Hines, Abigail McCarthy

Leanna BoyerMayne Island Conservancy SocietyAcitizenscienceapproachtomonitoringnearshoreecosystemsLeanna Boyer, Nikki Wright, Michele Deakin

Paul DornSuquamish TribeCitizenscienceroleinWestPugetSoundNearshoreFishUtilizationStudiesPaul Dorn, Peter Namtvedt Best, Doris Small

Adam SedgleySeattle AudubonPugetSoundSeabirdSurvey:SciencebycitizensAdam Sedgley, Jerry Joyce, Eric Ward, Peter Hodum, Scott Pearson

6:15 pm - 9:00 pmVancouver Aquarium ReceptionVancouverAquarium,StanleyPark

You must be pre-registered for this event — a $50 charge applies. Buses start departing at 6:15 pm from the Sheraton Wall Centre Courtyard.

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Thursday, October 27, 2011



8:30 am - 4:30 pmSalish Sea Conference Art ShowParksville Room

8:30am-10:00am•BreakoutSessionEight8A: Science and management of eutrophication and

hypoxia in the Salish Sea IPavilion Ballroom A/BConveners: Jan Newton, Jude Apple, Andrew James,Joel Baker, Ken Denman, Duane Fagergren, Julie Horowitz, Christopher KrembsPRR Facilitator: Kimbra Wellock

Coastal eutrophication is a growing environmental problem impacting costal waters. Anthropogenic nutrient inputs lead to increased incidents of hypoxia. Critically low concentrations of dissolved oxygen have been identified in the Salish Sea (e.g., Saanich Inlet, Hood Canal, Budd Inlet) and hypoxia appears to be an emerging feature of many smaller embayments and bottom waters. Despite eutrophication and hypoxia being important environmental stressors and indicators of anthropogenic and climatic impacts on coastal systems, many questions remain, including:

What is the spatial and temporal extent of hypoxia in Salish Sea waters? What are the primary sources of nutrients to the Salish Sea and how do they vary across space and time? What are in situ, climatological, and watershed-scale drivers of hypoxia? What capacity exists to model both short- and long-term changes in bottom-water hypoxia? What are long-term consequences of hypoxia on the Salish Sea ecosystem? What management and policy responses are available to reduce the likelihood of eutrophication and chronic hypoxia?

This session provides an improved, transboundary picture of hypoxia and eutrophication across the Salish Sea; provides valuable insight into the response to climate change; allows sharing of innovative management approaches, and fosters discussion across the scientific and management communities to help direct and organize current and future efforts.

Christopher KrembsEnvironmental Assessment Program, Washington State Department of EcologyAreeutrophicationanddissolvedoxygentrendsinPugetSoundalwayscoupled?Christopher Krembs, Julia Bos, Skip Albertson, Brandon Sackmann, Mya Keyzers, Laura Friedenberg, Carol Maloy

Linda RhodesNOAA FisheriesProfilingmicrobialfeaturesinaWhidbeyBasinBaywithlowdissolved oxygenLinda Rhodes, Anne E. Baxter

Kenneth DenmanVENUS Coastal NetworkTracking dissolved oxygen changes at three deep sites in the northern Salish SeaKenneth Denman, Richard Dewey, Verena Tunnicliffe

David MoraWashington State Department of EcologyAdmiraltyReachasconduitforlowoxygenwaterintrusionsintoPuget SoundDavid Mora, Ashley Carle, Skip Albertson, Christopher Krembs, Brian Polagye, Jim Thomson

Cheryl GreengroveUniversity of Washington TacomaWaterqualityinQuartermasterHarbor,PugetSound,WACheryl Greengrove, Julianne Ruffner, John Pelerine, Nannette Huber, Julie Masura

Jan NewtonUniversity of WashingtonHypoxiainHoodCanal:LessonslearnedfromHCDOPJan Newton, Allan Devol, Jeff Richey, Mitsuhiro Kawase, Mark Warner, Sandy Parker-Stetter, Dan Hannafious

8B: Marine survival of salmon in the Salish SeaPavilion Ballroom DConveners: Michael Schmidt, Brian RiddellPRR Facilitator: Kirsten Hauge

Scientists, managers, and stakeholders from the Salish Sea region, U.S. and Canada, are concerned about the level of uncertainty surrounding the impact of changing environmental conditions on the survival of salmon (wild and hatchery) while they reside in estuarine and marine environments of the Salish Sea. Marine survival for coho and Chinook, which enter the Salish Sea from mid-spring through early summer and can utilize the Salish Sea for a significant period of time, has declined, in some cases to less than one tenth of the levels experienced in the 1970’s and 80’s. Puget Sound steelhead have also declined significantly, with evidence that marine survival may be an issue. Conversely, many pink and chum populations, which enter the Salish Sea in late winter to early spring, are thriving. Productivity of Fraser River sockeye salmon was declining since the mid-1990s also, until the extraordinary change in production that we witnessed in 2010 (juveniles to sea in 2008).

The interaction between salmon and the Salish Sea is complex, requiring a detailed understanding of how salmon are affected by the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the marine environment. Several research activities assess the salmon/Salish Sea dynamic and some recent studies suggest factors influencing survival of juvenile salmon in the Sea. However, significant information gaps remain and collaboration and information sharing among scientists could be improved.

The purpose of this session is to present the current state of knowledge regarding the factors affecting survival and productivity of salmon in the Salish Sea marine environment, including the estuary and nearshore. The presentations focus on recent findings and identified information gaps/research needs, covering topics such as climate variability, food web dynamics (predator/prey interactions, competition), habitat loss, diseases and toxics, and hatchery-wild interactions. The session presentations and associated discussions provide baseline information for a broader, transboundary initiative proposed by Long Live the Kings (US) and the Pacific Salmon Foundation (Canada) to increase research, collaboration, and outreach pertaining to the marine survival of salmon in the Salish Sea.

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Richard BeamishPacific Biological StationThe changing Strait of Georgia ecosystem

Dave BeauchampU.S. Geological Survey, Washington Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, University of WashingtonMarinesurvivalofsalmonandsteelheadinPugetSound

Brian RiddellPacific Salmon FoundationCohoandChinooksalmonrestorationwithintheSalishSea:AproposaldevelopedbythePSF

Michael SchmidtLong Live the KingsAtransboundaryresearchapproachtounderstandingthemarine survival of salmon in the Salish Sea

8C: Non-native and invasive aquatic species in the Salish Sea: Ecosystem impacts, status, trends, monitoring and control techniques

Junior Ballroom DConveners: Douglas Bulthuis, SandyWyllie-Echevaerria, Rachel Benbrook, Megan Mach, Rob Knight, Michael HannamPRR Facilitator: Rita Brogan

This session examines the important issue of aquatic non-native species in the Salish Sea. Non-native species continue to become established and to impact native species and habitats, creating a need for research, monitoring and control. Topics include the status and trends and ecosystem impacts of non-natives, including all non-native species in the Salish Sea, but concentrating on two non-native plants: Spartina spp. (cordgrass) and Zostera japonica (Japanese eelgrass).

The session describes the current state of Spartina infestation and control efforts in Puget Sound and British Columbia. We discuss survey methods, control techniques, and the contributions of citizen science to Spartina eradication. Presentation topics include the use of sea kayakers to conduct surveys, on-line tools for tracking Spartina, volunteer based control efforts in BC, and more.

Currently, resource agencies differ widely in their management approach toward Z. japonica, from requiring mitigation to a proposal to list this species as a noxious weed. There is increasing need to determine the ecosystem role of this species and set a more consistent policy response. This session will bring together students, scientists and resource managers to present recent findings and discuss the management implications of their work.

Aquatic non-native species continue to present a serious threat to the health of marine ecosystems on both sides of the border as these invaders and their seed drift in the swift currents of the Salish Sea.

Megan MachUniversity of British ColumbiaConsideringscienceinspeciesmanagement:Acasestudyofthenon-nativeseagrass,ZosterajaponicaMegan Mach, Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria

Michael HannamUniversity of WashingtonMicrotopographymediatescompetitionbetweennativeeelgrassand non-native dwarf eelgrassMichael Hannam, Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria

Douglas BulthuisPadilla Bay National Estuarine Research ReserveSeasonal growth of non-native and native eelgrasses on an intertidalflatintheSalishSeaDouglas Bulthhuis, Heath Bohlmann, Nicole Burnett, Monte Richardson, Suzanne Shull, Annie Walser

Kayi ChanSimon Fraser UniversityThe effects of an invasive bivalve, Nuttallia obscurata, on biogeochemical cycling in the intertidalKayi Chan, Leah Bendell

Rachel BenbrookPeople For Puget SoundCitizensciencecontributionstoSpartinaeradicationintheSalish SeaRachel Benbrook, Rob Knight

Janine BondDucks Unlimited CanadaTheBCcollaborativeapproachtoSpartinaeradication–Status, challenges and next stepsDan Buffett, Kathleen Moore, Rob Knight, Becky Brown, Kim Houghton, Janine Bond

8D: Hydrologic analysis, water resources, and freshwater ecosystems in the Salish Sea watersheds I

Pavilion Ballroom CConveners: Paul Pickett, Markus Schnorbus, CurtisDeGasperi, Alan Hamlet, Chris Conrad, Rajesh Shrestha, Paul Pickett, Markus SchnorbusPRR Facilitator: Jamie Strausz-Clark

The purpose of the session is to provide a state-of-the-science review of the water resource within the watersheds draining into the Salish Sea. This session covers topics discussing all aspects of hydrology and water resources, including analysis of flow regimes, low flow conditions, stormwater flow, flood flows, atmospheric rivers, and drought. This session also includes presentations on the effects of climate change, land cover change, development and urbanization and subsequent impacts to freshwater and estuarine ecosystems. Analytical tools can include GIS, modeling, statistical analysis, and watershed assessments.

Markus SchnorbusPacific Climate Impacts ConsortiumHydro-climaticchangeintheCampbellRiverWatershedMarkus Schnorbus, Arelia Werner, Katrina Bennett

Rajesh ShresthaPacific Climate Impacts ConsortiumHydrologic impacts of climate change in the Fraser Watershed, BritishColumbiaRajesh Shrestha, Markus A. Schnorbus, Arelia T. Werner, Anne J. Berland

Alan HamletUniversity of WashingtonEffectsofclimatechangeonnaturalandregulatedfloodrisksinthe Skagit River Basin and prospects for adaptationAlan Hamlet, Se-Yeun Lee

Curtis DeGasperiKing County Water and Land Resources DivisionTrendsinsummerlowflowsinKingCountyriversandstreams:Howlowwilltheygo?

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Christopher KonradUS Geological SurveyNetworkanalysisofstreamflowgauginginthePugetSoundBasin for monitoring stormwater quantity impacts on small streams

8E: Cutting edge science: improving ecosystem recovery in the US and Canada

Grand BallroomConveners: Joseph Gaydos, Usha Varanasi, Jan Newton, John SteinPRR Facilitator: Hadley Rodero

The incorporation of scientific underpinning into management, policy and restoration strategies is an important issue facing transboundary efforts to shape a healthy Salish Sea. But what does scientific underpinning really mean? How can science guide and inform restoration, management and educational activities and influence public policy to help ecosystem recovery? This session highlights important examples of good science improving management and policy. It also discusses important ecosystem efforts underway in Washington and British Columbia and is designed to inform scientists and policy makers in Washington and British Columbia about what management practices worked or didn’t work.

Usha VaranasiCollege of the Environment, University of WashingtonBridgingscienceandpolicy:ChallengesandsuccessesinPuget SoundUsha Varanasi, John Stein, Tom Hom

Kathleen WolfUniversity of WashingtonSocial science, economics and making science relevantKathleen Wolf, Katharine Wellman

Robert JohnstonPuget Sound Partnership Science PanelIndicators, targets, and monitoring: Developing a dashboard of vital signs for ecosystem recoveryR. Johnston, J. Newton, J. Gaydos, B. Labiosa, P. Levin, S. Redman, J. Becker, N. Hamel, K. Dzinbal, R. Duff

Rod DobellCentre for Global Studies, University of VictoriaWeb-enabled platforms in integrated coastal and marine spatial planning around the Salish SeaRod Dobell, Justin Longo, Jodie Walsh

Nat ScholtzNOAA Fisheries - Northwest Fisheries Science CenterScience to identify stormwater impacts on salmon: Along-termresearchstrategyforcopperDavid Baldwin, Jen K. McIntyre, David A. Beauchamp, Nathaniel L. Scholz

Michael FordNorthwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries ServiceScienceinsupportofconservation:KillerwhaleresearchinthePacificNorthwest

8F: Transboundary Monitoring PartnershipsJunior Ballroom A/BConveners: Jim Armstrong, Ken DzinbalPRR Facilitator: Mike Rosen

The environmental assessment for the Boundary Bay watershed has historically been undertaken by government agencies, First Nations and non-government organizations working individually on specific monitoring initiatives. Beginning in 2009, the Boundary Bay Assessment and Monitoring Partnership was developed in consultation with the Puget Sound Partnership. The purpose was to create a collaborative partnership approach to environmental monitoring that would strengthen the coordinated and cooperative approach on the Canadian side and also would have regard for the transboundary nature of this watershed.

Since the formation of this collaborative partnership approach, the various government agencies in Washington State and British Columbia have worked closely in establishing comprehensive integrated water quality monitoring programs that are coordinated within the context of the agencies mandates; in consultation with First Nations and using the volunteer contributions of the non-governmental environmental agencies.

The intent of this working session is to discuss our monitoring programs, means of improving our collaboration, and facilitating the transfer of the knowledge to all partners, including First Nations and NGO’s. This will be accomplished through the participation at the session of the partnership members.

Julie HirschHirsch Consulting Services and Nooksack Indian TribeDraytonHarborTMDLSupportProject:DraytonHarborMouthand Semiahmoo BayJulie Hirsch, Llyn Doremus, Geoff Menzies

Jim ArmstrongMetro VancouverBoundaryBayAssessmentandMonitoringProgram-“AModelfortransboundarymonitoringpartnerships”Jim Armstrong, Erin Riddell, Liz Freyman, Dennis Barlow, Lauren Petersen, Carrie Baron

Joanne CharlesSemiahmoo First NationAboriginalrights,foodsecurityandwaterquality-AcallforarationalinternationalpolicyJoanne Charles, Mark J. Duiven

Erin RiddellCorporation of DeltaBoundaryBayAssessmentandMonitoringProgram-MonitoringprogramsErin Riddell, Jim Armstrong, Metro Vancouver; Liz Freyman, BC Ministry of Environment

Michael GeorgeTsleil-Waututh Nation, Treaty, Lands and Resources DepartmentTsleil-WaututhNationMarineStewardshipProgramoftheTerritorial WatersErnie George, Jay Forsyth, Evan Stewart, Bridget Doyle

Valerie PartridgeWashington State Department of EcologyStatus and trends in sediment quality in the southern Strait of GeorgiaValerie Partridge, Ed Long, Sandra Weakland, Kathy Welch, Margaret Dutch

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10:00 am - 10:30 amMorning BreakJunior and Pavilion Ballroom Foyers

10:30am-12:00pm•BreakoutSessionNine9A: Eutrophication and hypoxia in the Salish Sea II

Pavilion Ballroom CConveners: Jan Newton, Jude Apple, Andrew James,Joel Baker, Ken Denman, Duane Fagergren, Julie Horowitz, Christopher KrembsPRR Facilitator: Kimbra Wellock

Coastal eutrophication is a growing environmental problem impacting costal waters. Anthropogenic nutrient inputs lead to increased incidents of hypoxia. Critically low concentrations of dissolved oxygen have been identified in the Salish Sea (e.g., Saanich Inlet, Hood Canal, Budd Inlet) and hypoxia appears to be an emerging feature of many smaller embayments and bottom waters. Despite eutrophication and hypoxia being important environmental stressors and indicators of anthropogenic and climatic impacts on coastal systems, many questions remain, including:

What is the spatial and temporal extent of hypoxia in Salish Sea waters? What are the primary sources of nutrients to the Salish Sea and how do they vary across space and time? What are in situ, climatological, and watershed-scale drivers of hypoxia? What capacity exists to model both short- and long-term changes in bottom-water hypoxia? What are long-term consequences of hypoxia on the Salish Sea ecosystem? What management and policy responses are available to reduce the likelihood of eutrophication and chronic hypoxia?

This session provides an improved, transboundary picture of hypoxia and eutrophication across the Salish Sea; provides valuable insight into the response to climate change; allows sharing of innovative management approaches, and fosters discussion across the scientific and management communities to help direct and organize current and future efforts.

Jude AppleShannon Point Marine Center (WWU) / Northwest Indian CollegeOxygen and nutrient dynamics in Bellingham Bay: Spatial and temporal patterns in seasonal hypoxiaJude Apple, Joel Green, Charlotte Clausing, Northwest Indian College

Tarang KhangaonkarPacific Northwest National LaboratoryDevelopment of a biogeochemical model of Salish Sea, simulations of nutrient balance, algae, and DOTarang Khangaonkar, Taeyun Kim, Zhaoqing Yang, Brandon Sackmann, Mindy Roberts, Ben Cope

Mindy RobertsWashington State Department of EcologyArehumancontributionsdecreasingdissolvedoxygenintheSalishSea?Mindy Roberts, Andrew Kolosseus, Brandon Sackmann, Greg Pelletier

45 min Facilitated Panel DiscussionModerated by: Julie Horowitz

Panelists:Tom EatonDirector, EPA Washington Office

David HerreraFish and Policy Director, Skokomish Indian Tribe

Kenneth DenmanVENUS Coastal Network

9B: Life history and ecology of salmon: Implications for management and conservation in the Salish Sea

Grand BallroomConvener: Sandie O’NeillPRR Facilitator: Kirsten Hauge

Management and conservation of salmon populations in the Salish Sea will require detailed information about how salmon interact with their environment at local, regional, and coast-wide scales. This session’s talks are ordered along a range of increasing spatial scales to provide examples of current research. The studies assess the influence of climate change on salmon in freshwater systems, effects of early life history variation on marine survival, variation in spatial distribution and habitat use, the importance of neritic food webs, and factors affecting productivity along the entire west coast of North America.

Randall M. PetermanSimon Fraser UniversityAwidespreaddecreaseinproductivityofsockeyesalmononthewestcoastofNorthAmericaRandall M. Peterman, Brigitte Dorner

Dave BeauchampUSGS-UW: Washington Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fisheries SciencesPelagicfoodwebecologyinPugetSound:CompetitionandpredationeffectsongrowthandsurvivalofjuvenilechinooksalmonDave Beauchamp, Elisabeth J. Duffy, and Iris Kemp

Russel BarshKWIAHT, Center for the Historical Ecology of the Salish SeaRethinking salmon habitat requirements: Neritic food websRussel Barsh, Madrona Murphy, Audrey Thompson, Ann Harmann

Todd ZackeyTulalip Tribes Natural and Cultural Resources DepartmentJuvenileChinooksalmoninnon-natalcoastalstreamsofPugetSound’s Whidbey BasinTodd Zackey, Derek Marks, Eric Beamer, David Kuligowski, David Teel

Edward ConnorEnvironmental Affairs Division, Seattle City LightPredicting the effects of climate change on Bull trout, SteelheadandChinooksalmonintheSkagitRiverEdward Connor, Ron Tresser

Paul SchlengerFriends of the San JuansSalmon recovery planning at the landscape scale: IntegratingfishuseandshoreformconditionTina Whitman, Jim Slocomb, Paul Schlenger, John Small, Andrea MacLennan

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9C: Seaweeds and seagrasses in the Salish Sea IJunior Ballroom DConveners: Tom Mumford, Cynthia DurancePRR Facilitator: Rita Brogan

Benthic marine aquatic vegetation provides complex structure, buffering against water motion, carbon sequestration, and primary production in the Salish Sea ecosystem, yet the value of these services and responses of aquatic vegetation to multiple stressors remain poorly quantified. Current research seeks to address these gaps in understanding and contribute to sound decision-making. Topics related to the services provided by aquatic vegetation include: productivity rates and transport of materials among habitats and through food webs; their habitat functions for many important fish and invertebrates; and responses in terms of geomorphological processes. Topics related to threats include: responses to eutrophication and other types of water quality issues; harvest for biomass or biofuels; and invasive species impacts, including those of a non-native seagrass. Recent advances in subtidal surveys have made it possible to begin to expand existing intertidal knowledge and explore the full biodiversity and distribution of seaweeds and seagrasses. Continued research concurrent with technological progress provides the best available science to manage the restoration, mitigation, conservation and protection of marine benthic vegetation in the Salish Sea. This session will explore the current scientific research on marine benthic vegetation in British Columbia and Washington State. It will also provide an overview and comparison of the policies that manage these habitats and the activities that affect them under the laws set by both governments. Presenters and participants will be encouraged through an organized panel discussion to develop strategies to promote transboundary research and monitoring projects and policy change that will further protect marine benthic vegetation in the Salish Sea.

Mary O’ConnorUniversity of British ColumbiaSalish Sea eelgrass communities in the context of a global eelgrass experimental networkMary O’Connor, Emmett Duffy

Kate BuenauPacific Northwest National LaboratoryAnalysisofeelgrassstressorsinPugetSoundKate Buenau, Ronald Thom, Chaeli Judd, Valerie Cullinan

Jeffrey GaeckleNearshore Habitat Program, Aquatic Resources Division, WA State Department of Natural ResourcesEelgrass (Zostera marina L.) monitoring in greater Puget Sound (Washington,USA):ProjectdevelopmentandresultsJ. Gaeckle, P. Dowty, H. Berry, L. Ferrier, T. Mumford

Cynthia DurancePrecision IdentificationInter-annual variation in eelgrass (Zostera marina) productivity atRobertsBank,BritishColumbia

Sandy Wyllie-EcheverriaFriday Harbor Laboratories, University of WashingtonTheroleofdiseaseinSanJuanArchipelagoZosteramarinadecline:AnuntestedbutpotentiallyseriousproblemS. Wyllie-Echeverria, J. Gaydos, D. Martin, A. Boettcher, A. Jarrell, C. Curtin

James NorrisMarine Resources ConsultantsSubmerged aquatic vegetation of the Elwha and comparative shorelinesIan Fraser, James Norris

9D: Hydrologic analysis, water resources, and freshwater ecosystems in the Salish Sea watersheds II

Pavilion Ballroom A/BConveners: Paul Pickett, Markus Schnorbus, Curtis DeGasperi, Alan Hamlet, Chris Conrad, Rajesh Shrestha, Paul Pickett, Markus SchnorbusPRR Facilitator: Jamie Strausz-Clark

The purpose of the session is to provide a state-of-the-science review of the water resource within the watersheds draining into the Salish Sea. This session covers topics discussing all aspects of hydrology and water resources, including analysis of flow regimes, low flow conditions, stormwater flow, flood flows, atmospheric rivers, and drought. This session also includes presentations on the effects of climate change, land cover change, development and urbanization and subsequent impacts to freshwater and estuarine ecosystems. Analytical tools can include GIS, modeling, statistical analysis, and watershed assessments.

Paul PickettWashington Department of EcologyAn environmental indicator based on trends in low flow

Patrick LilleyRaincoast Applied EcologyMonitoringlowimpactdevelopmentmeasures:Streamflow,water quality, and benthic community changePatrick Lilley, Nick Page, Carrie Baron

E. Ashley SteelPNW Research Station, USDA Forest ServiceHuman impacts to riverine thermal regimes and biological consequencesE. Ashley Steel, Brian Beckman, Aimee F. Fullerton, Don Larson, Abby Tillotson, Keith Denton

KathiJo JankowskiUniversity of WashingtonAssessingnon-pointsourceNloadingandNfixationinlakesinthe Salish Sea watershedKathiJo Jankowski, Daniel E Schindler, Gordon W Holtgrieve

Dan BuffettDucks Unlimited CanadaAnanalysisoflossandconservationprioritizationofFraserLowland Wetlands 1989-2009Dan Buffett, Kathleen Moore, David Major

Dan SiemannNational Wildlife Federation, Pacific RegionFloodplains:Akeytosalmonrestoration,PugetSoundrecoveryand public safety

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9E: Actualizing ecosystem servicesPavilion Ballroom DConveners: Tim Walls, David Batker, Jan CassinPRR Facilitator: Hadley Rodero

Good decisions require good information. Herman Daly, Robert Costanza and many others have for decades pointed to the need for an economic model that reflects physical reality, one that understands the economy as a subsystem of nature. Numerous organizations, including the United Nations and World Bank, have been grappling with how to advance these concepts. Through the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and other work, ecosystem services have emerged as a vehicle to describe the value that our home – Earth – provides us and the cost of losing these services. However, despite the power of these concepts to change the use and management of our ‘natural capital’, the field is still relatively new and we have yet to see significant changes on the ground that are driven by application of these concepts. This session explores the topic of ecosystem services, its current applications and – importantly – explores with you how to break through the barriers to wider policy and decision-making acceptance.

The session begins with an introduction to the science and evolution of ecosystem services, with an eye toward where we stand now. Following this, presenters will explore a few current applications including indicators/measures of capital, advancing a “whole” economy within a government structure, why and how the private sector is incorporating ecosystem services into business practices and how funding agencies can drive the innovation in ecosystem services and their application. From there, the session organizers will facilitate a conversation with participants regarding two key questions:• What are the barriers to using ecosystem services, and how

might we overcome them?• What course should we set for the application of ecosystem

services in the Salish Sea?

This session will also feature a 25 minute facilitated discussion.David BatkerEarth EconomicsWatershedeconomicsforthe21stCentury:Revealingourbestinvestments

Tim WallsSnohomish County Public WorksUsingecosystemserviceswithinlocalgovernments

Lisa CieckoCascade Land ConservancyUrbanforestecosystemservices:Existingtools,modellimitations, and policy applications

Michelle Molnar & Maya KocianDavid Suzuki FoundationValuing marine ecosystem services of the northern Salish SeaMichelle Molnar, Maya Kocian, Hugh Stimson

Jodie ToftThe Natural Capital ProjectFromDouglasfirtoDungenesscrab:LandusechangeandecosystemservicesinHoodCanal,WAJ. Toft M. Marsik, G. Spiridonov, D. Sutherland, A. Guerry, P. Levin, M. Plummer, M. Ruckelshaus

9F: Transboundary Collaboration I – From Parallel Play to Integrated Play: Case Studies

Junior Ballroom A/BConveners: Lisa Chang, Geoff ReidPRR Facilitator: Mike Rosen

The Salish Sea lies in a common ecosystem and culture, yet with notable exceptions many ecological initiatives in the Puget Sound and Georgia Basin remain limited in scope by the international border, rather than transboundary. A 2009 conference session sought to identify key elements of effective transboundary ecosystem-based management, and how to move from, as one panelist put it, “parallel play” among these efforts, to “integrated play.” The goal of this session is to examine case studies of ecosystem protection initiatives or projects that successfully demonstrate “integrated play” – that is, where participants on both sides of the border are equally engaged and invested in the success and outcomes of the project. Panelists will briefly describe examples of successful recent transboundary projects in three categories: site-specific implementation projects; development of regional policies; and monitoring. Potential example projects include: derelict gear removal in Boundary Bay and Pender Island; Northwest Ports Clean Air Strategy; and the Tribal Journey Water Quality Project. A facilitator will then lead the panelists and audience in a discussion to identify key elements of these projects’ success, such as clarity of mandate, leadership, supporting relationships, and funding. In addition, the panelists will explore the role that existing transboundary coordination mechanisms and forums such as the International Airshed Strategy (IAS), Statement of Cooperation (SoC), and Environmental Coordinating Committee (ECC) played (or did not play) in facilitating these transboundary projects. Common themes for successfully moving into joint activities will be explored.

This session will also feature a 45 minute facilitated discussion.Ginny BroadhurstNorthwest Straits CommissionCaseStudy:DerelictfishinggearremovalinWashingtonandBritishColumbiawatersGinny Broadhurst, Jeff June, Kyle Antonelis, Joan Drinkwin

Eric GrossmanUSGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science CenterCaseStudy:TribalJourneyWaterQualityProject:CharacterizingcoastalecosystemconditionsandchangealongCoastSalishancestralhighwaysEric Grossman, Sarah Grossman, Charles O’Hara, Eric Day, Debra Lekanoff, Darren Blaney

Kari KaskiThe Whale MuseumCaseStudy:BeWhaleWiseTransboundaryCaseStudy

Ron StuartPort of TacomaCaseStudy:NorthwestPortsCleanAirStrategy

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12:00 pm - 1:30 pmLunch, SeaDoc Society Salish Sea Science Prize Awards and Keynote AddressGrand Ballroom

The SeaDoc Society will be awarding its 2011 Salish Sea Science Prize. The $2,000 prize is given to highlight the importance of science in providing a foundation for designing a healthy Salish Sea.

Recognizing the true $value of natureDr. Faisal MoolaDirector, Terrestrial Conservation and Science ProgramDavidSuzukiFoundation

As biological creatures, we depend on natural capital to sustain the health and well-being of our communities: trees clean our air; wetlands filter our water; and green urban spaces cool our cities and protect us from storms. And this doesn’t even account for the health, psychological, and for some—spiritual—benefits people receive from time spent outdoors. Research by the David Suzuki Foundation and others has shown that the benefits we receive from nature are extremely valuable in monetary terms, and in some cases are truly priceless. For example, land cover analyses of the Lower Mainland reveal that Vancouver and the suburbs are sitting on a Fort Knox of natural assets worth a staggering $5.4 billion a year, or $2,462 per person, in ecological benefits. It’s time we started looking at the true value of our forests, fields, farmland and other natural capital in the Salish Sea Region. They are worth so much more than just the resources we take from them.

1:30pm-3:00pm•BreakoutSessionTen10A: Monitoring and modeling of harmful algal blooms and

pathogens that threaten human health in the Salish SeaPavilion Ballroom CConveners: Juli Dyble, Stephanie MoorePRR Facilitator: Kimbra Wellock

Numerous efforts are underway in the Salish Sea to monitor and model harmful algal blooms (HABs) and pathogens that threaten human health. Some HAB species that commonly occur in the Salish Sea include Alexandrium catenella and more recently Pseudo-nitzschia spp. These HABs produce biotoxins that accumulate in shellfish and cause illness or death in humans if consumed. Another HAB species, Heterosigma akashiwo, causes significant fish kills particularly of captive salmon that cannot escape bloom waters. Noxious blooms of macroalgae can attain high biomass and cause damage to the environment. Outbreaks of marine pathogens such as Vibrio parahaemolyticus cause severe gastroenteritis from the consumption of raw oysters. The capacity to forecast these marine biological outbreaks would significantly improve efforts to protect human health by providing management agencies with tools to make good decisions ahead of time, and would also significantly reduce economic losses suffered by commercial shellfish and finfish growers. This session will highlight the monitoring and modeling efforts for harmful algal blooms and pathogens that are currently being conducted by various academic, state, and federal agencies in the Salish Sea. These efforts range from coordinated volunteer-based monitoring to large-scale multidisciplinary research programs. The intended purposes of this session are to bring together and engage the monitoring and modeling community, share data and observed trends, and identify the potential for transboundary future collaboration.

Rohinee ParanjpyeNOAA, Northwest Fisheries Science CenterThe ecology and distinctive population structure of Vibrio parahaemolyticusinthePacificNorthwestRohinee Paranjpye, William B. Nilsson, Mark S. Strom

Nicky HaighVancouver Island UniversityThe harmful algae monitoring program: Thefirstdozenyearsandoutlookforthefuture

William CochlanRomberg Tiburon Center for Environmental StudiesHeterosigmaECOHABactivitiesinPugetSound:DefininggrowthandtoxicityleadingtofishkillsWilliam Cochlan, Vera Trainer, Charles G. Trick, Mark L. Wells

Robin KodnerUW Friday Harbor Labs and Beam Reach Marine Science and Sustainability SchoolComparativecommunitydynamicsandtoxinproductionoverthecourseofdomoicacidproducingPseudo-nitzschiabloomsinEastSound,WARobin Kodner, Michelle Jakaitis, Kelsey Gaessner, Matthew Knight, Micaela Parker

Neil BanasUniversity of Washington Applied Physics LabOcean,atmosphere,andwatershedimpactsonAlexandriuminPuget Sound: Observations and modelingN. Banas, S.K. Moore, J.E. Stein, B.D. Bill, V.L. Trainer, D.M. Anderson, E.P. Salathe, C.L. Greengrove, N.J. Mantua

Tom LeschineSchool of Marine Affairs, University of WashingtonAninstitutionalperspectiveonpartnershipsinharmfulalgalblooms monitoring and researchTom Leschine, Andy Gregory, Meggen Chadsey, Vera Trainer

10B: Frameworks and case studies for ecosystem solutions

Junior Ballroom DConvener & PRR Facilitator: Jamie Strausz-Clark

In today’s uncertain world of complex decision-making, limited fiscal resources, and densely populated landscapes, protecting ecosystems and the services they provide is increasingly challenging. This session provides policy makers and ecosystem practitioners with some useful frameworks, case studies, and other tools to help strategically navigate the realm of ecosystem asset management. During this interdisciplinary session, presenters will explore a healthy mix of topics, including assigning value to ecosystem services, working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams, and engaging the local human population in watershed stewardship. Real world initiatives and lessons learned will be featured.

This session will also feature a 15 minute facilitated discussion.John RichardsonUniversity of British ColumbiaBalancing the conservation of freshwater ecosystems and human needs in an uncertain world

Edwin HubertBC Ministry of EnvironmentAframeworkforidentifyingvaluedcomponentsforuseinnaturalresourcedecisionmakinginBritishColumbia

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Rowan SchmidtEarth EconomicsSpearheading natural capital accounting: Water utility case studyDavid Batker, Jennifer Harrison-Cox, Rowen Schmidt

Pat PearsonWashington State University Jefferson County ExtensionA water discussion course: Our watershedPat Pearson, Linda Smith

Kathleen M. HerrmannSnohomish MRC/Northwest Straits FoundationThe Port Susan Marine Stewardship Area: Ecosystem based management in practiceKathleen M. Herrmann, Abby Hook

10C: Seaweeds and seagrasses in the Salish Sea IIPavilion Ballroom DConveners: Tom Mumford, Cynthia DurancePRR Facilitator: Rita Brogan

Benthic marine aquatic vegetation provides complex structure, buffering against water motion, carbon sequestration, and primary production in the Salish Sea ecosystem, yet the value of these services and responses of aquatic vegetation to multiple stressors remain poorly quantified. Current research seeks to address these gaps in understanding and contribute to sound decision-making. Topics related to the services provided by aquatic vegetation include: productivity rates and transport of materials among habitats and through food webs; their habitat functions for many important fish and invertebrates; and responses in terms of geomorphological processes. Topics related to threats include responses to eutrophication and other types of water quality issues; harvest for biomass or biofuels; and invasive species impacts, including those of a non-native seagrass. Recent advances in subtidal surveys have made it possible to begin to expand existing intertidal knowledge and explore the full biodiversity and distribution of seaweeds and seagrasses. Continued research concurrent with technological progress provides the best available science to manage the restoration, mitigation, conservation and protection of marine benthic vegetation in the Salish Sea. This session will explore the current scientific research on marine benthic vegetation in British Columbia and Washington State. It will also provide an overview and comparison of the policies that manage these habitats and the activities that affect them under the laws set by both governments. Presenters and participants will be encouraged through an organized panel discussion to develop strategies to promote transboundary research and monitoring projects and policy change that will further protect marine benthic vegetation in the Salish Sea.

This session will also feature Summaries of Seaweeds & Seagrasses, followed by a 20 minute facilitated discussion.Thomas MumfordWashington Department of Natural ResourcesKelp:AnoldgroupreceivingnewrecognitioninWashington

Colin CampbellSierra Club, British ColumbiaBlue carbon – The role of coastal marine vegetation in carbon sequestration

Helen BerryWA Dept. of Natural ResourcesCanopy-formingkelpbeds:Howhasthisimportantresourcechangedovertime?Helen Berry, Thomas F. Mumford

Summary of eelgrass stressors: all Session 9C speakers (2 minutes each).Summary of kelp talks: all session 10C speakers (2 minutes each).Overall summary discussion: discuss and summarize the similarities and differences about the stressors affecting eelgrass and macroalgae and what we need to research and monitor (all speakers).

10D: Numerical models of land and seaPavilion Ballroom A/BConveners: Neil Banas, Mindy Roberts, Parker MacReady, Andrea Copping, Krista BartzPRR Facilitator: Kirsten Hauge

Simulation of Salish Sea oceanographic and ecosystem properties is a rapidly advancing field, with extraordinary potential to help us understand and manage the links between watersheds and the sea. This session includes presentations on Salish Sea marine simulations, coupled model systems that integrate terrestrial freshwater processes with marine processes, as well as,models with high spatial resolution and detail, rigorous methods for validation against observations, methods for data assimilation, real time forecasting, and forecasting of climate and human influences, although simple tools linked to particular applied problems. This session is intended to foster communication and collaboration among oceanographic and hydrological modelers in the Salish Sea region, and also between modelers and policy makers who require tools to manage the Salish Sea ecosystem.

Michael ForemanFisheries and Oceans CanadaFluxesto/fromtheNorth:Ahighresolutioncirculationandtransport model for the Discovery IslandsMichael Foreman, Kyle Garver, Dario Stucchi, Ming Guo, Darren Tuele

Olivier RicheUniversity of British ColumbiaEstuarine circulation and nutrients uptake in the Strait of GeorgiaOlivier Riche, Rich Pawlowicz

R. Ian PerryFisheries and Oceans CanadaAnecosystemframeworkforincorporatingclimateregimeshiftsintofisheriesmanagementCaihong Fu, Jake Schweigert, R. Ian Perry, Yunne-J. Shin, Hui Liu

Parker MacCreadyUniversity of WashingtonNumericalsimulationoftheSalishSea:theMoSSeamodelingframeworkParker MacCready, Neil S. Banas, David A. Sutherland, Sarah N. Giddings

Andrea CoppingPacific Northwest National LaboratorySnow caps to white caps – Numerical modeling in the Snohomish Basin to assist resource managersA. Copping, J. Richey, N. Voisin, M. Wigmosta, Z. Yang, R. Taira, M. Constans, T. Wang, S. Geerlofs

Guy GelfenbaumU.S. Geological SurveyModelingfinesedimentdispersalandgeomorphicchangeintherestored Nisqually River DeltaGuy Gelfenbaum, Andrew Stevens, Eric Grossman, Kelley L. Turner, Chris Curran

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10E: Threats to the Salish Sea ecosystem: Perception and reality

Grand BallroomConvenors: Sophia Johannessen, Christianne Wilhelmsen, Robie MacDonaldPRR Facilitator: Hadley Rodero

This discussion forum brings together Canadian and American scientists, policy-makers and members of environmental organizations to discuss the most pressing threats facing the Salish Sea ecosystem. The bewildering array of environmental threats discussed by media, government and advocacy organizations, usually with differing opinions on urgency, frequently leaves the public confused about what would be an appropriate use of limited resources to address such problems. This session includes presentations by a four-member panel about the policy priorities, community values and current scientific understanding of the effects on the region of various local and global stressors and their cumulative effects, followed by a facilitated discussion that will determine what action could or should be taken now and what further research is required.

This session will also feature a 45 minute facilitated discussion.Scott RedmanPuget Sound PartnershipThreats to the Puget Sound ecosystem: perspectives from the Puget Sound PartnershipScott Redman, Ken Currens

Don RadfordFisheries and Oceans CanadaThreatstotheGeorgiaBasinecosystem-Amanager’sperspective

Christianne WilhelmsonGeorgia Strait AllianceIssues and threats: a community perspective

Sophia JohannessenDFO, Institute of Ocean SciencesLocal and global change in the Strait of Georgia

10F: Transboundary Collaboration II – Raising the Next Generation of Transboundary Projects

Junior Ballroom A/BConveners: Lisa Chang, Geoff ReidPRR Facilitator: Mike Rosen

The 2011 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference program is rich with topics and issues for which transboundary coordination, cooperation, and/or information exchange is vital. Examples include species conservation; contaminant science and management; and invasive species management. In the second session, which will be held immediately before the closing plenary, a facilitator and group of discussants will initiate and catalyze discussion upon major activities or initiatives described in preceding regular sessions. Conference attendees engaged in potentially transboundary efforts are urged to attend and participate in this discussion. Through facilitated discussion, discussants and audience will identify challenges to effective transboundary collaboration in specific activities and work together to generate ideas for productive next steps. Finally, the session will return to the question of what role, if any, existing transboundary coordination mechanisms and forums (e.g., IAS, SoC, ECC) can play in facilitating the success of transboundary projects.

This session will feature a facilitated discussion.

Ginny BroadhurstDirector, Northwest Straits Commission

Rod DobellCentre for Global Studies, University of Victoria

David GraceSenior Policy Advisor, British Columbia Ministry of Environment

Larry HildebrandSenior Advisor, Environmental Protection Operations, Environment Canada

Charlie O’HaraPlanning Director, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

3:00 pm - 4:30 pmClosing Plenary Grand Ballroom

Regional Leaders Panel: Which comes first? Science and decision-making for protecting the Salish Sea Regional leaders discuss the challenges of making policy and program decisions to protect and restore the Salish Sea in the face of scientific uncertainties, while exploring how policy-makers and scientists can work together. Audience questions to be invited.

• Dennis McLerran, EPA Regional Administrator, Panel Facilitator

• Dr. Tom Bancroft, Executive Director, People for Puget Sound

• Martha Kongsgaard, Chair, Leadership Council, Puget Sound Partnership

• David Marshall, Executive Director, Fraser Basin Council• Dr. Mark Zacharias, Assistant Deputy Minister,

Environmental Sustainability and Strategic Policy Division, BC Ministry of Environment

Awards and Closing Addresses• Student Awards• Evaluation and Door Prize Draws• Co-Host Closing Address

• Michael Wilson, Executive Director, Environmental Assessment, Environment Canada

• Martha Kongsgaard, Chair, Leadership Council, Puget Sound Partnership

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2011 PostersJunior and Pavilion Ballroom Foyers, Third Floor

1A, 2A, 3A: Contaminants: Sources, fates, transport and impacts

Conveners: Dale Norton, Scott Redman, Robie MacDonald

Bernadita AnulacionNOAA Fisheries Northwest Fisheries Science CenterSomatic growth rates and chemical contaminant levels in EnglishsolefromPugetSound,WAB. Anulacion, P. Chittaro, D. Boyd, R. Pearce, J. Bolton, G. Ylitalo

Jack BellKwiaht and University of Washington Friday Harbor Marine LaboratoriesDevelopment of a method for the analysis of diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) in the San Juan IslandsJack Bell, Russel Barsh, Leah Lindstrom, Riley Eltrich

Neil DangerfieldFisheries and Oceans CanadaPCBsandPBDEsinsedimentsandbluemusselsintheStraitof Georgia Neil Dangerfield, Paul B.C. Grant, Pat Shaw, Peter S. Ross

Margaret Dutch Washington State Department of EcologyPolybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Puget Sound sediments - Abaselineupdate(2004-2011)Margaret Dutch, Sandra Weakland

Margaret Dutch Washington State Department of EcologyPharmaceuticals and personal care products measured in Puget Sound sedimentsMargaret Dutch, Sandra Weakland, Bharat Chandramouli

Li-Jung KuoPacific Northwest National Laboratory Atmosphericdepositionofmetalsandcombustion-derivedaerosols to the surface of Puget SoundJ. Kuo, P. Louchouarn, J.M. Brandenberger, E.A. Crecelius, V. Cullinan, G.A. Gill, C. Garland, J. Williamson

Deb LesterKing County Department of Natural ResourcesSynthesis of toxic chemical loading studies in the Puget Sound Basin–HazardassessmentDeb Lester, Jenee Colton, Richard Jack, Dave Serdar, Dale Norton

Lincoln LoehrSnohomish County Marine Resources CommitteeMusselWatchdatafromSnohomishCountyillustratespatialand seasonal trendsEmily Whitney, Kathleen Herrmann, Mary Cunningham, Alan Mearns, Lincoln Loehr

Patrick LouchouarnTexas A&M University-GalvestonHistorical inputs of combustion-derived Pb and Hg to watershedsoftheHoodCanal,USAP. Louchouarn, L-J. Kuo, J. Brandenberger, F. Marcantonio, G. Gill, C. Garland

Chris LoweCapital Regional DistrictPharmaceuticals, personal care products, illicit drugs and their metabolites in municipal wastewater

Maggie McKeonUniversity of Washington, Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringObservations of salt-wedge dynamics and sediment resuspension in the Duwamish EstuaryMaggie McKeon, Alex Horner-Devine

Patrick Moran U.S. Geological SurveySediment contaminants in urban streams: Distribution and sources of pyrethroid insecticidesP. Moran, K.M. Kuivila, M.L. Hladik, D.L.Calhoun, N.E. Kemble, C.G. Ingersoll, R.J. Gilliom

Bruce NairnKing County WTDImpactofcombinedseweroverflowtreatmentonsedimentdeposition and contamination potentialBruce Nairn, Jeff Stern, Kevin Schock

Marie NoelUniversity of Victoria- School of Earth and Ocean SciencesContaminant-relatedalterationsofgenomicsendpointsinPugetSound harbour seals (Phoca vitulina)Marie Noel, Steven Jeffries, Monique Lance, Nik Veldhoen, Caren C. Helbing, Peter S. Ross

Jeffrey SternKing County Dept. Natural Resources and ParksTemporaleffectsofcleanupremedy-relatedreleasesonfishtissue concentrations – Implications to net risk reduction goals using different cleanup approaches. Jeffrey Stern, Bruce Nairn

Hazel WallingSimon Fraser UniversityResponse of stream invertebrate communities to metal-enrichedleaflitter:AnexperimentalapproachHazel Walling, Leah Bendell

James WestWashington Department of Fish and WildlifeTime trends and ecosystem recovery targets for toxic contaminantsinPugetSoundfishJames West, Sandra M. O’Neill, Gina Ylitalo, Scott Redman

1B, 2B: The conservation imperative for the marine birds and mammals of the Salish Sea

Conveners: Douglas Bertram, John Elliott, Steven Jeffries, Peter S. Ross

Andrew (Cheng-An) HuangUniversity of British ColumbiaThe role of Great Blue Herons in the food web ecology of eelgrass bedsAndrew (Cheng-An) Huang, Mary O’Connor

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Lisa SpavenFisheries and Oceans CanadaDecipheringtheirstories:AssessingthreatstomarinemammalsinBC,2008-2010Lisa Spaven, Paul Cottrell, John Ford, Stephen Raverty, Eva Stredulinsky, Candice Salmon

1D: Climate changeConvener: Mary Mahaffy

Jerry DesmulUniversity of Washington TacomaSpatial and temporal distribution of pollen in Sequim Bay, Washington Jerry Desmul, Anna Wallace, Julie Masura, Cheryl Greengrove

Richard DeweyVENUS, University of VictoriaLong-term high-resolution monitoring of the Salish Sea marine ecosystemusingVENUSRichard Dewey, Ken Denman, Verena Tunnicliffe

Lyse GodboutFisheries and Oceans CanadaLinkages between salmon survival, their timing of sea entry and marine productivity

Rebecca GoodingDept. of Zoology, University of British ColumbiaThermal coping behaviors of three littorine snails with salinity andoceanacidificationRebecca Gooding, Christopher D.G. Harley

Kara KuhlmanWestern Washington UniversitySea level rise and sediment elevation dynamics in a hydrologically altered Puget Sound estuaryKara Kuhlman, John M. Rybczyk

Andrea MacLennanCoastal Geologic ServicesScreening restoration and conservation priorities for potential implicationsofsealevelriseinSanJuanCounty,WashingtonAndrea MacLennan, Tina Whitman

Jeff MarliaveVancouver AquariumBiodiversityofPacificNWseabedcommunitiesthroughclimateregimes from 1967 - 2010Jeff Marliave, Donna Gibbs, Charlie Gibbs, Andy Lamb

Penny WhiteLiving Rivers Trust FundThe First Nation Legacy Strategy: Facilitating capacity to lead andengageinwatershedprojectsPenny White, Tom Rutherford

1E: Estuary science to support adaptive managementConveners: Eric Grossman, Roger Fuller

Kit CrumpThe Nature Conservancy DevelopmentofaRiverDeltaMonitoringFrameworkforPugetSoundKit Crump, Roger Fuller

Angela DanylukThe Corporation of Delta/Royal Roads UniversityThe impact of vegetation removal on water levels, vegetation and Sphagnum growth in Burns Bog, Delta

Roger FullerThe Nature ConservancyMulti-estuarydataandtoolstosupportrestorationandsocio-economic decision making

1F: Multiple Benefits Approach: Integrating social and ecological values to recover the Salish Sea

Conveners: Kat Morgan, Polly Hicks, Kara Nelson

Stephanie WilliamsCoastal Geologic Services, Inc.Nearshorerestorationthroughasharedvision-MRCinitiatedprojectsStephanie Williams, Jim Johannessen, Andrea MacLennan, Jonathan Waggoner

2C: Puget Sound watershed framework - Using the Puget Sound Characterization Project to guide planning and

developmentConvener: Stephen Stanley

Ginger ShoemakerWashington State Department of Natural ResourcesPrioritizingmarinenearshoreareasforconservationonstate-owned aquatic lands in Washington StateLowell Dickson, Carol Cloen, Ginger Shoemaker, Dave Palazzi, Melissa Whitman

2D: Implications of ocean acidification for the Salish SeaConveners: Christopher Harley, Jan Newton, Dr. Karen

Kohfield, Paul Williams, Anne Solomon

Bryan BylhouwerSimon Fraser UniversityChangesincoastalupwellingandimplicationsforSalishSeadeep waterBryan Bylhouwer, Debby Ianson, Karen Kohfeld

Karen MatsumotoSeattle AquariumWorkingwithTribalyouth:Oceanacidificationcommunityawareness and monitoringKaren Matsumoto, Paul Williams

Paul Williams Suquamish Indian TribeAddressinglongtermcrisisinasocietyfocusedontheshortterm:Toolstoaddressoceanacidification

2E, 3E: Restoring estuaries of the Salish Sea: Case studies and social and scientific challenges

Conveners: Isa Woo, Sue Patnude, Pamela Shaw, Eric Grossman, Christopher Ellings

Kim LarsenUSGS - Western Fisheries Research CenterTheuseofjuvenileChinookOtolithsrelatedtorestorationefforts on the Nisqually River Angie Lind-Null, Kim Larsen, Karl Stenberg, Lisa Wetzel, Christopher Ellings, Sayre Hodgson

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Stephen RubinU. S. Geological SurveyResponseoffishdistributionsandbenthichabitatstoNisquallyDelta restorationStephen Rubin, Christopher Ellings, Eric Grossman, Michael Hayes

Isa WooUSGS Western Ecological Research CenterMonitoringandappliedresearchframeworkforlarge-scaleestuarine restoration in the Nisqually DeltaI. Woo, C. Ellings, J. Y. Takekawa, K. Turner, E. Grossman, K. Larsen, S. Rubin, F. Leischner, S. Hodgson, J. Cutler, J. Barham, J. E. Takekawa

2F: The Salish Sea as a coupled social-ecological systemConveners: Terrie Klinger, Katharine Wellman, Tom

Leschine, Jennifer Knauer

Diane CappsSchool of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington, SeattlePatternsofhumaninfluenceonthenearshorelandscapeandthe condition of submerged vegetation habitats in Puget Sound, Washington,USA

Heather HewittUniversity of Washington, School of Marine and Environmental AffairsAssessingseabirdvulnerabilitytodeclinesinforagefishwithinPuget Sound

Meghan MassauaUniversity of Washington, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs Navigatinginformationflowincollaborativemarinemanagementto investigate the role of science

3B: Ecology of forage fishConveners: Dayv Lowry, Teresa Liedtke, James Selleck,

Collin Smith

Fred FellemanWAVE ConsultingAnotherlookatCherryPointHerring

Theresa LiedtkeU.S. Geological SurveyIntertidalhabitatusebyPacificsandlance:seasonaldistributionand habitat characteristicsTheresa Liedtke, Collin D. Smith, Dennis W. Rondorf

Dan Penttila Salish Sea BiologicalUpperintertidalsedimentcoarseningonarmor-impactedSurfSmelt spawning beaches over time Dan Penttila, Kirk Krueger

James SelleckWashington Department of Fish and WildlifeHistoricsamplingeffortandnearshoredistributionofPacificSandLanceintheSalishSea,WAJames Selleck, Caroline Gibson, Suzanne Shull, Joseph Gaydos

Tina WhitmanFriends of the San JuansForagefishspawninghabitatprotectionandrestoration-casestudiesfromtheSanJuanArchipelago

4A: Transboundary air: Shared Canada and U.S. issuesConveners: June Yoo Rifkin, Glen Okrainetz, Roger Quan,

Bob Smith

Shabtai BittmanAgriculture and Agri- Food Canada,Temporal and spatial variation in ammonia emission from agriculturalintheLowerFraserValley,BCS. Bittman, J. Tait, D.E. Hunt, S. Sheppard, K. Chipperfield, R. Vingarzan, K. Jones

Markus KellerhalsBritish Columbia Ministry of EnvironmentClearingtheAir:ManagingVisualAirQualityintheLowerFraser Valley

Rita SoEnvironment CanadaStatistical modelling of visibility improvements and air quality in theLowerFraserValleyofBritishColumbiaRita So, Roxanne Vingarzan, Andrew Teakles

4B, 5B: Science and management of killer whales Convener: Scott Veirs

Megan BakerCetus Research & Conservation SocietyCharacterizingboaterinteractionswithSouthernResidentKillerWhales in their critical habitatDoug Sandilands, Nic Dedeluk

Kari KoskiThe Whale MuseumSoundwatch recommendations for special management areas forKillerWhales

Donald NovielloWashington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Program, Oil Spill TeamRespondingtothethreatofoilspillstoSouthernResidentKillerWhales

Benjamin A. Wheeler Hemmera Inc.Underwaternoisemodelingasaless-invasiveplanningandmanagementtoolforSouthernResidentKillerWhalesandportterminal construction in the Salish Sea Benjamin A. Wheeler, David Hannay, Juergen Baumann

4E, 5E: Shorelines: Ecology, restoration, shore-friendly development, local and regional management tools and

issuesConveners: Erica Guttman, Katrina Hoffman, Andrew

James, Joel Baker, Brian Emmett

Alexis BlueCoastal Geologic ServicesBeach nourishment design and performance in west Fidalgo Bay,WAAlexis Blue, Jim Johannessen, Christine Woodward

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Anthony GabrielCentral Washington University, Department of Geography SoundMap:PugetSoundPublicResourceMappingProjectDavid Cordner, Anthony Gabriel

Sally Hawkins Friends of the San JuansMarineandfreshwaterriparianinventoryforSanJuanCounty,WashingtonSally Hawkins, Tina Whitman, James Slocomb Sarah HeerhartzUniversity of WashingtonEffectsofshorelinearmoringonnearshorefish,birdsandinvertebrates of the Salish SeaSarah Heerhartz, Megan Dethier, Jason Toft, Jeffery Cordell, Andrea Ogston, Helen Berry

Scott SteltznerSquaxin Island TribeAlandscapebasedstrategyforprioritizingcatchmentsalongthe nearshore of Budd Inlet Scott Steltzner, Kyle Brakensiek

5A: Marine Protected Areas in the Salish Sea - a transboundary exploration

Conveners: Pat Christie, Christianne Wilhelmsen, Sabine Jessen, David L. Fluharty, Kristin Hoelting , Clara Hard,

Richard Pollnac

Chris Harvey-ClarkUniversity of British ColumbiaMovingpast“TheTragedyoftheStakeholders”:Fullyprotectedmarine reserves in and around the Salish SeaChris Harvey-Clark, Roy Mulder

5C: Applying environmental indicators for ecosystem-based management

Conveners: Michael Rylko, Cecilia Wong, Ken Dzinbal, Sandie O’Neill, Ron Thom, Jennie Wang

Randy CarmanWashington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat ProgramRecent trends in shoreline armoring in Puget SoundRandy Carman, Brian Benson, Tim Quinn, David Price

Tim DetermanWashington Department of Health, Office of Shellfish and Water ProtectionStatusandtrendsinfecalpollutioninshellfishgrowingareaofPuget Sound through 2010

Sean FlemingEnvironment CanadaPrototypefuzzylogicapproachforanintegratedgroundwatersustainability indexSean Fleming, Cecilia Wong, Gwyn Graham

Gina LemieuxArchipelago Marine Research Ltd.SeabedImagingandMappingSystem(SIMS)–Asurveytool for change detection and monitoring in nearshore marine environmentsTrisalyn A. Nelson, Steve N. Gillanders, John Harper, Mary Morris, Gina Lemieux

Theresa MitchellWashington Department of Fish &WildlifeMovingtowardsastrategicapproachtonearshorerestorationprojectidentificationTheresa Mitchell, Jenna Norman, Randy Carman, Curtis Tanner

Gary WinansNorthwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA AgeneticinventoryofmarineorganismsoftheSalishSeaGary Winans, Jon Baker

5D: Threat and risk assessments in the Salish SeaConveners: Wayne Landis, Peter Chapman, Robert

Johnston

Zachary HughesNOAA - National Marine Fisheries ServiceUsingGISandhabitatdatatoenhanceanalysisofeffectstoESAListedSpecies

Robert JohnstonUS Navy Marine Environmental Support Office - NWAnintegratedriskassessmentframeworktoadvanceenvironmental quality and species recovery

5F, 6F: Building towards a better informed Salish Sea constituency through education and outreach

Conveners: Jude Apple, Fritz Stahr, Rick Searle

Janice MathisenSeattle AquariumRippleeffectsoftheBeachNaturalistProgram:Communicatingscience and conservation to the publicJanice Mathisen, Andrea Anderson

Donna SandstromThe Whale TrailThe Whale Trail: Encouraging cross-boundary stewardship through eco-tourism

Amy SprengerApplied Physics Laboratory, University of WashingtonOcean observing data and products for informal and formal education and outreachAmy Sprenger, Sarah Mikulak

Fritz StahrOcean Inquiry ProjectBringing ocean researchers, students and marine volunteers togetherthroughfieldresearchFritz Stahr, Amy Sprenger

Scott VeirsBeam Reach Marine Science and Sustainability SchoolBeamReachMarineScienceandSustainabilitySchool:Anintegrated experiential science programScott Veirs, Robin Kodner, Val Veirs, Jason Wood

Christianne WilhelmsonGeorgia Strait AllianceConnectingcommunitiestoahealthyStrait:TheGeorgiaStraitonline map

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6A, 7A: Stormwater: Science and management Conveners: Joan Lee, Erica Guttman, Bob Simmons,

Heather Trim

Robert JohnstonUS Navy Marine Environmental Support Office - NWIntegrated watershed and receiving water modeling is helping achieve effective water cleanup plansR. Johnston, P. F. Wang, W. Choi, K. Richter, B. Skahill, C. May, V. Cullinan, M. Roberts, C. Erickson, S. Lawrence

Jim SimmondsKing County Department of Natural Resources and ParksWatershedmodelingandin-streamflowandwaterqualityindicators and targets to be used in the development

6B, 7B: The Salish Sea food web — From description to quantification

Conveners: Rana El-Sabaawi, Brady Olson

Claude DykstraInternational Pacific Halibut CommissionFishPopulationCensusandSamplingintheStraitofJuandeFuca and Puget Sound

Alejandro FridVancouver AquariumBodysizerelationshipsbetweenlingcodandrockfish:Implications for trophic cascades Alejandro Frid, Brendan Connors

Correigh GreeneNW Fisheries Science CenterEvaluating the ecological health of Puget Sound’s pelagic foodwebC. Greene, C. Rice,L. Rhodes,K. Fresh,H. Daebenberger,B. Beckman,J. Hall,J. Chamberlin,P. McCollum, S. Steltzner

Shawn LarsonSeattle AquariumSixyearsofrockfishsurveysintheStraitofJuandeFuca:2005-2010Shawn Larson, Jeff Christiansen

Patrick Moran US Geological SurveyMethylmercuryaccumulationinthebaseofanestuarinefoodweb; Sinclair Inlet, WashingtonPatrick Moran, Robin A Stewart, Amy Kleckner, Jason Toft, Jeff Cordell, Anthony J Paulson

Bruce NairnKing County WTDTheroleofplanktoninaPCBBioaccumulationModelforPugetSound’sCentralBasinBruce Nairn, Jeff Stern

Ross WhippoFriday Harbor Labs, University of WashingtonEffects of the red sea urchin on benthic invertebrate communities:AlinktospatialsubsidiesRoss Whippo, Jeff Stern

6D: Knowledge translation and exchange: Improving ecosystem management through novel collaborationsConveners: Angeline Tillmans, Sarah Morley, Martin

Liermann, Celine Davis, Jennifer Maxwell

Norma SerraPacMARA Marineecosystem-basedmanagementimplementationstrategyroadmapNorma Serra, Heather Coleman, Eli Enns, Melissa Evanson, Ruta Fluxgold

6E, 7E: Habitat restoration in the Salish Sea: Headwaters to marine waters

Conveners: Joan Drinkwin, Derek Bonin, Fran Wilshusen

Jeffrey CordellUniversity of WashingtonInitialresponsesbyjuvenilesalmonandinvertebratesinarestoredfloodplainonHansenCreek,WAL.A. Stamatiou, J.R. Cordell, J. Toft, L. Rich, C. Gourley, L. Hainey

Chris GourleyUpper Skagit Indian TribeHansenCreek:EarlyhabitatformationinarestoringfloodplainChris Gourley, Lauren Rich, Lisa Hainey

Lisa KaufmannWashington State Department of Natural ResourcesSecret Harbor estuary restorationLisa Kaufmann, Christine Woodward, Todd Woodard

Andrea MacLennanCoastal Geologic Services, IncFeeder bluffs and shoreline armoring: Spatial and temporal analysis and implications of impounded seAndrea MacLennan, Jim Johannessen

Jack Minard Tsolum River Restoration SocietyTheTsolumRiverChallenge:Restoringanecosystemundertoday’s constraintsJack Minard, Kathy Campbell

John LenthHerrera Environmental ConsultantsHansenCreek:Hydrogeomorphicchangesofare-activatedalluvial fanIan Mostrenko, Christina Avolio, Lauren Rich, Chris Brummer, Kris Lepine, Jose Carrasquero

Paul SchlengerAnchor QEA, LLCInvestigationofjuvenilesalmondistributionsamongthelargepiers along the Elliott Bay SeawallPaul Schlenger, Jim Shannon, Merri Martz, Sandy Gurkewitz, and Emily Pizzichemi

Karen TopelkoBC Parks, Ministry of EnvironmentAtransboundarypilotprojecttoremovelostandabandonedfishinggearintheCanadianSalishSeaKaren Topelko, Manish Om Prakash, Joan Drinkwin, Jeff June, Tomas Tomascik, Wayne Bourque

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Jonathan Waggoner Coastal Geologic ServicesBeachrestorationatSeahurstPark:5yearsofprojectsuccessJonathan Waggoner, Jim Johannessen

7F: Connecting citizen science to research, monitoring and management

Conveners: Kate Litle, Caitlin Birdsall, Jerry Joyce

Carrigail Abanes & Marissa WyllEverett Community College and Ocean Research College AcademyMetacognativeapproachestocitizenscienceresearchonanesting osprey population on Snohomish RiverCarrigail Abanes, Marissa Wyll

Susan BertaOrca NetworkNetworks‘RUs:Howtoinvolveandinspirecitizensinpreserving the diverse habitats and inhabitants of the Salish Sea

Ramona C. de GraafCoastal Conservation Institute of British ColumbiaTheBritishColumbiaShoreSpawnersAlliance–Citizen’sscienceprotectingcriticalshorelinefishRamona C. de Graaf, Judy Williams, Dianne Sanford

Kathy HeiseCetacean Research Lab, Vancouver AquariumPacificwhite-sideddolphins:HowthepublichashelpedtoincreaseourunderstandingofBCKathy Heise, Heather Lord, Caitlin Birdsall, Lance Barrett-Lennard

Justin LongoCentre for Global Studies, University of VictoriaDigitalFishers:Datafromthedeep,judgementfromthecrowd,wisdom from the processDarryl Bidulock, Tim Boesenkool, Rod Dobell, Eric Guillemot, Maia Hoeberechts, Murray Leslie, Tony Lin, Justin Longo, Marjolaine Matabos, Dwight Owens, Benoit Pirenne, Ronald Schouten, Jodie Walsh

Alex RinaldiOcean Research College Academy at Everett Community CollegeEutrophication in the Possession Sound

Paul RusselOcean Research College AcademyEffect of precipitation over the Snohomish River Watershed on salinity in Whidbey BasinPaul Russel, Aseel Alsamarraie

Scott VeirsBeam Reach Marine Science and Sustainability SchoolListening for orcas with the Salish Sea Hydrophone NetworkScott Veirs, Val Veirs, Jason Wood, Chrissy McLean, Jeff Hogan, Candice Emmons

Breanne WardOcean Research College AcademyTemporal plankton abundance in Possession SoundBreanne Ward, Bryan Jacobson

7C: Environmental challenges to safe shellfish harvest and aquaculture

Conveners: John Konovsky, Nuri Mathieu, Brian Kingzett

Jolene BrokenshireUniversity of Washington - TacomaDeterminingflowbiasintheuseofpassivetubetrapstostudyGeoduck larval transport in situJolene Brokenshire, Bonnie J. Becker, Michael Behrens, Jamie Sloan

Tim DetermanWashington State Department of Health, Office of Shellfish and Water ProtectionReduced fecal pollution in Henderson Inlet: Remediation or reduced rainfall

Sean NamanNational Marine Fisheries ServiceRelative contributions of freshwater and marine inputs to shellfishdietsinPugetSoundSean Naman, Leticia Conway-Cranos, Peter Kiffney, John Bucci, Neil Banas, Mark Plummer, Mark Strom, Rohinee Paranjpye, Krista Bartz, Mary Ruckleshaus

Yvonne ShevalierUniversity of Washington, TacomaDetermining geoduck larval distribution relative to oceanographic physical parameters in Quartermaster Harbor, PugetSound,Washington(QMH)Yvonne Shevalier, Brenda Lemay, Bonnie Becker, Michael Behrens, Christine Henzler, Elizabeth Hoaglund

Shayla StaggersUniversity of Washington TacomaSizefrequencydistributionofGeoduckinQuartermasterHarborShayla Staggers, Bonnie J. Becker, Michael Behrens, Christine Henzler, Elizabeth Hoaglund, Yvonne Shevalier

8A, 9A: Science and management of eutrophication and hypoxia in the Salish Sea

Conveners: Jan Newton, Jude Apple, Andrew James, Joel Baker, Ken Denman, Duane Fagergren,

Julie Horowitz, Christopher Krembs

Austin HigueraEverett Community College and Ocean Research College AcademyThe inverse relationship between nitrates and dissolved oxygen, corresponding with phytoplankton photosynthesisAustin Higuera, Jared Gunderson

Julie E. KeisterUniversity of WashingtonZooplankton distribution and species composition in relation to bottomhypoxiainHoodCanalJulie E. KEister, Loren B. Tuttle

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8B: Marine survival of salmon in the Salish SeaConveners: Michael Schmidt, Brian Riddell

Christopher EllingsNisqually Indian TribeMigrationandsurvivalpatternsofNisquallyRiverSteelheadTrout smolts Sayre Hodgson, Christopher Ellings

Iris KempUniversity of WashingtonThe potential importance of competition between herring and juvenileChinooksalmoninPugetSoundIris Kemp, David A. Beauchamp, Elisabeth J. Duffy

Nathan MantuaUniversity of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery SciencesSpatial and temporal covariation in the marine survival rates of Cohosalmon(Oncorhynchuskisutch)Nathan Mantua, Jessica Beetz

Megan MooreNOAA FisheriesSurvival of steelhead smolts in the Salish SeaMegan Moore, Barry A. Berejikian, Eugene P. Tezak

Peter OlesiukFisheries and Oceans CanadaPatterns of pinniped (seal and sea lion) predation on Salish Sea salmon stocks

Scott SteltznerSquaxin Island TribeResults from a regionally scaled acoustic network used track salmonidsmoltsinSouthPugetSoundin2005—Movementandapparent survivalScott Steltzner, Kyle Brakensiek

8C: Non-native and invasive aquatic species in the Salish Sea: Ecosystem impacts, status, trends,

monitoring and control techniquesConveners: Douglas Bulthuis, Sandy Wyllie-Echevaerria,

Rachel Benbrook, Megan Mach, Rob Knight, Michael Hannam

Rachel BenbrookPeople For Puget SoundSkilledcitizenscientistspaddlePugetSound:Volunteerseakayakers survey for invasive Spartina

Claire LevyUniversity of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences Wetland Ecosystem TeamEvaluating effects of invasive Tunicates on epifaunal communities in Puget SoundClaire Levy, Jeffery R. Cordell, Oisín Gunning

Amanda SummersSamish Indian Nation Department of Natural ResourcesSamishRiverWatershedJapaneseKnotweedControlProjectand Riparian Restoration Program

8D, 9D: Hydrologic analysis, water resources, and freshwater ecosystems in the Salish Sea watershedsConveners: Paul Pickett, Markus Schnorbus, Curtis

DeGasperi, Alan Hamlet, Chris Conrad, Rajesh Shrestha, Paul Pickett, Markus Schnorbus

Gary BorstadASL Environmental Sciences Inc., ASL Borstad Remote Sensing Inc.The green hills of the Salish Sea watershed: How are they changing?Gary Borstad, Leslie Brown, Scott Akenhead, Jim Irvine

Pat PearsonWashington State University Jefferson County ExtensionAwaterdiscussioncourse:OurwatershedPat Pearson, Linda Kaye Smith

Anne SaveryTulalip Tribes of WashingtonGroundwatermonitoringforprotectionoffisheriesandnaturalresourcesAnne Savery, Darla Boyer

Cynthia WrightInstitute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaFreshwater discharge into the Strait of Georgia: Seasonal and geographic trends for coloured dissolve organic matter and relationships to the marine aquatic poolCynthia A. Wright, Sophie Johannessen, Robie Macdonald

8F: Transboundary Monitoring PartnershipsConveners: Jim Armstrong, Ken Dzinbal

Sarah GrossmanSwinomish Indian Tribal CommunityTribalJourneyWaterQualityProjectSarah Grossmann, Eric E. Grossman

9B: Life history and ecology of salmon: Implications for management and conservation in the Salish Sea

Convener: Sandie O’Neill

Asha M. AjmaniDepartment of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British ColumbiaDietandgrowthofjuvenileSockeyesalmononoceanentryintoacoastalfjordinBritishColumbiaAsha M. Ajmani, Brian P.V. Hunt, Evgeny A. Pakhomov

Dave BeauchampNRCDo pink salmon affect the productivity and life history characteristicsofFraserRiverSockeyesalmon?Greg Ruggerone, Dave Beauchamp

Yongwen GaoMakah Fisheries ManagementAnalysisonisotopicdatafromotolithsofanadromousfishYongwen Gao, David L.G. Noakes

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Anna KagleyNOAA/NMFS/NWFSC/FE DivisionMovementsofChinooksalmonthroughoutPugetSoundA. Kagley, J. Chamberlin, K. Fresh, T. Quinn, D. Spilsbury-Pucci, F. Goetz, C. Greene, J. Scheuerell

Martin LiermannNorthwest Fisheries Science Center / NOAAImaging sonar as tool for estimating salmon escapement for small populationsMartin Liermann, Keith Denton, Dan Rawding

Jonathan TharPacific Ocean Shelf Tracking (POST) ProgramAcoustictrackingofmarineanimalsintheSalishSea(andbeyond)

Edith TobeSquamish River Watershed SocietyJuvenileChinookOutmigrationPilotStudyinHoweSoundEdith Tobe, Matt Foy, Joe Tadey, Colin Levings, Doug Swanston

9C, 10C: Seaweeds and seagrasses in the Salish SeaConveners: Tom Mumford, Cynthia Durance

Sarah AmundrudUniversity of British ColumbiaThe relative importance of predators and eutrophication on eelgrassbenthicfoodwebsinBCSarah Amundrud, Mary O’Connor

Shaughn AndersonFriday Harbor Laboratories, University of WashingtonSEManalysisofZ.marinaseedcoatmorphologyS. Anderson, S. Wyllie-Echeverria, F. Dooley, A. Summers

Nancy ElderUSGS-Western Fisheries Research CenterScuba surveys to assess effects of Elwha River dam removal on shallow, subtidal benthic communitiesNancy Elder, Steve Rubin, Ian Miller, Reg Reisenbichler, Jeff Duda, Jon Warrick

Lisa FerrierWA State Department of Natural ResourcesSeagrassNet: Seasonal monitoring of two seagrasses, Zostera marinaandZosterajaponica,atDumasBayLisa Ferrier, Jeffrey Gaeckle

Jan HolmesIsland County MRC, WSU Island County Beach WatchersPlantcharacteristicsofZosteramarinainHolmesHarborWA

Gina LemieuxArchipelago Marine Research Ltd.Eelgrass habitat compensation: Thinking ahead in Esquimalt HarbourGina Lemieux, Mike Waters, Cynthia Durance

Thomas MumfordWashington Department of Natural ResourcesTheBanksofWashington:Algalbiotaoftheuniquesubmarineplatforms in the Strait of Juan de FucaT. Mumford, B. A. Bookheim, H. Berry

Greg RidderIsland County Beach Watchers & Marine Resource CouncilMonitoringeelgrassbedareasinIslandCountyGreg Ridder, Neal Clark, Jan Holmes, Ken Urstad

Andrew StevensU.S. Geological SurveyTheinfluenceofwaveenergyandsedimenttransportonseagrass distributionAndrew Stevens, Jesse Lacy

Renee TakesueU.S. Geological SurveyBiomass partitioning in eelgrass: Not all plants are created equalRenee Takesue, Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria

Sandy Wyllie-EcheverriaU.S. Geological SurveyTolerancesandresponsesofzosteramarinaseedlingstoHydrogenSulfide(H2S)Frederick Dooley, Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria, Peter D. Ward, Mark B. Booth

10A: Monitoring and modeling of harmful algal blooms and pathogens that threaten human health in the Salish Sea

Conveners: Juli Dyble, Stephanie Moore

Eva CrimKitsap Public Health DistrictLibertyBayMarinaWaterQualityStudy:KitsapPublicHealthDistrict,Bremerton,WA

Kirsten FeifelUniversity of Washington, School of OceanographyAhistoricalAlexandriumcatenellacystrecordfromSequimBay,WAanditsrelationtoclimateKirsten Feifel, Rita Horner

Cheryl GreengroveUniversity of Washington TacomaThedistributionofAlexandriumcatenellacystsinthesurfacesedimentsofPugetSound,WAin2011Cheryl Greengrove, Julie Masura, Stephanie Moore, Brian Bill, Jennifer Emenegger, Portia Leigh, Eric Salathe, Jr., Neil Banas, Nat Mantua, Don Anderson, John Stein

Nannette HuberUniversity of Washington TacomaSpatial and temporal trends in Quartermaster Harbor phytoplanktonNannette Huber, Julianne Ruffner, John Pelerine, Julie Masura, Cheryl Greengrove

Julie MasuraUniversity of Washington TacomaSpatialandtemporaldistributionofAlexandriumcatenellacystsin Quartermaster Harbor, Puget SoundJulie Masura, Mitchel Schatz, Jim Postel, Cheryl Greengrove

Elizabeth TobinUniversity of Washington, School of OceanographyAnopticalremotesensorfordetectionandpredictionofHeterosigma akashiwo harmful algal bloomsElizabeth Tobin, Danny Grünbaum

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10B: Frameworks and case studies for ecosystem solutionsConvener & PRR Facilitator: Jamie Strausz-Clark

Jan NewtonApplied Physics Laboratory, University of WashingtonWeb-based and social networking technologies disseminate coastalhazardmitigationinformationD. Martin, J. Allan, R. Blair, E. Mayorga, S. Mikulak, C. Risien, C. Seaton, A. Sprenger, T. Tanner

10D: Numerical models of land and seaConveners: Neil Banas, Mindy Roberts, Parker MacReady,

Andrea Copping, Krista Bartz

Storrs (“Skip”) AlbertsonWashington Department of EcologySeasonalvariationsinflushingtimeforQuartermasterHarbor,an enclosed Puget Sound estuary

Matthew MarsikThe Natural Capital ProjectLinking watershed and estuarine transport models to evaluate tradeoffs among terrestrial and marine management strategiesMatthew Marsik, David Sutherland, Georgi Spiridonov, CK Kim, Jodie Toft, Mary Ruckelshaus, Anne Guerry

Greg PelletierWashington State Department of EcologyCalibrationofathree-dimensionalmodelofwaterqualityinSouth Puget SoundGreg Pelletier, Anise Ahmed, Brandon Sackmann, Mindy Roberts, Robert Ambrose

Collin SmithU.S. Geological SurveyModelingthepotentialeffectsofsea-levelriseonthespawninghabitatofSalishSeaforagefishCollin Smith, Theresa L. Liedtke, Dennis W. Rondorf, Andrew W. Stevens, Christopher A. Curran, Paul Dorn

Zhaoqing YangPacific Northwest National LaboratoryModelingoffloodflowsandtidalhydrodynamicsoveracoastalfloodplainZhaoqing Yang, Taiping Wang, Tarang Khangaonkar, Stephen Breithaupt

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