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2007 Georgia Basin Puget Sound Research Conference

Abstracts and Panel Descriptions

Monday, March 26, 2007

Chair: Linda Lyshall

Starting with an overview of how tidal and wave energy works, potential environmental concerns, and tribal rights, this panel will address issues such as tidal energy in the GBPS region, technology, regulatory and research issues, fundamental limits to the power potential of tidal streams, and the utilization of water from streams to produce hydrogen energy.

Panel Members:

œ Daryl Williams, Tulalip Tribe

œ Jennifer Hennessey, Washington Department of Ecology

œ Craig Collar, Snohomish Public Utilities District

œ Dr. Chris Garrett, University of Victoria

œ Patrick Cummins, Institute of Ocean Sciences

œ Monty Raisinghani, University of British Columbia

Tidal Energy in the Puget Sound

Craig Collar, Snohomish PUD

Roger  Bedard, Electric Power Research Institute

Fundamental Limits to the Power Potential of Tidal Streams

Chris Garrett, University of Victoria

Patrick  Cummins, Institute of Ocean Sciences

Tidal Current Energy Technology, Regulations, and Research

Jennifer Hennessey, Washington Department of Ecology

The Hydrogen Economy-Utlizing Water From Streams to Produce Clean Energy

Monty Raisinghani, UBC

Chair: Julia Bos

Green Infrastructure Assessment Tool Applied to an Alternative Futures Application

Erik Neatherlin, John Jacobson, John Carleton*, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife

Linking Lands: Integration of Wildlife Habitat Mapping into Municipal Policies and Programs

Elaine Anderson*, Langley Environmental Partners Society

Jenyfer Neumann, Patrick Marples, Township of Langley

Fergus Creek Integrated Watershed Planning

Jim Dumont*, McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd.

Remi Dube, City of Surrey

Supporting Fish-Friendly Land and Water Resource Decision Making

Keith Folkerts*, Kitsap County

Hal Beecher, WDFW

Brian Skahill, US Army Corps of Engineers

Terra Hegy, WDFW

Cumulative Impact Assessments for Shoreline Management

Cinde Donoghue*, Thurston County Long Range Planning

Anthony Gabriel, Central Washington University, Dept. of Geography and Land Studies Center for Spatial Information

Driving Forces, Uncertainty, and the Nearshore: Scenarios for the Puget Sound Nearshore

Michal Russo*, Marina Alberti, University of Washington

Chair: Zita Botelho

Island County's Surface Water Monitoring Program

Christopher Wilson*, Island County

Paul Adamus, Ph.D., Adamus Resource Assessment, Corvallis, OR

Exploring Seasonal Dynamics of Some Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Antibiotics in an Agricultural Watershed

Patricia Keen*, University of British Columbia

Charles Knapp, David Graham, University of Kansas

Ken Hall, University of British Columbia

Status of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium in Lower Fraser Valley Agricultural Soils in Relation to Environmental and Agronomic Concerns

Orlando Schmidt*, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands

Grant  Kowalenko, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Chair: Sarah Brace

Evaluating Recovery Endpoints in a Rocky Intertidal System

Terrie Klinger*, University of Washington

Tracking Nearshore Habitat Recovery After Removal of Overwater Dock Structures

William Taylor*, Jennifer Hayworth, Taylor Associates, Inc.

James Shannon, David Evans and Associates

Nearshore Fish of the Strait of Juan de Fuca- Implications for Removal of Elwha Dams

Joshua Chamberlin*, Kurt  Fresh, Anna Kagley, NOAA Fisheries,NWFSC,Seattle,WA

Larry Ward, LEKT, Port Angeles, Wa

Nikki Sather, Oregon State University/Battelle, PNNL,Sequim, WA

Mindy Rowse, NOAA Fisheries,NWFSC,Seattle,WA

Elwha River Dam Removal: An Update on Collaborative Monitoring Efforts

Sarah Morley*, NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC

Jeffrey Duda, Western Fisheries Research Center, USGS

Michael McHenry, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

George Pess, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA

Holly Coe, Frank Orth and Associates

Timothy Beechie, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA

Bill Eaton, Peninsula College

Martin Liermann, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA

Eelgrass Mapping of the Elwha Nearshore

James Norris*, Marine Resources Consultants

Ian Fraser, Marine Resources Consultants

Anne Shaffer, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Cathy Lear, Clallam County

Chair: Charlie O'Hara

When Concerned About Toxic Stormwater Pollutants in the Built Environment:  Sweep Before You 'Treat'

Roger Sutherland*, Pacific Water Resources, Inc.

Gary Minton, Resource Planning Associates

Quantification of Peak Season Marine Vessel Traffic Pressure in the San Juan Islands

Jeffrey Dismukes*, San Juan County

Jonathan Riley, Western Washinghton University

David Walker

Urbanization, Private Property Rights, and The Fate of Coho Salmon Habitat in Puget Sound

Alex Uber*, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife

Jennifer Trunkey, Antioch University, Seattle WA

Effectively and Efficiently Meeting Multiple Local Jurisdiction Resource Protection Mandates through Landscape Characterization

Stephen Stanley*, Washington State Department of Ecology

Jeff Chalfant, Whatcom County Planning Department

Susan Grigsby, Washington Department of Ecology

Dick Gersib, Washington Department of Transportation

Harriet Beale, Puget Sound Action Team

Krista Mendelman, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Douglas Peters, Washington Community Trade and Economic Development

Joanne Schuett-Hames, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

John Carleton, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

McKee Peak: Development Planning in Consideration of Ecological Sensitivities

Caroline Astley*, Madrone Environmental Services Ltd.

Darren Brown, City of Abbotsford

Treatment of Ballast Water:  Good Possibilities or a Pipe Dream

Russell Herwig*, Jeffery Cordell, David Lawrence, University of Washington

Welcome and Introduction from the Co-Chairs

Justin Longo, Conference Co-Chair, Environment Canada

First Nations Welcome

Chief Leah George-Wilson, Tsleil-Waututh Nation

Welcome from the Co-Hosts

Pradeep KhareL , Regional Director General, Environment Canada

Elin Miller, Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Region 10

Keynote Address: Dr. Daniel Pauly, University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre

The Mille-feuille Between Science and Decision Making: How Scientists Need to More Effectively Engage in Politics and Society