State of Our Watersheds: How gully washers kill salmon
This weekend’s predicted storms could be bad news for future salmon runs. Coho and chinook salmon, which are now entering…
Category: State of Our Watersheds
State of Our Watersheds: Culverts Blocking Fish Access in Kitsap
Culverts mess up fish habitat. And Kitsap County is filled with them. In fact, there are enough culverts to partially…
State of Our Watersheds: Permit-exempt wells put treaty rights and salmon at risk
Permit-exempt wells have proliferated across watersheds that are supposed to be closed to new water withdrawals. No proof of water…
State of Our Watersheds: Glacier melt, logging threatens salmon in the Queets
Salmon are threatened by increasing water temperatures in the Queets River due to logging and glacier melt. In the State…
State of Our Watersheds: Lower Skagit not meeting temperature goals
The Lower Skagit River will not be in compliance with the state’s Total Daily Maximum Load (TMDL) plan by 2080,…
State of Our Watersheds: Light pollution could be hurting salmon
Intense artificial lighting could be changing salmon behavior in urban Puget Sound, making them more likely to be eaten by…
State of Our Watersheds: Wells deplete water resource for salmon
A growing concern in the effort to recover salmon populations is the availability of water. Increasing numbers of permit-exempt wells…
State of Our Watersheds: Pump stations block salmon access
Culverts aren’t the only barriers preventing salmon from accessing spawning and rearing habitat. In the Snohomish watershed, flood control facilities…
State Of Our Watersheds: Morse Creek Floodplain Impaired
Once a robust stream of salmon, steelhead and cutthroat trout, the current condition of Morse Creek prevents these fish from…