Salmon exposed to toxic stormwater runoff can die in a matter of hours, and scientists are asking for Puget Sound area residents’ help in identifying affected streams.
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WSU scientists discover coho salmon die, chum salmon survive in polluted stormwater.
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By Eric Sorensen, WSU News
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have found that salmon face a double whammy when they swim in the stormwater runoff of urban roadways.
By Eric Sorensen, WSU News
PULLMAN, Wash. – Columbia River Chinook salmon have lost as much as two-thirds of their genetic diversity, Washington State University researchers have found.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News
PUYALLUP, Wash. – Chum rule. In the same toxic stormwater brew that killed coho salmon in less than three hours, their chum cousins did just fine.
Salmon soup with wapato
and cattail shoots
Ingredients:
12 wapato roots, camas or small new potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
6-8 cattail shoots or asparagus, trimmed of woody exterior and sliced
6 green onions, or 8-10 wild onions
4 cups of water
5 juniper berries
1 pound of salmon steak
Directions:
1. Place wapato roots, cattails, onions, water and juniper berries in a large saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat.
2. Decrease heat to medium and simmer … » More …
Stark
Garden-variety pesticides add up to more than the sum of their parts when it comes to attacking the nervous systems of salmon, a newly published study finds.
Scientists at WSU and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service analyzed combinations of various pesticides to learn how they would affect juvenile salmon. Previous studies have tested pesticides individually to establish levels lethal to fish.
“We need to design new research that takes into effect the real-world situation where pesticides almost always coincide with other pesticides,” co-author Nathaniel Scholz, a research zoologist at the NOAA … » More …