October 3, 2018
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.
salmon
April 17, 2018
WSU scientists discover coho salmon die, chum salmon survive in polluted stormwater.
April 4, 2018
The free livestreaming event will take place 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 11.
February 12, 2018
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.
January 10, 2018
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.
August 16, 2016
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.
August 8, 2016
VANCOUVER, Wash. – WSU Vancouver has received the Clark County Sammy Award for its contributions to protecting salmon, their habitat and area rivers.
September 21, 2015
PULLMAN, Wash. – Researchers from Alaska and Washington state have found the earliest known evidence that Ice Age humans in North America used salmon as a food source, according to a paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
April 14, 2011
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 …
March 6, 2009
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 …