Using 60 Years Of Data, Idaho Study Details How Climate Change Is Shrinking Salmon Habitat
June 30th, 2022
A new study led by a University of Idaho researcher offers high-resolution details on how Chinook salmon habitats, due to climate change, are being lost on Bear Valley Creek, a headwater stream of the Salmon River in central Idaho.
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Salmon Predation In The North Pacific: UW Study Shows How Salmon Group Size Affects Predation Risk, Foraging Success
June 30th, 2022
Animals that live in groups tend to be more protected from predators. That idea might be common sense, but it’s difficult to test for some species, especially for wild populations of fish that live in the ocean.
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Raining Microplastics: Flathead Lake May Look Clean, But Study Details Microplastic Pollution And Its Sources
June 30th, 2022
While researchers have known for years that microplastics exist in Flathead Lake, the concentrations and origins of the microplastic pollution have remained a mystery.
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Global Warming Causing Ocean To Lose Memory; Creates Challenge For Climate Predictions, Managing Marine Resources
June 8th, 2022
Using future projections of the latest generation of Earth system models, a new study found that most of the world's ocean is steadily losing its year-to-year memory under global warming.
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WSU Researchers Develop Drone System To Chase Off Pest Birds: ‘We Could Make Drones Look Like Predators’
June 8th, 2022
In the future, cameras could spot blackbirds feeding on grapes in a vineyard and launch drones to drive off the avian irritants, then return to watch for the next invading flock. All without a human nearby.
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Whale Watching Boaters Fined For Getting Too Close To Puget Sound’s Endangered Killer Whales; Boats Interrupt Feeding On Salmon
June 3rd, 2022
Two recreational boaters illegally approached endangered Southern Resident killer whales in rented boats last fall. They have agreed to pay fines for violating regulations that protect the whales from vessel traffic and noise.
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Columbia Basin’s Sagebrush Steppe One Of Country’s Most Endangered Ecosystems; Study Looks At Ways To Control Wildfire
May 18th, 2022
New research led by an Oregon State University scientist provides the first long-term study of methods to control the spread of wildfire in the sagebrush steppe ecosystem that dominates parts of the western United States.
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Study Offers First Direct Evidence That Translocating Imperiled Pacific Lamprey From Lower Columbia To Interior Increased Productivity
April 27th, 2022
A new study provides the first direct evidence that translocations of Pacific Lamprey from lower Columbia River dams to the Snake River basin boosted larval abundance, increased juvenile production in the interior Columbia River and demonstrated successful migration to the Pacific Ocean.
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Olympic Peninsula Glaciers, Snowfields Disappearing Fast; Diminishing Streams For Fish
April 27th, 2022
Since about 1900 Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula has lost half of its glacier area and since 1980, 35 glaciers and 16 perennial snowfields have disappeared.