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    BENTON

    CONSERVATION DISTRICT

    Promoting Conservation and the Wise Use of Natural Resources

    Lower Yakima River

    Water Quality & Habitat

    Fall 2020 Meeting

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    Video credit: Toby Kock, USGS

    BCD thanks presenters, partner organizations, and meeting participants for contributing to the best available science, and

    shoreline landowners for committing to wise stewardship.

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    Funding provided by Washington Department of Ecology.

    Click image for recording of entire meeting (3 hrs) OR scroll down & click titles for presentation slides

    Habitat Projects

    A History of the Lower Yakima, Alex Conley, Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board
    A History of the Lower Yakima, Alex Conley, Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board
    Smolt Survival & Adult Sockeye Studies, Toby Kock, US Geological Survey
    Smolt Survival & Adult Sockeye Studies, Toby Kock, US Geological Survey
    Lower River Electrofishing Data, Michael Porter, Yakama Nation
    Lower River Electrofishing Data, Michael Porter, Yakama Nation
    Cool Projects, Hot River. Rebecca Wassell, Mid-Columbia Fisheries
    Cool Projects, Hot River. Rebecca Wassell, Mid-Columbia Fisheries
     N. Satus Drain & RM 89.5 Update, Bridger Cohan, Yakama Nation
    N. Satus Drain & RM 89.5 Update, Bridger Cohan, Yakama Nation

    Water Quality Projects

    Stargrass, Water Quality & Nitrate Dynamics, Rich Sheibley, US Geological Survey
    Stargrass, Water Quality & Nitrate Dynamics, Rich Sheibley, US Geological Survey
    Stargrass as Biofuel Analysis, Justin Billing, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Stargrass as Biofuel Analysis, Justin Billing, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    River Corridor Hydrobiogeochemistry, Emily Graham, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    River Corridor Hydrobiogeochemistry, Emily Graham, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    LYR Current Pesticides & Toxin Monitoring, Matt Bischof, WA Dept of Agriculture
    LYR Current Pesticides & Toxin Monitoring, Matt Bischof, WA Dept of Agriculture
    EAP Lower Basin Monitoring, Eiko Berry-Urmos, WA Dept of Ecology
    EAP Lower Basin Monitoring, Eiko Berry-Urmos, WA Dept of Ecology
    Toxins & Temperature TMDL Status, Laine Young, WA Dept of Ecology
    Toxins & Temperature TMDL Status, Laine Young, WA Dept of Ecology

    ​Telephone: ​ (509) 736 - 6000

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