The Puyallup River Watershed Council is presenting the Puyallup Watershed Symposium on December 5, 2024, from 1:00 – 6:00 pm at the Pioneer Park Pavilion (330 S Meridian, Puyallup, WA 98317).

The presenters’ abstracts can be accessed using the QR code on the poster or using this link.

To register, you can do so by clicking HERE.

TIME SCHEDULE
12:30 – 1:00 pm REGISTRATION and NETWORKING
1:00 – 1:15 pm WELCOME
1:15 – 2:25 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS

• Pierce County Capital Improvement Projects within the Puyallup Watershed
  Nina Biondolillo – Pierce County
• Upper Watershed Restoration within the Snoquera Landscape
  Laurel Baum – Conservation Northwest
• Snoquera: An integrated, multidisciplinary approach to landscape-scale habitat restoration
  Elizabeth Mackey – Trout Unlimited
• The Watershed Resilience Program: DNR’s Salmon Recovery Efforts in the Puyallup Watershed
  Hannah King – Department of Natural Resources
  2:25 – 2:35 pm BREAK | Word from Sponsor (Mark)
  2:35 – 3:35 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
• Impacts of Spring Storms on Juvenile Salmon Health in an Urbanized Watershed: Toxicology
  Nathan Ivy – Washington State University
• 6PPD-Q Soil Extraction Development
  Tom Chontofalsky – City of Tacoma
• Iron Oxide Fingerprints of Puyallup Watershed Suspended Sediment Sources
  Peter Selkin – University of Washington-Tacoma
  3:35 – 3:45 pm BREAK | Word from Sponsor (Lisa)
  3:45 – 4:50 pm ORAL PRESENTATIONS
• Riparian restoration social marketing campaign
  Alison Schweitzer – King County
• Volunteer redcedar tree monitoring at Point Defiance Park
  Ray Lepore – Metro Parks Tacoma; Joey Hulbert – Washington State University
• Exploring options for a future with western redcedar
  Isiah Montejano – Washington State University
• Assessing Physicochemical and Microbial Properties of Soils in Peri-urban Agricultural Areas:
  South Puget Sound, WA
  Prabesh Khanal – Washington State University
  4:50 – 6:00 pm POSTER VIEWING and SOCIAL HOUR
• Posters are located around the venue—stop by to learn more.