Pacific Northwest Research Station

ABOUT US

RESEARCH AREAS

The Olympia Aquatic and Land Interactions Team is one of several teams located in four PNW laboratories within the Aquatic and Land Interactions Program (the others are in Corvallis, Juneau, and Wenatchee). Although the Olympia ALI Team works collaboratively with the Corvallis, Juneau and Wenatchee teams, it has a number of assignments specific to Washington state:

Investigations of the cumulative effects of land management on watersheds, riparian zones, and fish habitat in western and eastern Washington.

Providing scientific information relative to conservation and restoration of the habitats of Washington's native fishes.

Maintaining close research ties with the University of Washington, state and federal agencies, industrial forestry organizations, tribal organizations, and nongovernmental organizations in Washington concerned with protecting fish and aquatic ecosystems.

Core areas of our study:

- Riparian ecosystem management in western Washington.

- Role of salmon carcasses as vectors of marine-derived nutrients to freshwater and riparian ecosystems.

- Modeling salmonid productivity in the Columbia River basin.

- Assessing the effects of large flood events on aquatic productivity.

- Scientific evaluation of the Northwest Power Planning Council's and Bonneville Power Administration's fisheries programs.

- Long-term recovery of Mount St. Helens ecosystem.

- Implementation of Columbia River basin ecosystem management plan.

- Development of monitoring and restoration strategies for fish.

- Biophysical processes responsible for maintaining productive aquatic ecosystems and clean water.

Research Programs
Detailed information about our research programs.

This team's 2008 Science Accomplishments