Past Environmental Speaker Series

Environmental Speakers Series: 2023-24

Fall Quarter

Let The Fish Do The Talking: Investigating Chemical Mixtures At Contaminated Sites

Dr. Moran
Ian Moran

Indigenous Mariculture And Its Importance

Dr. Gibbs
Dr. Mitch Gibbs

An Interdisciplinary Story of the Rapidly Deglaciating Taaltsux̱éi Watershed

Chris Sergeant on the Taaltsux̱éi Héen floodplain; Credit Chris Miller
Chris Sergeant

A brief ecotoxicology tour of fossil fuel pollution in Puget Sound, guided by salmon and marine forage fish

The speaker standing near a shoreline in the evening
Nat Scholz, Ph.D.

Animals and Ecosystem Functioning in Streams and Riparian Areas

Speaker Chelsea Little standing in forest.
Dr. Chelsea Little

Getting Messy: Managing Northwest Environmental Conflicts and Collaboration

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Thomas Christian

Protect the best, restore the rest: Managing forests for a climate-changed future

Alex Harris holding a rooster on a farm
Alex Harris

Thanksgiving Holiday - No Speaker

Pumpkin Pie with a Pi math symbol

The Chehalis Watershed in Peril: a tale of floods, droughts, forest practices, and climate change

Lee standing in a forest next to a massive tree
Lee First

Community Engagement, ‘Forever Chemicals’, and Health Education: A Public Health Perspective on PFAS in Drinking Water Private Wells in East Selah

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Claire Nitsche

Winter Quarter

The Salish Sea Institute – sharing knowledge across disciplines and borders

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Dr. Cindy Elliser

Marine Mammal Rehab in the PNW: Stories of 4 Patients at a New Sealife Hospital

Patrick working with a seal.
Patrick Hutchins

Protecting Salish Sea natural resources through locally led, voluntary, incentive-based conservation on private lands

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Alexi Guddal

The Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program: Success and Challenges on the Path to Linking Monitoring to Decision-Making

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Katrina Radach

Our Working Waterfronts

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Dan Tucker, Program Manager; Pete Granger, Vice President; Lindsie Fratus-Thomas: The Whatcom Working Waterfront Coalition

Forgotten Giants: The Past, Present, and Future of Basking Sharks in the Salish Sea and Beyond

The speaker in a canoe at dusk.
Romney McPhie

Modern Aluminum Vessel Construction, including hybrid and zero emissions

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Ron Wille

Sustaining marine bounty in the modern age: Creative solutions for restoration of Salish Sea species and habitats

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Jodie Toft

The Role of Shoreline Restoration in Marine Ecosystem Recovery: Lessons from the San Juan Islands

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Tina Whitman

Rockfish fisheries, management, and knowledge exchange in Puget Sound

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Anne Beaudreau

Spring Quarter

Combining Academic Learning with Professional Opportunities in the Field of Salmon Restoration and Education

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Sarah Brown

The Clean Energy Transition Must Prioritize Equity

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Humaira Falkenberg

Multifaith Network for Climate Justice: Creating Community While Raising Our Voices on Behalf of All of Creation

Headshots of the speakers.
Deb Cruz & Ethan Teed

Where Nature Lives

Dr. Rossiter in a snowy environment
Dr. David Rossiter

Lawyering for Climate and Environmental Justice

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Jan Hasselman

Working Together to Save the Whales: Stories of Hope, from Springer to the Southern Residents

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Donna Sandstrom

Building a Transparent Earth for a Safer Tomorrow: The Changing Landscape of Science and Its Impact on Environmental Policy

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David Coblentz, PhD

Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound

The speaker with research equipment on a boat near the shoreline
Andrew Spanjer

Critical Decision Making in Wildland Fire: Demystifying Intuition with the Recognition-Primed Decision Making Model

The speaker standing in a forest with wildland firefighting equipment
Oliver Simic

Research in a Living Laboratory: Terrestrial linkages to pond ecosystems in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

The speaker standing outside with scientific sampling equipment
Katey Queen

Progress, Promise, and Challenges with WWU's Sustainability Action Plan

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Grace Wang, Kate Beck, and Jeff Aslan