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Saturday, January 23, 6:30pm, Feiro Marine
Life Center
Radiotelemetry,
Ear Bone Chemistry, Genetics, and
Snorkeling:
Some Tools Being Used to
Characterize Fish Populations in Olympic National Park Watersheds
Limited Seating is Available!
Please call ahead to reserve your space – (360) 417-6254
Suggested $5 donation.
BIOSKETCH:
Sam J. Brenkman, is a Fisheries Biologist at Olympic National Park in Port Angeles, Washington
with degrees from Oregon
State University. His background is in life history diversity
of Pacific salmonids, habitat conservation, fisheries management, and methods
to monitor fish populations in large rivers.
Sam’s interest in the management and conservation of native fishes
in the Pacific Northwest grew after spending years in the field in the Blue
Mountains and Klamath Basin of Oregon, lower Columbia River, and coastal
portions of Oregon and Washington.
Over the last 18 years, Sam has conducted fisheries work for the
Institute for Freshwater Fisheries in Iceland,
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon
State University,
National Marine Fisheries Service, and National Park Service at Crater Lake and Olympic National Parks. Today, Sam and his co-workers at Olympic
National Park blend various fisheries technologies to better understand and
characterize fish populations throughout watersheds in Olympic National Park.
Summary of Presentation:
Fisheries biologists are working to better understand and monitor the unique
fish populations of Olympic National Park.
Sam Brenkman will describe how biologists are using several innovative
techniques to unveil migratory patterns and assess fish populations in the
logistically challenging terrain of Olympic National Park. Some of the featured topics include: analysis of fish earbones to determine
whether individuals migrated to sea; analysis of fin tissues to determine
genetic structure and assign river origin of coastal salmonids; surgically
implantation of radio transmitters to illuminate fish migrations among
coastal watersheds; and riverscape snorkel surveys to assess fish populations
throughout 45 river miles in 6 days.
Join us to learn about these findings from many Peninsula watersheds
including Lake Crescent
and the Elwha, Hoh, Quinault, North Fork Skokomish, and Sol Duc Rivers.
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February 2, 2010 from 9am to 1pm
Connections Workshop
Guiding Student and Classroom Environmental
Projects
Are you an educator, community
member or natural resource professional interested in connecting senior
project students or entire classrooms to local environmental projects?
Do you want to receive
valuable training and resources for involving students in projects in
meaningful ways?
The Feiro Marine
Life Center
and Pacific Education Institute are here to help!
You are invited to attend PEI’s FREE Connections Workshop on Tuesday, February
2nd, from 9 am to 1 pm, sponsored by the Feiro Marine
Life Center.
Attendees will experience
first-hand PEI’s
Project-Based Learning Plan while conducting a real-world investigation at a
local site. Participants will also
learn how to connect senior project students and classrooms to project
opportunities and local resources.
Please see the attached flyer or contact Deborah Moriarty at the Feiro Marine Life
Center (360-417-6254, Deborah.Moriarty@noaa.gov) for
workshop details.
Also, please feel free to
share this invitation with anyone you think would be interested in attending.
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