2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
5/20/2019 | 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | USING BIOASSESSMENT TO PRIORITIZE PUGET SOUND BASINS FOR RESTORATION AND PROTECTION, IDENTIFY STRESSORS AND MONITOR RESTORATION EFFECTIVENESS | 250 CF
USING BIOASSESSMENT TO PRIORITIZE PUGET SOUND BASINS FOR RESTORATION AND PROTECTION, IDENTIFY STRESSORS AND MONITOR RESTORATION EFFECTIVENESS
Increasingly managers are looking to multi-metric indices and bioassessment data to point to areas that should be protected and restored. Basins with streams that have an abundance of sensitive macroinvertebrate taxa and score “excellent” are valued for their water quality and, in the Puget Sound region in Washington, for their salmonid habitat. Sites with “fair” scores indicate reaches and basins in need of restoration, and yet managers often struggle to determine what specific restoration actions are needed. We will describe a project in the Puget Sound region that is using bioassessment scores to identify and prioritize basins for restoration and protection, and then diving deeper into the macroinvertebrate data to identify likely stressors and potential remedies. Basin-specific restoration plans highlight areas in need of flow and sediment control and identify specific taxa that managers will track to monitor restoration effectiveness. Protection plans highlight indicator taxa and metrics that may signal stress due to climate change or effects of increasing urbanization. These plans provide an example of how local managers are using bioassessment data to go beyond characterization and towards stressor identification and effectiveness monitoring.
- Multi-stressors
- Restoration
- Bioindicators
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Kate Macneale
(), King County - Water and Land Resources, kate.macneale@kingcounty.gov;
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