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| WWU’s Institute for Watershed Studies deepens research of Northwest lakes | |||
| WWU Professor Emeritus Robin Matthews details newly described desmids | |||
| Lake sampling project helps detect brewing algal bloom | On a Monday morning in July, Zoe Fry and Rory Pate rowed along the perimeter of Lake Padden for a routine check-up, observing the water from their canoe-clinic to detect any signs of sickness that was occurring or in the making. Not seeing any mats of dotted, stringy or paint-like… |
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| Reducing water pollution in Lake Whatcom: ‘Plenty of work cut out for us’ | Angela Strecker, Western Washington University’s director of the Institute for Watershed Studies, applauded the group for its unique adaptive management strategies. However, the findings from the last year of monitoring by WWU showed results that Strecker called “a… |
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| Add wildfire, climate change to the list of Lake Whatcom worries | As for those less-than-dramatic pollution results, Angela Strecker, Western Washington University’s director of the Institute for Watershed Studies, explained that measures of phosphorus, dissolved oxygen and algae blooms were more or less stable, although phosphorus appeared to be declining… |
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| WWU monitors say Lake Whatcom water quality showing signs of improvement | “When humans make changes, anything that kinda disturbs the watershed, those activities have the potential to release sediment, that can run off into the lake. That sediment often contains pretty high levels of phosphorus,” Angela Strecker, director of the Western Washington University Institute… |
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| Water Watchdogs: Inside the Work of WWU’s Institute for Watershed Studies | |||
| Research Recap for March 5 | |||
| Research Recap for March 5 | |||
| Women in Ecology – Angela Strecker | If you’ve been following our Women in Ecology series, you’ve probably noticed a few common themes: the value of mentorship in STEM fields is highly important, and gender diversity in the workplace continues… |