Newsletters

The Watershed Review, the quarterly Water Center newsletter, is available below. Also included below are past newsletter issues of the former Centers (Streamside Runoff and The Washington Water Resource).

Watershed Review

Volume 4, Number 2 (2006)

Developing a global perspective on fresh water

Snapshots of research

Damages and costs of stormwater runoff in the Puget Sound region

Hydrodynamics of sloped-baffled culverts to aid juvenile salmon passage

Investigating the aquatic ecology of University Slough before and after the connection of Ravenna Creek

Volume 4, Number 1 (2006)

The economic regulation of publicly owned water
utilities: the case of Finland

Snapshots of research

Changes in the Columbia River and their
consequences for food webs supporting
juvenile salmon in the estuary

Droughts and water shortages: Assessing
economic impacts and reducing
vulnerability

Volume 3, Number 2 (2006)

The Steward's Fork

Snapshots of research

West Nile Virus mosquitos in Puget Sound stormwater systems

Correction of global precipitation products for orographic effects

Volume 3, Number 1 (2005)

The behavior and ecology of Pacific salmon and trout

Thesis and dissertation abstracts

Measuring and modeling spatially distributed hydrologic processes: Preliminary results for test plots at the University of Washington Center for Urban Horticulture

Effect of salmon spawning on seasonal changes in structure and function of stream macroinvertebrate communities

Volume 2, Number 4 (2004)

Declining mountain snowpack in the western U.S.

Thesis and dissertation abstracts

Riparian buffer function with respect to nitrogen transformation and temperature

Particulate phosphorus bioavailability as a function of stream flow and land cover

Nutrient and biological responses to red alder (Alnus
rubra)
presence along head-water streams

Snapshot of research

Virtual mission stage I: Implications of a spaceborne surface water mission

Exploring the roles of climate and land surface changes on the variability of pan-Arctic river discharge

The ecological consequences of knotweed
invasion into riparian areas

Bedload transport: Collaborative field and flume studies using tracer stones

Volume 2, Number 3 (2004)

Incorporating uncertainty into freshwater habitat restoration

Relative contributions of common native and non-native vegetation species to water nutrient concentrations

Snapshot of research

Relative contributions of common native and non-native vegetation species to water nutrient concentrations

Volume 2, Number 2 (2004)

Moving beyond the river continuum concept: The importance of discontinuity in stream networks

Urban stormwater characterization in a Seattle neighborhood

Quantifying headwater streams and the connection to the soil

Volume 2, Number 1 (2004)

Riparian buffer functions along lowland agricultural streams

Red alder on the rise -- Making a comeback both economically and ecologically

"Normative flows" in urbanizing watersheds

Snapshot of research

Above the dam: The ecology of salmon colonizing new habitat

Volume 1, Number 4 (2003)

King of fish: The thousand-year run of salmon

Thesis and dissertation abstracts

Characterizing lowland streams

Large woody debris in natural systems

Impacts of road corssings on creeks

Channel-initiation in headwater streams

Hyporheic zones in Puget Lowland streams

Snapshot of current research

Reproductive success of steelhead

Technical assessment for WRIA 20

Hydrologic partitioning of mountain basins

Bioavailability of particulate phosphorus

Volume 1, Number 3 (2003)

Energy regime: A missing link in the restoration of small urban streams?

Thesis and dissertation abstracts

New publications

Watershed Research Database

Volume 1, Number 2 (2003)

Research on streamside issues through the Wood Compatibility Initiative

Applications of a sediment budget to assist urban stream restoration

On-line riparian bibliography

Volume 1, Number 1 (2003)

Salmon or power? (Rob Harrill)

Non-point source nutrient impacts on streams (Mike Brett et al.)

Hydrologic monitoring of the Seattle ultra-urban stormwater management projects (Richard Horner et al.)

New book on restoration

 

Streamside Runoff (past newsletter of the Center for Streamside Studies)

Volume 14, Number 2 (2002)

CSS merges into new center (Susan Bolton)

Salmon nutrients and insects (Jon Honea)

Restoration of stream crossings (Tim Brown)

Volume 14, Number 1 (2002)

Hyporheic research on the Queets (Sandra Clinton and Holly Coe)

Fish contamination on the Methow (Dan Peplow)

Regional Riparian Management Cooperative

Volume 13, Number 2 (2001)

Land use and water quality (James Packman, Sara Stanley, and Jeff Bash)

LWD (Martin Fox)

Agriculture and salmon (Carrie Inman)

Volume 13, Number 1 (2001)

Return of the salmon (Peter Kiffney)

Salmonid movement through culverts (Jamal Moss)

Wastewater treatment wetland (Lenore Jensen)

Volume 12, Number 2 (2000)

Eastside stream temperatures (Gardner Johnston)

Channel migration zones (Jeff Shellberg)

Restoration with a biological focus (Sarah Morley)

Volume 12, Number 1 (2000)

Nutrient dynamics in Alaskan streams (Rick Edwards)

Urban stream monitoring (Jenna Scholz)

Environmental impacts of mining (Dan Peplow)

Volume 11, Number 2 (1999)

Conifer regeneration (Eric Beach)

River regulation and salmonid growth (Jamie Glasgow)

Lummi nation riparian research (Mark Wishnie)

Volume 11, Number 1 (1999) - Not available

Volume 10, Number 2 (1998)

Methods of measuring light availability (Ashley Steel)

Social construction of a watershed (Penny Eckert)

Volume 10, Number 1 (1998)

Urban stream rehabilitation (Derek Booth)

Interactions of salmon, bear, and riparian vegetation (James Helfield)

Residence time of large woody debris (Tim Hyatt)

Effects of mine effluent (Dan Peplow)

 

The Washington Water Resource (past newsletter of the Center for Urban Water Resources Management)

Volume 13, Number 3 (2002)

Restoration of Puget Sound Rivers

Accuracy of Stream Temperature Estimation from thermal infrared imaging

Permeable parking lot demonstration project - the six-year follow-up

Volume 13, Number 2 (2002)

Update of the Urban Issues Library

Evaluation of factors affecting infiltration pond performance

Volume 13, Number 1 (2002)

Regional, synchronous field determination of summertime stream temperatures in western Washington

Volume 12, Number 4 (2001)

Hydrologic trends and hydrologic monitoring in urbanizing streams in western Washington

Volume 12, Number 3 (2001)

Spatial effects of urbanization on physical conditions in Puget Sound lowland streams

Literature review on substances of potential concern in reclaimed water

Volume 12, Number 2 (2001)

Urban stream rehabilitation in the Pacific Northwest

Hydrologic monitoring of the Seattle Ultra-urban Stormwater Management Projects

Using air conductivity and soil texture as indicators of rates for stormwater infiltration ponds

Volume 12, Number 1 (2001)

Forest cover, impervious surface area, and the mitigation of stormwater impacts

The effects of alternative maintenance practices on water quality benefits of highway road ditches

On-site runoff mitigation with rooftop rainwater collection and use

Volume 11, Number 4 (2000)

New metrics to characterize the influence of urban development on stream flow patterns

A rapid land cover classification method for use in urban watershed analysis

Sampling benthic macroinvertebrates in small headwater streams

Volume 11, Number 3 (2000)

Technology review: Ultra-urban stormwater treatment technologies

A survey of ditches along county roads for their potential to affect stormwater runoff water quality

Fate and transport of nonpoint source metals: Design of highway runoff detention ponds

Human behavior in urban riparian corridors

Volume 11, Number 2 (2000)

Effects of urbanization on the biological integrity of Puget Lowland streams: restoration with a biologial focus

On-site residential stormwater detention

Volume 11, Number 1 (2000)

Effectiveness of large woody debris in urban stream rehabilitation

Application of remotely sensed data to regional analysis and assessment of stream temperature in the Northwest

Performance evaluation for ultra-urban stormwater technologies

Scour of salmonid spawning beds in low gradient gravel bed rivers

Volume 10, Number 4 (1999)

"Zero-impact" urban development: monitoring a case study

Sediment budget of a mixed-use urbanizing watershed

Regional, synchronous field determination of summertime stream temperatures

A survey of ditches along country roads for their potential to affect storm runoff water quality

Regionalization for water supply systems in the central Puget Sound Region

Ultra-urban stormwater management review

Volume 10, Number 3 (1999)

Sediment budget of a mixed-use urbanizing watershed

Effects of hydraulic loadings and temperature on the pollutant removal efficiency

Restabilization of stream channels in urban watersheds

Evaluating the costs and benefits of the Endangered Species Act

The scorption capacity of aluminum in alum-treated lake sediments

Oak Lake Creek: A case study of fish passage through culverts

Volume 10, Number 2 (1999)

A rapid land cover classification method for use in urban watershed analysis

Rates of channel erosion in small urban streams

Modest progress on the long road to an effective water-resources management system in Washington

Working at a watershed level

Volume 10, Number 1 (1999)

Stream habitat assessment protocols: An evaluation of urbanizing watersheds in the Puget Sound Lowlands

Volume 9, Number 4 (1998)

Regional, synchronous field determination of summertime stream temperatures

The stream rehabilitation project information system

Environmental limitations to vegetation establishment and growth in vegetated stormwater

Volume 9, Number 3 (1998)

Groundwater pathways in the industrial Duwamish Corridor, Seattle

Environmental limitations to vegetation establishment and growth in vegetated stormwater biofilters

The geologic framework for the City of Seattle and the Seattle-Tacoma urban corridor

Urban stream rehabilitation- A progress report on the Center's 3-year project

The regional, synchronous stream temperature survey of 1998: 600 sites in 120 minutes

Volume 9, Number 2 (1998)

Needs of salmon in the city: habitat in the urban landscape

Are wild salmon runs sustainable in rehabilitated urban streams?

The Effects of subsampling on the performance of macroinvertebrate biomonitoring

Volume 9, Number 1 (1998)

New report explains the biological monitoring of stream heatlh

Landslides in Puget Sound

Optimizing the maintenance of formal and informal water-quality facilities at the urban fringe

Conducting watershed management training

Volume 8, Number 4 (1997)

Evaluation of urban stream channels

Urban stream rehabilitation in the Pacific Northwest

Porous asphalt road shoulders

Water quality management and erosion control on a construction site

Stormwater sampling methods for low flow streams

Volume 8, Number 3 (1997)

Evaluation of wet ponds for phosphorus reduction

Vegetation maintenance of bioswales, wetponds, and roadside ditches

Evaluation of the effects of forest roads on streamflow

Volume 8, Number 2 (1997)

Maintenance of failed biofiltration swales

Evaluation of environmental indicators for stormwater management

Volume 8, Number 1 (1997)

Assessment of cumulative effects of urbanization on small streams in the Puget Sound Lowland ecoregion

Hydrologic simulation of the Klahanie catchment, King County, Washington, with and without a landscape consisting of soil amended with compost

Volume 7, Number 4 (1996)

Characterizing the magnitude of urban development

Preventing the problems of urban runoff

Evaluation of infiltrative pavement systems for parking areas

Volume 7, Number 3 (1996) - Not available

Volume 7, Number 2 (1996) - Not available

Volume 7, Number 1 (1996) - Not available