Overall Research Goals The Washington Stormwater Center’s research aims to improve understanding of stormwater runoff impacts on biota, the efficacy of best management practices in reducing or eliminating those impacts, […]
On May 23rd, Dr. Jenifer McIntyre will be co-hosting a session on effects from micro- and nano-particles and 6PPD Q with Dr. Stacey Harper from Oregon State University at the […]
Recently, our own Dr. Jen McIntyre was interviewed by Forbes magazine for her work detailing the effects on coho salmon of 6PPD-quinone, the toxic chemical formed when a common rubber preservative […]
A recent paper published by our own Chelsea Mitchell, Dr. Anand Jayakaran, and Dr. Jennifer McIntyre examines the stormwater mitigation effects achieved through the utilization of biochar and fungi amendments. […]
Study Abstract The sensitivity of closely related Pacific salmon and steelhead (Oncorhynchus spp.) to untreated urban stormwater runoff was compared across three storm events. Juvenile coho, sockeye, steelhead, and Chinook […]
Photograph: Ian Nicholson/PA Washington Stormwater Center Researchers Drs. Jen McIntyre (WSU) and Ed Kolodziej (UWT), discuss the implications of 6PPD quinone and after-market applications of crumb rubber from tires. Read […]
Washington State University stormwater researchers Jen McIntyre and John Stark shared perspectives on research to save salmon in a Feb. 25 virtual roundtable hosted by U.S. Representatives Marilyn Strickland and […]
The Washington Attorney General filed 36 gross misdemeanor charges against Electron Hydro, LLC and its Chief Operating Officer, Thom A. Fischer. Electron Hydro operates a hydroelectric dam on the Puyallup […]
Original article by Seth Truscott, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences Studying toxic runoff to help save iconic salmon species, Washington State University scholar Stephanie Blair draws on science as […]
After showing that bioretention filtration of stormwater could prevent pre-spawning mortality in coho salmon, researchers at WSC and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service teamed with the City of Bellevue […]
