Watershed Moments

Watershed Moments

A podcast about the ecosystems served by the North Coast Watershed Association based in Astoria, Oregon that highlights local species, issues, history, and work done to improve watershed health by the organization and their partners. Produced for KMUN. Find out more at clatsopwatersheds.org

Episodes

November 25, 2024 29 mins
In this episode we talk with Dr. Ed Kolodziej of the University of Washington Tacoma about a recently discovered chemical called 6PPD-Quinone that comes from car tires and is extremely toxic to coho salmon. The NCWA has been sampling for this chemical in roadway runoff since 2022 and working with Ed’s lab. We cover what it is, how they isolated it, what the NCWA has found, and what you c...
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Plants: In this episode of Watershed Moments we talk with Carla Cole about native and non-native plants, what that means, and why it matters with lots of examples and historical context.
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August 26, 2024 29 mins
In this episode of Watershed Moments we talk with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists about two native species in very different situations in the Columbia River Estuary at the moment. Kelcee Smith is ODFW’s chum reintroduction coordinator, she tells us about their local history, decline, and efforts to bring chum back at the Big Creek Hatchery as she works the fish! James ...
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July 22, 2024 29 mins
This debut episode of Watershed Moments is all about Habitat Restoration, we visit a recent NCWA fish passage project at the Klaskanine Hatchery along the NNF Klaskanine River and chronicle some of the work done by Lewis and Clark National Historical Park to restore wetlands at the nexus of the Lewis and Clark River and Colewort Creek.
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