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SUMMARY:The Changing Food Web of Puget Sound and What it Means for Sal
 mon
DESCRIPTION:Puget Sound supports one of the most productive and divers
 e food webs of all the large estuaries in North America, thanks in par
 t to a rich plankton community. This microscopic floating community fu
 els the small forage fish and other critters who in turn feed the salm
 on, rockfish, ling cod, seals, sea birds, and orcas that define our se
 nse of Puget Sound as a special place. But that food web is changing: 
 some key forage fish are declining, others are increasing, and jellyfi
 sh populations appear to be booming. These changes are echoing all the
  way up the food web to those species we humans care about most.\nMany
  factors influence these changes, but evidence suggests that nutrient 
 pollution, development patterns, and climate play important roles. Par
 ticularly in the context of climate change bringing new stresses to Pu
 get Sound, we need to understand what is happening in Puget Sound in o
 rder to become better stewards of this critical and much-loved ecosyst
 em. This presentation will give you a better understanding of what we 
 are learning about changes to Puget Sound’s food web, how these chan
 ges are affecting salmon populations, and how we might help reverse so
 me of the declines in the species we care most about.\nDr. Greene is a
  fish population ecologist with NOAA, and currently works at the Natio
 nal Marine Fisheries Service’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center in
  Seattle. He has studied the Skagit River salmon extensively and is a 
 founding member of the Skagit Climate Science Consortium.\nAnacortes S
 enior Activity Center, 1701 22nd St. These presentations are part of T
 ransition Fidalgo & Friends’ monthly gathering, the Seventh Generat
 ion Supper. All are welcome to enjoy a simple supper (suggested donati
 on $5, please bring your place setting), at 5:45 p.m., or simply join 
 us for the presentation around 7:00.\nSponsored by Transition Fidalgo 
 and Friends, and part of their \"Times of Change\" series.\nIn a time 
 of remarkably rapid climate change, the impacts on human and non-human
  lives are substantial. In this series of talks, we’ll engage loca
 l experts and forward thinkers to help us explore the local and global
  changes that are afoot, and to inspire our creativity for meeting the
  challenges ahead.\n \n\nFor more information visit http://transition
 whatcom.ning.com/events/the-changing-food-web-of-puget-sound-and-what-
 it-means-for-salmon
DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20161129T174500
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LOCATION:Anacortes Senior Activity Center
WEBSITE:http://www.transitionfidalgo.org/times-of-change/
URL:http://www.transitionfidalgo.org/times-of-change/
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ORGANIZER:Transition Fidalgo and Friends
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