2025 Columbia River Estuary Conference Presentations

MAY 13

Welcome and Overview of the Day
Catherine Corbett, Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, Steering Committee Chair 

Becoming the Voice of the River: How to Speak Passionately about Restoration Science (presentation checklist) 
Janine Castro, Technical Director, River Restoration Professional Certificate Program, PSU Environmental Professional Program 

 SESSION 1
 

Supporting Diverse Pacific NW Marine Data Access Needs via the NANOOS Visualization System 
Rachel Wold, Jan Newton, Roxanne Carini, Nicholas Rome, Troy Tanner, Jonathan Allan, Charles Seaton, and Michael Kosro

Seasonal and Interannual Temperature Variability along the Columbia River Estuary  
Eliza Lerman, Melanie Fewings, and James Lerczak

A Novel Method for Columbia River Estuary Environmental Measurements – Bathymetry, Temperature, and Surface Currents from Tagged Cormorants 
Jim Lerczak, Adam Peck-Richardson, Jessica Garwood, Xiaohui Liu, Leilane Passos, Rachael Orben, Alexa Piggott, and Greg Wilson 

 SESSION 2

The Wisdom of the Aged: Learning from Older Restoration Projects to Inform Future Design - Part 1 
Ian Sinks, Matt Cox, and Amy Borde

The Wisdom of the Aged: Learning from Older Restoration Projects to Inform Future Design - Part 2 
Matt Cox, Ian Sinks, and Amy Borde

Identifying High Priority Barriers to Salmon: Lower Columbia Fish Passage Inventory and Barrier Correction Decision-Support Tool - Lightning Talk
Keith Marcoe and Amelia Johnson

Examining the Benefits of full Floodplain Restoration (Stage 0 target condition) for Juvenile Salmonid Recovery – a Case Study in the Gibbons Creek Watershed and the Lower Columbia River Estuary 
Liz Hamilton, Alex Morton, Curtis Loeb, Chris Collins, and Doug Kruezer 

SESSION 3

Assessing Wetland Resilience in the Lower Columbia River Estuary 
Maggie McKeon, Heida Diefenderfer, Amy Borde, Shon Zimmerman, Jason Karnezis, Alex McManus, Rod Moritz, and Rachel Stolt

Keeping Invasives at Bay - Youngs Bay Aquatic Invasive Plants Project Ownership 
Narayan Elasmar, Carla Cole, and Graham Klag

Tracking Soil Dynamics to Understand Plant Community Development in Restored Tidal Wetlands - Lightning Talk
Derek Marquis, Ian Edgar, Sneha Rao Manohar, Sarah Kidd, Ona Underwood, and Katarina Lunde 

Bioenergetic responses of subyearling Chinook salmon in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary - Lightning Talk
Kerry Accola, Jeffery Grote, Jason Toft, Joseph Needoba, Curtis Roegner, Tawnya Peterson, and Catherine Corbett

The Utility of Tableau for Data Sharing and Analysis - Lightning Talk
Ian Edgar, Derek Marquis, Ona Underwood, and Katarina Lunde

Launching the CEERP Website: Information Access for Science and Practice - Lightning Talk
Cailene Gunn, Alex McManus, Shon Zimmerman, Heida Diefenderfer, Mark Bierman, Jason Karnezis, Chanda Littles, and Allan Whiting