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Fish and Wildlife highlights how low flows and warming harm salmon and options for restoration
Summary
Megan Kernan of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife told the committee low streamflows, warmer temperatures and groundwater declines are stressing salmon across life stages; she recommended process‑based restoration, targeted flow releases, managed recharge and monitoring of restoration effectiveness.
Megan Kernan, acting deputy director of the Habitat Program at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, briefed the committee on how streamflow, temperature and groundwater connectivity affect salmon. Kernan summarized the salmon life cycle and noted that low flows and elevated temperatures can create population bottlenecks at multiple life stages and increase disease, pre‑spawn mortality and predation risk.
Kernan said Washington hosts five Pacific salmon species and…
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