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Dr. Wei"tkamphas been investigating fisheries and associated water quali_.' issues in the Pacific North_esx River system since 1971. His initial research in this area dealt with the _aler qualir,, issue of supersaturationthrough out the Columbia and Snake Rivets. He suhsequentl._ _orked x_ith _arious habitat, rearing and passage issues in rivers and estuaries of the Pacific North_esx. This _ort, investigated the effects of various habitat and water quali_ alterations on fisheries resource. He has designed,managedanddirec_ researchinvestigatingaquaticpopulationsand habitat. Don Wei"tkamp.Ph.D.. is a ParametrLxPrincipal responsiblefor projectsdealingwith salmon Ilabitat issuesin both estuarineand freshwater. He has conductednumeroussalmonhabitat prqiectsin the streamsand estuaries of the Northwest to anal._:zethe habitat theF use in port areas. These investigations have de_rmined how young salmon behave in the habitats provided I_"altered shorelines such as piers, as well as along more naturalshorelines. During the last two years Dr. Weit'kamphas been conducting an intensive review of the I_ramre dealing wP,h the estuarine rearing requirements of young chincx_kand other salmon resulting in an extensive annotated bibliographyand draft literaturer_'ies_. ANALYSIS OF POTENTIAL RESTORATION MEASURES in the 1970' s Dr. We""_kampbegan assessing habitat restoration potential for chinook spa_vningand rearingin bothfreshwater and esmarineenvironments.He developedthe designandguidedmonitoring of intertidalrearinghabit in CommencementBayin 1988afterassessingpotentialrestorationmeasures for a contaminatedsedimentsite (TacomaKraft Mill). Recentlyhe analyzed the habitat restoration potentialfor the Asarcoshorelinesite in CommencementBay. For the past two )'ears he has been anal._ingthehabitatrestorationpotentialfor thedisposalsitefor sedimentsto bedredgedfrom TheaFoss Waterwa.v. In the Port of Seattleit washis responsibili_"to analyzeand developpotential restoration measuresfor thesouthwestHarbor Projectat theformerLockheedShi_,ardsite. In theearly 1980"she helpedto developa chinookspawningarea in the ColumbiaRiver and theuseof pheromonesto attractspawnersto newlyconstructedhabitatwhere…

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