EXH 258: CV Don Weitkamp PhD Fisheries Biologist Parametrix

This document is a professional biography and project experience summary for Dr. Don Weitkamp, a fisheries biologist with a Ph.D. from 1976, who has spent decades studying salmon habitat, water quality, and shoreline restoration in the Pacific Northwest. His work has focused on rivers, estuaries, and coastal areas including Commencement Bay, the Green-Duwamish River, and Elliott Bay, involving biological assessments, habitat restoration, and hydroelectric dam impacts. This document does not contain information related to Sea-Tac Airport noise policy.

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Exhibit 258 (AR 019225–019227) is the curriculum vitae of Don Weitkamp, Ph.D. (Fisheries Biology, 1976), a Parametrix Principal with expertise in salmon habitat, water quality, and estuarine rearing requirements in the Pacific Northwest. Document details his research on supersaturation in the Columbia and Snake Rivers, chinook spawning and rearing habitat in Commencement Bay, Green-Duwamish River/Elliott Bay fish studies, biological assessments (BAs) for Asarco, Tahoma, St. Paul Waterway, and Chinese Reconciliation Park in Tacoma, salmon habitat restoration at Thea Foss Waterway, Tolt River floodplain, and Port of Seattle Terminal 37/southwest Harbor Project (former Lockheed Shipyard). Also covers hydroelectric project fish passage studies at Wells, Rocky Reach, and Rock Island Dam; Columbia River channel deepening BA; Green River diversion fisheries impacts; Cedar River Watershed programmatic EIS; and participation in Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board and ESA/Snohomish County issues.

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