Western Lecture Series Presents ‘Are Salmon Doomed? Hatching a Plan to Save a Northwest Icon’ Oct. 2 in Poulsbo

Western Washington University on the Peninsulas, in partnership with Kitsap Regional Library and Humanities Washington, will host Washington State Climatologist Nick Bond for “Are Salmon Doomed? Hatching a Plan to Save a Northwest Icon” at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at Olympic College, Room 105.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

With conditions such as environmental degradation and warming oceans, wild salmon populations are dwindling. Bond will explore the past, present and possible future conditions for salmon in Washington state. He will discuss the accomplishments of local communities to support salmon runs and how climate change alters the future reality for the Northwest icon.

Bond is the Washington State Climatologist, appointed by the State of Washington to serve as a credible source of climate and weather information. He earned a doctorate in atmospheric sciences from the University of Washington and is now a principal research scientist with the Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Ocean within the College of the Environment at the University of Washington.

Western Lecture Series (WLS) events feature prominent speakers who deliver talks on an array of academic subjects designed to teach, provoke thought and spark creativity. All WLS events are open to the public and free to attend with no registration needed.

For more information about this and future lectures, please visit oce.wwu.edu/WLS or call (360) 394-2748.