Please join us for Skagit Fisheries’ virtual spring speaker series!
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Jon Riedel, who will present on the history and geological changes of the Skagit Valley, for our first talk.
A Natural History of the Skagit Valley
Geologic Evolution of the Skagit Valley is based on more than 30 years of research by geologist Dr. Jon Riedel. This talk traces major changes in the watershed and river caused by glaciation, landslides, volcanic eruptions, and colossal ice age floods. Dr. Riedel will also briefly discuss how knowledge of the Skagit’s development has helped us understand the peculiar genetic diversity of some species in the watershed.
Dr. Jon Riedel
Jon Riedel is a geologist with the U.S. National Park Service at North Cascades National Park. He holds a M.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin- Madison and a Ph.D. from Simon Fraser University, and is a licensed geologist in Washington. The focus of his research during the past 30 years is the response of Washington’s glaciers to climate change, from the last ice age 30,000 years ago to the modern warming climate. Dr. Riedel established glacier monitoring programs at Olympic (2013), Mount Rainier (2003) and North Cascades (1993) national parks to track changes in more than 500 glaciers. Recent publications have quantified changes in volume and runoff from glaciers in several regional watersheds and detailed the retreat of the last Cordilleran ice sheet from the North Cascades. Jon is also a founding member and president of the Skagit Climate Science Consortium, a nonprofit organization focused on studying the impacts of climate change in Puget Sound’s largest watershed and making this information available to local decision makers.
This is event is FREE, however, donations are appreciated.
Thursday, April 29th 6-7:30 PM RSVP
