Eyes Over Puget Sound - 2020 Year in Review

Published January 14, 2021

The Washington State Department of Ecology has prepared a summary review of its Eyes Over Puget Sound surface condition reports from 2020.

Title

Eyes Over Puget Sound: 2020 Year in Review

Publication number	Date Published
20-03-070	January 2021

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Author(s)

Krembs, Christopher

Description

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 resulted in an information gap in our work between March and September. Our field crew restored full capacity and data collection, and arial photography resumed in September.
Critters in the sediment and water are a testament that life continues in beautiful ways, and it’s worth going for a dive in Puget Sound when the water is clear.
Despite wildfires and a lot of smoke during a dry late summer, precipitation and flows of major rivers were as expected, or even above normal, for most of the year.
With volunteers sending in images on the water we can say that 2020 was a productive year for Puget Sound. Schools of herring were abundant, Noctiluca blooms were big and numerous, and large amounts of decaying organic material washed onto beaches.

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Contact

Christopher Krembs at 360-407-6675 or christopher.krembs@ecy.wa.gov

Keywords

EOPS, Eyes Over Puget Sound

About the Author

Christopher Krembs, Ph.D., is the Lead Oceanographer at the Washington State Department of Ecology and oversees the Eyes Over Puget Sound monitoring program.

About this Article

Article Type

Reports

Author

Christopher Krembs

Department of Ecology

External Publication Date

January 04, 2021