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Justin Greer is a Computational Biologist at the Western Fisheries Research Center. He conducts research on the effects of environmental stressors on the health of aquatic populations. Current research focuses on the effects of stormwater pollutants on salmonid health and strategies to reduce toxic stormwater inputs.

This is a photo of Ellie Dalsky, a biological technician at the Western Fisheries Research Center.

Rainfall mobilizes roadway contaminants that flow from storm drains into aquatic habitats. Photo taken in the Pacific Northeast

Dorothy Chase began her career at Western Fisheries Research Center in the Fish Health section where her research focused on Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) in salmonids. She is now a part of the Ecology section, focusing on research that uses environmental DNA to detect and quantify fish species, fish pathogens and invasive aquatic species in environmental samples.

Jake Gregg manages the research aquaculture system at the Western Fisheries Research Center's Marrowstone Marine Field Station, which produces Specific Pathogen Free marine fish.

This is Randi M. Bowman, a fish biologist with the Western Fisheries Research Center

Sarah Flores collecting snails from the marshes of Upper Klamath Lake. At the Western Fisheries Research Center, scientists are conducting research on parasites in Upper Klamath Lake, Klamath Falls, OR.

This is a photo of fish pathogenic cercariae collected from intermediate snail hosts. The Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC) is working to determine the extent of the effects of these parasitic organisms on suckers in Klamath Falls, OR. Top: Diplostomum gavium; Bottom: Bolbophorus sp.

Local snail screening set up in Klamath Falls, OR at the Bureau of Reclamation facility. Five snails per tank on the right and cups with one snail on the left.

Sarah Flores presenting her lab's work at the 2025 International Symposium on Fish Parasites in Mérida Yucatán, Mexico. Sarah Flores works with the Western Fisheries Research Center in Seattle, WA to help suckers in the Upper Klamath Lake in Klamath Falls, OR.

In this photo a USGS Biological Science Technician Brittany Graham is surgically implanting an acoustic telemetry tag into a juvenile salmon on the banks of the lower Shasta River. The Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC) uses fish with acoustic transmitters to track fish movements and estimate survival. This information provides water managers with ro

This photo shows the California Department of Fish and Wilflife’s screw trap on the lower Shasta River, where Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC) scientists surgically implant acoustic telemetry tags and passive integrated transponder tags into juvenil Chinook salmon collected at this site.

Collin Smith and Georgia Martin are inserting passive integrated transponders in juvenile Chinook Salmon at Fall Creek Hatchery, California to track their movements. Data are collected for each fish, including length, weight, and the individual number of the inserted tag.

This is a map of the United States outlining the different Fisheries Commissions and their geographic locations.

This is a landscape photo of the Klamath River with mountains on either side of the photo. The Western Fisheries Research Center is researching the effects of flow management before and after dam removal on juvenile Chinook salmon survival to the ocean. 

Example of model results for the Missouri River Basin, illustrating that the risk of infestation is not equal across a watershed. This reinforces the value of using these risk assessment models in places like the Columbia River basin so monitoring, control and mitigation actions can be targeted.

This is an image of a stormwater drain in Seattle. Dangerous tire particles, such as 6PPD-quinone, can land up in water bodies through drains such as the one depicted above and can cause deaths in a variety of fish, including salmon.

This is a water drain that drains water from downtown Seattle to the Puget Sound.

This is a photograph of Ryan Byrne, a scientist at the Klamath Falls Field Station in Klamath Falls, OR. He is a part of the Western Fisheries Research Center.

This is Keno Dam, in Klamath, OR. The Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC) is doing work here to ensure proper fish passage is functioning and to provide science to help better address the water needs of the Klamath River Basin.

The Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC) is partnering with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to discuss ways to monitor fish passage at Keno Dam. With the recent removal of four mainstem dams along the Klamath River, Keno Dam now stands as the most downstream fish passage challenge , and the first major obstacle for migrating salmon returning upstream.