Over the last decade science done at the UW has identified a chemical in our tires that leaches out as we drive and ends up killing salmon when it runs off into the lakes, rivers and bays of Puget Sound. This issue will require billions of dollars to fix, just as the culvert problem, created over the last 100 years of road building has done. But it must be done if we are to save coho in our waters.
This article, in the Northwest Treaty Tribes magazine does a good job of updating us on the issue and what is being done about it now.
We need to deal with these impacts immediately by filtering 6PPD-Q from
Northwest Treaty Tribes Magazine -2022 January
stormwater before it enters the water. The Nisqually Tribe is working with McIntyre, Long Live the Kings and the state Department of Transportation to develop a compostable biofiltration system on
Highway 7 where it crosses Ohop Creek. If we are successful, similar systems could be retrofitted along all roadways to remove this lethal, toxic chemical.
Read the whole story here: https://nwtreatytribes.org/publications/magazine/
Filed under: Around the Salish Sea, Around the Sound, Endangered Species, Environmental Protection, Environmental Science |
