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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2015
Washington state: Just say ‘no’ to going in slimy water
State has record number of water-body closures
duces the neurotoxin domoic
acid, has already caused wide-
spread closures of razor clam
and Dungeness crab ¿ sheries.
By NATALIE ST. JOHN
EO Media Group
LONG BEACH, Wash.
— Everything’s coming up
slimy.
The Washington State De-
partment of Ecology is warn-
ing citizens to steer clear of
the harmful, sometimes toxic
algal blooms that have prolif-
erated during this unusually
warm, dry summer.
“The big public message
is, if people see this green
slimy water, just stay out
of it. We’ve had a few dogs
that have died this year from
drinking it. It’s just bad stuff,”
said Sandy Howard, a Depart-
ment of Ecology spokeswom-
an .
According to a press re-
lease, “Lakes, rivers and the
Puget Sound are experiencing
more intense and widespread
algae blooms this summer and
scientists believe warm water
due to the state’s drought is
partly to blame.”
Pseudo-nitzchia, a salt-
water algae species that pro-
shape. “Fake Lake,” near
Westport, has had algae prob-
lems in the past, but hasn’t
been tested since 2009.
Howard explained that
much of the monitoring is
driven by citizen reports, so
it’s helpful for citizens to alert
the state if they see a bloom.
Even non-toxic species can
cause a lot of trouble when
they get out-of-hand. As the
blooms grow, they suck up
nutrients in the water, and
then begin to die off. As they
decay, they stink, and create
organic compounds that strip
the water of oxygen. That can
prompt further die-off of al-
gae and marine life, leading
to even smellier, slimier con-
ditions.
Algal blooms are “a really
big issue,” this year, said Jes-
sica Payne, another Depart-
ment of Ecology spokeswom-
an . “We’ve had more closures
than ever before, and in areas
that haven’t been closed be-
fore.”
W aters in the Puget Sound
“are 3 or 4 degrees warmer
‘Big bathtub’
full of slime
Fresh-water blue-green al-
gae, or cyanobacteria, some-
times produce toxins that can
sicken or even kill people and
animals, and small children
and the elderly are especially
vulnerable, according to the
press release.
Across the state, nine lakes
in Douglas, Jefferson, King,
Pierce, and Island c oun-
ties have known toxic algae
blooms. But the the state
doesn’t regularly test most
smaller bodies of water, so
there could certainly be oth-
er toxic blooms that haven’t
been identi¿ ed yet.
A map on the Department
of Ecology’s fresh water mon-
itoring page shows that only
two fresh water bodies in Pa-
ci¿ c County have been mon-
itored in recent history. The
Chinook reservoir is in great
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The Youngs River and its
tributaries will close to reten-
tion of non-adipose ¿ n-clipped
fall Chinook beginning Tues-
day .
Biologists at the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wild-
life announced the closure,
which runs through Oct. 15,
to protect broodstock ¿ sh des-
tined for the basin’s hatcheries.
The areas covered by the
closure include:
• Youngs Bay/River from
the commercial ¿ shing dead-
line at Battle Creek Slough up-
stream to Young River Falls,
and
• Klaskanine River from
its conÀ uence with Youngs
Aug. 25, 2015
BOYER, Edwin John “Ed,” 35, of Astoria,
died in Astoria. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary in
Astoria is in charge of the arrangements.
Aug. 28, 2015
LAUGHMAN, Thomas Neil, 61, of Ham-
mond, died in Portland. Caldwell’s Luce-Lay-
ton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of the ar-
rangements.
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River upstream to the Youngs
River Loop Bridge (Tidewater
Bridge).
According to Chris Kern,
a Department of Fish and
Wildlife ¿ sh division deputy
administrator, very few se-
lect-area bright fall Chinook
have returned to Youngs Bay
and the Youngs River Basin so
far this year.
Aug. 29, 2015
HART, Vernon Earl, 33, of Astoria, died
in Astoria. Ocean View Funeral & Cremation
Service in Astoria is in charge of the arrange-
ments.
Aug. 30, 2015
WOHLGEMUTH, Philip, 68, of Astoria,
died in Astoria. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortu-
ary in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements.
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101 Business.
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Hall Council Chambers, 989
Broadway, Seaside.
TUESDAY
Seaside Community and
Senior Commission, 10 a.m.,
Bob Chisholm Community
Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside.
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KLEMP F A MILY D ENTISTRY
Do your part
The Department of Ecol-
ogy would like citizens to
report any suspected blooms,
and also do their part to pre-
vent harmful algae from
spreading.
The following steps can
keep algal blooms in check:
• Reduce the use of fertiliz-
ers and don’t over water
• Scoop, bag and trash dog
poop
• Check, ¿ x and maintain
home septic tanks
• Maintain shoreline and
wetland vegetation
To ¿ nd out what a toxic
algae bloom looks like, see
what lakes are having toxic
algae blooms, and to report a
suspected algae bloom, visit
the Washington State Toxic
Algae website: www.nwtoxi-
calgae.org/
To ¿ nd out where it’s safe
to harvest shell¿ sh, call the
Shell¿ sh Safety Hotline at
1-800-562-5632 or visit the
Department of Health’s shell-
¿ sh safety website.
If you suspect you have
been exposed to toxic algae,
see your physician. If you
suspect your pet has been ex-
posed, take it to the vet imme-
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“It’s still out there and
it could still come back on
our coast,” Borchert said.
“They’ve never seen a bloom
like this that still continues to
exist out in the ocean.”
Youngs River Basin closes to Chinook
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In saltwater, millions of
tiny plant and animal-like
organisms can form massive
colonies in the spring and
summer, when sun-warmed
water near the surface is rich
with nutrients. The blooms
come in a wide variety of
colors, “ranging from green
to red, orange yellow or
brown,” according to the De-
partment of Ecology .
Some types, like the to-
mato-soup-colored noctilu-
ca, look bad but don’t pose a
threat to humans. But a few
saltwater varieties can make
people ill if they inhale them,
swallow contaminated water,
or eat shell¿ sh that have fed
on the algae — and it might
not be obvious that the toxins
are present.
Jerry Borchert, who over-
sees monitoring programs
at the state Department of
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39/85
Medford
54/86
Bloom that
wouldn’t fade
Health, said there are three
types of algae-produced tox-
ins that could potentially turn
up in the Willapa Bay. The
state refers to these as “am-
nesic shell¿ sh poison,” “par-
alytic shell¿ sh poison” and
“diuretic shell¿ sh poison.”
“The only one we’re
seeing is amnesic shell¿ sh
poison,” or domoic acid,
Borchert said.
Recently,
pseudo-nitz-
chia, which produces domoic
acid, has proliferated along
the west coast. Though the
bloom is invisible to the na-
ked eye, it causes potentially
deadly domoic acid to accu-
mulate in the bodies of razor
clams and the crab that love
to eat them.
“The water from the boat
looks normal, but when you
concentrate it, it’s ooey and
gooey and just dark,” said
Ruth Howell, a spokesperson
for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
So far, Borchert said, the
nitzchia that’s growing in
Paci¿ c County waters hasn’t
caused any documented ill-
nesses in humans. And unlike
some of the toxic freshwater
blooms, “It’s so dilute that
it has no effect on animals
swimming in it,” Borchert
said. But it’s still not safe to
eat the affected species —
semi-regular testing shows
that toxin levels are declin-
ing, but they’re “still over the
action level.”
Hiking club changes event time
Ontario
51/88
Bend
43/76
than they should be for this
year,” and researchers have
observed lower oxygen con-
tent in the water, and “mas-
sive amounts of jelly¿ sh”
that wouldn’t typically be
present. Payne likens the
state of the sound to “a big
bath tub.”
Payne noted that this year’s
unusual conditions could pro-
vide a glimpse of what the
future might hold, if climate
change causes coastal waters
to heat up permanently.
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