Marta Ulaski

I am very excited to be joining the Freshwater Ecology and Conservation Lab and @oldenfish.bsky.social with the support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation at the University of Washington @uwsafs.bsky.social this Fall!

Stay tuned for more work on habitat policy, climate, and salmon 👀

There is a special (time sensitive) call to recruit top-notch PhD or Postdocs to Canada (nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/news/laun...). Will be a very competitive process. Check out our work at the Salmon Watersheds Lab, and reach out in next couple of days if this aligns.

American Rivers Concerned EPA’s New Proposed Clean Water Act Rule Will Damage Wetlands, Increase Flood Risk American Rivers is today announcing its disapproval of the Environmental Protection Agency’s new proposed definition of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) provision of the Clean Water Act.

The EPA's new proposed definition of the WOTUS provision of the Clean Water Act, as written currently, would dramatically reduce the reasonable science-based protections for our nation's wetlands, streams, lakes, and rivers.

Read our statement: www.americanrivers.org/media-item/a...

Amazing to see @jillpelto.bsky.social artwork on the cover! Her paintings are definitely on my wishlist (@GlaciogenicArt on Etsy).

🚨 Recruiting 12 PhD students for a new NSF-funded program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences! This program is for U.S. students who received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP within the last 3 years. @uafairbanks.bsky.social

www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...

What's an infographic you've seen that was really effective?
#scicomm #academicsky

I'm leading a workshop on making an infographic/graphical abstract for communicating scientific research and I would love to include some new examples.

New co-author paper led by Dr. Jonathan Moore.
#fishsci #conservaton #bcpoli #salmon

We identify four syndromes of the combined local impacts of watershed pressures and climate change.

And identified several key management actions and policies that would help safeguard salmon watersheds.

👏Congratulations to Marta Ulaski for receiving the J. Frances Allen Scholarship Award from the American Fisheries Society for her impactful research on global change and fisheries.🌊🐟

Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...

Barriers and opportunities for the effective management of cumulative effects in salmon ecosystems in British Columbia, Canada The cumulative effects of climate change and human activities pose major challenges for environmental management, a problem exemplified by Pacific salmon ecosystems. We offer an integrative treatment…

New 📰| Barriers and opportunities for the effective management of cumulative effects in salmon ecosystems in British Columbia, Canada 🐟 buff.ly/p4Vm136

📷 facets-2024-0348, Figure 1.
👥 @sfu.ca @wcelaw.bsky.social @ulaskimarta.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @surlyscientist.bsky.social

Death by a thousand cuts: salmon falling through the cracks in B.C.’s fragmented policy landscape

New research from @sfubiosciences.bsky.social researchers @ulaskimarta.bsky.social and @jon-moore.bsky.social finds that environmental regulations in BC are failing to protect salmon and watersheds from industrial development and climate change. ow.ly/5TGg50WQMtn

3️⃣ Emerging and underused policy tools can empower local teams to plan sustainable futures for salmon and people.

2️⃣ No overarching policy tracks watershed health across industries or sets clear limits to protect salmon.

1️⃣ Pacific salmon face mounting pressures from multiple stressors governed by fragmented laws that overlook their combined impact.

Pacific salmon suffer from a myriad of cuts, laws, and jurisdictions. Pacific salmon are facing unprecedented pressures from a multitude of stressors – all regulated under separate laws that rarely account for their combined impact. Image shows the salmon life cycle impacted by numerous human activities including mines, urban development, forest harvest, crop production, ports, aquaculture, predator control, fishing, hatchery operations, and CO2 emissions. Each activity is connected to various laws and policies across multiple jurisdictions (e.g., municipal, federal, provincial, and international). A pathway forward for managing multiple stressors: Collaborative, on-the-ground monitoring can support flexible and cautious management, enabling regional CEAs can help align decision-making with true scale of environmental and social risks, and local limits can be set by establishing legal objectives through spatial planning.

New paper! #fishsci #bcpoli

Our study reveals that Pacific salmon in British Columbia face a fragmented policy landscape that fails to manage the combined impacts of industrial development and climate change.

Read the paper here:
www.facetsjournal.com/doi/epdf/10....

Thread with key take-aways 👇

US Legislation to Reauthorize the National Sea Grant College Program - environment coastal & offshore Legislation was introduced to reauthorize the National Sea Grant College Program, a partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and 34 university-based programs in e...

Good news: bipartisan legislation to reauthorize Sea Grant programs around the country (including the Great Lake states), due to the high value generated compared to the cost
ecomagazine.com/news/policy/...

The Global Groundwater Data Catalogue: Your 'one-stop shop' to Groundwater Datasets - IGRAC Global Groundwater Data Catalogue simplifies the process of identifying relevant datasets for interdisciplinary groundwater assessments.

Excited to share this latest paper📃, reviewing and providing a searchable catalogue of >200 open access global datasets to study groundwater in social-ecological systems.

paper in ERL: tinyurl.com/55vtb8tb

The searchable catalogue is available thx to @igrac.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/yjdtd5bx

Clear-cutting (#forestry) linked to 18-fold rise in extreme #floods, UBC study finds

news.ubc.ca/2025/07/clea...

"Nation building" doesn't have to come at the expense of the environment. Our calls to #FixBillC5 have led to improvements but there’s still work ahead to get it right. Add your voice and send a letter today ➡ wcel.org/blog/stop-ca... #cdnpoli

Opinion: It's time to fast-track actions to defend B.C.'s lands, waters, fish and wildlife B.C. recently passed Bills 14 and 15. As a scientist who studies the health of western Canada’s ecosystems, my alarm bells are going off

Published an op-ed the other day--fast-tracking actions to protect lands, waters, fish, and wildlife.

BC and Canadian policies are rushing natural resource extraction forward--there is a parallel need to fast-track safeguards of lands and waters.
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

Please repost to get the word out! @nkgarg.bsky.social and I are excited to present a personalized feed for academics! It shows posts about papers from accounts you’re following bsky.app/profile/pape...

Our PhD candidate, Britt Milner, recently had her Master's research published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences! Check out the full article here: doi.org/10.1139/cjfa...
#AquaticScience #salmon #WomenInScience

YES and due to cuts in foreign aid, Malawi is experiencing rising inflation and increasing food prices - making it even more difficult for charities to provide services.

We can't fill the gap left by USAID - but if anyone feels moved by this please consider donating: malawiorphancareproject.org

I conducted my graduate research under the USGS Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Outdoor enthusiasts, please reach out to your representatives.

These infographics were compiled and designed by several fish and wildlife graduate students at the University of Idaho.

The Malawi Orphan Care Project is in need of donations -- it is not directly funded by USAID but needs support to continue their feeding program with the rapidly rising cost of food in Malawi due to cuts in foreign aid. malawiorphancareproject.org

How do we recover salmon when we are "handing out band-aids with one hand and cutting up a watershed with the other"?

Great presentations and dialogues at the first BC Salmon Recovery & Resilience Conference. 📸 PSF

Going to the 2024 BC Salmon Recovery Conference? Come check out the session, "Paths out of a world of cumulative effects". I will be talking about the problem of cumulative effects and research we're doing with the Watershed Futures Initiative!