Media
Post event
TVW Video – Stream of Innovators event
Seattle Times Opinion – Stormwater detox: Pollution solutions are within reach
Media contact
Ann Goos, WSU Strategic Communications Specialist
206-465-5136, ann.goos@wsu.edu
Stormwater news clips featuring Jenifer McIntyre
- Toxic road runoff kills adult coho salmon in hours, study finds, The Seattle Times October 8, 2015
- Study: Highway runoff kills salmon but filters can help, KOMO News, October 7, 2015
- New study suggests rain gardens can save salmon, KPLU, January 21, 2015
- Filtering rain runoff reduces its threat to salmon, study suggests, The Seattle Times, November 18, 2014
- Scientists Search for Solution to ‘Toxic Cocktail’ in Washington’s Puget Sound, PBS NEWSHOUR, March 14, 2013
- How we got into such a mess with stormwater, EarthFix, Oregon Public Broadcasting, October 16, 2012
Available for interviews following the lecture
Jenifer McIntyre, postdoctoral research associate, WSU Puyallup Research & Extension Center, LID Stormwater Program
206-369-1832 | jen.mcintyre@wsu.edu
John Stark, director, Washington Stormwater Center and WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center
253-445-4568 | starkj@wsu.edu
Kim Kidwell, Acting Dean, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences
509-335-4562 | kidwell@wsu.edu
Video
Our cities: Solving stormwater
A film by The Nature Conservancy and Washington State University
Jenifer McIntyre Bio
Jenifer McIntyre, Aquatic Ecotoxicologist
Dr. McIntyre became a researcher at the WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center in 2011. Her work focuses on the ecotoxicology of stormwater runoff and the biological effectiveness of green stormwater infrastructure. Her doctoral research focused on olfactory neurotoxicity of copper in coho salmon. She received her Ph.D. in 2010 and a Masters in 2004 in aquatic and fishery science from the University of Washington, and has a BS in environmental biology from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.
Press release
Hope for saving salmon lies in reducing stormwater pollution, April 12, 2016