March 12, 2025
Student Research Presentations
The Society of Inland Northwest Scientists (SINES) is pleased to host Eastern Washington University students at our March meeting.
Please join us to support these students as they present their research and participate in SINES’s annual scholarship program.
Ongoing monitoring of PFAS in Surface Waters in the West Plains, Spokane County, WA
By Jerusha Hampson
Groundwater Age of the West Plains, Spokane County, Washington
By Cadence Meier-Grolman
Preliminary geospatial distribution of PFAS in the West Plains, Spokane County, Washington
By Emersen Slanga
Detrital zircon geochronology and history of deformation in the Spokane area’s Cambrian to Mesoproterozoic metasedimentary basement
By Natalie Potter
Location: Jack and Dan’s,1226 N Hamilton St, Spokane, WA (in the back room)
Social hour from 6 – 7pm; Presentation from 7 – 8pm
Thank you to our sponsor:
Past Events
Geologic tour of the Kings-Kern divide area of the southern Sierra: Andy Buddington, Spokane Community College.
Biochar Used in Phosphorus Reduction: Lusine Taslakyan, University of Idaho Water Resources.
Spokane River: Jerry White former Executive Director of the Spokane Riverkeepers discussed the Spokane River and connection with groundwater.
Habitat Rehabilitation of the Clark Fork Delta, Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho: Pete Rust of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Reintroduction of Anadromous Salmon into the Blocked Habitats of the Upper Columbia River: Thomas Biladeau, Anadromous Project Lead, Coeur d’Alene Tribe & Conor Giorgi, Anadromous Program Manager, Spokane Tribe of Indians.
West Plains Stormwater Master Plan: Aimee Navickis-Branch & Kaela Mansfield Evergreen StormH2O.
The Lands Council: Past, Present, Future. Amanda Parrish, Executive Director of Lands Council.