The Mountain In Our Backyard

Authors

Jordan Craft
Nathan Knoch

Senior Project Advisor

Doug Clark

Document Type

Project

Streaming Media

Publication Date

Spring 2022

Keywords

Climate Change, Mt. Baker, Glaciology, Melting Glaciers, Instream flows

Abstract

A short documentary discussing the impacts of climate change on Mt. Baker, specifically how glacier recession affects instream flows. Lower instream flows affect water supply, water quality, and salmon populations for the greater Bellingham area and the Nooksack Tribe.

Department

Geology

Recommended Citation

Craft, Jordan and Knoch, Nathan, "The Mountain In Our Backyard" (2022). WWU Honors College Senior Projects. 557.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwu_honors/557

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Glaciers--Climatic factors--Washington (State)--Baker, Mount; Instream flow--Washington (State)--Baker, Mount; Water quality--Washington (State)--Baker, Mount; Salmon--Climatic factors--Washington (State)--Baker, Mount

Geographic Coverage

Baker, Mount (Wash.)

Genre/Form

documentary film

Type

Text

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf