Lecture: The Mysterious 'Snerka:' The Curious History, Current Status and Future Prospects of Local Kokanee

UW Bothell Pub Night Talk at McMenamins: "The Mysterious 'Snerka:' The Curious History, Current Status and Future Prospects of Local Kokanee" 

Ichthyologist and Lake Forest Park resident Jeff Jensen, senior lecturer, School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Pub Night Talks, a free monthly lecture series, is cosponsored by the University of Washington Bothell and McMenamins, featuring university and community experts. Topics have ranged from butterflies to black holes. 

 7 - 8:30pm Tuesday, October 29, 2019. 

Doors open at 6pm.  

Haynes’ Hall, McMenamins Anderson School, 18607 Bothell Way NE, Bothell. 

The local guys: Kokanee
Photo by Roger Tabor, USFS

Jeff Jensen explores the origins of salmon in the Lake Washington basin, prospects for restoration of native Kokanee and the mystery of the “snerka,” a fish with uncertain genetic affinities. 

Free and open to the public. All ages  welcome. Seating: first come, first served.  Talk followed by Q/A.

[Editor's note: Whether you are interested in fish or not, Jeff Jensen is an entertaining and energetic speaker.]