Green Boating in the San Juan Islands The San Juan Islands are an internationally acclaimed boating destination and each summer our waters fill with local and visiting boaters. Stunning landscapes and a rich marine environment provide extensive recreational opportunities such...
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In early January, Congress passed a funding bill that includes $33 million for the Puget Sound Geographic Program to provide the funds for the Puget Sound Action Agenda, a long-term plan for Puget Sound recovery developed by the Puget Sound...
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Salmon returning to the Middle Fork of the Newaukum River near Chehalis, Washington, will have an easier time swimming upriver this fall, thanks to a project that will open up two miles of the river by removing barriers to salmon....
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Washington State’s Southern Resident Killer Whale Task Force published a draft of their second round of potential new recommendations. The five-page document builds upon the Task Force’s initial 36 official recommendations released in the fall of 2018 and designed to...
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Our world is getting hotter. Here in the Salish Sea, we are experiencing warmer water and a rise in marine disease, often caused by pathogens. Chasing down these microscopic villains keeps Dr. Drew Harvell busy at Friday Harbor Laboratories on...
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The world watches the critically endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKWs) with bated breath. At the time of this writing, the SRKWs are up two calves from the winter—a female named J56 and a male, J124 (Lucky)—and down three missing...
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The State of Oregon, the City of Portland, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed to provide $24 million to help fund the detailed cleanup plans for the Portland Harbor Superfund site. If you’re unfamiliar with it, the Superfund...
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Last year, Washington boaters prevented over 11 million gallons of sewage from entering inland waters by emptying their tanks at one of 144 of the state’s pump-out stations. The network of free pump-out stations is operated by the Washington State...
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The Washington state Department of Ecology will invest up to $20 million to support local river and streamflow protection and improvement projects across Washington. The new grant program carefully selected 15 projects out of 46 applicants in 11 watersheds for...
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Killer whales are often thought of as symbols of the Pacific Northwest, but there’s another member of the cetacean family (whales and dolphins) that might be even more Pacific Northwest than mainstays like orcas, beavers, craft beer, waxed beards, or...
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