We have known for some time that one or more chemicals in our stormwater runoff kills Coho salmon, but haven’t known which specific chemical to blame. Now, we do. Teams of scientists from Washington State University (WSU), the University...
Imagine you are a Coho salmon. You were born in a gravely nest called a redd in Longfellow Creek, a small stream that flows through a West Seattle neighborhood into the Duwamish River and then into Puget Sound. Coho fry....
Good news! On September 3, 2020, Oceana and Earthjustice prevailed in a lawsuit to protect the Northern Anchovy! A federal judge ruled that “fishery managers failed to prevent overfishing of Northern Anchovy and did not use best available science to...
Chickens are terrestrial birds. They naturally scratch and peck the ground for seasonal plants, seeds, insects, and grubs to eat. They do not naturally eat fish from the ocean. Industrial fishing and industrial agriculture have changed that. We now catch...
On a cold, dark, and mercifully dry night in October 2019, I ventured out with a team of two other Puget Soundkeeper volunteers to Fourmile Rock in Elliott Bay at low tide to deploy mussels. I’m pretty sure they were...
In case you didn’t know, the Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKWs) are on the Endangered Species list. They are on it for a reason. According to the Center for Whale Research, as of December 2019, there are only 73 of...
In February, 2010, the “Salish Sea” name was formally announced, capping a naming effort that began in 1971. Governing bodies within the First Nations of British Columbia, Province of British Columbia, Canada, Washington State Tribes …
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