With all the pressures we place on our ocean, do you ever wonder which one puts life below water at the most risk? It’s clear that we humans are responsible for creating some massive problems. But if you were to pick the worst of them, which would it be?
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....
It’s been a big weekend in the Salish Sea! After enduring the full month of August without Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) encounters, September came and the party began. A new baby orca joined J Pod on Thursday! Then the...
I visited San Juan Island at the end of June. It sits in almost the exact middle of the Salish Sea and feels a world away. If you go, especially in the summer, you need to spend time at the...
Want to cruise Lake Union in a kayak for free and help clean it up at the same time? Try volunteering to join Puget Soundkeeper on their Kayak Patrols. This program was offline this spring due to Covid-19, but they...
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...
Ready to talk geology? In order to understand the biology of a place, you have to understand a little bit about the underlying geology of a place. All of what follows is a gross oversimplification because that is what you...
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