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...
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...
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...
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...
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