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Washington state makes history: First in the world to permanently ban commercial net pens to protect wild salmon, Orcas and Puget Sound ecosystems
Wild Fish Conservancy . We are celebrating a monumental environmental victory for Puget Sound’s ecosystems, Tribal Nations and the protection of our iconic wild sa ...
Opinion
To save orcas, focus on efforts in Puget Sound, not Snake River
What scientific proof do we have that this will help? Are there tagged Snake River salmon swimming in Puget Sound? Let’s face it our southern resident orcas are swimming through polluted waters of our ...
Scientists Discover a Massive Underground Water Vault in Oregon – 3x the Size of Lake Mead
Researchers have discovered an underground aquifer in Oregon's Cascade Range is significantly larger than previously thought ...
How long could you last in 50-degree water? Puget Sound plungers say it changes lives
Although the water temperature averages 46 degrees in January, that doesn’t stop the Puget Sound Plungers’ weekly “Sunday service.” Donning knit hats and gloves, the group waded through the ...
What drew these 1,300 perfect circles on the sea floor? We may finally know.
When hundreds of eerily perfect circles were discovered on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, theories abounded about what ...
Signatures of ice-free ancient ponds and lakes found on Mars
Researchers have discovered two sets of ancient wave ripples on Mars, signatures of long-dried bodies of water preserved in ...