Environmental

The U.S. Coast Guard is finishing its clean-up of an oil spill on the Columbia River first reported on January 18, 2018 near the Cannery Pier Hotel in Astoria, Washington. …

Massive flooding destroyed lots of property in Houston, Texas – but the worst damage has been to the the U.S.territory of Puerto Rico, where significant portions of the island are …

Turns out, the solution to microplastics pollution may come down to everyday folks like us, and boaters can lead the charge. What are microplastics, anyway? Microplastics are small plastic pieces …

Why has it been relatively warm and clear in the Pacific Northwest this season? Wasn’t this supposed to be a La Niña year? It turns out that we boaters aren’t …

West Coast starfish have been holding on for dear life since 2013, fighting to survive a mysterious disease that first appeared off the Olympic Peninsula and resulted in the loss …

Two unusual Washington state sportfish records fell on the weekend of September 23 and 24, 2017 according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The first was the state …

Satellite images from the National Snow and Ice Data Center published December 6, 2017 show a record low amount of extant Arctic ice in the Chukchi Sea for the month …

After Cooke Aquaculture’s Atlantic salmon net-pen collapsed off Cypress Island in August of 2017, sending 305,000 Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound, Washington State Senator Kevin Ranker (D-Orcas Island) proposed to …

According to an article published in the Seattle Times on November 16, Washington State Senator Kevin Ranker (Democrat, Orcas Island) announced his intentions to file an Atlantic salmon net-pen farming …

My husband and I grew up on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean – I grew up in Oregon, whereas he was born and raised in New Zealand. Although we …

Like the many summer tourists that visit the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, and Alaska, many kinds of animals make their ways to local waters in the warm months. Words: Brianna …

I imagine that the predominate species of Puget Sound whale or dolphin that comes to mind would be the charismatic orca. But there’s another group of marine mammals that people …