Environmental

New legislature from the Washington State House of Representatives seeks to keep our local orcas safe from drones and other unmanned vessels. Proposed at a hearing on January 9, 2017, …

Washington’s copper bottom paint ban is a big deal for both recreational boaters and maritime industry in the state. Peter Schrappen investigates.

First Hybrid Ferry Arrives to the Salish Sea, Natural Gas Rises, and Canadian Super Batteries Reign Greener technology appears to be making several inroads with the maritime industry, whether we …

An economic study released by the McDowell Group and commissioned by Salmon Beyond Borders found that watersheds in southeast Alaska transboundary watersheds are valued at just under $1 billion dollars …

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced actions to update the limits for toxic pollutants in Washington’s surface waters in an effort to protect water quality. The EPA has approved 45 …

The President Moves to Protect the Seas The expansion of the hard-to-pronounce Papahānaumokuākea (“Pa-pa-hah-now-mo-koo-ah-keh-ah”) Marine National Monument of Hawaii and the establishment of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National …

We all have heard of the highly publicized big oil spills like the BP/Deepwater Horizon incident of 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico and the 1989 Exxon/Valdez oil spill in …

Early summer means harbor seal pupping season for inland Puget Sound waters and the Pacific Northwest coast. It’s hard to imagine a more adorable creature than a harbor seal pup …

This post originally appeared in The Science Times: Marine Biology Professor in San Francisco State University, Dr. Jonathan Stern cited the uncommon fin whale with a scientific name of “Balaenoptera …

It’s great when a corporation figures out a way to participate in the community in a meaningful way. Kyocera Communications is helping both the environment and personnel in our armed …

Once upon a time, Hollywood made a movie starring a captive orca named Keiko, who magically leaped over the breakwater in Hammond, Oregon, and away to freedom at the mouth …

Low water levels in Lake Washington and a very small ice pack mean that the US Army Corps of Engineers is going to open the locks less frequently this summer. …