Changes are afoot downstream (and upstream, for that matter) of the old Elwha Dam site. Read about what Washington Sea Grant’s Ian Miller is discovering at the mouth of the river as the beach rebuilds in today’s Seattle Times.
Read more »The UW Farm is growing in size, food, and community! - YouTube
Take a virtual tour of the expanding UW Farm, where students get hands-on with their fruits and veggies, to grow an edible landscape and a closer and knowledgeable community. Watch the full show online at UWTV.org/uw360.
Read more »Effort launched to strip protection for Puget Sound Orcas - EarthFix
The southern Puget Sound’s struggling population of orcas could lose federal protection if a new effort succeeds at removing the whales from endangered species list. Orcas in Puget Sound were placed on the federal endangered species list in 2005. A report last year concluded Puget Sound orcas were inbreeding so much that their genetic diversity could be diminishing, further jeopardizing their ability to survive.
Read more »New earthquake threat off the PNW coast - MyNorthwest.com
According to a new study, 19 huge earthquakes have occurred over the past 10,000 years along the Pacific Northwest’s Cascadia Subduction Zone, each typically 8.7 to 9.2 on the Richter scale. This most comprehensive study of earthquake history off the Pacific Northwest coast suggests that there is a 40% chance of such an event happening in the next 50 years — but the probability is different in different locations.
Read more »Shellfish testing for privately owned beaches: next event, August 29 - Kitsap Sun
State of the Oyster Study volunteers invite you to join them on August 29 to look at bacterial contamination on privately owned beaches in Hood Canal and throughout Puget Sound. Property owners will collect shellfish on their privately owned beaches and bring them to convenient drop-off locations where volunteers, Washington Sea Grant staff, and WSU Extension staff will collect the samples and send them to a lab for testing.
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