Finding Pollutants that Kill Salmon
Stormwater runoff in Puget Sound is killing fish. Following a four-year stormwater study, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Tag: Pollution
Coho Salmon Eggs Put to the Stormwater Test
Peering through a microscope at the Suquamish Tribe’s Grovers Creek Hatchery, biologist Tiffany Linbo uses two pairs of tweezers to…
Kitsap Sun: After 12 years, Port Gamble Bay safe for shellfish harvesting
The Kitsap Sun reported that shellfish beds in Port Gamble Bay are now open for harvest after 12 years of being…
Kitsap Sun: Cleanup Plans for Port Gamble Bay nearly complete
The Kitsap Sun posted an article about the cleanup of Port Gamble Bay, a process that has been in the…
Squaxin Island Tribe Further Testing Mushrooms as Water Quality Solution
ALLYN — Mushrooms might help treat one of the most widespread causes of water pollution — fecal bacteria from human…
Tulalip Tribes to build wetland as stormwater filter
The Daily Herald of Everett reported on a Tulalip Tribes project to build a wetland to filter stormwater runoff into…
Puyallup Tribe supplies chinook for school kids and creek
From the Federal Way Mirror: The salmon population in the Hylebos Creek is growing thanks to the work of students…
King 5: Sediment could be aiding bacteria
King 5 covered the new Squaxin Island Tribe study of a possible link between the sediment of Oakland Bay and…
Seattle PI blog on Oakland Bay
Robert McClure at the PI’s Dateline Earth blog: In Oakland Bay near Shelton, Washington, new tests show that some of…