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Amusing Monday: Sand sculptors worldwide continue to amaze
While I have never been to Revere Beach, I look forward each year to photos of the amazing sand sculptures from a competition that brings people from throughout the world to this location just north of...
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Climate Sense: Arctic burns as climate issues gain political attention
It’s next to impossible to keep up with all the new information coming out about climate change, but I thought I would share some new reports that I found interesting. For the first three months of...
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Can volunteer trappers halt the green crab invasion in Puget Sound?
The war against the invasive European green crab continues in Puget Sound, as this year’s Legislature offers financial support, while the Puget Sound Crab Team responds to crabs being caught for the...
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‘Survive the Sound’ salmon game now open to all with no charge
“Survive the Sound,” an online game that involves tracking salmon migrations in Puget Sound, has thrown open its doors for everyone, whether you donate money or not. The idea of buying a salmon...
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Amusing Monday: A new Earth Day anthem from a comedic rapper?
Loving the Earth is the theme of a new music video by comic rapper Lil Dicky, who enlisted the voices of two dozen famous singers to play the roles of animals in the video. Just released Thursday, the...
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Amusing Monday: New satellite enhances images of East Pacific region
An amazing new satellite, designed to peer down on the West Coast and Hawaii, started transmitting stunning images last week, when heavy snows blanketed parts of Alaska while California wildfires sent...
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Salish Sea photo contest emphasizes local species, habitats and activities
I’m eager to see the photographs judged as the top 100 in the Salish Sea nature photography competition, called “Salish Sea in Focus.” If you have a favorite photo that tells a story or captures the...
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Amusing Monday: World Water Day addresses natural purification
World Water Day, coming up this Thursday, is an annual worldwide event designed to focus attention on the importance of water to all living things. Promoted by the United Nations, the 25-year-old World...
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Become a witness for ‘king tides’ in Puget Sound now and later
Witnessing Puget Sound’s “king tides” could return as a more popular outdoor activity this year, as Washington Sea Grant takes the lead in promoting the event. Locations where people have posted king...
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Weather extremes now surpassing the realm of natural possibilities
A new report from the American Meteorological Society makes a rather stunning statement about climate change. For the first time, researchers have concluded that specific weather-related events could...
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Amusing Monday: The evolution and danger of packaging drinks by six
When I was a young child, we didn’t have to worry about wildlife getting strangled by six-pack rings, because these plastic binders for cans had not been invented yet. I was 9 years old in 1961 when...
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Amusing Monday: Baby river otters must be taught how to swim
Baby river otters appear to be reluctant swimmers when they enter the water for the very first time. As you can see in the first video, the mother otter pulls, pushes and practically wrestles her...
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A tribute to Ken Balcomb and his 40 years of research on killer whales
An open letter from me to Ken Balcomb, director of the Center for Whale Research, on the 40th anniversary of the research organization: Ken, Congratulations on 40 years of superb research regarding the...
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Mixed emotions accompany latest births among killer whales
UPDATE, 9 p.m. After a long day, orca researcher Brad Hanson got back to me, saying he spent about two hours with the whales yesterday as they moved from Edmonds past the Kitsap Peninsula during heavy...
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Hood Canal council installs priority system for salmon projects
Hood Canal Coordinating Council has completed its much-planned transition to a new rating system for funding salmon-restoration projects. Kitsap file photo The new system was used this year to rank...
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Amusing Monday: A few thoughtful words to bring in the New Year
“Time is like a flowing river, no water passes beneath your feet twice, much like the river, moments never pass you by again, so cherish every moment that life gives you and have a wonderful New...
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Skokomish files lawsuit over tribal hunting rights
The Skokomish Tribe has filed a lawsuit against Washington state over hunting rights protected by the 1855 Treaty of Point No Point. This lawsuit launches what could be years of litigation dealing with...
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K pod reverses course at Point Reyes, heads north
UPDATE, Jan. 17, 2013 It looks like K-25 and his companions did a little zig-zagging yesterday, also turning south and then north again. The latest report from this morning shows them near Coos Bay. —–...
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Hood Canal group seeks Atlantic salmon moratorium
Hood Canal Coordinating Council has voted to support Jefferson County — one of its three member counties — in calling for a moratorium on the deployment of new net pens for raising Atlantic salmon....
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Puget Sound Action Agenda up for renewal
Puget Sound Partnership is updating the Puget Sound Action Agenda and encouraging people to get involved. An “Online Open House,” which explains the Action Agenda step by step and offers a survey, will...
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