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Newborn orca spotted off Kingston on Saturday
I wanted to share this great photo by Candice Emmons of the new baby orca in J pod. She and Brad Hanson spotted the new calf between Kingston and Edmonds on Saturday. Thanks to Candi for the shot and...
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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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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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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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Amusing Monday: Do lawyers multiply in the rain?
I find it amusing that the average daily precipitation in Kitsap County from 2006 through 2009 correlates well with the number of lawyers in the Northern Mariana Islands. There is also a strong...
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Taking a moment for reflection, but I’m not saying good-bye
After 37 years at the Kitsap Sun, I’m writing one last salmon story today as a member of the newsroom staff. I was offered an early-retirement package, and I decided to take it. But that does not mean...
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Hood Canal council questions hatchery cuts
Hood Canal Coordinating Council is calling on Gov. Jay Inslee to drop a proposal for major budget cuts to the George Adams and Hoodsport hatcheries in southern Hood Canal. “The economic loss to our...
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Amusing Monday: Tiny fish teaches researchers about attachment
An odd little fish that attaches tightly to rocks could play a role in developing underwater suction cups that won’t let go even under the harshest conditions. I found the video amusing, but there is a...
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Amusing Monday: Tiny cameras let us fly with eagles, swim with turtles
Specialized cameras, growing ever smaller as the technology advances, allows people to see the world as animals do, swimming to unique underwater environments, flying over craggy mountains or traipsing...
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How will treaty rights influence environmental restoration?
Treaties signed 160 years ago guarantee Native Americans the right to take fish from Puget Sound for all time. A case now before the courts will help determine whether those same treaty rights place...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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