Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Oystercatcher, orca capture, first humpback, DRIPA, purple martins, bullfrog man, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/325-...

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Redbanded rockfish, enviro and climate bills, orca distance, Ash Grove Cement, David Suzuki, wind farm buyout, Davis Meeker Garry Oak, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/324-...

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Caspian Tern, artificial turf, BC wildfires, coal plants, microfibers, national park air, whale sounds, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/323-...

The City of Bellingham completed construction on the Little Squalicum Estuary in spring of 2024, transforming a solid grassy beachfront park into a vibrant coastal hub for animals and plants alike, including endangered Chinook salmon and eelgrass.

Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Garden mystery, BC flooding, data centers, Chuckanut Shellfish, Imperial Metals, Salish Sea Wonders, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/320-...

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Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Spring draba, Duwamish R., Little Squalicum Estuary, fed fish regs, The Nature Record. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/319-...

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Bluegill, mystery orcas, industrial chemicals, BC wildfire season, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/317-...

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Ranunculus, BC old growth, Cascade logging, fire fungi, California offshore drilling, Canada conservation goal, Comox Valley fossil, Rochester BESS, MA windfarm, Wonders of the Salish Sea, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/316-...

Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Seaside plantain, income tax bill, car-emission suit, Lost Lagoon, coal power plant tax, Growlers, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/313-...

Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Seaside plantain, income tax bill, car-emission suit, Lost Lagoon, coal power plant tax, Growlers, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/313-...

A new settlement proposal commits Seattle City Light to invest $979 million to build fish passages at its three Skagit River dams among other infrastructure upgrades.  Read the full article by Sam Fletcher at the link below. salish-current.org/2026/03/12/s...

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Shiner perch, California PFAS, Tacoma toxics, Mosquito Fleet Act woes, OR wildlife funding, sea cuke penalty, great white shark, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/312-...

Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Little gull, marmot puppet, Esquimalt Gorge Park, foreign orcas, autism drug, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/311-...

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Spurge, WA low oxygen, Drayton Harbor shellfish, public land protection, blocking access, Roundup, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/310-...

Salish Current is accepting submissions for its Earth Day Creative Writing Contest. Writers are invited to submit a poem, essay or short story about Earth and the local environment, with bonus points for work connected to topics covered by Salish Current.

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Billy Frank Jr., Skagit creeks, campground shutdown, BC geothermal, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/39-b...

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Skunk cabbage, BC smugglers, Aboriginal rights, killer whale moms, high seas, quakes, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/35-s...

Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Hemlock, BC logging, regulating data centers, Hummingbird Hill, Nanaimo trail, Surrey Speak, frog breeding, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/34-h...

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Moss, BC time, salmon spawn, spongy moths, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/33-m...

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Robin, data center regs, enviro crimes bill, cross-border relations resolution, Japanese beetle spray, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/32-r...

Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Plum blossom, Columbia R salmon, Tacoma trees, elephant seal flu, conservation's new era, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/227-...

The Salish Sea Institute at Western Washington University invites applications from scholars, journalists, researchers, knowledge holders and others to join an international cohort of Salish Sea Fellows. The deadline is fast approaching - applications due March 1! forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Oregon hairy triton, herring spawn, Burrard Inlet dredging, Padilla Bay eelgrass, flare fix, underground dam, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/226-...

Indigenous rappers from Bellingham and the Lummi Nation gathered at the Rap Reunion in the Karate Church in January, bringing together artists who’ve been active in the local hip-hop scene for more than a decade. salish-current.org/2026/02/20/i...

Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: American dipper, Indigenous Rights Law, goeduck harvest, gov's new ferries, SCOTUS climate, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/225-...

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Spanish bluebell, Wei Wai Kum First Nation, Dungeness crab rules, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/224-...

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Ruby-crowned kinglet, coal plant emissions, cutting western OR forests, protect public lands, plastic problem, Indigenous curriculum, Trump's border wall, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/223-...

Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: False Lily of the Valley, greenhouse gas regs, Trump's weedkiller, BC reconciliation law, Pat Arnold, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/220-...

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Skink, new orca calf, transforming biosolids, African farm, swallow homes, receding glaciers, AK oil drilling. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/219-...

Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Hyacinth, WA climate funds, glyphosphate spraying, Roundup cancer, BC critical minerals, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/218-...

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Sturgeon poacher, whale-safe fishing gear, Tacoma oaks, BC treaties, public lands, leaving the US, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/217-... poacher

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Crocus, climate fight, Columbia R salmon, WA Fish & Wildlife Commission, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/216-...

Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Friday the 13th, greenhouse gas, 'forever chemicals,' delisted endangered plants, buy more coal, WA coal plant, AK drilling, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/213-...

Community Voices: “These are not normal times. Now, more than ever, for the love of democracy and our communities, our commitment to stay engaged with our federal government is essential.” Read the full story by Debbi Fincher at the link below. salish-current.org/2026/02/13/t...

Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Midge, Edmonds marsh, Ingenika, caribou habitat map, ‘Na̱mg̱is territory, WA income tax, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/211-...

Putumayo Generation rise up

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Caddisfly, U.S. climate regs, orcas, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/210-...

With an estimated price tag of at least $170 million, Whatcom County’s new jail will be the biggest project the county has ever embarked on. But how big, exactly, should the jail be?  Read the part 1 of the full story by Christy Carley at the link below. salish-current.org/2026/02/10/h...

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Sea hawk, Stillaguamish Tribe, underwater noise, national monument fishing, dicamba, salmon affliction, lovebird, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/29-s...

Did you know that basking sharks used to be a common sighting in the #SalishSea? Watch the recording of Kelly Bushnell’s, Ph.D, Environmental Speaker Series talk on these gentle giants! Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skdy... Illustration by Preston Graves

Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Squid, more TM oil, WA dead bills, salmon grant, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/26-s...

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Tadpole, BC heat, Thurston Co battery storage, Trump energy delay, WAPO cuts, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/25-t...

Thanks for the reminders. Would be great to have regional numbers too. Economists tell us that when we don't assign $$ value to nature, they count it as zero ☹️

Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Sword fern, BC polluter pays, MAHA enviro rules, WA income tax, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/24-s...

Bellingham’s Marine Life Center is undergoing major changes, including the removal of its iconic concrete tank and the rehoming of several large fish.

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Evergreen violet, 'forever chemicals,' BC oil spill, large vessels, nuke exemption, WA Supreme Court, BC forestry, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/23-e...

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Purple shore crab, fish farm ban, Oly marmots, Thurston Co habitat, Billy Frank Jr. statue, Minnesota media, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/02/22-p...

Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Mickey Mouse, Quatsino First Nation, EPA climate, commercial huckleberry ban, dead corals, 'Streets of Minneapolis,' democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/01/130-...

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Mouse lemur, Goldendale energy storage, logging exemption, heavy rain, LNG flaring, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/01/129-...