Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Short-tailed albatross, ALA Cherry Point appeal, Chinook DNA, Vancouver emissions, sexual violence in tree-planting, burning sludge, deep-sea mining, BC mineral claims, US refrigerant rule, ghost shrimps, harbor porpoise, democracy watch.

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Streaked Horned Lark, BC whale protection, LNG ship fuel, diatoms, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/05/521-...

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: White-tailed ptarmigan, Nooksack R flooding, green crab removal, WDNR campsites, Morrison Cr lamprey, seaweed biorefinery, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/05/519-...

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Marbled Murrelet, fishing fuel costs, Canadian pipelines, less stream oxygen, Katzie First Nation, monk seals harmed, gray whale mortality, dead humpback, Bc logging, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/05/518-...

My recollections of the eruption of Mt St Helens, May 18, 1980... www.fidalgoweather.net/2013/05/moun...

Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Horsetail, Chinook diets, Canada enviro reviews, LNG health effects, shoreline access, Fishtrap Cr, Tacoma tidepools, Canada electric grid, Real Change, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/05/515-...

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Garter snake, spiral helix, monk seal rock thrower, war farm woes, trees spared, low tides, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/05/514-...

Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Dunlin, Skagit R dams, Chinook diet, fed conservation rule, SR 20, riparian rule, BC ostrich farm, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/05/513-...

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Lingcod, water shortage, Haida Gwall energy, Port of Tacoma land, yellow-legged hornet, Snohiomish R bacteria, 'illegal DEI,' Canada nature, WDNR budget, fin whale carcass, island marmots, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/05/512-...

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Mother Tree, BC salmon farm ban, Dungeness Spit, Longview coal, Shell profits, Stillaguamish Tribe, Big Mama, burrowing owls, bird banding, parks hunting, Tacoma bird habitats, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/05/511-...

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Monk seal, Sunrise pipeline, wildfire cost, BC interior fires, fish-trucking, Skagit battery energy storage, slime mold, flood mitigation, meme war, marathon milestone, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/04/427-...

Community members and local organizations are pushing back against the City of Bellingham’s plan to upgrade incinerators at the Post Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, arguing the costly project should be halted in favor of alternatives.

Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Giant Pacific octopus, Chris Morgan, acid waters, mass evaporation, mosquito power, fossil fuel health, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/04/424-...

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: White-crowned sparrow, Nature Record, WA wolves, grey whales, 'ghost' gear, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/04/423-...

Selected as the winner of Salish Current’s Earth Day poetry contest, “Poems for the Earth” is featured in the latest Artist’s Corner. Read the full entry at the link below. salish-current.org/2026/04/22/p...

Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Plainfin midshipman, rare ecosystem, BC ancient forest, WA coal plant, record=high temperatures, BP refinery, wind and solar projects, sea lions, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/04/422-...

Self-taught wildlife photographer Paul Brennan will have four of his images featured during Crescendo: A Symphonic Celebration of Washington Landscape on April 26, where his work will be paired with live, nature-inspired music by the Northwest Symphony Orchestra.

Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Frangipani, bird migration, Joel Connelly, shrimping, sprawl, gas flaring, violet tunicate, NPR donation, wolves, seal whiskers, 'Big Bertha,' gray whales, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/04/417-...

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Finch, Northbound I-5, island outage, floating hotel, forest thinning, stream buffers, Hanford cleanup, BC drugs, pufferball. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/04/416-...

Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Flounder, climate change, fuel cost, allergy season, grizzlies, agritourism, lead exposure, dump water monitoring, crab science, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/04/415-...

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Fulmar, Amtrak trains, DRIPA amendments, Climate Commitment Act, Nisqually hatchery, DuPont trails, Suquamish Tribe, The Sandman, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/04/414-...

Jericho Leavitt created “Portraits in Sawdust,” a digital and print zine produced in 2023 with Wil Henkel in collaboration with the Center for Responsible Forestry. Read the full Artist Corner at the link below. salish-current.org/2026/04/13/p...

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Fuchsia, tire killer, WA flood funding, BC cruise ship, I-5 opening, gas price spike, dead foxes, radioactive waste, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/04/413-...

Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Brooding anemone, Forest Service research, Skagit dams, private public park, whale hunt, gas flaring, Olympia waterfront, fishing violations, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/04/410-...

Strong communities need strong local press. It keeps us informed. It keeps leaders accountable. It keeps our stories alive. Be part of what keeps this place connected. Support Salish Current this local news day by subscribing or donating at the link in our below. salish-current.org/donate/

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Pansy, WA drought, climate rule repeal, Alaska-caught salmon, abalone research, Jim Whittaker, dead gray whale, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/04/49-p...

Wednesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Salmonberry, Skagit R dams, Pacific Salmon Initiative, Local News Day, palolo worm, Welcome the Whales, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/04/48-s...

A new children’s book by Nora Nickum tells the true story of a small group of gray whales that break from their migration to detour into the Salish Sea in search of food. salish-current.org/2026/04/07/1...

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Red slug, halibut fishing fighting bald eagles, AP news, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/04/47-r...

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Red-winged blackbird, dead gray whales, Starbucks cup, swans, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/04/45-r...

Protecting the Salish Sea is a labor of love. For decades, Caroline Gibson served as a tireless champion for the coastal ecosystems that define this region, and her legacy lives on through the Northwest Straits Foundation’s Caroline Gibson Scholarship.

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Millipede, AltaGas permit, Amazon pollution, ship pollution, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/04/42-m...

Tuesday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Trowbridge's shrew, BC conservation, 'God Squad', Murrow Fellowship, democracy watch salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/331-...

Here's your Monday Salish Sea News and Weather: Allen's hummingbirds, 'No Kings,' humpies, mystery orcas, arctic ice, warm weather, BC pipelines, Columbia R dredging, sea lion frolic, floating hotel, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/330-...

Here's your Friday Salish Sea News and Weather: Merganser, BC climate agency, Klamath chinook, Port of Vancouver, BC at-risk lists, Chehalis dam, Gulf ESA oil exemption, democracy watch, week in review. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/327-...

Thursday's Salish Sea News and Weather: Red Irish Lord, banned refrigerant, Exxon Valdez, ethanol-blend gas, Chinook Tribe, Haida Gwaii quake, bee survey, democracy watch. salishseanews.blogspot.com/2026/03/326-...

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-...