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Is Building in Floodplains a Good Idea?
“Where will we put the next million people moving to Puget Sound?” I was asked this question recently by a business lobbyist concerned that new floodplain protection requirements would make building in flood-prone areas more difficult. His question was driven… Read more >
Washington Activist Gives Orcas a Voice
What would orcas say about proposals to ship up to 150 million tons of coal per year on trains running along the Columbia River and Puget Sound through sensitive habitat? That’s the question that Washington activist Richard Bergner so creatively… Read more >
Loaded Coal Train Derails Near Columbia River Gorge
30 rail cars filled with coal overturned in an accident in Washington, spilling their dirty fuel — but the industry would like you to believe that everything is peachy. Read more >
Moving People out of Floodplains to Protect Them and Wildlife
Rising Water At first the rains come as a light drizzle, tapping out a soothing melody on rooftops and windowpanes. Soon the tempo quickens to a loud drum beat of impending danger. As the rain falls harder and harder the… Read more >
Imperiled Wilderness: Eight Things You Probably Don’t Know about Alaska’s Bristol Bay
The 40,000-square-mile Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska stretches across pristine tundra and wetlands crisscrossed with rivers that flow into the bay. Up to 40 million sockeye salmon return to this watershed each year—the world’s largest salmon run. In addition… Read more >
Wake Up!! Sleep Secrets from the Animal Kingdom
Wake up! We’re in the middle of National Sleep Awareness Week (March 3-9)! This is no time to be dozing! But it is a perfect time to take a look and some of the things we’ve learned about sleep from… Read more >
Protect Salmon, Feed Orcas
Hundreds of scientists say the only way to restore salmon to the Columbia and Snake rivers is to remove four costly dams. But federal agencies aren’t listening. Instead, NOAA just released a recovery plan that’s more “same ol’, same ol’,”… Read more >
