This month marks the 3rd anniversary of the Drayton Harbor Shellfish beds reopening for commercial harvesting. Drayton Harbor suffered from pollution and it took years of effort to clean it up and get the OK for commercial harvesting. Initially 810 acres of shellfish beds reopened, but this year an additional ...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Farmers are protecting water in a number of ways. One of the most important is participation in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) administered by the Washington State Conservation Commission. In this program farmers receive financial incentives to take farmland out of production to support riparian buffers protecting streams. In ...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Will Gov Inslee's $1.1 billion plan for orca and chinook recovery pay off? [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Sadly, no. Here are four inconvenient facts that explain why. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link="https://player.vimeo.com/video/311317656"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]This one minute video will introduce you to the four inconvenient facts that show why Governor Inslee's $1.1 billion will fail in restoring our ...
With media, public and government attention on the plight of Southern Resident killer whales the decline in the chinook salmon they feed on, our government leaders are taking action to restore salmon and help bring back the whale population. But will these very expensive measures work –– even make a ...
