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²ÝÁñÉçÇø researchers find potentially harmful levels of pollutants in the Salish Sea’s edible seaweeds
Swinomish Tribe builds U.S.’s first modern ‘clam garden,' reviving ancient practice

It takes a butter clam about three years to grow to harvestable size, according to Western Washington University marine ecologist and Samish Nation member Marco Hatch.

“What we're doing here is something that hasn't been done in living memory, which is build a clam…

U.S. News Ranks ²ÝÁñÉçÇø as Top Public Master’s-Granting School in Pacific Northwest for the 23rd Straight Year
Photo Gallery: 24 hours in the field with the Salish Sea Biodiversity, Culture, and Conservation class
How Indigenous Sea Gardens Produced Massive Amounts of Food for Millennia

For those who know how to read them, the signs have long been there. Like the towering mound of 20 million oyster shells all but obscured by the lush greenery of central Florida’s Gulf Coast. Or the arcing lines of wave-weathered stone walls strung along British Columbia’s shores like a necklace…

Meet the 2022 Outstanding Graduates from the College of the Environment and the College of Fine and Performing Arts
Using Moss To Push Government Action in Seattle’s Duwamish Valley

When Nico Vargas spent her time mentoring teenage girls in South Seattle last year, they were just trying to make it through another day in high school – all while disproportionately burdened with air pollution.

Vargas, then a…

Call of the light draws Western student to study bioluminescent plankton
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