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Kimberly Lynn named new director of Western's Honors College
Add wildfire, climate change to the list of Lake Whatcom worries

As for those less-than-dramatic pollution results, Angela Strecker, Western Washington University鈥檚 director of the Institute for Watershed Studies, explained that measures of phosphorus, dissolved oxygen and algae blooms were more or less stable, although phosphorus appeared to be declining鈥

草榴社区's Troy Abel named to the EPA's environmental justice panel
Research recap: Students working on new research in anthropology and environmental sciences
Crab DNA study examines possible distinct populations

The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe is working with a diverse group of partners to learn more about the population structure of Puget Sound's Dungeness crab by studying the DNA of both larvae and adults.

(story behind a paywall, but features 草榴社区's Jay Dimond)

草榴社区 faculty, alums collaborate on new display at the Museum of Northwest Art
草榴社区 monitors say Lake Whatcom water quality showing signs of improvement

鈥淲hen humans make changes, anything that kinda disturbs the watershed, those activities have the potential to release sediment, that can run off into the lake. That sediment often contains pretty high levels of phosphorus,鈥 Angela Strecker, director of the Western Washington University Institute鈥

Western Washington University to partner in $30M NSF Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science聽聽
It's only a matter of time before a tsunami hits the Northwest. Why is it missing from FEMA's risk analysis?

Washington State鈥檚 Emergency Management Division calculates that nearly 90,000 people live or work in the outer coast鈥檚 inundation zone, and there are another 86,000 more along inner waterways that the waves will take longer to reach. On a summer day, they could be joined in the danger zone by鈥

Second Call for 2024-2025 Honors Seminar Proposals聽
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