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Return To The Salish Sea: Visionary Bert Webber

Bert Webber is the man who coined the phrase "Salish Sea." He is a professor emeritus from Huxley College at Western Washington University in Bellingham.

Webber says while it may be easy to see the Salish Sea as separate waterways, those waterways actually make…

Kids learn what it takes to be scientists

With her face pressed against the eyepiece of a microscope, 9-year-old Grace Dills peered into a quarter-sized drop of water, searching for marine life.

“I want more,” Grace said excitedly as water was added, allowing her an up-close view of plankton and…

²ÝÁñÉçÇø Summer Course Introduces Students to the Art, Science and Ethics of Fly Fishing
Get to Know: Emily Cone

Person I admire most and why: “One of my professors, Wendy Walker, always really inspired me. She really connected with her students on a level I’ve never seen before.”

Huxley offering new certificate program in Sustainable Business
Summer in the Greenhouse
Huxley’s Marco Hatch Conducting Summer Field Work in the San Juans
Nature's Ability to Foster Growth

The goal of the study is to create measurable data in order to quantify the effectiveness of nature as an intervention for foster children with ADHD. We will use the Applied Behavior Analysis tool, a widely accepted methodology for assessing the effectiveness of an intervention on ADHD symptoms…

Coastal Tribes Garden Clams to Preserve Culture, Improve Health

 comparing a clam garden to an unmanaged shoreline showed a doubling of production in littleneck clams and quadrupling…

Could tiny homes help ease homelessness in Whatcom County?

Could tiny homes, or a community of them, be used to provide housing for people who are homeless in Whatcom County, like they do now in Olympia and Seattle?

It’s among the suggestions made by Western Washington University students in their â€¦

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