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| Once-common marine birds disappearing from our coast | The bird-counters stood in the windy bow chattering into headsets and scanning the Strait of Juan de Fuca with binoculars. |
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| Saving mountain goats with science, guts and good guesses | TO EMPATHIZE with the mountain goats of the Cascade Range, imagine the apocalypse has come and your extended family members are the only survivors on besieged Capitol Hill. Now it鈥檚 time to have children. |
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| Scientists Look for Causes of Baffling Die-Off of Sea Stars | Ben Miner picks his way over slick cobble on the shore of Bellingham Bay, in northwestern Washington. He has brought me to his study site here to show me something that has become increasingly rare on the west coast of North America: a healthy community of sea stars. He stops now and鈥 |
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| Natural asbestos problem in Burlington 鈥榝alls in the cracks鈥 | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigators prompted by a resident's concern in late 2012 tested rocks near a housing development in Burlington and found evidence of naturally occurring asbestos. |
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| Shannon Point Marine Center gets new director | Shannon Point Marine Center鈥檚 new director has officially joined the team of researchers tucked away on a 78-acre forested campus with a 3,000-foot stretch of undisturbed shoreline. |
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| Western, Facing the Future to join forces | |||
| From Window magazine: 'Oceans in Peril' | |||
| Western students help prove the benefits of salad bars in Bellingham schools | |||
| Peninsula volunteers pitching in on sea star wasting disease research | The efforts of volunteers across the North Olympic Peninsula have been vital in recent months as scientists work to uncover the secrets of a mysterious affliction eating its way through sea star populations up and down the West Coast. 鈥淐itizen scientists鈥 have braved slippery rocks along鈥 |
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| Photos: Nearly 2,000 graduate June 14 |