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Gift of aprons connects Western to Switzerland | |||
Hart Hodges to discuss water resource management Oct. 3 | |||
Northwest communities, including Sudden Valley, prepare for risk of wildfires | Wildfires have been big news this summer, from the massive Rim Fire by Yosemite National Park to the tragic Yarnell Hill Fire north of Phoenix that killed 19 firefighters. Western Washington has been spared major fires, but don't count on that lasting forever. While big fires are鈥 |
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Two-year initiative looks at disaster preparation | When the next big earthquake rocks King County, emergency responders have a plan. The first week or two is all mapped out. After that? It鈥檚 a mystery. |
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GPS measures Nelson's unofficial record paddle at 151.88 miles | Bellingham padler Brandon Nelson unofficially paddled 151.88 miles around Lake Padden according to the GPS tracking systems he had on his boat on Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 20-21, according to Western Washington University Environmental Studies Department chairman Michael Medler. |
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When Canada plans pipelines, it forgets the First Nations at its peril | A funny thing happened on the way to the pipeline hearings. On Jan. 9, 2012, the eve of the Joint Review Panel hearings in British Columbia to review Enbridge鈥檚 proposal to build a twinned 鈥淣orthern Gateway鈥 pipeline from the oil sands of Alberta to the Pacific Ocean, then-natural resources鈥 |
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Students learning, volunteering in Tanzania | |||
Project provides water-quality data for small lakes | |||
Extended Fuel Shortages Predicted In Quake Risk Study | Much of Oregon鈥檚 population would face extended fuel shortages, natural gas outages and blackouts after a catastrophic earthquake. That according to a seismic risk study re-released by the state. But there鈥檚 pushback from the energy companies put under the spotlight. |
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Fresh Flours Featured Artists: Jess and Chris Newley, August 2013 | Five years ago, Jess learned how to SCUBA dive and discovered the wonders of the world under the surface. Her life hasn鈥檛 been the same since. After working as a SCUBA diving instructor in Egypt and Mozambique, she moved back to the Pacific Northwest to earn a Master鈥檚 in Environmental Education鈥 |