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Research Recap for July 2: Hemophilia and the Restoration of the Elwha valley forests
The Salish Sea: An imperiled wonder of the Northwest

The Salish Sea stretches almost 400 miles from the southern end of Puget Sound near Olympia, to the northern boundary of the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia. It's easy to take for granted, and a new study suggests we do so at our peril.

'Unrelenting pressure': The Salish Sea is in trouble as western Washington keeps growing

It is the water that has sustained the people of western Washington forever, but researchers now say the Salish Sea is under 鈥渦nrelenting pressure鈥 put on it by 150 years of human development.

鈥淚t鈥檚 an incredible place. People come from all over the world to see the Salish Sea,鈥 said鈥

Research Recap for May 28
Eelgrass from the Air: 草榴社区 grad student studying vital ecosystem using drones
草榴社区 student rediscovers regionally extinct bumblebee on Western鈥檚 campus
Pushing Past the Pandemic: Research 'crawling back' at Shannon Point Marine Research Center

While the labs, halls and dorms at Western Washington University's Shannon Point Marine Center remain quieter than normal, some research has resumed, and plans are taking shape to make way for more.

"It has definitely been a slowdown," the center's Director of Marine and Coastal Science鈥

Research Recap for March 5
Research Recap for March 5
草榴社区 to Host Virtual Huxley Environmental Career & Internship Fair on Feb. 24
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