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| Rybczyk is guest editor of 'Northwest Science' issue on the Skagit River Basin | |||
| College students, citizen scientists survey area beaches for debris | A group canvassed parts of a beach near Cap Sante Marina last week. While some walked slowly back and forth with their heads down, looking for out-of-place items, others sat in groups with buckets and strainers, sifting sand as if panning for gold. 鈥淲e鈥檙e picking up anything on the鈥 |
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| Tribe, students spearhead river restoration study | Western Washington University鈥檚 Huxley College of the Environment on the Peninsulas鈥檚 professors and students are partnering with Jamestown S鈥橩lallam Tribe scientists to improve floodplain restoration methods. 鈥淭he big question is to plant or not to plant,鈥 said Jenise Bauman, the college鈥 |
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| Wildfire retardant flights under review; some 鈥榡ust painting stuff red鈥 | Hundreds of thousands of gallons of chemical fire retardant were dumped from planes all over wildlands in Washington last fire season, more than almost anywhere in the West. And this summer鈥檚 even bigger fire season could see just as much of the crimson chemical slurry dumped on the landscape,鈥 |
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| Researchers probe how much sulfide Puget Sound eelgrass can withstand | What鈥檚 green, thin, slimy and sways in the water? It鈥檚 eelgrass, an often unseen marine plant that is important for the environment and economy in the Puget Sound region. The eelgrass in Puget Sound is sort of like a canary in a coal mine for the underwater world, serving as an鈥 |
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| Campus tour: Environmental Studies building |