by Susan Keown | May 6, 2023 | ScienceWire
New member Sarah Trent (@sftrent) writes for High Country News on the new U.N. High Seas Treaty and whether the agreement might help Pacific salmon. Some of the experts Trent spoke with doubted whether the new marine protected areas spurred by the treaty would have a...
by Susan Keown | Feb 4, 2023 | ScienceWire
Eric Scigliano (@SeattleFlotsam) just completed a series on the Fraser River, or Tacoutche Tesse (Mighty One), for the Salish Current. In the first piece in the series, Scigliano gives an overview of the still-undammed river’s geography, its fisheries, and its history...
by Susan Keown | Apr 4, 2022 | ScienceWire
Writing for Salish Sea Currents Magazine, Sarah DeWeerdt (@deweerdt_sarah) asks: Can restoring the natural balance of Washington’s Nooksack River also reduce flood risks? Instead of dredging gravel from the riverbed — as some have proposed — many experts say that...
by Susan Keown | Jan 5, 2022 | ScienceWire
For The Seattle Times, Lynda Mapes (@lyndavmapes) writes that Seattle City Light is seeking to relicense three hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River that provide one-fifth of the city’s power, which would extend the dams’ use for decades. But as salmon, and the...
by Chris Tachibana | Jun 1, 2019 | ScienceWire
The debate on your plate, if you’re a salmon enthusiast, is about farmed versus wild-caught salmon. Eric Stavney draws on his background as a biology teacher for an informative two-part series on the topic for The Norwegian American. Learn about the nutrition...
