DeWeerdt: Finbook

DeWeerdt: Finbook

The Southern Resident orcas have strong social networks, writes Sarah DeWeerdt for Encyclopedia of Puget Sound, from the Puget Sound Institute, University of Washington. Sarah’s piece tells detailed family stories about orcas that bond in matriarchal groups,...
Stiffler: Award Winner—Long-Form

Stiffler: Award Winner—Long-Form

ICYMI: Lisa Stiffler won a Society of Professional Journalists award for her story in InvestigateWest on how climate change is affecting the Puget Sound and our region’s oyster industry. If you want to read, revisit, and share, here’s the piece, with...

Water Woes: Too little, too much, too dirty

Members and guests joined a panel on Sept. 14 for a lively discussion of issues surrounding water quality and quantity in the Pacific Northwest, and how agencies and citizens are responding to these changes. From drugs detected in Puget Sound salmon to increasing...

Scigliano: Northwest Facts and Photos

Eric Scigliano @SeattleFlotsam contributed to two new books about our region. The 2015 Puget Sound Fact Book has Eric’s prospective overview of climate change. Eric also wrote for Florian Schultz’s lavish book, The Wild Edge: Freedom to Roam the Pacific...

Joyce: State of the Sound

Jerry Joyce, Moon Joyce Resources, is an editor on “2015 State of the Sound: Report on the Puget Sound Vital Signs.” Supported by the Puget Sound Partnership and the Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program, this report, which includes a lovely...