By Sound News reporter Jeanne Fulcher
Controversy has surrounded Glacier Northwest’s proposed gravel mine on Maury Island for several years. Maury Island’s aquifer provides clean water for homes on the island, and citizens are worried that the gravel mine has the potential to pollute the groundwater or use so much water that neighboring wells will dry [...]
By Sound News reporter Jeanne Fulcher
Anyone who has ever eaten crab so fresh that it is boiled in salt water within an hour of being caught will tell you there’s nothing like it. Feasts of crab like this have been a tradition that brings my family together – grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and sisters. [...]
By Sound News reporter Jeanne Fulcher
When the first run of kokanee salmon was declared “functionally extinct” in 2003, King County officials had some guesses as to what was going on, but no solid answers. And without answers, they weren’t sure they could help the two remaining kokanee runs.
King County and the Washington Department of Fish [...]
By Sound News reporter Jeanne Fulcher
Octopus Week at the Seattle Aquarium is wrapping up this Saturday, February 21st. Featured are two Giant Pacific Octopuses, Pepper and Popeye, and the public watched and on Saturday February 14th – Valentine’s Day, of course – as they went on their first “date” with each other. The goal was [...]
By Sound reporter Jeanne Fulcher
King County is using reclaimed water (high-quality treated wastewater) in an innovative program to promote spawning grounds and wetlands at the Chinook Bend Natural Area, just outside of Carnation.
The new Carnation Wastewater Treatment Plant opened last May with advanced technology to treat the wastewater. The membrane bioreactor system may sound [...]
A recent survey indicates that people living on the water are more resistant to making changes that would help fish and wildlife. Conducted by the City of Bellevue, the 2008 poll shows that even though 60% of the City’s shoreline residents think more should be done to protect and restore shorelines, almost half are opposed [...]
