If you are interested in getting involved with the Puget Sound, but do not know where to start, People for Puget Sound are hosting some events this month. People for Puget Sound is a “citizens’ group established in 1991 by Kathy Fletcher to protect and restore the health of our land and waters through education and [...]
By Sound News reporter Scott Nordquist
Imagine the alarm if all of your plastic bags united together and emerged from the depths of your kitchen drawer to form one super bag. For many Puget Sound residents this haunting thought has already become a reality.
A shocking howl rang out across the steps of the Capitol as [...]
It is amazing how 200 years can really change a place. This past weekend, I rode the train from Seattle to Portland. Long ignored and considered to be past its prime, my choice of travel was based on nothing more than sale fares on Amtrak. However, I would ride it again and pay three [...]
By Sound News reporter Emilia Ptak
Rainy Seattle, nestled between Lake Washington and Puget Sound, enjoys an abundance of the wet stuff. Being surrounded by water and having it come down on us throughout the year is misleading in thinking that general availability and accessibility is the norm. The collective mindset reflects a standard, a high [...]
By Sound News reporter Scott Nordquist
Hacking through relentless blackberry and scotchbroom to plant native species isn’t normally the most enjoyable experience.
Nevertheless, I hear laughter ring out through the weeds. “At least 8 years!” Digging a piece of Styrofoam out of the ground and tossing it into a pile, Brian Sutter enthusiastically assigns an age [...]
By Sound News Reporter Clea Hersperger
Millions of pounds of electronics are tossed in the trash each year, where they decompose and can leak harmful toxics into Puget Sound. A new, free, recycling program is part of the state’s solution to protect the health of our environment.
E-Cycle Washington is a new program providing responsible recycling [...]
An event is coming up at the flagship Rei to remember the tragedy of the Exxon Valdez, the worst oil spill in America’s history. It is being put on by the People for Puget Sound. They are inviting Natalie Fobes, a Seattle based photographer, to speak. She was one of the first photographers [...]
By Sound News Reporter Emilia Ptak
“Tug on anything and you will find it connected to everything else.” The message of interrelatedness, adopted from the writings of the naturalist John Muir, welcomes you upon entering the expansive lodge at the outdoor learning center IslandWood. Written in a flowing cursive that weaves around a vast, steal, infinity [...]
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 News reporter Alexandra Garreton
So call me ignorant, but when I think about citizen participation in the environment, I think “beach clean ups” not “data collection.” Well, I was proven wrong today at the Puget Sound Georgia Basin Ecosystem Conference.
I took the opportunity to sit in on a session titled “Citizen Science: Advancing conservation [...]
