Fish habitat restoration

New environmental group to serve as Puget Sound watchdog

Bellamy Pailthorp — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:01:06 +0000

With its eelgrass beds and rocky beaches, Puget Sound’s shoreline is frequented by hundreds of species of fish and other creatures. State and federal agencies spend hundreds of millions of dollars on its restoration.

But Amy Carey, Executive Director of a new group called Sound Action, says the marine ecosystems that support sensitive species are still declining.

Rent a living X-mas tree

Bellamy Pailthorp — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:50:00 +0000

What’s the best way to have a Christmas tree…and not feel like you’re killing it?

The Adopt-a-Stream Foundation in Everett says if you don’t mind something that looks a bit scrappy, you can have your tree and plant it too.

The foundation says it rented out 100 trees over this past weekend…and they have about 100 more available. They’ll be open 9-5 through Friday.

Washington's Condit Dam breached

The Associated Press — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:30:28 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lWbcT5gfY0

Crews have blasted a hole in a nearly century-old hydropower dam in Washington's south Cascades today, marking another step in efforts to restore habitat for threatened and endangered fish in the Pacific Northwest.