WSG in the News 2015

December 2015

- - King Tides coming to the region
    Skagit Valley Herald, December 26
  - Tracking a voracious invasive predator
    Port Townsend Leader, December 9
  - Gear not geoducks impact ecosystem
    College of the Environment, December 4
  - Cousteau’s acid apocalypse to feature Washington youth
    College of the Environment Newsletter, December 2015

November 2015

- - Sequencing algae’s genome may aid biofuel production
    UW Today, November 19
  - Cousteau’s ‘Acid Apolcalypse’ to feature Washington youth in ocean acidification project
    UW Today, November 18
  - Climate change report to be presented tonight at Port Angeles Library
    Port Townsend Leader, November 11
  - Don’t let injuries turn into tragedies, take a first aid at sea course this December
    Three Sheets Northwest, November 9

October 2015

- - Gear, not geoducks, impact ecosystem if farming increases
    UW Today, October 21
  - Urban Runoff Harming Coho Salmon is Preventable
    The Fish Site, October 12
  - Endangered salmon choke on urban runoff; Simple filtration could save them
    Nature World News, October 12
  - Toxic road runoff kills adult coho salmon in hours, study finds
    The Seattle Times, October 9

September 2015

- - Hanging by a thread
    National Sea Grant, September 24
  - Indicators of human well-being and economic growth
    Washington Marine Spatial Planning, September 9
  - Researcher to speak today in Port Townsend on rise of biotoxin closures
    Peninsula Daily News, September 8
  - Coastal hazards specialist tells of ways to adapt to sea level rise on North Olympic Peninsula
    Peninsula Daily News, September 3
  - Safety in the forecast for marine weather workshop October 3
    PT Leader, September 2

August 2015

- - Volunteers, scientists monitor sea stars — starfish — as wasting syndrome hurts numbers
    The Oregonian, August 30
  - A shifting sea
    Sequim Gazette, August 26
  - Hood Canal beaches closed to shellfish harvesting
    Kitsap Sun, August 21
  - Biotoxins infesting part of Hood Canal usually free of it
    The Kitsap Sun, August 14

July 2015

- - Oil spill prevention:
    - Oil spill prevention kits go to Washington boaters
      Three Sheets Northwest, July 27
    - Free oil spill kits can help curb Puget Sound boating pollution
      The Olympian, July 24
    - Free oil-spill prevention kits for Washington boaters
      UW Today, July 23
  - NOAA grant to help Washington monitor toxic algae bloom
    Wopular, July 23
  - Researchers probe how much sulfide Puget Sound eelgrass can withstand
    Skagit Valley Herald, July 19
  - Wahkiakum MRC wins fishery, restoration funds
    The Wahkiakum County Eagle, July 8
  - A risky business? Mussel farming in the face of ocean acidification and warming
    San Juan Islander, July 6

June 2015

- - UW researcher helping pinpoint massive harmful algal bloom
    UW Today, June 25
  - Off the couch on Camano Island: King Tides talk
    Standwood Camano News, June 23
  - Washington’s controversial clam: the geoduck
    The Seattle Globalist, June 16
  - A risky business? Mussel farming in the face of ocean acidification and warming
    San Juan Islander, June 2

May 2015

- - Washington Sea Grant’s Ed Melvin wins presidential award for seabird-saving streamer lines
    UW Today, May 15
  - Geoduck farming takes off as demand for clams grows in Asia
    Yahoo News, May 14
  - ‘State of Oyster Study’ to test Hood Canal, Puget Sound shellfish for health
    Port Townsend Leader, May 14
  - 2014-2015 award recipients honored at the College’s Spring Celebration
    College of the Environment, May 12
  - New knowledge and technology help scientists track harmful algae
    College of the Environment, May 12
  - New knowledge and technology help scientists track harmful algae
    UW College of the Environment News, May 12
  - Septic Sense workshop offered in Bremerton
    Central Kitsap Reporter, May 8
  - NOAA Fisheries proposes requiring streamer lines to protect seabirds
    NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region, Fall 2014

April 2015

- - Pacific walrus and coastal Alaska native subsistence hunting: considering vulnerabilities from ocean acidification
    Earthzine, April 24
  - Seaweed could offset ocean acidification
    The UW Daily, April 22
  - Forks celebrates rivers, oceans with RainFest starting tonight
    Peninsula Daily News, April 14
  - Fellowship: Marc Hershman Marine Policy Fellowship, Washington Sea Grant
    MES Weekly, April 7
  - Forks offers Trashion Show, film festival to herald beach cleanup effort
    Peninsula Daily News, April 5
  - Community-based sea level rise projections with Ian Miller of Washington Sea Grant
    North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Spring issue
  - Orca Bowl 2015
    Friday Harbor Laboratories Newsletter, Spring issue
  - What can you do about ocean acidification?
    Seattle Awakenings, Spring issue

March 2015

- - River & Ocean Film Festival
    Forks Forum, March 20
  - Olympic Natural Resources Center “Evening Talks” (feat. Ian Miller)
    Fork Forum, March 6
  - Weekend: Climate, WWII topics at Forks’ Evening Talk series starting Saturday
    Peninsula Daily News, March 5

February 2015

- - Look below the surface at Puget Sounds Like Fun Day | Pierce County
    Bonney Lake Courier–Herald, Feb. 27
  - WSG Coastal Outreach Specialist Kevin Decker to speak about marine spatial planning at Chamber Lunch Feb. 23
    Port Townsend Leader, Feb. 18
  - Elwha Dam Removal Update:
    - Silt, sediment and change: federal government releases scientific studies on Elwha River dam removal
      Peninsula Daily News, Feb. 17
    - Largest dam in U.S. history scientifically characterized
      USGS Newsroom, Feb. 17
    - Elwha studies detail effects of dam removals
      Kitsap Sun, Feb. 17
    - Washington Sea Grant explores relative sea-level rise to prepare Pacific coast communities
      Insider, Feb. 18
  - Orca Bowl:
    - Bainbridge High School heads to Orcal Bowl
      Bainbridge Island Review, Feb. 27
    - Two Friday Harbor high school teams competing in the Junior Olympics of Ocean Science at UW
      San Juan Islander, Feb. 18
  - The economics of geoduck aquaculture
    Key Peninsula News, Feb. 1

January 2015

- - Signs of hope, and a prime suspect, in sea star wasting disease
    National Sea Grant Website, Jan. 23
  - King Tide shows what climate change has In store
    Seattle Weekly News, Jan. 20
  - Forum on geoduck farming set
    Sequim Gazette, Jan. 7