Protecting & Preserving Puget Sound
Field notes from patrols.
Puget Sound is fed by thousands of tributaries that travel through fields, cities and backyards. These creeks and streams are essential pieces of the larger ecosystem. They are also the place where many pollution problems begin.
Pollution reports from members, supporters, and volunteers are critical to protecting waterways.
What do mussels know about what’s in our water? A lot, as it turns out.
by Sue Joerger I sit in my pickup truck, window down, stuck in traffic in …
Today, the Green River travels from its headwaters near Stampede Pass through the cities of Auburn, Kent and Tukwila and the lightly industrialized Auburn/Kent Valley.
Polluted stormwater runoff is the largest source of toxic pollution to Puget Sound and surrounding waterways.
The Samish is ‘River Number Twelve’ as part of Soundkeeper’s Twelve Rivers in Twelve Months program, launched in January 2013 to increase our understanding of the river systems that feed Puget Sound.