FULL! Mussel Monitoring-Cage Retrieval
Puget Soundkeeper is looking for adventurous volunteers ready to spend an evening retrieving mussel cages around Puget Sound! Mussel Watch is a regional study coordinated by the Department of Fish…
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Petrochemical Export Project Canceled: Deal prevents climate pollution, protects Southern Resident orcas
…to fish and wildlife resources — including the endangered Southern Resident orcas. September 2018: SHB issued summary judgment in the case, upholding the permit and announcing a new rule: that…
Court denies Trump Administration injunction, finally designating Puget Sound a No Discharge Zone
…Sound’s waters but all waters protected by the Clean Water Act.” Sewage contains bacteria and other pathogens that threaten shellfish beds, animal life, and public health, especially in communities that…
No to Coal this Christmas: Puget Soundkeeper sends Notice of Intent to Sue to Pacific Coast Coal Company
…manganese and pH are of particular concern because of the harm it can cause to human health and habitat areas for fish and other aquatic life. “Achieving Puget Sound recovery…
Ecology Takes Steps to Address Pollution from Sewage Treatment Plants in Puget Sound
…Many parts of Puget Sound have oxygen levels that fall below what is needed for marine life to thrive, causing fish kills and contributing to salmon declines region-wide. Some algal…
Take Action: Save The Clean Water Act
…bodies are listed as impaired. Of the 190,000 acres of shellfish areas of the Puget Sound, 36,000 acres are closed due to pollution. Fish tissue samples throughout Washington included mercury,…
FULL! Mussel Monitoring 2019
…of Fish and Wildlife that utilizes mussels to monitor water quality. In October, teams of volunteers throughout Puget Sound will install cages of mussels at a late night low tide….
Washington’s Polluted Stormwater Permits Still Threaten State Waterways, Endangered Orca
…to release their eggs. Through yearly salmon surveys, Soundkeeper has documented as many as 90 percent of fish dying before they spawn due to toxic stormwater runoff. Under the federal…
Legal Petition Seeks Ban on Plastic Pollution From Petrochemical Plants
…step in the right direction.” An estimated 8 million tons of plastic enters our oceans every year, and it’s expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050….
Puget Sound Non-Profits Rank Cities and Counties for Stormwater Management in 2019 Nature’s Scorecard
…stormwater runoff is the largest source of water pollution in Puget Sound and the primary contributor to the high mortality rates of fish within our waterways. Studies have found that…