Former congressman, family find new life in Edmonds

Brian Baird is talking, in paragraphs, about marine snails the size of lentils that are in danger of dying out from the increasing acidity of oceans.

He's speaking with authority about how the loss of those pteropods would disrupt up the food chain, and, for a moment, it's as if he's addressing his former colleagues in Congress, imploring them to act before it's too late.