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Learn Bees and Pollination with Gerdts and the Bee Squad

Jody Gerdts, a valuable leader in Marla Spivak's Bee Squad at the University of Minnesota, is a fourth generation beekeeper from Appleton, Wisc., who has spent the last decade in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains in Washington State. She holds a B.A. in Environmental Education and an M…

2013-04-02
The mysterious decline of Puget Sound herring

Pacific herring might be the most popular dish in Puget Sound. The small silvery swimmers are called “forage fish” not because they’re rummaging for food, but because just about everything wants to eat them.

They fill the bellies of Puget Sound sea life, from giant…

2013-03-27
Students to present ideas for State Street March 14 2013-03-14
Andy Bunn part of global research team shedding new light on the changing Arctic 2013-03-14
How literate are WWU freshman on sustainability? Find out Wednesday 2013-03-12
Students to present ideas for improving State Street 2013-03-12
Planning for the megaquake, and after

Two years after Japan was rocked by the same type of monster quake and tsunami that will strike the Pacific Northwest someday, the world’s most seismically fortified nation faces another five to 10 years of rebuilding. Nearly 320,000 people are still in temporary housing. Mountains of debris…

2013-03-11
Martha Bean to discuss natural-resource mediation March 7 2013-03-06
Green studying tsunami's impact on coastline debris 2013-03-06
Lake Padden stewardship needed from many to preserve popular park

Two years ago, volunteers came together to study the water quality of Lake Padden and the land use of its watershed, the area whose waters drain into the lake.

With the help of Western Washington University's Huxley College faculty and students and working under the auspices of the…

2013-02-28
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