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Where are they now?: Scientist follows dream of working in nature

When she was a student at Davis High School, Elise Tulloss knew she wanted to work with nature, but she never thought she'd go through 10 years of post-college schooling to get there.

"I thought that only (medical) doctors did that!" she said.&#…

2011-12-29
Rybczyk, grad student present at Florida conference 2011-11-15
Solar panels provide jolt to Bremerton High science class

While 10 new solar panels on a roof at Bremerton High School won't come close to powering the school, they've sparked the interest of dozens of students in a class focused on sustainable design and energy.

Teacher Emily Wise launched the class last year…

2011-10-31
WWU professor works to help protect mountain goats in the Cascades

When David Wallin was asked by the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe eight years ago to help figure out why the number of mountain goats in the Washington's Cascades was so low, he was puzzled.
"How could mountain goat populations possibly be in trouble?" wondered Wallin, an environmental…

2011-10-03
Volunteer of the Week: Aaron Keech

Aaron Keech, 39, has a wealth of experience in environmental science and field research with a variety of species. It was a natural fit for him to choose ECHO’s Animal Care Department as a place to volunteer upon moving to Burlington in September 2010. He wrote the center, interviewed with…

2011-09-20
Trouble in seabird paradise

It's been a dozen years since the federal government moved thousands of black-capped squawking seabirds here to reduce their diet of endangered fish.

Things haven't exactly gone as planned.

The hope in relocating the world…

2011-09-02
Western students, faculty research global warming in the Siberian Arctic 2011-08-29
Citizen Scientists Wanted for Cascades Butterfly Project

Volunteer Citizen Scientists are being recruited for the Cascades Butterfly Project, a long-term effort in six locations in the Cascades Mountains to help biologists identify and count subalpine butterflies. North Cascades National Park and Mount Rainier National Park are among the participating…

2011-08-08
Rybczyk, student present invited paper in Czech Republic 2011-07-05
Follow along as students, faculty blog from remote Cherskiy region of Siberia 2011-07-05
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