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Audubon society gives conservation scholarships

BREE DAIGNEAULT, also a Coupeville High School graduate, is enrolled in marine biology and the honors in Distinguished Marine Scholars program at Western Washington University, with an emphasis on public relations/communications. Her high school…

2017-06-15
Life on the half shell: Aquaculture dominates farming on Willapa Bay

On a blustery Thursday afternoon, Steve Shotwell and Tim Ritchey headed out to the farm. But instead of a harvester running through a field, Shotwell motored his custom-built, shallow-draft oyster boat out of the Bay Center Marina into the flats of Willapa Bay at high tide.

“I did this…

2016-03-16
Sea star wasting disease starting to fade as scientists identify factors in mass die-off

The disease that killed millions of the once-ubiquitous sea stars seems to be fading.

Marine biologists are zeroing in on the combined factors — including a rise in water temperature — that resulted in the devastation of the sea star population on the Pacific Coast, from Mexico to Alaska…

2016-02-26
Mysterious epidemic devastates starfish population off the Pacific Coast

Something strange is happening in Seattle’s waters. Laura James was one of the first to notice. She alerted scientists when starfish began washing up on the shores near her home.

2014-01-31
Sunny fall weather invites outdoor study 2012-10-03
Jan Holmes, beloved Beach Watcher and community volunteer, dies at 61 2011-12-21
Mariner senior studies marine life

While many teenagers enjoyed their summers cooling off at beaches, one Mariner High School student spent this past summer swimming alongside the creatures that live in those beaches.

Brijonnay Madrigal, a senior at Mariner was selected for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

2011-10-06
Top mentor is rewarded in more ways than one

“For the first time in my life, I had support and was actually seen,” Skyline High School graduate M’Kayla said.
A member of Skyline’s class of 2010, M’Kayla now attends Edmonds Community College and hopes to go to Western Washington University to study marine biology. She said…

2011-10-05
artists' spaces

Jim, originally from Seattle, graduated with a degree in marine biology from Western Washington University and worked at the Navy’s arctic research lab in Barrow on contract. When he found he couldn’t move further up without getting another degree, he looked around or a career change. He liked…

2011-03-11
Biology runs in the Truscott family

"There’s nothing like a great role model and a great environment to steer life’s direction. For Keith and Kirk Truscott, the role models were their dad, Don, and family friend Mike Erho.

Eventually, Keith and Kirk became the role models for their own children. The perfect learning…

2010-03-19
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