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From poop to power: Manure from 2,300 cows may run 600 homes
A farm in Monroe turns waste into electricity. A new partnership will double the anaerobic digester’s output.
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Break on surface water fee means less money for environment
The Snohomish County Council voted to nix an annual fee increase that funds preservation work.
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‘There’s going to be some tears’ over 160-acre timber harvest
Despite local resistance, the Middle May tract next to Wallace Falls State Park was sold Monday.
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You’ll be 2 feet higher when boarding the Mukilteo ferry
Sea level rise is factored into the design of the new ferry terminal and a marine research center.
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Edmonds council: Home developers, put down those chainsaws!
A new moratorium halts the subdivision of land that has more than eight trees per 10,000 square feet.
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How the Port of Everett is preparing for a rising sea level
Big and little changes are in the works along the north Everett shore, though they are easy to…
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Companies illegally dumped debris into Skykomish River for three years
The dumping impacted almost three acres of wetlands and over 2,000 linear feet of streams.
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Crews remove three more junk boats from the Snohomish River
One more is slated for removal. Meanwhile, a new report evaluates the river’s 15,000 old wood pilings.
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Development has made the Pilchuck River warmer, harming fish
The river is 5.4 degrees above its historic temperature, says the State Department of Ecology.
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Millions have been spent on orca recovery: Is it working?
Restoring destroyed salmon habitat is the key to regaining Southern Resident killer whale numbers.
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UW climate expert: We are moving into uncharted territory
State climatologist says the declining snowpack threatens water supplies as population grows.
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From worriers to warriors, they’re fighting climate change
Local environmental groups are forming, growing and attracting new members, young and old.
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Beavers: Good environmental stewards, but lousy neighbors
Tulalip Tribes biologists are relocating nuisance beavers to forest areas where they can thrive.
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Changes coming for coastal train tracks that endanger salmon
A huge concentration of stream crossings essential to baby chinook salmon are in Snohomish County.
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Chronicling the last years of a dying North Cascades glacier
For almost four decades, scientist Mauri Pelto has journeyed to measure the melting Columbia Glacier.