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Contagious cancer poses possible threat to Salish Sea clams
Researchers monitor rare transmissible cancers spreading through two local species.
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Chlorophyll Corner: Depths of Winter Accompanied by Douglas Fir
[caption id align="alignnone" width="3072"] A Douglas Firs’ bottle brush needle display on branches as well as cone showing unique "mouse in house" cone. Photo by Eden Blooms [/caption] Chlorophyll Corner is a monthly column by Eden Blooms that explores the cultural, ecological,
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City Trail System: A Uniquely Port Townsend Gem
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2268"] Scott Walker and Obsidian on one of the many trails of the system that Walker started almost 40 years ago. Photo by Scott France [/caption] News by Scott France The iconic Port Townsend city trails system was developed not through
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Chlorophyll Corner: Bigleaf Maple and the Art of Letting Go
[caption id align="alignnone" width="995"] Photo by Jessaca Kéet [/caption] Chlorophyll Corner is a monthly column by Eden Blooms that explores the cultural, ecological, and medicinal relationships between people and plants. Grounded in ethnobotany and the One Health model, it examines how traditional plant knowledge
Environment
Stakeholders Join to Break Logjam Stifling Brinnon’s Progress
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1920"] Tidal shoreline near the estuary of the Dosewallips River, Dosewallips State Park [/caption] Explanatory journalism by Mark Rose The behavior of the Dosewallips River dictates Brinnon’s future as a rural community. Most of Brinnon’s 66-acre Rural Village Center
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Port Explores Industrial Symbiosis for Sustainable Growth and Environmental Resilience
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2000"] Port Executive Director Eron Burg at a Danish industrial park with a significant microgrid which includes energy created from solar, wind, hydrogen and biogas. Photo courtesy of Eron Berg [/caption] News by Angela Downs The massive federal funding cuts have
Environment
WA officials take stock as wildfire season winds down
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo by Jako Janse van Rensburg, Unsplash [/caption] News by Emily Fitzgerald, Washington State Standard With fall weather dampening wildland fire conditions in Washington, officials are beginning to reflect on the fire season. Washington state saw more individual fires than
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Chlorophyll Corner: Apple - the plant that grows stories from seed
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1080"] Photo by Eden Blooms [/caption] A monthly ethnobotany column by Eden Blooms As fall settles over Cascadia, the last golden rays of summer peek through the incoming overcast. The plants, environment, and human worlds have all begun their intrinsic descent
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Larry Scott Trail Extension to Anderson Lake Near Completion
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1600"] A section of the Milo Curry trail that connects to Anderson Lake State Park, taken before it was paved. The trail is set to open to the public either later this year or early 2026. Photo by Merrily Mount [/caption]
Environment
Jefferson County Farmers Recovery Fund Launched to Support Local Farmers Facing Emergencies
[caption id align="alignnone" width="4930"] Janet Aubin, co-founder of Stellar J Farm, is one of the farmers market producers who is eligible for the new emergency fund. Photo by Sarah Wright [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] News by Nhatt Nichols “There have been times when
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Community Water Access Proposal for New Kiosk Sparks Debate in Quilcene
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1448"] The proposed kiosk will possibly be modeled on this one that Skagit County installed. Photo Courtesy of Skagit County PUD [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] News by Angela Downs Water has always been a primary concern for our human needs,
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Firefighter Released, Elected Officials Act as Bear Gulch Fire Immigration Raid Sparks Backlash
[caption id align="alignnone" width="768"] Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez stands with an attorney outside of the ICE detention center where he was held for nearly four weeks. Hernandez, a firefighter who was detained while battling a wildfire in Washington state, was released Tuesday, his attorneys said.