Environment
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1280"] Photo by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] News by Scott France The Washington Department of Ecology has fined the Port Townsend Paper Company (PTPC) $20,000 for two separate spills of untreated and potentially harmful wastewater into Port Townsend Bay earlier this
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1079"] Photo by Eden Blooms [/caption] A monthly ethnobotany column by Eden Blooms As summer exhales its final breath and fog banks roll in to calm the fire-smoke skies, Cascadia enters its most dramatic seasonal shift. The air thickens with moisture,
local news
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo by Shridhar Vashistha, Unsplash [/caption] News by Scott France The City of Port Townsend issued a voluntary water conservation notice last Thursday for households, businesses and industrial water use. The City’s primary water source, the Big Quilcene River,
opinion
News commentary by Mark Rose Wildland firefighters harangued, harassed, probed, shared inside info, and vented on every social media platform available. We were letting the Forest Service and the public know our deep anger regarding the immigration raid on the Bear Gulch fire near Lake Cushman. August 27, two firefighters
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1753"] The worried mom trying to reach her baby. Photo courtesy of Rachel S. Imper [/caption] News by By Rachel S. Imper, Friends of Fort Flagler Living on the Quimper Peninsula, it’s not uncommon to find a baby harbor seal
Local politics
[caption id align="alignnone" width="3840"] Rep. Emily Randall listening to farmers at Finnriver in Chimacum. Photo by Heather Johnson [/caption] News by Scott France and Heather Johnson Rep. Emily Randall held a listening session with local small farmers from Clallam and Jefferson counties at Finnriver
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1200"] Photo by Heather Johnson [/caption] News by Heather Johnson "In a way, I am a second-generation commercial fisherman because my dad sold fish in Seattle and also worked in a cannery in Alaska prior to World War II,"
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4032"] Photo by Scott France [/caption] News by Scott France Under the terms of a lease between the City of Port Townsend and the non-profit Friends of the Golf Park, city staff is evaluating the Friends’ plan for long-term operations of
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1079"] Photo by Eden Blooms [/caption] A monthly ethnobotany column by Eden Blooms Each summer, the roadsides and beaches of Cascadia bloom with delicate, large white round flowers that resemble lace doilies—Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota), a wild member
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Wildfire smoke contains harmful gasses and fine particles. Photo courtesy of Unsplash [/caption] Special to the Beacon by Lara Gaasland-Tatro, Environmental Health Specialist: Climate and Health Jefferson County is experiencing more wildfire smoke each summer as the climate warms. Wildfire
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo courtesy of Unsplash [/caption] Moe K. Clark, InvestigateWest Throughout her two decades working on forestry issues, Jasmine Minbashian has often found herself at odds with the U.S. Forest Service and the timber industry. Her environmental activism started during
Environment
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1456"] The psychedelic trail into the forest, photo by Mark Rose [/caption] A column by Mark Rose, originally published in December 2024 Every evening, about an hour before sunset, I set out on a two-mile hike with our golden retriever Hanne.