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Why 2021 was a whale of a year for orca sightings

Last year was a banner year for whale watching in Washington state. That is as long as you weren't looking for the region's resident endangered orcas.
John Ryan

Katie Campbell
Environment

22 tips for 2022: To cut back on plastic, you need to audit how much you use

The first step in cutting back on plastic is understanding what you're using, and how much of it. Do an audit of the plastics in your home to get a sense of how much plastic you use.
Rebecca Davis
Lethal removal, range rider concerns raised at Washington Wolf Advisory Group meeting

For the first time, a wolf wearing a radio collar traveled south of Interstate-90 into Washington’s Southern Cascade Mountains. In addition, conservation groups raise concerns about the lethal removal of a gray wolf in Washington, and ranchers worry about a lack of range riders.
Courtney Flatt
Good ocean conditions could be good news for salmon, NOAA says

Salmon and steelhead heading out to sea have lucked into some of the best ocean conditions in decades.
Courtney Flatt
Environment

Climate change in the Northwest: What we learned in 2021 and a sociological solution

Record-setting heat, prolonged drought, severe flooding and, in these finals days of the year, sub-freezing cold and snow — 2021 will go down in the climatological history books. What lessons did we learn?
Katie Campbell

Angela King
Arts & Life

2021: Looking back on the year, in pictures

The story of 2021 began on a hopeful note in the greater Seattle area with the promise of vaccines after a devastating year. A light at the end of the tunnel - or so we thought.
Megan Farmer

Genna Martin
Business

With Buy Nothing, find free gifts in your neighborhood faster than Amazon Prime

Some holiday taboos are being blown open this year, through a wave of 'Buy Nothing'
Paige Browning

Kim Malcolm
Yakima water woes need more storage options, advocacy group says

A Yakima group is pushing for more controversial water storage reservoirs in Central Washington, the same week Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, visited with the group.
Courtney Flatt
New survey shows support for Snake River dams, in contrast to earlier survey

Two surveys about breaching the Snake River dams show opposing results.
Courtney Flatt
How melting sea ice increases wildfire risk in the Northwest

Recent atmospheric research may help Northwest forest managers better prepare for wildfires.
Courtney Flatt

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