THE SALMON PEOPLE

The Lummi Nation is working to bring back populations of salmon in the Salish Sea…

A VERTICAL HORIZON

Vertical farming, a method of growing crops in a controlled indoor environment, has…

TRASH OR TREASURE

To combat food waste, out of need or just for fun, some residents of Bellingham…

BATTLE OF THE BUGS

Josh Milnes, a graduate student at Washington State University, is using tiny wasps…

RESILIENCE RISING

After the closure of the only grocery store in the Birchwood neighborhood of…

A KELPING HAND

Joth Davis, a shellfish farmer and marine scientist has started using kelp to save his shellfish farm from ocean acidification.

PINNIPED PREDATION

With chinook salmon on the decline and some policy makers blaming harbor seals…

TO KILL AN AUKLET

Two years after rhinoceros auklet birds began washing up on Northwest coasts…

Dear Mr. Wickett

A letter to my childhood science teacher

SPROUTING MINDS

Story by Alana Strong | Photos by Matthew Pearson