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The New Sound of Salmon Recovery
The New Sound of Salmon Recovery
How a new audio technology may ward off preying seals in Whatcom Creek
The Planet Magazine
May 23, 2022
All Alone Abalone
All Alone Abalone
As the Pinto Abalone population declines, graduate students, like Lizzie Diehl, are researching ways to increase their numbers so the…
The Planet Magazine
Apr 15, 2022
Foreseeing Future Flows
Foreseeing Future Flows
How a Western graduate student Evan Paul is predicting peak flows in the Nooksack River to help local tribes and the salmon population.
The Planet Magazine
Apr 12, 2022
Crossing the Aisle for Mother Earth
Crossing the Aisle for Mother Earth
How one Western Washington University student’s thesis evolved into a lesson on listening and compassion.
The Planet Magazine
Apr 7, 2022
Puget Sound Robots
Robots are invading the Puget Sound! But don’t worry — they’re here to help! They’re picking up trash and cleaning up the Washington…
The Planet Magazine
Dec 10, 2021
Whale’s Best Friend
To understand more about the health of Puget Sound’s Southern Resident Orcas, scientists study their scat. But finding that scat isn’t…
The Planet Magazine
Dec 10, 2021
Planting for the Future
Learn about how an initiative to plant more than one million trees in Whatcom County worked and the impact those trees will have on…
The Planet Magazine
Dec 10, 2021
Birds of Protection Island
Learn about the shorebirds and birds of prey on Protection Island and the concerns scientists have about how the two might impact each…
The Planet Magazine
Dec 10, 2021
Eco Burials
Planet reporters talk to Brian Flowers, a funeral director encouraging people to think about what impact they want their body to leave…
The Planet Magazine
Dec 10, 2021
Secrets of Living Snow
Raine Westfall talks about the researchers studying watermelon snow in Whatcom County, its lifecycles and how wildfires affect it.
The Planet Magazine
Dec 10, 2021
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