Environmental

The Center for Whale Research says that researchers saw the newest member of the J Pod while travelling near Victoria, B.C. on Sunday.

Both rivers will close on April 11 after lower-than-expected returns of steelhead.

A regional water rights consultant will offer demonstrations and provide more information about the adjudication process.

Tire dust can be deadly to coho salmon and other fish when it washes from roadways into streams.

This is the first step in the water adjudication process in the Nooksack Basin.

Forecasters have designated that much of western Washington is in a Moderate Drought as of March 4.

The earthquake was felt as far south as Seattle, and shaking was also reported in southern British Columbia.

Only four of Bellingham’s 12 sites are at the final stage of the eight-stage cleanup process. But that doesn’t mean the other sites are not far along in the process to remove toxic chemicals. 

The center is suing the Trump administration on behalf of sand-verbena moths, which only live on a handful of Whidbey and Vancouver Island beaches.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Forest Service, said President Trump ordered about 2,000 probationary, non-firefighting employees to be fired for efficiency’s sake.