Building a stronger, more just & transparent democracy
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Scientists are keeping a close eye on Drayton Harbor waters after discovering a sizable population of juvenile European green crabs, indicating growth of the highly invasive species. In 2022, scientists found 313 European green crabs, about half of which were juveniles, said Allie Simpson, ecosystem project coordinator for the Northwest Straits Commission. Many of the juvenile crabs were found in a small creek between Dakota and California creeks last September and October....
Drayton Harbor Oyster Company (DHO) is seeking to expand its oyster growing operations to add an off-bottom farm in a cleaner area of Drayton Harbor as water quality issues continue to be a pressing challenge. The farm would be in addition to the company's existing tideland farm on the eastern side of the harbor. DHO co-owner Steve Seymour said he began looking into the benefits of off-bottom farming a few years ago after seeing it used on the east coast, Australia, New...
Washington state scientists are wrapping up their search for the northern giant hornet this year without detections in Blaine or statewide, but are asking the public to remain vigilant of the world's largest hornet. "The public has been responsible for half of our detections," said Karla Salp, Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) public engagement specialist. "We have traps we know can work but the more people we have continuing to look for the next couple of...
Mail Boxes International owner Brant Baron stands in his H Street company's storage room lined with boxes. Holiday sales have returned to normal this year, which is about 50 percent more than nonseasonal times, Baron says, but overall business is not operating at prepandemic levels. "We're still not back to where we were precovid," Baron said. "There's still a lot of people who haven't been back to the states since. But we're hearing more and more people every day saying,...
Scientists are now asking the public to refer to the world's largest hornets as "northern giant hornets," opposed to the previously dubbed names "Asian giant hornets" and "murder hornets." The name was changed in late July to avoid using a geographical region in the insect's title. The Entomological Society of America (ESA) adopted "northern giant hornet" in its list of common names of insects and related organisms. ESA didn't have an official name for the hornets until now, a...
A piece of Blaine is now displayed for the world to view at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The first Asian giant hornet nest found and eradicated in the U.S., or "nest zero," was displayed July 1 in the Smithsonian's new "Our Places: Connecting People and Nature" exhibition. The exhibit explores how peoples' experiences with nature across the globe motivates them to care for and protect the environment, according to a National Museum of...
