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PORT ANGELES — Tim McNulty is set to receive the 11th Out Standing in the Field Award at the North Olympic Land Trust Conservation Breakfast at 10 a.m. Saturday.
For WA wildlife and spaces in danger, one woman paddles to the rescue In May, Megan Duffy will lead the state’s Recreation and Conservation Office, a small-but-mighty division that funds everything from land acquisition to salmon recovery. by Washington state Director of Recreation and Conservation Office Megan Duffy stands atop her paddle board at Ward Lake in Olympia on April 21, 2021. (Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut) Because Washington state is speckled with natural wonders — orcas, salmon, mountains, old growth forests — spending time outside is a way of life. But many of its most r...
The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office is taking applications for grants to build or renovate facilities that serve large boats. The federal Boating Infrastructure Grant program provides funding to develop and renovate public boating facilities. Grants also may be used to provide information and enhance boater education. “Washington has nearly 230,000 registered boats, which use moorage docks, pump-out stations and utilities,” said Kaleen Cottingham, director of the Recreation and Conservation Office. “These grants help ensure that Washington’s boating facilities are ...
Northwestâs Salmon Population May Be Running Out of Time The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office found that some salmon species are âon the brink of extinction.â Habitat loss, climate change and other factors are to blame, it said. Of the 14 endangered salmon and steelhead trout species in Washington State, 10 are lagging recovery goals and five are considered âin crisis,â according to a state report.Credit...Ted S. Warren/Associated Press Jan. 20, 2021 A Washington State report put it bluntly: Because of the devastating effects of climate change and d...
Report: Salmon in WA are ‘teetering on the brink of extinction’ The Northwest’s iconic fish are in crisis due to warming waters and habitat degradation, the recent report shows. by Northwest Public Broadcasting / January 20, 2021 In this March 9, 2017, photo, a fish biologist holds a juvenile coho salmon at the Lostine River in northeastern Oregon. The Northwest’s salmon are “teetering on the brink of extinction,” according to a new report. (Gillian Flaccus/AP) Washington’s salmon are “teetering on the brink of extinction,” according to a n...