Recent News Articles

Freeing the Elwha

From Water and Washington News - Sightline Daily. Published on Sep 01, 2010.

The Elwha River that flows out of the Olympic Mountains into the Salish Sea was once a celebrated salmon fishing ground. About a hundred years ago, two dams were built on the river that generated electricity to power the mills of Port Angeles, but decimated the salmon runs. Now, the dams are about to be taken down and the river restored.

Views: Powerhouse teams for Seattle's waterfront design

From Water and Washington News - Sightline Daily. Published on Sep 01, 2010.

The city of Seattle has narrowed its search for designers of the central waterfront to four teams - each interesting in distinctive ways. The Olympic Sculpture Park has given us hope that, in the right hands, the entire waterfront could be not just pleasant but immensely enchanting.

Road building, busting at Olympic National Forest

From Water and Washington News - Sightline Daily. Published on Aug 25, 2010.

Decades of aggressive logging in Olympic National Forest left a legacy of 2,250 miles of logging roads, many of them in sorry shape and sources of sediment pollution to the forest's rivers and streams. Work is under way to decommission one-third of those road miles and bring the others up to new standards.

Views: BP's record shows NW needs protection

From Water and Washington News - Sightline Daily. Published on Aug 22, 2010.

BP has much more of a record and presence in the Northwest than many realize. How and where could BP's troubled oil drilling practices affect Washington citizens, their environment, Puget Sound, and the Salish Sea?

Cleaning up with political connections