The cause of the Rocky Bay clam die-off in July 2019 has been identified. Beaches across Puget Sound were affected by similar events in both 2018 and 2019. Yessotoxins, produced by the algae species …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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8/28/21
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Washington State Legislators appropriated $900,000 in the 2022-23 state capital budget for the Department of Natural Resources to advance plans for removal of barriers to fish passage at Whiteman Cove.
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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6/30/21
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Pierce County, in partnership with Washington State Parks, The Recreational Boaters Association of Washington and Minterbrook Oyster Farm, will provide a free mobile pump-out service vessel for boaters in the South Sound this summer.
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Kamryn Minch, KP News
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6/30/21
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For environmentalists, the decision represented a victory. For shellfish farmers, it spelled potential disaster.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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4/28/21
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After eight years of research, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources informed stakeholders and neighbors in February of its final plan to return Whiteman Cove to a functioning estuary.
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Lisa Bryan, KP News
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3/31/21
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As I haul on my boots, it’s hard to know what to expect. From the muddy pullout where we’ve parked, an overgrown road leads into low, tangled woods. It’s December. Even the …
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Chris Rurik, KP News
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1/27/21
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The Great Peninsula Conservancy has acquired 150 acres of land in the Rocky Creek area for long-term protection and conservation, one of the largest acquisitions in its history.
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Matthew Dean, KP News
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12/2/20
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Residents of Burley Lagoon reported a stench in mid to late August that reminded some of the clam die-off on Rocky Bay last summer.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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10/1/20
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Although Gov. Jay Inslee has lifted fishing restrictions in the state due to COVID-19 concerns, crabbing in South Puget Sound will likely remain closed to all crab harvesting for the third year in a row.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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6/26/20
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Walk the peninsula’s beaches this time of year and you won’t find much of a high tide line. Gone are the mounds of seaweed, the …
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Chris Rurik, Special to the KP News
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4/30/20
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A drop in demand due to closure of the Chinese market adds to the downturn for Washington shellfish growers due to trade war tariffs.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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3/27/20
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Martha and Steven Konicek never planned to own a tree farm. But in 2017 their neighbor clear-cut 40 acres and considered selling a nearby 40-acre parcel, land
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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3/27/20
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While the Key Peninsula’s hillsides collapse under rain that reveals how we’re all just sitting on a …
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Chris Rurik, Special to the KP News
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3/1/20
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Key Center is feeling some growing pains. As new businesses open and current businesses expand, owners are bumping up against the limits…
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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3/1/20
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Proposed expansion will provide protection for prime aquatic habitat surrounding McNeil Island and south Key …
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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1/2/20
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Walk the peninsula’s beaches this time of year and you won’t find much of a high tide line. Gone are the mounds of seaweed, the …
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Chris Rurik, Special to the KP News
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1/2/20
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The University of Washington Sea Grant Program is asking the public to report on local king tides in mid-January by submitting photographs of local waterfront locations. The collected …
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Staff Report
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1/2/20
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Sound View Camp, owned and operated by the Presbytery of Olympia, plans to log a number of trees on 60 of its 92 acres.
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Sara Thompson, KP News
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12/30/19
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Randy Babich has been fishing Puget Sound and southeast Alaska for 54 years. A lot has …
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Ted Olinger, KP News
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12/6/19
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