Volunteers for the Coastal Conservation Association planting oysters at Penrose State Park during a June minus tide as part of a program to improve fisheries and water quality. Oysters filter toxins and sediments, playing a vital role in the Puget Sound ecosystem.Photo: Chris Konieczny, KP News
Evergreen Elementary School scientist D.J. Taylor, 7, tests the locomotive ability of a local purple shore crab, Hemigrapsus nudus, during an end-of-year field trip near Penrose Point Park. “He climbed faster than I thought,” Taylor said. Photo: Sara Gray
RIGHT A great blue heron strikes a pose. Photo: Ed Johnson, KP News
New Longbranch residents explore the neighborhood with their mom. Photo: Richard Hildahl
A sign of the season. Photo: Chris Konieczny, KP News
A Filucy Bay river otter gives its new kit a shoreline swimming lesson. Photo: Richard Hildahl
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