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Pacific Whale Watch Association @pacificwhalewatchassociation.com · 13/02/2026

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, a day to celebrate love. If you *love* the planet, please skip the balloons! This heart-shaped balloon was retrieved last year on Valentine's Day, and is one of hundreds of balloons the PWWA removes from the Salish Sea each year. 🚫🎈 📷: @eaglewingtours.bsky.social

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American Rivers @americanrivers.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Washington's Yakima River Basin is experiencing one of the worst prolonged droughts in modern history. We visited our local partners to better understand the drought's impacts on the communities and agriculture it supports. Explore what we found: www.americanrivers.org/2025/10/face...

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Faces of Drought: A Crisis in the Yakima

The Yakima River Basin in Central Washington is experiencing one of the worst prolonged droughts in modern history. American Rivers visited our partners in the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan to witness ...

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Emilee @seastarmami.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The best days are unexpectedly finding ~27 floater mussel shells along the side of the lake you’re working at. A bit bummed to not spot any live ones but I’ll take what I can get 🥰

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Break Free From Plastic @breakfreefromplastic.org · 03/10/2025

We join countless voices in honoring Dr. Jane Goodall's remarkable legacy. 🌎 As a tireless advocate for the planet, she spoke out about plastics with a clear message: choose people and the planet over plastic’s false promise of convenience. 🙏🏽 #breakfreefromplastic

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American Rivers @americanrivers.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

WA's Yakima River Basin is experiencing one of the worst prolonged droughts in modern history. We visited our Yakima Basin Integrated Plan partners to better understand the drought’s impacts on the communities and wildlife it supports. ⬇️ Read our findings: www.americanrivers.org/2025/10/face...

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Faces of Drought: A Crisis in the Yakima

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Steve Haddock @stevehaddock.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

My first sighting of The Radiant Sea in the wild, at our local bookshop. If you have any “encounters” I would love to see them. 🙃 #booksky

Picture of several piles of books including The Radiant Sea, looking shiny.

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Emilee @seastarmami.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

I know I’m not the only one who does a little jig when the @ologies.bsky.social theme plays 🕺🪼🦨🍯🌿

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Steve Haddock @stevehaddock.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Our science photo book The Radiant Sea is out Sept 2nd!! 30 years of research, 10 years of "we should", and a year of collating pix and writing. Sönke and I show (mostly for the first time) images of how organisms produce, use, and interact with light in the sea. #bioluminescence #fluorescence 🦑🧪🌊

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Northwest Treaty Tribes @nwtreatytribes.org · 26/08/2025

Lummi Nation has shown that hatcheries can help prevent salmon from extinction. A new film created as part of the #TomorrowsCatch series showcases treaty tribes' dedication to sustaining Pacific Northwest salmon and their fishing culture. contentwithpurpose.co.uk/afs/tomorrow...

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Reviving Salmon Runs Through Tribal Hatchery Leadership

Discover how the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission is restoring salmon in Washington through innovative, culturally-led hatchery practices.

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Max Lambert @maxlambert.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Salmon don't need any more problems, but African Clawed Frogs might be a new one. Our newly-published experiment shows that these frogs easily chow down on eggs, alevin, and fry from multiple salmon species cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

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UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences @uwsafs.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

💡Until now, no one knew what caused the sea star wasting disease which wiped out populations along the West Coast. But an international research effort including UW scientists has finally revealed the cause: a strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida. www.washington.edu/news/2025/08...

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‘The discovery of the decade’: Researchers have found the culprit behind sea star wasting disease

An international research effort, including scientists from the University of Washington, has finally revealed the cause of sea star wasting disease: a strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida.

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Washington State Dept of Natural Resources @wadnr.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Tell me something you thought you wouldn't have to tell the general public...I'll go first

An image of (what used to be a) picnic table, that has been rudely burnt to a crisp at one of our camping areas in the Olympic Region. The image has the words "Don't set the state (or picnic tables) on fire" in a kind font with rainbows so people know I say it with love.

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Washington State Department of Ecology @ecology.wa.gov · 26/07/2025

The drought is real. Eastern Washington has been hit especially hard this summer. Franklin County and Grant County received no precipitation at all in June, making this the driest June on record for those counties. We're not totally cooked! Learn more: ecology.wa.gov/blog/july-20...

Gordon Ramsay looms over the latest image of Washington's latest drought monitor map. He angrily exclaims "This state is dry!" Unfortunately, nobody can argue otherwise.

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Dr. Susanne Brander @smbrander.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Really proud to be a part of this project with Dr. Shanna Swan and Collab Fertility at Action Science Initiative. We are aiming to reduce the use of plastics in IVF! @pnwmicroplastics.bsky.social #humanhealth #microplastics #plasticchemicals

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 07/07/2025

Hakai Institute researchers monitor sea star populations for signs of wasting disease around Quadra Island. A recent low tide at Hyacinth Bay gave them the opportunity to explore the biodiversity tucked into the crevices—including juvenile sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides).

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 04/07/2025

🎆 Nature’s light show doesn’t need fireworks. While we’re watching light shows in the sky this 4th of July, tiny organisms in the ocean are lighting up the water below. 🤔Have you ever seen bioluminescence?⁠ Let us know in the comments! ⤵️⁠ ⁠ #4thofjuly #bioluminescence #wondersoftheworld

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

We will never be silent. The Trump administration has placed 139 EPA staffers on leave after they signed a letter of dissent opposing the agency’s current direction and policies. Silencing experts won’t silence the truth.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Alligator Alcatraz was built in 8 days It took just over a week to create a massive concentration camp that will torture people Remember this the next time those in power claim they can't house the homeless, feed the starving or provide medical care to the the poor They can, they don't want to

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Final vote. 50-50. VP breaks the tie. One single GOP Senator could have stopped this abomination. Saved millions of parents from watching their child go hungry. Saved the lives destroyed when Medicaid disappears. They will all live forever with the horror of this bill.

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 27/06/2025

Plastic is everywhere! #Microplastics have been found in 🌬️air, 🍎food & even in 🫀organs & 🩸blood. The only way to reduce #microplastics are to cut plastic production. Watch & 🔁 to tell world leaders to deliver a strong #PlasticsTreaty in August! www.greenpeace.org/PlasticsTreaty

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Washington State Department of Health @doh.wa.gov · 18/06/2025

Get ready for "bat" girl summer by following these #rabies prevention tips: Enjoy bats from far away. If you see a bat on the ground, don’t touch it, it might be sick. Vaccinate your pets against rabies. If you touch a 🦇 or a bat bites or scratches you, contact a healthcare provider right away.

An infographic warning not to touch bats because scratches or bites can transmit rabies, featuring an illustration of a bat.

An infographic with four tips for bat safety, including contacting a healthcare provider if touched, not touching sick bats, vaccinating pets, and enjoying bats from afar.

An infographic encouraging users to visit the Washington State Department of Health website for more information and tips on avoiding bats, featuring an illustration of a bat.

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Washington State Standard @washingtonstatestandard.com · 14/06/2025

Some scenes from today's "No Kings" protest in Olympia. Photos by Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero.

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Washington State Department of Ecology @ecology.wa.gov · 12/06/2025

At certain times of the year, parts of the Sound don't have enough oxygen for fish and other aquatic life to survive and thrive. That means we have to take action. Attend one of our workshops this summer – the first one is virtual on June 24 – to learn more. Ecology.wa.gov/ReducingNutrients

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Reducing nutrients - Washington State Department of EcologyLock

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Washington State Department of Ecology @ecology.wa.gov · 12/06/2025

Puget Sound has a nutrient pollution problem, and we have solutions! Our draft Puget Sound Nutrient Reduction Plan outlines how we can get to cleaner water, and we want your feedback. 🧵

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Sharing our plan to clean up Puget Sound nutrient pollution

YouTube video by Washington Department of Ecology

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Emilee @seastarmami.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

“The Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement was a landmark achievement… Now, it’s gone thanks to the uninformed impulses of a disconnected administration that doesn’t understand the Pacific Northwest and the rivers and fish that make our region special.” www.dailyfly.com/2025/06/13/t...

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Trump Cancels Biden-era Columbia Basin Salmon Agreement With Tribes, States

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A “historic” deal made two years ago between the U.S. government, four tribes, Northwest states and environmentalists to put legal battles aside and invest in restoring endangered C...

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

These are the times that try men’s souls.

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𓇼 °｡⋆𓆝༄⋆｡° 𓇼 @hijodeloceano.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Dude, the dramatic shift in wildlife ecology to make everything fully remote and automated and run by artificial intelligence is so fucked. Like what, did you lose your passion and the will to connect with nature along the way? Loser behavior. Soulless. Disgraceful. Pathetic. Preserve the wonder 🪼💙🐳

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Dr. Susanne Brander @smbrander.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

So this happened yesterday. The film @ourhugetinyproblem will be coming out sometime in mid 2026. #microplastics #plasticchemicals @pnwmicroplastics.bsky.social

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Steve Haddock @stevehaddock.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I am used to photographing #ctenophores in darkfield, but under those conditions it is hard to see the pigment spots on this little (5mm) specimen. Fun to see the patterns that show up when viewed against a white background. 🧪🦑🌊

Two pictures of a ctenophore in the genus Callianira, collected during blue-water scuba dives off the coast of Hawaii. The figure on the left is a rather poor photo, in an aboral view, against a black background.
The photo on the right is a lateral view on a white background. The ctenophore is shaped like an arrowhead, and in the white-background view you can see that it is covered with small reddish-brown speckles. Larger spots cover the body, and small spots are arranged in rows parallel to the base of each comb plate. One tentacle is extended showing the pink-pigmented tentilla.

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𓇼 °｡⋆𓆝༄⋆｡° 𓇼 @hijodeloceano.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Every time I hear the term “pickle ball” I lose years off my lifespan

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Washington State Department of Ecology @ecology.wa.gov · 07/06/2025

Beach advisory alert! ⚠️ Jack Hyde Park in Tacoma is closed due to high bacteria levels. Please avoid contact with the water in this area. Visit ecology.wa.gov/beach to stay up to date about the status of your local beach and learn tips to minimize exposure to illness.

A yellow sign at the beach indicating a closure or advisory.

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Siobhan Schenk @siobhanschenk.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

My ✨new paper✨ looking at how low salinity and high temperatures alter the bacterial community of sugar #kelp was just published! Lab and field results agree: the overall changes are small, but core taxa decrease under abiotic stress onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PhycologyFriday 🦑

Part of figure 1 for the paper. There is a map of the field sites and an overview of the lab experiment. Field measurements were temperature and salinity. Lab was only salinity

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KitsapCountyWA @kitsapcountywa.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

You can bring your cup wherever your adventures take you throughout Washington. Join thousands to reduce single-cup use across the state and get in the BYOC habit anywhere you go! Visit BringYourCupWA.org to find coffee shops that welcome your clean reusable cup for use. @ecology.wa.gov

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Pod Save America @podsaveamerica.crooked.com · 23/05/2025

“If you make over $4 million a year, you will get $400,000 in tax cuts. If you are the 40% of Americans making $50,000 and under, your income is going to go down.” —Jon Favreau on the House Republican spending bill

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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Protecting habitat is perhaps THE most important conservation strategy. But a proposed change to the Endangered Species Act would stop doing so, allowing people & companies to destroy habitat that endangered species need to survive. Join us in stopping this change ➡️ xerces.org/protect-the-esa

“Say No to Weakening the Endangered Species Act” Endangered Fender's blue butterfly at a restoration site near Fern Ridge

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/05/2025

🔔BREAKING🔔 The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding. This is censorship disguised as oversight. Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3): www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

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Washington State Department of Ecology @ecology.wa.gov · 01/05/2025

Ecology Director Casey Sixkiller joined @daveupthegrovecpl.bsky.social to meet with a Washington Conservation Corps crew working to restore trails on Tiger Mountain. WCC and other AmeriCorps programs are at risk from federal cuts just as we enter peak season for trail repairs - and disaster response

WCC volunteers stand with Ecology Director Casey Sixkiller and Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove with greenery in the background.

A WCC volunteer stands in a wooded area with a shovel in hand.

Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove stands beside Director of Ecology Casey Sixkiller as they speak about the WCC updates.

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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Join Xerces and help protect freshwater mussels! Job Title: Freshwater Mussel Technician 🌎Location: Oregon (with travel to Washington) 💲Compensation: $23 per hour 🗓️Job Term: Seasonal; ~3.5 months starting in June 📅Application open until filled Learn more and apply at xerces.org/jobs

“We’re Hiring! Freshwater Mussel Technician”

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Pacific Whale Watch Association @pacificwhalewatchassociation.com · 25/04/2025

Gray whales don't get nearly the appreciation they deserve! Check out this beautiful photo series by naturalist Amanda Colbert of Blue Kingdom Whale & Wildlife Tours in Anacortes, WA. 🩵

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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 23/04/2025

Mahmoud Khalil, a legal U.S. resident, has been held in an ICE detention center for over a month but has still not been charged with a crime.

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Hakai Institute @hakai.org · 02/04/2025

A newly published study finds that sunflower sea stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides) threatened by sea star wasting disease (SSWD) are finding marine refuge in the freshwater snowmelt of deep, cold-water fjords on BCs central coast. Full press kit now available🔗https://tinyurl.com/534rsnrj

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