West Coast’s biggest starfish vanishing amid disease, warming oceans, study finds – Seattle Times

Educational Sites

– Voices of the Strait Video Voices of the Strait video project Chapter 1

-Alexandra Morton's Web Site (NEW) The new web site for the work of Canada’s leading researcher in to farmed Atlantic Salmon and it’s effects.

-NW Environmental Video Channel Gateway site for environmental videos of the Salish Sea

-The Cove One of the most important environmental documentaries ever created. If you value dolphins, then you must see this film.

-The Life & Times of Wolf Bauer 1hour radio show on the life of NW Environmentalist and mountain climber, Wolf Bauer

2012 NW Straits Presentations Audio podcasts of the presentations

2013 NW Straits Conference Presentations Audio podcasts of the presentations

AIRNOW Air quality monitoring

– Shellfish Safety Information – 1-800-562-5632

Biomass study – WSU The definitive study on how much biomass really exists in our counties.

Carfree.com Imagining towns without cars!

Climate Action Portfolio CO2 builds diversified, high-impact climate action portfolios.

Dead Zones – Eutrophic Map of Salish Sea Dead Zone tracking globally.

Derelict Gear Removal Project Learn about derelict gear & how to report it if you see it

Eleanor Stopps – In her Own Words The audio only interview with the great environmental activist, Eleanor Stopps

Feiro Marine Life Center Port Angeles’ Marine Center

Geoduck Study by UW Sea Grant 2012 Interim report of the long awaited Geoduck research by UW Washington Sea Grant

Herring School (Canada) Herring research site from SFU and Partners

Jimmy Come-Lately Creek Restoration Video detaling the restoration of Jimmy Come-Lately Creek in Blyn.

MARE:Marine Affairs Research & Education Providing innovative services to coastal and marine resource managers worldwide

Marine ecosystems and management Bimonthly information service on marine ecosystem-based management

MPA News International News and Analysis on Marine Protected Areas

National Marine Fisheries overview of aquaculture on habitat This links appears to be gone. I am checking into why.

Naturebridge Educational site @ Lake Crescent

Net Pen Lecture Audio Podcast of Dr. Lawrence Dill on Net Pen Aquaculture Concerns – Larry is a leader in sea lice research

Net Pen Lecture Video – Pt. 1 Dr. Dill’s presentation on video (includes slides)

Net Pen Lecture Video – Pt. 2 Dr. Larry Dill’s Net Pen Lecture Part 2

North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center Natural Resources To provide a program that provides hands-on, relevant natural resources research experience while meeting the needs of and building capacity within individual students and the North Olympic Peninsula region.

Olympic Peninsula Audubon Covers the west end of the Peninsula

openchannels.org OpenChannels is designed to become a comprehensive source for news, guidance, and community discussion on sustainable practices in ocean planning and management.

Orca Listening Posts – Orcasound.net Hydrophones to listen to our friends in the sea.

Peninsula College Environmental Education programs

Protection Island Story A very good one page overview of how Protection Island was saved.

PT Marine Science Center Educational site at Fort Worden. Check it out with kids!

PT Marine Science Center Blog Cute, they even stole our photo header!

Puget Sound Partnership – Project Atlas A great tool showing all the projects under way to support restoring the Salish Sea.

Return of the River – Elwha Project John Gussman’s web site of video & stills from the project

River of Kings – Video Part 1 of 2 part series by Carl Safina on the Nisqually River Restoration.

Salish Magazine Salish Magazine is a free online magazine that takes inquisitive readers outdoors with visually rich storytelling about features people can see firsthand in our public forests and beaches.

Shore Stewards WSU program for beach protection

Shoreline Armoring on Puget Sound Workshop 2009 workshop on issues related to Shoreline Armouring

SNOW SURVEY DATA

U.S. Government Energy Information Administration Want to know the CO2 stats? Here’s the place.

VIDEO – Protecting our shorelines Good 34 minute video on why & how to protect your shoreline

Water Footprint Network Understanding your water footprint

Z_Peninsula Calendar of Events (Old) Old Events sponsored by EcoNET the Puget Sound Partnership educational wing

News Sites

Non Governmental Organizations

Admiralty Audubon Local PT based Audubon Chapter

Brinnon Group Local group opposing Black Point resort

Clam Gardens Network of researchers exploring First Nation gardening of clams in history, and it’s relationship to today.

Coastal Watershed Institute “To promote long term, ecological, community based stewardship of marine and terrestrial ecosystems thru scientific research and local partnerships.”

Dungeness River Audubon Center Educational site on the river. Check it out with kids!

Georgia Straits Alliance Canadian NGO working on protecting the Straits

Jefferson Land Trust Folks working to protect critical openspace

League of Women Voters – Clallam County a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

League of Women Voters – Jefferson County The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

Local 2020 Think local, act local

Local Food Access Network North Peninsula local food org with an emphasis on developing and supporting increased and sustainable capacity for production, distribution, and consumption locally.

North Olympic Land Trust

North Olympic Salmon Coalition The mission of the North Olympic Salmon Coalition is to restore, enhance, and protect habitat of North Olympic Peninsula wild salmon stocks and to promote community volunteerism, understanding, cooperation and stewardship of these resources.

Northwest Watershed Institute NWI’s mission is to provide scientific and technical support to protect and restore fish and wildlife habitats and watershed ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest.

Olympic Climate Action Local citizens concerned about climate change

Olympic Environmental Council The Olympic Environmental Council works on issues related to the environment and health that affect our North Olympic Peninsula communities.

Olympic Forest Coalition Protecting and restoring our Olympic forest and aquatic ecosystems

Olympic Park Associates If you share with us a passion for Olympic National Park, a concern for the Park’s future, and a vision that Olympic National Park should always be a wild and natural place, we invite you to join Olympic Park Associates.

Olympic Peninsula Audubon Covers the west end of the Peninsula

OrcaNetwork Follow the whales online!

Puget Sound Restoration Fund Achieving on-the-ground restoration of habitat and native species in Puget Sound by focusing on action not politics

Puget Soundkeeper Alliance We are a water quality watch dog group that has been working to protect and preserve the waters of Puget Sound since 1984

Salish Sea News Mike Sato’s great daily news aggregation site for all things Salish Sea

SalmonAlert.org – Site with anti-net pen science and questions This is the site to go to, in order to better understand the scientific questions that the anti-net pen coalition is asking.

Save Our Salmon Coalition Coalition of citizen and industry groups working to save wild salmon

Save Pulali Pulali Point is on Hood Canal at Dabob Bay

Save the Salish Sea

Seal Sitters Group trained by NOAA to help protect seals & pups in Western Washington

Sierra Club – North Olympic Chapter This is a new chapter recently formed.

Washington Environmental Council WEC has been working for a couple of decades on environmental activism. A great group of people actually getting things done.

Whale Trail Signs along the way to take you to great whale viewing locations

Wild Fish Conservancy Wild Fish Conservancy seeks to improve conditions for all of the Northwest’s wild fish

West Coast’s biggest starfish vanishing amid disease, warming oceans, study finds – Seattle Times

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Al Bergstein

Not good news from the starfish front. As most of you know, the starfish wasting disease decimated our native starfish. Whether they ever return to previous numbers is in doubt. Here’s why.

A new study reveals the recent widespread die-off of starfish — linked to climate change, warming oceans and a disease epidemic — imperils the biggest starfish of all, the sunflower star.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/starfish-slaughter-along-west-coast-imperils-biggest-starfish-of-all-as-oceans-warm/

Filed under: Around the Salish Sea, Puget Sound | Tagged: Puget Sound |

2 Responses

Al B., on January 31, 2019 at 10:10 pm said:

Hey I’m with you on this! I believe that even treated sewage is contributing horribly to the end of the Salish Sea. But salmon are travelers. I don’t believe that they are being as affected by sewage as habitat loss, overfishing and prey availability. I have seen the science on that, and while I agree that sewage is a problem affecting many of our native species, salmon are likely escaping the worse of that issue. But no one, including the PSPS wants to tackle sewage into the Sound. It’s too politically incorrect at present. Let’s remember it’s not just Seattle/Tacoma/Snohomish, there are literally dozens of other sewage plants all over the Sound, including PT, PA, etc. Thanks for your input. We may disagree on a lot, but are in alignment here! Recycle the poop and pee! Dilution is not the solution to pollution when everyone does it!

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Jim Knight, on January 31, 2019 at 9:53 pm said:

Would be interesting to see you post something about the effect the billion gallons per month of warm, acidic, oxygen deficient, (and a few other problems) dumped into Salish Sea by Seattle/Sonomish Brightwater sewage treatment plant.

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