Last remaining southern resident orca in captivity will no longer perform at Miami Seaquarium seattletimes.com/seattle-news/h… via The Seattle Times

WA Legislature stalls on efforts to preserve salmon habitat seattletimes.com/seattle-news/p… via The Seattle Times

WA’s controversial spring black bear hunt could be revived. Here’s how seattletimes.com/seattle-news/e… via The Seattle Times

‘Big victory’ for salmon habitat: Fish passage at dam on Green River gets $220M boost seattletimes.com/seattle-news/b… via The Seattle Times

The Port Gamble lumber mill closed decades ago. Now the tribe that was forced from the land is returning seattletimes.com/seattle-news/e… via The Seattle Times

WA to preserve 10,000 acres of trees to sell as carbon credits to polluters seattletimes.com/seattle-news/w… via The Seattle Times

Jennifer Belcher, WA’s first woman lands commissioner, dies seattletimes.com/seattle-news/j… via The Seattle Times

Incredible journalism from Hal Bernton of the Seattle Times and Loren Holmes of the Anchorage Daily News: In a warming sea, why does the world’s biggest sockeye run keep breaking records? seattletimes.com/seattle-news/e… via The Seattle Times

Important reporting from Daisy Zavala Magana of the Seattle Times. Ostrom Mushroom workers allege continued mistreatment amid AG lawsuit seattletimes.com/business/agric… via The Seattle Times

It's the shortest day of the year here in Massachusetts, but for trees in the Southern hemisphere, today's the longest day. Grow on!

Join me tonight in person or online for a celebration of the lives of southern resident orcas that grace the Salish Sea and the late Ken Balcomb, who devoted his life to their protection. For those joining from afar, here is the registration link. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

It's snowing very heavily now. It has snowed 3.2 mm (0.126 inches) in the past hour!

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This story from @BredaIsabella makes it clear that the next generation of enviro journalists at The Seattle Times is moving full steam ahead. Lots of great work to come. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/e…

Come talk old growth with us! Enjoy photography by Brent Mathison, insights from Nipmuc cultural steward Andre Strongbearheart Gaines Jr., and Neil Pederson, senior ecologist at the Harvard Forest, and a reading from my new book in progress on First Forests and First Peoples.

Important reporting from Conrad Swanson in the Seattle Times. Blood-sucking ticks are on the move in the Pacific Northwest seattletimes.com/seattle-news/e… via The Seattle Times

Tribe catches coho salmon on free-flowing Elwha River, a first since dam removals seattletimes.com/seattle-news/e… via The Seattle Times

Environment reporter Lynda Mapes to lead talk about orcas and salmon. Register now. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/e… via The Seattle Times

Thousands of Chinook wasted as bycatch in B.C. fishery, new report finds seattletimes.com/seattle-news/c… via The Seattle Times

Southern resident orcas hurtling toward extinction, new study finds seattletimes.com/seattle-news/c… via The Seattle Times