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Everyday, I'm grateful that my great-great-grandmother took a risk and decided to come to America sight unseen (and without seeing her family ever again) from Sicily. I see this in other immigrant stories today and I #celebrateimmigrants.

This is unacceptable and heartbreaking. I hope this moves Puget Sound to action.

This piece about immigrants living in fear of deportation every second of every day (and experiencing detention/deportation) is so powerful. themarshallproject.org/2018/07/23/new…

Will we now commit to saving the Northwest’s orcas? A task force meets Tuesday seattletimes.com/seattle-news/w… via The Seattle Times

‘I have not slept in days’: Readers react to Tahlequah, the mother orca clinging to her dead calf seattletimes.com/seattle-news/i… via The Seattle Times

Feeding a wild orca: Inside the practice run to save the ailing killer whale J50 seattletimes.com/seattle-news/e… via The Seattle Times

‘I am sobbing’: Mother orca still carrying her dead calf — 16 days later seattletimes.com/seattle-news/e… via The Seattle Times

Researchers won’t take dead orca calf away from mother as she carries it into a 17th day seattletimes.com/seattle-news/e… via The Seattle Times

Concern over endangered orcas blows up approval for Trans Mountain pipeline in Canada seattletimes.com/seattle-news/e… via The Seattle Times

Canada is doing more, faster than the US to help southern resident killer whales. Canada proposes more habitat protection for southern-resident orcas seattletimes.com/seattle-news/e… via The Seattle Times

Best new restaurants are cool and all but this essay by @koshersoul in this month’s Bon Appétit should be required reading. bonappetit.com/story/michael-…

Big kings coming back to the Elwha River, five times as many as before dam removal already.

Air Canada and WestJet Airlines join growing wave of companies cutting ties to SeaWorld, as bill S-203 moves from Canadian Senate to House to ban whale and dolphin captivity. ctvnews.ca/canada/air-can…

Wow! Eater Seattle calls Tankard & Tun Pike Brewing Company’s “glittering crown” that proves, “oysters do indeed pair well with beer.” Thanks for the kind words, Megan Hill! seattle.eater.com/maps/best-oyst…

Pike founders Charles & Rose Ann's 50th wedding anniversary is the perfect opportunity to re-read this great piece from Edible Seattle by Megan Hill edibleseattle.com/love-time-craf…

Megan Hill wrote this lovely piece in Edible Seattle about Salmon Fever. You might enjoy it 😉 edibleseattle.com/salmon-fever/

Native American chefs and activists like Sean Sherman are working to revive Native American crops and farming techniques, and reconnect communities with the edible traditions of their ancestors. Love this Sierra Magazine story by Megan Hill! sierraclub.org/sierra/preserv…

Bigger isn’t always better, especially when it comes to raw oysters. Here’s a story I recently wrote for Amtrak’s onboard magazine. amtrakthenational.com/west-coasts-oy…

Happy Boxing Day! Enjoy this guide on how to upcycle your tree into a super eco-friendly ghost of Xmas past, care of Megan Hill! sierraclub.org/sierra/how-kee…

When the states began phased reopenings, the national parks followed suit. Megan Hill reports on pandemic summer in the parks system. sierraclub.org/sierra/pandemi…