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    Kimberly Cauvel

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    With gray whales it’s only their blow, or exhale, and a small portion of their back that is usually seen. This is in Possession Sound outside Everett.   Flukes are seen if they dive in shallows to bottom feed.

 In search of feeding gray whales in Possession Sound.   Research vessel from EVCC.

Tuesday March 23, 2021 216437
    March 5, 2022 at 5:49 pm

    Gray whales make early appearance off Anacortes

    A subgroup of the population called the Sounders has since the 1990s made a habit of stopping in the waters around Whidbey Island.

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    February 25, 2022 at 9:01 pm

    Skagit, other counties’ forestlands considered for statewide school trust

    Feb. 26—The state Department of Natural Resources is considering a transfer of about 1,000 acres of forestlands in Skagit County from the state's Land Bank...

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    December 21, 2021 at 7:16 pm

    Navy releases Whidbey Island jet noise monitoring study

    Noise from the EA-18G jets, called Growlers, has been a hot-button issue as the Navy has sought to expand the Growler fleet.

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    An EA-18G Growler takes off from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island during an exercise, Thurs., March 10, 2016. Some Lopez Island residents are among those in the area upset with noise levels, which appear more bothersome from the past Prowler jets used by the Navy.
    October 27, 2021 at 5:48 pm

    U.S. District Court judge weighs merits of Navy EIS for Whidbey Island

    Oct. 27—A U.S. District Court judge heard arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit over the Navy's expansion of its EA-18G Growler jet fleet at Naval Air...

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    The Gorge Dam, one of three dams that Seattle City Light is facing re-licensing on the Skagit River, Sept. 9, 2021. The river is dry below the dam but water is sent to a power house downstream through a tunnel.
    September 24, 2021 at 5:50 pm

    Legal battles unfold during Seattle City Light dam re-licensing

    Skagit River salmon and steelhead populations are in trouble, and the dam re-licensing due to be complete in 2025 has placed renewed attention on how...

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    Skiers and Snowboarders recreate at Stevens Pass ski area in the Cascade Mountains Tuesday, March 9, 2021.  216589
    September 14, 2021 at 10:00 am

    As they maintain snowpack monitoring equipment in state, team sees impact of ‘an anomalous year’

    As his team navigates from site to site for maintenance, Natural Resources Conservation Service Water Supply Specialist Scott Pattee said they usually see remnant snowpack...

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    Orca mother Tahlequah has a new calf. The baby was first seen Saturday and is the smallest fin in the photo. Tahlequah’s grief over the loss of her calf in 2018 caused worldwide concern when she carried the dead calf for 17 days and 1,000 miles. This time, so far, so good for the southern resident orca family and J pod’s newest calf. (Sarah McCullagh, captain and naturalist, San Juan Safaris / Pacific Whale Watch Association)
    August 4, 2021 at 7:05 am

    Orcas’ brief visit to Salish Sea bookended by celebration, mourning

    Following an unprecedented absence from the Salish Sea, the region's endangered Southern Resident orcas visited their "summer home" briefly last week.

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    Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019.   J and K pod whales visited local waters Thursday including the newest southern resident baby. These whales were frolicking just north of Edmonds.   Taken under NOAA permit 21348 211546
    July 28, 2021 at 1:25 pm

    It’s peak orca viewing season and southern residents are scarce; here’s why

    More than halfway through peak season for southern resident orca sightings in the state's interior marine waters, the endangered whales have been seen on only...

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    June 29, 2018.     HOME WATERS ORCA DO NOT PUBLISH UNTIL 2019      Whale watching is big business in the Salish Sea, where transient killer whales today are the more frequently seen orcas. The southern residents have become visitors to their home waters, as the chinook salmon runs they require decline. 206862
    June 19, 2021 at 7:05 am

    Salish Sea is having ‘one of the best seasons on record’ for orca whale sightings

    ANACORTES — A group of orca whales visited Fidalgo Bay on Friday off the shore of Anacortes. Representatives of the Pacific Whale Watch Association said...

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    Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020   A Chinook on the Elwha River protecting it’s redd during the spawning season.   215083
    May 7, 2021 at 7:03 am

    Fisheries group sues over salmon management

    While its standing in the federal District Court case involving the historic 1974 Boldt decision remains in question, Fish Northwest has filed another lawsuit. The...

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