Environment
Closing a highway to save Washington salmon
Washington state is on the hook for hundreds of road culvert projects ever since the Supreme Court let stand a mandate to remove fish barriers throughout the state.
Eilís O'Neill
Eilís O'Neill is the EarthFix reporter at KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio in Seattle. Eilís (eye-LEASH) fell in love with radio as a 14-year-old high school intern at KUOW. Since then, she’s wandered t
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Environment
Despite climate threats, Seattle's swallowtail butterflies thrive
Jean Bradbury lives in northeast Seattle. She’s an artist, and she loves swallowtail butterflies. “These guys are big — like
Environment
What’s lurking in WA lakes — and should you swim in it?
Jackson Ludwig loves lakes. “Where I was from — Moscow, Idaho — there’s not a lot of lakes to swim. And
Environment
For rural WA kids, asthma is the norm, not the exception
Patricia Marín still remembers the day nine years ago when her daughter Azul started coughing and couldn’t stop. Her
Environment
The ‘salmon-safe’ food label — and what it means
In a big grass pasture in the shadow of Mount Rainier, hundreds of chickens are crowded around a little house