Keeping Seafood Safe
PULLMAN, Wash. – Ellen Preece wants to know if microcystins, liver-damaging toxins produced by algal blooms in freshwater lakes, accumulate in Puget Sound seafood.
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WSU and Stewardship Partners Announce 12,000 Rain Gardens Campaign to Protect Puget Sound
SEATTLE — The Puget Sound region is embarking on a new, visionary campaign to install 12,000 rain gardens by 2016 under the leadership of Washington State University Extension and the nonprofit Stewardship Partners.
Learning Good Vineyard Care and Maintenance
EVERETT, Wash. — According to the Puget Sound Wine Growers Association, conditions in the region are ideal for growing delicate vinifera wine grape varieties and more vineyards are being planted all the time.
Sound Waters “University” Moves to New Venue, Opens Registration Jan. 7
COUPEVILLE, Wash. — The 16th annual Sound Waters one-day “university” on all things Puget Sound will be held on Saturday, Feb. 5, from 8 am to 4:30 pm at a new venue, South Whidbey High School in Langley.
Local Vines for Local Wines: Growing Wine-grapes in Western Washington
EVERETT, Wash. — The Puget Sound region was first recognized as a unique American Viticultural Area (AVA) in 1995. Applying the Puget Sound AVA to a bottle of wine means at least 85 percent of the grapes used were grown in the Puget Sound region between Olympia and the Canadian border. With the increasing number […]