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How we pushed the Columbia, the Northwest’s great river, to its limits
The Columbia River is critical for fish, energy, commerce and identity. But it faces an uncertain future. How much more can ...
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Salmon in the Pacific Northwest Are Facing a New Threat: Booming Populations of Seals and Sea Lions
On a cold night along the coast of Washington State, two women on boogie boards paddle furiously across surging waters. Clad in survival suits and headlamps, Jennifer Sevigny and Amanda Summers are ...
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Millions of cicadas will soon emerge in the U.S. Here’s why.
It is among the largest of the cicada broods with a 17-year life cycle, numbering in the hundreds of billions. Of the 3,000 species of cicadas around the world, only seven species share ...