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Weyerhauser: Logging and landslides - What went wrong?

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Those fears came true last December when a monster storm barreled in from the Pacific, drenching the mountains around the Chehalis River basin and touching off hundreds of landslides. Little Mill Creek, filled with mud and debris, turned dark like chocolate syrup. More than three months passed before nearly ...

UW students find fecal coliform on campus keyboards

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

As part of a research project, eight UW students have discovered high levels of fecal coliform, the bacteria found in fecal matter, on keyboards at the two busiest computer areas on campus - Odegaard Undergraduate Library and Mary Gates HallRead the full story

Puget Sound orcas feeding in California — again

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

In what a leading orca researcher calls an ominous sign, a group of the killer whales that frequent Puget Sound and nearby waters has turned up feeding off the coast of California for the sixth winter in a row. L pod, one of three orca families that frequent Washington waters, ...