11-21-2002 Spills and near-misses in area waters
In Washington and Oregon, recent history is full of oil spills and incidents that could have resulted in a spill, according to state records. Full Story

11-21-2002 Sediment layers reveal a history of pollution
SEQUIM -- The history of a region can be told through faded photographs, old letters or yellowed news clippings. Eric Crecelius likes to tell the story of Puget Sound with mud. It`s all written on the seafloor. Seattle P.I. Full Story

11-21-2002 Unbalanced ecosystem imperils rich web of life
Some 92,000 acres of mud and sand at the bottom of the Sound are contaminated. It is the unwelcome legacy of human activity -- from paper mills releasing dioxin and smelters coughing deadly metals to the military dumping of PCBs. Seattle P.I. Full Story

11-21-2002 Exotics imperil native species
Invading plants and creatures can be hard to eradicate Full Story

10-17-2002 NOAA to Map the West Coast Coastal Zone
NOAA Coastal Services Center - Charleston, S.C.—The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently awarded three remote sensing contracts to map coastal areas of the West Coast. Space Imaging will receive $350,000 to map coastal land cover in Washington and Oregon, and Earth Satellite Corporation will receive $411,000 to map coastal land cover in California. An award of $1.5 million went to EarthData International to develop coastal digital elevation models for southern California using radar technology Full Story

09-12-2002 Eelgrass vanishing from Puget Sound
Collier has become an advocate for eelgrass. She belongs to Preserve Our Islands, a group opposed to a plan to expand a Maury Island gravel pit and carry rocks and grit from the island to the mainland by barge. She believes barging will destroy eelgrass that is already scarce.Full Story