Trade group the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association (PNWA) announced it has hired Heather Stebbings as executive director. Stebbings has 15 years of advocacy and public policy experience for the PNW maritime community, including 13 years directing communications and government relations for PNWA. ...
A Pacific Northwest yacht charter covers some magnificent coastline and forms a perfectly protected playground for your yachting vacation. The sheltered, waterways offer endless miles of calm, protected cruising, which makes this charter area great for beginners and tranquil luxury yacht charters. ...
In the Salish Sea, the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW) is a high trophic indicator of ecosystem health. Three major threats have been identified for this population: reduced prey availability, anthropogenic contaminants, and marine vesse
As acitizen scientist,Scanlan ventured to hidden places in Seattle where streams and waterways had been diverted by urbanization – on the edge of McMansion housing developments and golf courses, underneath overpasses and inner city bridges – so she could help monitor salmon runs. Along with other...
This report consists of seven papers dealing with numerical simulation of beach change that were recently published by members of the Coastal Engineering Research Center, US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, and colleagues from other organizations. The papers collectively provide and overview of...
On the opposite, the inland waterways and Puget Sound have a uniform small amplitude, with some places with negative values generated by an oblique fault with shallow fault systems in the central Puget Sound lowland [72,73]. Overall, Figure 4 supports previous studies [1,24]. Inland Puget so...
(2,570 mm). Throughout the year, the current flows northwest through the strait. Surface-water temperatures in the strait are 87 to 88 °F (30.6 to 31.1 °C) in the east and may be as much as 4 °F (2.2 °C) lower in the west. The close proximity of land and the discharge ...