Seattle Times journalists earn Pulitzer nod for investigation of WA’s salmon recovery spending

Salmon swim through a culvert towards a trash grate.

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WA governor orders team to study data centers’ energy, tax, jobs impact

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WA lawmakers approve $1.1B for salmon habitat restoration

May 5, 2025

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Research illuminates growing extinction threat for southern resident orcas

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Baby salmon head out to sea. Then they do something unexpected, new research shows

April 30, 2025

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Commercial salmon fishing in California to close for third year in a row

April 16, 2025

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — The 2025 commercial salmon fishing season in California will be closed for an unprecedented third year ...

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Coast Guard, WA Ecology Department investigating spill in Seattle’s Salmon Bay

April 10, 2025

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By Seattle Times staff reporter Pollution responders with the U.S. Coast Guard and the Washington State Department of Ecology are ...

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$5B proposal for salmon restoration aimed at addressing tribal lawsuit

March 31, 2025

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Scientists discover ‘potential breakthrough’ in protecting salmon from urban killer

March 28, 2025

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For decades, toxic tire dust has choked coho salmon before they can spawn in their natal streams. Now, King County ...

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WA’s costly salmon recovery effort heads toward mediation

March 1, 2025

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Us & Canada

New program aims to boost salmon in Northern California river

February 23, 2025

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For the first time in more 80 years, Chinook salmon are swimming in the North Yuba River in Northern California ...

Us & Canada

What does Trump know about California water? Much less than he’d admit

February 3, 2025

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SACRAMENTO — Several years ago, after she’d been elected state Assembly speaker, I asked Karen Bass about her views on the water ...

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