by Mary Bruno | Jan 4, 2023 | blog
“For my age, to be in a union and to have all these benefits is amazing,” says 20-year-old Jayce Alberthal, Water District 19’s first ever apprentice. Photo Credit: Mary Bruno Water District 19 was at half staff last January when John...
by Kathryn True | Nov 26, 2022 | blog, Wildlife Sightings
The visiting Acorn Woodpecker. Photo credit: Jim Diers An acorn woodpecker has been hanging around the old Misty Isle Farms airstrip at SW 232nd Street since Nov. 2. For the nonbirder, this information might result in a shrug, but to the birding community on Vashon...
by Mary Bruno | Nov 22, 2022 | blog
Public Health teams have been assessing water quality and septic performance along Vashon’s northwest shoreline. Credit: Public Health — Seattle & King County In May 2020, responding to reports of foul odors along certain stretches of Vashon...
by Bianca Perla | Oct 22, 2022 | blog, Wildlife Sightings
Elwood, the young male Northern elephant seal in Tramp Harbor this fall. Credit: Jim Diers For almost everyone living in the Pacific Northwest over the past century, Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) are not considered a common sight. But, over the...
by Kathryn True | Oct 7, 2022 | blog
The blue frog is out there…somewhere. Photo credit: Jim Diers The blue frog is my holy grail. Ever since learning that the Northern Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla) can on the rarest of occasions turn up sky blue in color, I have been on the lookout for this...
by Bianca Perla | Sep 15, 2022 | blog
This is a special guest blog post by our 2022 Summer Science Communication Intern Alana Bass. Each year that the Bioblitz survey takes place, residents of Vashon set out to observe and identify every single species that they can – a task that requires a lot of moving...
