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Amphibious Valentines
Grab a flashlight and take a walk to one of Vashon’s ponds or wetlands tonight and you may encounter some of nature’s valentines. Mid-February is prime salamander mating season on Vashon. Look for wriggling pairs or groups of both Northwestern and long-toed...
Wanted: Water Operators
Brace yourselves for the “grey tsunami” that’s about to swamp the nation’s water industry. TheUS Environmental Protection Agency sounded the alarm in a December 2021 report : “One ofthe major challenges facing our nation is the critical and unprecedented staff...
Who Will Buy Burton Water?
This is the eleventh in a monthly series of guest blog posts about island groundwater topics by Mary Bruno, Vashon-Maury Island Groundwater Protection Committee.Big changes are afoot on the Vashon-Maury water scene. As community-owned Westside Water Association...
Westside Water Expansion Spurs Lively Debate
This is the tenth in a monthly series of guest blog posts about island groundwater topics by Mary Bruno, Vashon-Maury Island Groundwater Protection Committee. In my July post, a Q&A with longtime Westside Water Association manager, Doug Dolstad, we learned that...
Westside Water Seeks to Add More Shares
This is the ninth in a monthly series of guest blog posts about island groundwater by Mary Bruno, Vashon-Maury Island Groundwater protection committee. As part of this series Mary interviews local water purveyors on the island. In February of this year, the Westside...
Who’s Guarding the Water Hole?
This is the eighth in a monthly series of guest blog posts that Mary will be sharing about island water quality topics thru the Groundwater Protection Committee. I used last month’s blog post to announce SafeWellsVashon, the Groundwater Protection Committee’s new...
Groundwater Protection Committee Launches SafeWellsVashon Program
written by: Mary Bruno This is the seventh in a monthly series of guest blog posts that Mary will be sharing about island water quality topics thru the Groundwater Protection Committee. Let’s say you moved to Vashon-Maury Island from Seattle or Boise or some less...
Our Interns Are Changing the World!
UPDATE: Do you have computer programming skills? Check out this internship opportunity to help us build a wildlife camera storage database. As the 2021 summer internship season approaches we are taking time to celebrate our 2020 interns, who creatively navigated the...
In Land We Trust: a chat with Tom Dean
written by: Mary Bruno This is the sixth in a monthly series of guest blog posts that Mary will be sharing about island water quality topics thru the Groundwater Protection Committee. Tom Dean has been the Executive Director of the Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust since...
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