Westside Water Seeks to Add More Shares

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?

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...
Our Interns Are Changing the World!

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

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...
Bullfrogs R Us: Humans and Ecological Incongruities

Bullfrogs R Us: Humans and Ecological Incongruities

written by: Gary Shugart (introduction by Kathryn True) The red-legged frogs have laid their eggs and the Pacific tree frogs are in full chorus. But what are the bullfrogs up to? At the height of summer, they will lay their frothy sheets of eggs (described as looking...