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April 10, 2025

Research and whale watching enhanced with artificial intelligence to identify individual orcas

When out on Puget Sound with killer whale experts, I’m often impressed by how quickly such folks can identify individual whales by name or number, even when a group of orcas is swimming a fair distance away. I can’t begin to do that, because I have never studied the catalogs of dorsal fins and markings […]

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April 10, 2025

The “unstructured grid” used in the Salish Sea Model allows for greater resolution (smaller triangles) when studying complex water circulation, such as around the Hood Canal bridge. Graphic: Tarang Khangaonkar

Unpacking uncertainty: How experts recommend improving Puget Sound modeling

An external scientific review by independent experts is a common and valuable practice, particularly when the models have significant management implications. This ethos is why peer review is foundational to science in general. By providing an objective assessment, external reviewers can help ensure the models are robust and appropriate for the management decisions they’re being […]

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March 28, 2025

Photo of a pod of killer whales swimming in blue water overlaid with a tournament bracket diagram

Grand Uncertainties Madness

Join PSI’s bracket tournament––March 28 through April 9! What are the most important scientific research questions about Puget Sound ecosystem recovery? You decide! We are pitting 32 research questions head-to-head so that YOU can vote for the top research need for Puget Sound recovery! Is it a question about chemical pollution? Solutions to hard shoreline […]

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March 28, 2025

PSI’s Andy James receives grant to track PCBs and PBDEs in the Hylebos waterway

The Hylebos waterway, located in White/Puyallup river watershed, is a hotspot for PCBs and PBDEs. PSI senior research scientist Andy James has received a federally supported grant for $858,000 to track the sources of PCBs and PBDEs in the Hylebos waterway in Tacoma. The waterway is a hotspot for PCBs and PBDEs, and despite ongoing […]

Grants

March 27, 2025

A screenshot of our magazine Salish Sea Currents.

EoPS has a new look!

You might have noticed that the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound looks especially awesome these days. We just released EoPS 2.0 with more vibrant colors, improved navigation and more modern features under the hood. You’ll still find the same great articles, but they will load a little faster and will play well with new browsers and smartphones. Take […]

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March 14, 2025

April 8 roundtable will explore offshore renewable energy in the Pacific & potential benthic impacts

Co-hosted with the Pacific Marine Energy Center at Oregon State University The Salish Sea Science Roundtable online speaker series continues on Tuesday, April 8 from 12:30 – 1:30 pm. Dr. Sarah Henkel is a benthic ecologist at the Hatfield Marine Science Center and Associate Director of the Pacific Marine Energy Center at OSU. She will present […]

Events

February 3, 2025

February 12: Modeled and historical monitoring insights on water quality differences throughout Puget Sound

We’re excited to continue the Science of Puget Sound Water Quality workshop series, which explores emerging science and insights to help protect water quality in Puget Sound. Join us on February 12 from 10 am – 12 pm to dig into emerging research on nutrients, hydrodynamics, and dissolved oxygen in Puget Sound with two University of Washington […]

Events

February 3, 2025

February 4 roundtable: A Tale of Three Auks

Co-hosted with the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife The Salish Sea Science Roundtable online speaker series continues on Tuesday, February 4 from 12:30 – 1:30 pm. The Tufted Puffin, Marbled Murrelet and Rhinoceros Auklet are all in the same family (Alcidae), but show different seasonal dependencies on the Salish Sea. In addition, their nesting strategies […]

Events

December 17, 2024

$1 million awarded for new approach to removing PBDEs from municipal wastewater

The University of Washington has been awarded a $1 million grant by the Stormwater Strategic Initiative Lead for Piloting Solutions for Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Wastewater. The project will be led by Heidi Gough, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences and Andy James, University of Washington Tacoma, Center for Urban Waters and the Puget […]

Grants

December 17, 2024

Jim Waldo, Billy Frank Jr., and other collaborative leaders at a meeting in the early 2000’s. Photo by Michael Kern.

Grant will support training in collaborative leadership

The Collaborative Leadership Program at the Puget Sound Institute (PSI) will receive almost $500,000 to train the next generation of collaborative policy makers. The new project will build on lessons from Puget Sound’s groundbreaking history of salmon co-management and other natural resource policies. The support comes from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Puget Sound […]

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