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Courtesy of the Surfrider Foundation The Olympia Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation conducts a beach cleanup in Ocean Shores.

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Slough to shore: Earth day events abound on Grays Harbor

Saturday will feature beach cleanups, weed pulls and educational opportunities

As part of the Welcoming the Wales ceremony, Five Quileute teens carried a wooden float, adorned with a salmon filet, through rolling waves at First Beach.

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Whales welcomed in La Push

With annual tradition, Quileute Tribe celebrates cultural connection to migrating whales

Courtesy photo / United States Department of Fish and Wildlife Potential findings by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Association (NOAA) and the National Marine Fisheries Service, could land the Olympic Peninsula Steelhead population on the Endangered Species Act as “endangered” or “threatened.” Recent studies suggest the listing could be key to the species survivability in the future.

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NOAA issues 90-day finding on Olympic Peninsula Steelhead

Possible outcomes include consideration for endangered species protection

MIchael S. Lockett / The Daily World Richard Ashley, part of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe’s Department of Natural Resources, resets a crab trap as members of the department remove European green crabs on Jan. 26.

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Fish and houseguests: Shoalwater Bay Tribe pushes back against green crab

The invasive species has made itself quite at home where it oughtn’t.

Kiley Smith, the Grays Harbor County Weed Board coordinator, stands on the path at "knotweed alley" near the confluence of the Satsop and Chehalis rivers. (Clayton Franke / The Daily World)

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Grays Harbor’s botanical battle

County weed control program at war with invasive and destructive knotweed