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Newsletter Archive
2022
- Issue 135: Dangers to the Dungeness Crab 2022
- Issue 134: Shoreline Armor: 101
2021
- Issue 133: New Year’s Reflections & Resolutions
- Issue 132: Tire Pollution and Coho Salmon
- Issue 131: The Many Benefits of Shoreline Vegetation
- Issue 130: How Puget Sound Builds its Beaches
2020
- Issue 129: Results of the Shore Stewards 2020 Members Survey
- Issue 128: Xeriscaping—Planning and Executing a Waterwise Landscape
- Issue 127: Microfiber Pollution
- Issue 126: Zooming in on Marine Microorganisms (Part 2)
2019
- Issue 125: Zooming in on Marine Microorganisms (Part 1)
- Issue 124: What do you do when a Northern Elephant Seal Visits Your Beach?
- Issue 123: Green and Clean Boating
2018
- Issue 122: Managing Landscapes for Slope Stability and Wildlife Habitat
- Issue 121: Biotoxins in our Marine Environment
- Issue 120: Dog Waste: Protecting Your Family, Your Pets and the Environment
- Issue 119: Native Plants at Work in Your Landscape
2017
- Issue 118: Shoreline Property Winter Checklist
- Issue 117: Septic System Care and Maintenence
- Issue 116: Shellfish Harvesting and Safety
- Issue 115: Puget Sound’s Favorite Food: Forage Fish
- Issue 114: Green Crabs and Aquatic Invasive Species
- Issue 113: Tides, King Tides & Storm Events
2016
- Issue 112: How to Enjoy a Green Holiday
- Issue 111: Planning Your Property’s Future
- Issue 110: Living with Existing Bulkheads
- Issue 109: Online Resources for Shoreline Landowners
- Issue 108: Recognizing How Bulkheads Change the Shoreline
- Issue 107: Recreational Boating on Puget Sound
2015
- Issue 106: Creosote along our Shoreline
- Issue 105: Introduction to Streams
- Issue 104: Designing with Nature
- Issue 103: Using Rain Barrel Water on Garden Vegetables
2014
- Issue 102: Water Conservation in the Home
- Issue 101: Composting for the Homeowner
- Issue 100: Grill Cleaning Made Simple—Non-toxic Household Cleaners
- Issue 99: Non-Toxic Control of Noxious Weeds on Your Property
- Issue 98: Landscaping Septic System Drainfields and Mounds
- Issue 97: Harvesting the Rain: Rain Barrels for Garden Irrigation
2013
- Issue 96: Out of Sight, But in the Sound
- Issue 95: Shoreline Property Winter Checklist
- Issue 94: Resources for Shoreline Landowners
- Issue 93: Ocean Acidification
- Issue 92: Native Plants Work in a Myriad of Ways
2012
- Issue 91: How to Enjoy a Green Holiday
- Issue 90: Want Healthy Soil? Use Compost
- Issue 89: Oh, Those (Ob)Noxious Plants
- Issue 88: Best Behaviors for the Beach
- Issue 87: To Catch a Dungeness Crab: The Life Cycle
- Issue 86: Pruning for Views
- Issue 85: Five Easy Steps to a Cleaner Puget Sound
- Issue 84: Salmon-Friendly Gardening Practices
2011
- Issue 83: The Problem with Microplastics
- Issue 81: Beach Debris and How to Get Rid of it
- Issue 80: The Shoreline Master Program
- Issue 79: Japanese Eelgrass: Beneficial to Habitat or Noxious Weed?
- Issue 78: Protecting our Dungeness Crab
- Issue 77: Shoreline Planting for Pollinators
- Issue 76: How Bluffs Nourish Beaches
- Issue 75: Between the River and the Sea
2010
- Issue 74: The Problem with Creosote
- Issue 73: Gray Whales: A Special Cetacean
- Issue 72: Plastics and Puget Sound
- Issue 71: Septic System Care is Up to You
- Issue 70: Low Impact Development
- Issue 69: Water Conservation
- Issue 68: Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)
- Issue 67: Resources for Shoreline Landowners
- Issue 66: Dealing With Dog Waste
- Issue 65: Salt Spray and Your Landscaping
- Issue 64: Rain Garden—What is it, and Why Would We Want One?
- Issue 63: What is the Problem with Crane Flies?
2009
- Issue 62: Grill Cleaning Made Simple
- Issue 61: Disposal of Electronic Waste & Fluorescent Bulbs
- Issue 60: Taking Care of Fall Yard Waste
- Issue 59: Fall Lawn Care
- Issue 58: Yellow Jacket Blues
- Issue 57: Fish and Pharmaceuticals
- Issue 56: A Kaleidoscope of Colors—Firework Toxins
- Issue 54: Yard Waste Disposal
- Issue 52: The Puget Sound Partnership and the Action Agenda
- Issue 51: Coastal Native Plants