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U.S. citizens receive $26 per person in federal disaster aid. Tribal citizens get $3.
Though tribal lands are more likely to suffer from natural disasters, federal aid for the vulnerable lags behind.
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Salmon on Prozac? A new study will look at what King County's wastewater chemicals do to fish and orcas
The King County Council committed nearly $400,000 to better understand how discharges from its three largest plants affect juvenile salmon and the southern resident orcas that feed on them.
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Could Columbia River sturgeon become a source of high-end caviar? The Yakama Nation is counting on it
When the sturgeon population crashed in the last century, the Yakama Nation's hatchery helped bring it back. Now they hope to create a sustainable market for Washington caviar.
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Learning how endangered orcas hunt could be the key to saving them
The secret weapons: suction cups.
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'Recipe for disaster': Four years later, reintroducing grizzlies to Washington is still a hot topic
On the edge of the North Cascades, fear dominated the conversation as hundreds gathered this week to debate grizzly bear reintroduction.