Lynda V. Mapes
@LyndaVMapes
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Seattle Times environment reporter, author of Orca Shared Waters Shared Home, Bullard Fellow Harvard University, Knight Fellow in Science Journalism, MIT
Seattle
Joined May 2012
Southern resident orcas hurtling toward extinction, new study finds https://t.co/TBRFEcZo4o via @seattletimes
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A new population analysis reveals the fish-eating orcas that hunt in Puget Sound are facing an ever-increasing risk of extinction.
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Thousands of Chinook wasted as bycatch in B.C. fishery, new report finds https://t.co/scjWQvZT0v via @seattletimes
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Endangered southern resident orcas rely on Chinook to survive. Unintended salmon catches by commercial trawlers was highest on record during the 2022-23 season, a new report says.
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Environment reporter Lynda Mapes to lead talk about orcas and salmon. Register now. https://t.co/CpVb75QKoy via @seattletimes
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The talk at the Burke Museum is in honor of the 5th annual Orca Recovery Day, a day of volunteer action on behalf of orcas and salmon around Puget Sound.
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Tribe catches coho salmon on free-flowing Elwha River, a first since dam removals https://t.co/Clmq00aIHN via @seattletimes
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The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is making history with its first harvest on the Elwha River since two dams were taken down for recovery of the river's fish runs.
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Important reporting from Conrad Swanson in the Seattle Times. Blood-sucking ticks are on the move in the Pacific Northwest https://t.co/S6yhpD7pTh via @seattletimes
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More exposure to ticks means more bites and, in turn, more disease. Already some illnesses, like Lyme disease, are on the rise in places where the parasites are more common.
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Come talk old growth with us! Enjoy photography by Brent Mathison, insights from Nipmuc cultural steward Andre Strongbearheart Gaines Jr., and Neil Pederson, senior ecologist at the Harvard Forest, and a reading from my new book in progress on First Forests and First Peoples.
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This story from @BredaIsabella makes it clear that the next generation of enviro journalists at @seattletimes is moving full steam ahead. Lots of great work to come.
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Once an ubiquitous delight of the Salish Sea, the sunflower star may soon be listed as threatened. A small lab at Friday Harbor could breed a new generation of the species.
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It's snowing very heavily now. It has snowed 3.2 mm (0.126 inches) in the past hour!
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Join me tonight in person or online for a celebration of the lives of southern resident orcas that grace the Salish Sea and the late Ken Balcomb, who devoted his life to their protection. For those joining from afar, here is the registration link. https://t.co/DMIwoiNVua
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It's the shortest day of the year here in Massachusetts, but for trees in the Southern hemisphere, today's the longest day. Grow on!
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Important reporting from Daisy Zavala Magana of the Seattle Times. Ostrom Mushroom workers allege continued mistreatment amid AG lawsuit https://t.co/v3RITvlr7P via @seattletimes
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Current and ex-employees plan to gather Sunday in Seattle to ask shoppers to boycott Ostrom products and retailers to stop carrying the company's produce.
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Incredible journalism from Hal Bernton of the Seattle Times and Loren Holmes of the Anchorage Daily News: In a warming sea, why does the world’s biggest sockeye run keep breaking records? https://t.co/CfarZaldyS via @seattletimes
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Sockeye returned to Bristol Bay, Alaska - where many Washington fishermen and processors harvest - in record numbers this summer. It is confounding scientists.
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Jennifer Belcher, WA’s first woman lands commissioner, dies https://t.co/bGIC5IL877 via @seattletimes
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Jennifer Belcher, Washington's first woman lands commissioner was ahead of her time, and a focused and fearless steward of state lands and waters.
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WA to preserve 10,000 acres of trees to sell as carbon credits to polluters https://t.co/SWad3FnR3C via @seattletimes
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Money from sales in these forests will compensate beneficiaries of state trust lands, including the school construction fund, hospital districts and more.
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The Port Gamble lumber mill closed decades ago. Now the tribe that was forced from the land is returning https://t.co/qr53M5fLdh via @seattletimes
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Timber executives and the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe worked for years to strike a bargain for rights to ancestral land.
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‘Big victory’ for salmon habitat: Fish passage at dam on Green River gets $220M boost https://t.co/w5BbvjbuG4 via @seattletimes
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Fish passage is getting a boost at the Howard Hanson dam with millions of dollars in funding to protect the survival of threatened Chinook and endangered orcas.
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WA’s controversial spring black bear hunt could be revived. Here’s how https://t.co/WwhcffmI2b via @seattletimes
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The controversial spring bear hunt wasn't approved by a state commission last year. But now a second vote is planned that could revive the 2022 hunt.
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WA Legislature stalls on efforts to preserve salmon habitat https://t.co/9gueK13s4S via @seattletimes
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Key bills to protect and restore salmon habitat sink in the Legislature as the state keeps losing ground on salmon recovery.
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Last remaining southern resident orca in captivity will no longer perform at Miami Seaquarium https://t.co/Z1LNtZXHgi via @seattletimes
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Lolita, an orca captured in Puget Sound 50 years ago, will no longer perform at the Miami Seaquarium.
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