Partnership pays off at archaeological site

Taking advantage of daytime low tides, teams of archaeological students and their supervisors worked with painstaking care last week to uncover treasures at a Squaxin Island Tribe ancestral fish and food processing camp on the shores of lower Eld Inlet. — Taking advantage of daytime low tides, teams of archaeological students and their supervisors worked with painstaking care last week to uncover treasures at a Squaxin Island Tribe ancestral fish and food processing camp on the shores of lower Eld Inlet.

Litter causes a lot of trouble

Every year in Washington, more than 16 million pounds of "stuff" is intentionally tossed from vehicles or accidentally blown onto our roads.

South Sound Marine Life -- July 21

•Orange Sea Cucumber (Cucumaria miniata)

Environment briefs -- July 21

•Group to urge $100 million for program
•Volunteer to help chum salmon
•4-H birdwatching club may get started
•Chehalis River Basin meeting is Friday
•Conservation district meeting rescheduled

Meridian Seed Orchard key cog in reforestation

The Meridian Seed Orchard, owned and operated by the state Department of Natural Resources, is an island of funny-looking trees in a sea of spreading suburbia.

Environment briefs for July 14

Database online tracks toxic algae
Weed, mulch at Woodard Creek
Learn during walk by Budd Inlet
Workshop to teach shellfish growing
Program to provide forage areas for elk

Dispose of batteries properly

Batteries are among the most common hazardous wastes found in homes and businesses. Given their widespread use in everyday products, it's not surprising that residents and businesses often find themselves with a stockpile of batteries. The recent WasteMobile event in Yelm collected nearly 4,000 pounds of all varieties of batteries.

South Sound marine life - July 14

Rockweed (fucus spiralis)

Many Olympia residentsto soon dump food waste

OLYMPIA — The city of Olympia will expand its yard waste residential program to include food waste and food-soiled paper, starting today.

The Evergreen State College’s organic farm certified Salmon-Safe

Farming practices at The Evergreen State College Organic Farm are safe for salmon, according to a Seattle-based nonprofit conservation group.