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The "unicorn" shrimp is pure magic
Nebalia pugettensis is a tiny crustacean that lives on the sea floor, with a horn-like rostrum and leg-like appendages that function as lungs.
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Innovative Regional Septic Loan Program partnership wins EPA and local awards
Our program was incredibly successful in its first year. It prevented 36 million gallons, equal to 55 Olympic-sized swimming pools, of wastewater from flowing into Puget Sound watershed.
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Citizen science at Washington beaches

"Involving citizen science volunteers is vital to our monitoring program. Especially in smaller communities," said Julianne Ruffner, manager of Ecology's BEACH program.

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The dove snails bring peace and good shell to all
Dove snails don't look much like their avian namesake – except for the teardrop shape of their shells.
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Eyes Over Puget Sound: Finally getting back to normal

Environmental Council of the States presented our marine programs with the Innovations Award for 2015. Learn more in Eyes Over Puget Sound.

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Eyes Over Puget Sound: Fall arrives with hordes of jellyfish

Fall 2015 is here, but our September Eyes Over Puget Sound flight showed us that Puget Sound is still at record-high water temperatures. We saw large groups, or "smacks" of jellyfish.

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Making progress on air pollution

Pierce county's air was unhealthy prior to 2015 but by working together, it now meets air quality standards.

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Get winterized with the frost-spot corambe
The frost-spot corambe is a beautiful sea slug with frosty white speckles that seem to glow as if it just swallowed a set of twinkly lights.
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Having a bad hair day? The hair worms can relate
The hair worms belong to a family of polychaetes called Cirratulidae, and their tangled hairs are actually branchiae, external gills that occur in pairs along their bodies.
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Bog savers receive Ecology’s Environmental Excellence Award

Earth Day 2015 is a fitting day to honor two people who led a grassroots effort to protect a rare example of bog and fen wetland that has become increasingly rare in Western Washington;.

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