Western Today for Tuesday, Aug. 4

Shannon Point staffers studying Puget Sound's toxic algae blooms

Scientists at Western Washington University’s Shannon Point Marine Center have received a trio of federal grants totaling more than $1.1 million to study why certain kinds of algae create toxic blooms in Puget Sound waters.

Some of these algae – both microscopic single-celled algae, seen as the tongue of brown water in the lower right of the picture, and larger seaweeds – contain toxins and can cause fish kills and close shellfish beds due to Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP).

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NOAA

NOAA picks Oregon town for new Pacific operations center
NOAA has selected the Port of Newport, Ore., to be the new home of the agency’s Marine Operations Center-Pacific beginning in 2011 pending the signing of a 20-year lease.
NOAA selected the site following a rigorous process involving an extensive review of proposals submitted by sites in Washington and Oregon, both of which are centrally located for all NOAA ship operations on the West Coast. The current lease expires on June 30, 2011.
(For more background, see story in the today's Bellingham Herald)

The Bellingham Herald

Smith, Karlberg, McCauley seek port post
Doug Smith, a 16-year veteran of the Port of Bellingham Commission, faces two challengers in his fight for a fifth term on the three-member panel: Doug Karlberg and Michael McAuley.
The top two candidates in the Aug. 18 primary for the District 2 seat will face off in the November general election.
"I don't see where moving Western (Washington University) to the waterfront at great cost to the taxpayers will improve the education of a youngster one iota. They're going to have to raise his tuition, and he won't learn any more," said Karlberg.

WWU News Releases

WWU Scientists Studying Puget Sound's Harmful Algal Blooms

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