Seattle’s Duwamish has been straightened, dredged and heavily polluted. Can a Superfund cleanup bring it back to life?
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June 23, 2014
A close look at Seattle’s embattled Duwamish Waterway and the superfund cleanup that has the chance to bring it back to life, tribes get in the payday lending game, divers explore underwater national park treasures, and more.
Feature
Editor's Note
In the rural West, river pollution seems somewhat straightforward, when in reality it’s infinitely complex.
Current
New rules may help regulators enforce an ambiguous law.
Washington biologists test pressurized tubes to transport salmon over dams.
Habitat seen as a crucial resource in some states more than others.
The last frontier of the national parks lies underwater.
After years of being preyed upon by payday lenders, tribes get into the game themselves.
Tribes, greens, farmers come to consensus; dams may eventually be removed.
Uncommon Westerners
Last year Mora became the first county in the nation to permanently ban oil and gas development.
Essays
Growing up in the high desert, I learned water doesn't just fall from the sky.
Book Reviews
Images of basket-weaving art from Santa Fe Museum.
Review of ‘Katie Gale: A Coast Salish Woman's Life in Oyster Bay' by Llyn De Danaan.
Review of ‘Calamity Jane' by Bernard Schopen.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
HCN skips a print issue, holds a board meeting and congratulates our writers on awards.
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