Stories from The Emerald Alliance

Puget Sound counties continue to chalk up some of the fastest growth rates in the country.  No matter how you slice it, when it comes to the conservation of agricultural land, the core question is: are we protecting the most valuable farmland? According to American...

Tell us a bit about your role with Washington Farmland Trust. I’ve been with Washington Farmland Trust since 2008. I started as our stewardship coordinator and went on to lead our conservation program. Most recently, I served as Associate Director where I helped shape...

Orcas rely on their main food source, the endangered Chinook salmon, to survive. Due to habitat loss, climate change, and increased pollution, it has become even more difficult for migrating salmon to make the journey home to create new fish. Salmon are a critical...

In April 2021, King County Executive Dow Constantine revealed a strategic initiative that, over the course of the next 30 years, will provide an intersectional approach to water protection, addressing everything from forest management to stormwater runoff to...

Wildfire season is here, and it’s here to stay. By that we mean that those luxurious, infamous Western Washington summers of ten years ago - without smoke, drought, excessive heat, fire risk, and never-ending burn bans - are a thing of the past. This is a really hard...

Kate, tell us a bit about your role with Grist. I’m an associate editor, which means I get to do a little bit of everything. These days, I’m mostly working on my own projects. I tend to write about climate change as it relates to language, culture, and history — some...