Aug 18, 2016 | Conservation, wsu125
By Rebecca Phillips WSU RESEARCHERS SEEK TO PROVE THAT AN UNTAMED TANGLE OF NATURE IS A PREREQUISITE FOR LONG-TERM SALMON SURVIVAL “Look at all these fish!” says wildlife officer David Karl. My eyes adjust to the dappled sunlight as I bend toward the water. Shadows...
Aug 16, 2016 | Conservation, wsu125
By Rebecca Phillips A jar of foul-smelling clay sits on the cluttered workbench. “I’d better not open it,” says environmental engineer Richard Watts. He grabs a smaller jar filled with liquid the color of a dirty mud puddle. “These are soil and groundwater samples...
Aug 15, 2016 | Conservation, wsu125
By Rebecca Phillips Keeping a watchful eye in remote environments with aerial drones Stealing through the shadowed plantation, an orangutan stops to feed on the tender shoots of a palm sapling. An instant later, she crumples from a rifle shot, her baby crying out in...
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