Snow varies up there a lot.

Saving the shoreline is necessary to saving the entire Sound. Ecologically, this is where the action is.

This is an example of how we kill Puget Sound one project at a time — it's a death of a thousand cuts.

The most important thing is to stop any further harm and to begin the recovery. The health of Puget Sound and its orcas is inextricably linked.

The way to save the whales is to stop doing the things that hurt them and also to start putting the system back together again. We need to restore the habitat and protect it.

That's one of the places where the Endangered Species Act really has teeth.