ANACORTES — Spiky sea cucumbers. Giant tube worms. Decorator crabs who cloak themselves in seaweed.

BURROWS ISLAND — From the water’s surface, bull kelp looks like strands of other-worldly hair swaying in the water. From below, it looks like a palm tree — or dense forest of palm trees.

East of Mount Vernon's Little Mountain Park the latest fish passage improvement projects in Skagit County is underway.

Skagit River Alliance celebrates a decision by Kiewit Infrastructure Co. to withdraw its application for permits to establish the 79-acre mine it envisioned operating to supply large rock for jetty stabilization at the mouth of the Columbia River.

An expanse of warm water, called a 'blob', has returned to the seas off the coast of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. It poses a threat to Skagit salmon.

A local meeting planned for October to discuss the state’s wolf population and the drafting of a post-recovery management plan has been canceled.