Salish Sea Currents is a new online magazine featuring the latest science from the 2014 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference. Scientists say eelgrass, an unassuming flowering plant found just off shore in Puget Sound, is vital to the health of the ecosystem. They also say the plant is declining. New and increasingly urgent efforts to restore it brought a group of researchers to the 2014 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference. Read the entire article by Katie Harrington here Eelgrass asse

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