Bellamy Pailthorp
Environment Reporter at KNKX-FM (Tacoma, WA)
News reporter for KNKX Public Radio (former KPLU,) covered the business and labor beat for more than a decade, now covering environmental issues; energy is key.
Articles
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4 days ago |
knkx.org | Bellamy Pailthorp
Quiet Sound, a program of the non-profit Washington Maritime Blue, has installed an AI-powered thermal camera at Point Wilson in Port Townsend that monitors the shipping lanes at the entrance to Puget Sound at Admiralty Inlet. The camera’s AI has been trained with tens of thousands of ‘thermal signatures’ of whales. If it sees one that looks familiar, it alerts a human researcher, who verifies the report before relaying it to others.
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5 days ago |
knkx.org | Bellamy Pailthorp
Scientists say they’ve seen a surprising number of gray whale stranding this year during their migration up the west coast – 13 alone are along Washington beaches, more than twice the normal average. And they’re expecting more. Click "Listen" above to hear this story.
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1 week ago |
knkx.org | Bellamy Pailthorp
About 1,200 scientists work in the biological arm of the United States Geological Survey, known as the Ecosystems Mission Area. President Trump’s budget would likely eliminate their work nationwide, if passed as proposed. That includes some work that is crucial to saving salmon in Puget Sound. Five years ago, University of Washington professor Ed Kolodziej identified 6PPD-quinone, a chemical in runoff from roads that kills Coho salmon almost instantly.
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1 week ago |
spokanepublicradio.org | Doug Nadvornick |Bellamy Pailthorp |Owen Henderson |Steve Jackson
WA traffic deaths fall from 33-year high but remain elevatedThe summer travel season unofficially began this week, and Washington state officials have released their annual report on traffic fatalities. The Traffic Safety Commission says 731 people were killed in accidents during 2024. Mark McKechnie, a spokesperson for the commission, said that’s down from more than 809 the year before.
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1 week ago |
knkx.org | Bellamy Pailthorp
Around 1,200 scientists work in at the United States Geological Survey Ecosystems Mission Area. President Trump’s proposed budget would likely eliminate their work nationwide, including some that is crucial to saving salmon in Puget Sound. United States Representative Marilyn Strickland is co-chair of the Puget Sound Recovery caucus and says economic activity in Puget Sound from salmon alone provides millions in annual economic activity and more than 23,000 jobs.
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