Lynda V. Mapes

Seattle

Environmental Reporter at Seattle Times

Seattle Times environment reporter, author of Orca Shared Waters Shared Home, Bullard Fellow Harvard University, Knight Fellow in Science Journalism, MIT

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Articles

One way to bring a river back to life? Slow it way, way down

1 day ago | seattletimes.com | Lynda V. Mapes

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation. QUARTZ CREEK, Lane County, Ore.
Southern resident orcas pick up, use kelp in newly discovered behavior

4 days ago | seattletimes.com | Lynda V. Mapes

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation. Who knew that southern resident orcas use kelp to scratch each other’s backs?
Gray whales that travel West Coast recorded at lowest number in 50 years

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Lynda V. Mapes

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation.
Seattle and WA weather: cool temps, even mountain snow, on the way

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Lynda V. Mapes

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation. Ahhhhh. Finally. June-uary.
Trump cancels landmark Columbia River agreement with tribes, WA, OR

2 weeks ago | wenatcheeworld.com | Lynda V. Mapes

A sweeping Biden-era initiative to restore Columbia Basin salmon runs, boost tribal energy development and provide a pathway for dam removal on the Lower Snake River has been canceled by President Donald Trump. A presidential memorandum issued Thursday revoked the 2023 Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement, which Trump stated “placed concerns about climate change above the Nation’s interests in reliable energy sources.”kAmp DE2E6>6?E 7C@> E96 (9:E6 w@FD6 D2:5 %CF>A’D 24E:@? “DE@AD E96 8C66? 286?52 :?
Lynda V. Mapes: Trump cancels landmark Columbia River agreement with tribes, WA, OR

2 weeks ago | tri-cityherald.com | Lynda V. Mapes

A sweeping Biden-era initiative to restore Columbia Basin salmon runs, boost tribal energy development and provide a pathway for dam removal on the Lower Snake River has been canceled by President Donald Trump.
Trump cancels landmark Columbia River agreement with tribes, Washington, Oregon

2 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Lynda V. Mapes

SEATTLE - A sweeping Biden-era initiative to restore Columbia Basin salmon runs, boost tribal energy development and provide a pathway for dam removal on the Lower Snake River has been canceled by President Donald Trump.
Trump cancels landmark Columbia River agreement with tribes, Washington, Oregon

2 weeks ago | thederrick.com | Lynda V. Mapes

SEATTLE — A sweeping Biden-era initiative to restore Columbia Basin salmon runs, boost tribal energy development and provide a pathway for dam removal on the Lower Snake River has been canceled by President Donald Trump.
Trump cancels landmark Columbia River agreement with tribes, WA, OR

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Lynda V. Mapes

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation, and its fiscal sponsor is the Seattle Foundation.
Trump cancels landmark Columbia River agreement with tribes, Washington, Oregon

2 weeks ago | dailyitem.com | Lynda V. Mapes

SEATTLE — A sweeping Biden-era initiative to restore Columbia Basin salmon runs, boost tribal energy development and provide a pathway for dam removal on the Lower Snake River has been canceled by President Donald Trump. kAmp DE2E6>6?E 7C@> E96 (9:E6 w@FD6 D2:5 %CF>A’D 24E:@? “DE@AD E96 8C66? 286?52 :?