Eelgrass in Puget Sound is stable overall, but some local beaches suffering

Thursday, January 5, 2017 - 02:03 in Earth & Climate

Eelgrass, a marine plant crucial to the success of migrating juvenile salmon and spawning Pacific herring, is stable and flourishing in Puget Sound, despite a doubling of the region's human population and significant shoreline development over the past several decades.

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