Hood Canal Priority Basins Project: Chimacum Watershed quality study

Dear Interested Parties: In October 2015, the District began working jointly with Jefferson County Environmental Health to monitor 31 stations in the Chimacum Watershed as part of the Hood Canal Priority Basins Project.  So far we have monitored in the months of October, November, and December. The attached map shows the location of the monitoring […]

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New Bug on the Block

contributed by Sarah F. Heads up for these new bugs on the block! Their scientific name is Rhyparochromis vulgaris. A common name is tuxedo bug.  They are appearing in large numbers all around the Puget Sound area.  They live outside in mulch, stumps, woody debris piles and are fast runners. They like to come into the house […]

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A Day at Plant Clinic

featured image:  Clematis bitalba submitted by Mary Ann We had another clinic day of clients trickling in, pretty much one at a time, so we never felt overwhelmed. As usual, we got an interesting variety of questions, but we all laughed when a client walked out with a diagnosis of Apple and Thorn Skeletonizer for her […]

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Plant Clinic: Bracken Fern

Situation/Question: A Port Townsend resident moved into a house less than a year ago where the yard had been neglected, and noticed a lot of brown bracken fern.  She pulled/dug it up. However this spring it is coming up all over the place and she wants to know more about it and the best way […]

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