Aloha National Hispanic Heritage
        Month!
    
    
National Hispanic Heritage
          Month is annually celebrated from September 15 to October 15
          in the United States for recognizing the contributions and
          influence of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and
          achievements of the United States. (Wikipedia) 
    
$7.3
          million state grant will go toward cleanup of contaminated
          Bellingham Bay site
A state grant is providing $7.3 million to address a toxic waste site on the Bellingham waterfront, the site of a planned city park. Officials at the state Department of Commerce Public Works Board announced the $7.3 million award for the Cornwall Avenue landfill cleanup.
    
A state grant is providing $7.3 million to address a toxic waste site on the Bellingham waterfront, the site of a planned city park. Officials at the state Department of Commerce Public Works Board announced the $7.3 million award for the Cornwall Avenue landfill cleanup.
Too
          hot for humpbacks: The race to protect Pacific whales
Move over Moby Dick. Big Mama, the first humpback whale to have returned to the North Pacific's Salish Sea after decades of absence, is telling a new story about the global threat to whale populations.
    
Move over Moby Dick. Big Mama, the first humpback whale to have returned to the North Pacific's Salish Sea after decades of absence, is telling a new story about the global threat to whale populations.
New
          baby for endangered southern residents; mom spotted alone with
          calf
A new calf has been reported in the endangered southern resident killer whale population. The tiny orca was spotted with L90 Ballena — a 31-year-old female who has never been documented with a calf — on Sunday off Lime Kiln Park on San Juan Island.
    
A new calf has been reported in the endangered southern resident killer whale population. The tiny orca was spotted with L90 Ballena — a 31-year-old female who has never been documented with a calf — on Sunday off Lime Kiln Park on San Juan Island.
Scientists
          just figured out how many chemicals enter our bodies from food
          packaging 
More than 3,000 chemicals from food packaging have infiltrated our bodies, a new study has found.
    
More than 3,000 chemicals from food packaging have infiltrated our bodies, a new study has found.
One
          woman's goal to protect islands in the Salish Sea 
Conservationist and author Shelia Harrington has a new book titled, "Voices for the Islands." In it, Harrington highlights the importance of protecting nature on and around the islands of the Salish Sea located off the shores of Washington state and British Columbia.
    
    
Conservationist and author Shelia Harrington has a new book titled, "Voices for the Islands." In it, Harrington highlights the importance of protecting nature on and around the islands of the Salish Sea located off the shores of Washington state and British Columbia.
B.C.’s
          cash-strapped wildlife ministry operating in triage mode 
Disease monitoring for bighorn sheep, bats, among programs affected by government wildlife funding woes.
    
    
Disease monitoring for bighorn sheep, bats, among programs affected by government wildlife funding woes.
Province
          provides millions of dollars for communities to tackle effects
          of climate change
Island projects range from tackling shoreline erosion on Saanich Inlet to planting trees in Saanich and installing cooling infrastructure in Victoria.
    
    
Island projects range from tackling shoreline erosion on Saanich Inlet to planting trees in Saanich and installing cooling infrastructure in Victoria.
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