Forecasters say the cloudy, cooler weather that's settled over Puget Sound will soon give way to summery sunshine and warmer temperatures.
Grey mornings and crisp, fall-like temperatures around Puget Sound over the last week might have boaters wondering if summer is winding down almost as soon as it started.
But local meteorologists say while the past few [...]

Jeff Barney, right, of Citizens for a Healthy Bay, talks with tugboat operator Steve Tate on a recent patrol of Commencement Bay.Spotting a tugboat operator waving from the shore, Jeff Barney motors his boat over to say hello.
The man, Steve Tate, gestures across the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma where the decrepit ferry Kalakala is moored, [...]

The head of the environmental organization that threatened to sue five Seattle-area boatyards abruptly left his position this week, following half a year of controversy and criticism.
Bob Beckman left his job as Puget Soundkeeper Alliance’s executive director on Wednesday, less than a year after taking on the position. Beckman has been at the center of [...]

The environmental watchdog group that threatened to sue five Seattle-area boatyards over water-borne pollution says it may sue the state over a new draft permit governing boatyards unless the document is significantly revamped.
And it’s not the only group that is critical of the permit, which would impact about 100 boatyards around the state and is [...]

During their circumnavigation of North and South America, Mark Schrader and his crew of sailors encountered stretches of ocean in worse shape than they could have imagined and something that gave them great hope – children.
“The kids renewed us,” said Schrader. “They immediately get that we haven’t taken good care of our oceans. Just from the [...]

The state is proposing new environmental regulations for boatyards that would impose stricter water standards, but give struggling boatyards more time meet the new requirements while protecting them from citizen lawsuits.
The Washington Department of Ecology has issued a draft Boatyard General Permit that would impact about 100 boatyards around the state. The permit sets stricter [...]

Five marinas are newly certified under the Clean Marina Washington program, bringing the total number to 50 — almost a quarter of marinas in the state.
Officials from the program, which aims to curb pollution caused by recreational and commercial boating, made the announcement Wednesday, on the eve of Earth Day. The newly certified marinas are:
Pleasant Harbor [...]