Grizzly bear conservationists are hoping for a photo of a grizzly bear in the North Cascades to help spur interest in saving the grizzly from extinction in Washington State.
The Planet Magazine is the quarterly student publication of Western Washington University's Huxley College of the Environment. Founded by students in 1979, it is the capstone course for students enrolled in Huxley College's undergraduate environmental journalism major.
The magazine's mission statement, as articulated by its student editors, is as follows: "We are dedicated to environmental advocacy and awareness through responsible journalism."
Exposing Extinction
Protect and (Pre)serve
The Whatcom Land Trust has been preserving local landscapes for 25 years. Population growth in Whatcom County presents new challenges to the organization.
Why Didn’t the Goats Cross the Road?
There aren’t many mountain goats left in Washington’s cascades. However, wildlife-crossing bridges over I-90 could help them repopulate.
The Density Debate
While Whatcom County’s population grows, so does the uncertainty of where newcomers will live.
Fronting the Costs: Bellingham’s Waterfront Renovation
A plan may finally be reached for the waterfront redevelopment. But before any ground can be broken, what is currently a toxic waste site needs to be cleaned up -- and the cleanup needs to be paid for.
RE Stored Style
Trash fashion and recycled art are an increasingly important education and inspiration component for the Bellingham RE Store, a local non-profit dedicated to diverting usable building materials from landfills.
Logging Roads and Phosphorus Loads
An erosion problem that is a century in the making has triggered landslides that carry polluting phosphorus into Lake Whatcom. A new proposed park aimed at protecting lake quality may only make it worse.
Diving into Diversity
Ocean Sciences: Where’s the diversity to match the diversity within the oceans? An undergraduate program at Western Washington University’s Shannon Point Marine Center offers students of ethnicity nearly everything they need to dive into the ocean sciences and bring needed diversity to the field.
Below Boulevard
Pollutants lurk Below Boulevard Park, left behind from decades of industrial use on the waterfront. The next step is deciding how to clean them up.
Second Nature
The North Cascades Institute has been educating youth for the last 20 years through a program called Mountain School, which teaches students to be stewards of their environments.