A state plan calls for reductions in nutrients across 163 distinct watersheds in Puget Sound, including non-point-source pollution. Agencies and restoration practitioners are looking at ways to measure the problem and get the word out about ways to control it. This article is part of an occasional series on nutrient pollution in Puget Sound.
Environmental samplers may provide early detection of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Puget Sound. This toxic algae is expected to increase as the climate changes, bringing with it new and potentially more severe outbreaks of shellfish poisonings.
